Match Day Thread Rnd 8 V Hawthorn

[Hotpotato]

Ruffling Hawks feathers is very pleasing .

[Swansinger]

"Well , that was a good win , but need to start a bit better against the very top teams - starting next week."

Good to see that Horse and the boys read what I wrote a week ago !

It seems to me that the team which gets off to a flyer on the scoreboard usually wins the game , even if they relinquish the lead temporarily.

Oh , yeah - BT loves the Hawks , doesn't he ? Hard to think that when he began commentating , I quite liked him. But now ? He is an arsehole.
I would not even give a saucer of milk to that pet sitting on his head.

[Doctor]

To all the commentary along the lines of..." Hawthorn would of won had they kicked straight"....Same as they said after the 2012 GF...

I say..." If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle"....Coulda woulda shoulda.....Next.

That commentary is 100% correct. It also ignores one of the fundamental facets of the game - kicking straight. Some analysts feel that you can dominate a game and miss a few shots and feel hard done by, which staggers me. Kick goals and you win games. My son's team today kicked 10 straight in the second half and came from 4-5 goals down to win. Kick straight and you win. Missing isn't an excuse, it's a failure.

[CureTheSane]

Oh , yeah - BT loves the Hawks , doesn't he ? Hard to think that when he began commentating , I quite liked him. But now ? He is an arsehole.
I would not even give a saucer of milk to that pet sitting on his head.

I never liked BT.
I used to think Dermie was fresh and insightful though. Not any more.
I like Richo, Carey is great. Sany Roberts is reasonably impartial, same with Bruce.

[Scottee]

BT, tired, boring, lazy, repetitive, lazy and dumb.

[Big Al]

I wasn't aware premierships came with asterisks.

2012 Sydney Swans*

*Hawks didn't kick straight

2014 Hawthorn*

*Swans were completely @@@@.

[Hotpotato]

A lot of people are pretty wound up about BT, I think he's a scream . He throws the commentary out the window and says whatever comes into his head which is of course biast one way or the other .
I really don't care what he comes up with , it just adds to the amazing theatre of AFL.
Turn the sound off and have a shot at calling the game to your cat.
See how you go. You have to know the names and appearance of some 500 players plus at a fair distance and often in chaos ball situations . It's not that easy.
They are seriously the most amazing callers in world sport because they get the names right most of the time at speed . Whateley is pretty good .
Interviewing players a second or two after a half of footy doesn't work . Do any of them want to be interviewed then . Nup.

[Conor_Dillon]

Absolutely sick to death of the love fest for Cyril in the Melbourne media...he had an influence but was definitely not best on ground as per the Herald Sun's 3-2-1 in today's paper.

Also in Robbo's 'Likes and dislikes' he gives a dislike to the boo-ing of Goodes which is great but then follows up with 'it's not racism, it's because he plays for free kicks'. One of the more laughable comments you're ever likely to come across.

Thirdly, Robbo's 'Tackle' section focuses on Fremantle being unbeatable and states that the only teams that have been able to challenge them so far this year are Melbourne and Port...it's as if he is taking the piss out of us!

[goswannies]

A lot of people are pretty wound up about BT, I think he's a scream . He throws the commentary out the window and says whatever comes into his head which is of course biast one way or the other .
I really don't care what he comes up with , it just adds to the amazing theatre of AFL.
Turn the sound off and have a shot at calling the game to your cat.
See how you go. You have to know the names and appearance of some 500 players plus at a fair distance and often in chaos ball situations . It's not that easy.
They are seriously the most amazing callers in world sport because they get the names right most of the time at speed . Whateley is pretty good .
Interviewing players a second or two after a half of footy doesn't work . Do any of them want to be interviewed then . Nup.

My dream commentary team;
Bob Skilton, Troy Luff, Brad Seymor with special comments from Jude Bolton & BBB Hall as the boundary rider

[AnnieH]

My dream commentary team;
Bob Skilton, Troy Luff, Brad Seymor with special comments from Jude Bolton & BBB Hall as the boundary rider

MMM in Sydney are sooooooooooo close.

Not a bad win.
Not a good win.
But not a bad win.

Let's just hand over the handy first quarter lead shall we?

I'm almost scared that Carlton will beat us on Friday night.

[mcs]

Absolutely sick to death of the love fest for Cyril in the Melbourne media...he had an influence but was definitely not best on ground as per the Herald Sun's 3-2-1 in today's paper.

Also in Robbo's 'Likes and dislikes' he gives a dislike to the boo-ing of Goodes which is great but then follows up with 'it's not racism, it's because he plays for free kicks'. One of the more laughable comments you're ever likely to come across.

Thirdly, Robbo's 'Tackle' section focuses on Fremantle being unbeatable and states that the only teams that have been able to challenge them so far this year are Melbourne and Port...it's as if he is taking the piss out of us!

Seriously, the love in about Cyril has bordered on absurd. Yes he had a great game, but he bottled it when it counted - and was his influence as amazing as everyone thinks it was? He took a couple of great grabs, kicked a couple of goals, and by his standards got a lot of possessions. But was it just me with my red and white glasses on that thinks for someone of his prestigious talent, he should be doing that week in and week out, and we shouldn't be have a love fest everytime he does it?

Hanners and Sam Mitchell were the two best on the park by a fair distance in my book.

[Ludwig]

BT, tired, boring, lazy, repetitive, lazy and dumb.

And those are his good traits!

[111431]

Seriously, the love in about Cyril has bordered on absurd. Yes he had a great game, but he bottled it when it counted - and was his influence as amazing as everyone thinks it was? He took a couple of great grabs, kicked a couple of goals, and by his standards got a lot of possessions. But was it just me with my red and white glasses on that thinks for someone of his prestigious talent, he should be doing that week in and week out, and we shouldn't be have a love fest everytime he does it?

Hanners and Sam Mitchell were the two best on the park by a fair distance in my book.

would agree with this - great games by both pity the Hawk one will be cooling his heals for a couple of weks

[Ludwig]

Absolutely sick to death of the love fest for Cyril in the Melbourne media...he had an influence but was definitely not best on ground as per the Herald Sun's 3-2-1 in today's paper.

Also in Robbo's 'Likes and dislikes' he gives a dislike to the boo-ing of Goodes which is great but then follows up with 'it's not racism, it's because he plays for free kicks'. One of the more laughable comments you're ever likely to come across.

Thirdly, Robbo's 'Tackle' section focuses on Fremantle being unbeatable and states that the only teams that have been able to challenge them so far this year are Melbourne and Port...it's as if he is taking the piss out of us!

Lucky for Cyril that some idiot thought that Patrick Veszpremi was going to be a better player, or he could have ended up playing for the Swans and not be talked about at all.

Robbo is great for leaking any tale or story lineyou like. He'll believe anything. Put's teeth into Orwell's 'Ignorance is Strength'.

[Plugger46]

Only 4 points but that game really meant a lot to us Swans supporters. You could tell by the reaction as the siren went.

Nothing gets a GF loss back but we got bullied on GF day. The response was important.