2014 Game Day Round 19 - Hawthorn V Western Bulldogs

[Ozza]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 19 - Hawthorn V Western Bulldogs

Well it was a bit of a mess against the Hawks, so not working.

I don't really agree with this. The backmen made a couple of blues, but overall I thought Hawthorn's scoring was mostly generated from smashing us in the stoppages and getting the ball in the hands of their good ball users who had way too much time and space.

It is extremely difficult to defend the likes of Roughead and Gunston when the ball is coming in with very little pressure up field.

We also got burnt from turnovers - poor kicks from Higgins, Cooney and Macrae (just as a few examples) led to easy Hawthorn goals.

In the last quarter - we simply couldn't get through the Hawthorn zone and the repeat entries resulted in the game being blown out like it was.

[Bulldog4life]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 19 - Hawthorn V Western Bulldogs

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Agree, his confidence is shot at the moment. I still think he is effected by the shoulder injury.


Yeah they're not mutually exclusive. Upper body injuries are bad for football because there is just so much constant contact there - JJ still hasn't recovered mentally. Roughie's confidence is down and he is either sore of has no confidence in his shoulder or both. Just my take.

That is the impression I get too. Nearly every match there are times where he winces in pain and is very slow to get off the deck.

[Sedat]

Re: 2014 Game Day Round 19 - Hawthorn V Western Bulldogs

I don't really agree with this. The backmen made a couple of blues, but overall I thought Hawthorn's scoring was mostly generated from smashing us in the stoppages and getting the ball in the hands of their good ball users who had way too much time and space.

It is extremely difficult to defend the likes of Roughead and Gunston when the ball is coming in with very little pressure up field.

Yep, if we had that sort of discrepancy in clearances and CP's this time last year that would have been a 20 goal loss. That was probably the worst performance in those key indicators by our midfield all season (possibly the Carlton game as well). Roughy and Austin were given no support and had to compete one-on-one as a result.