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  • squid69squid69    1,434 posts
    brady said:

    Dockers looking pretty average so far today !

    Definitely in a form slump. Forward line simply not functioning.

    Mind you they are playing the best team in the comp.
  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    Can't take a mark is a massive worry. Doubt we'll be seeing dingy this weekend! His fave two teams got up and the dockers are getting hammered. Next the eags will be beating them!
  • AndrewCarterAndrewCarter    2,171 posts
    edited July 2015
    Dockers inability to score currently has to be a massive worry for their fans and those involved, hard to see any solution to the problem on the horizon either, Lyon 's going to have a pull a rabbit out of his hat. As I've said previously they're beginning to look a lot like the late 90's Eagles under Malthouse, bounce out of the gates at the start of the season on fire and run out of steam big time in the second half of the year.
    They were very, very ,forward in their prep early in the year because of their draw, is that going to come back and bite them on the arrse?
  • CarlosaCarlosa    1,287 posts
    Typical of a Ross Lyon side.

    He gets them up and about, early wins, top 4 assured...would not be surprised if they are doing a bit of a mini pre season as we speak, they'll freshen up come the last couple of weeks and be firing on all cylinders come finals.

    Having said that, Hawks are going a mile better than I thought they would...

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  • GrayGray    4,090 posts
    edited July 2015
    The Good news, I had $1700 on Hawks to win.




    Bad news is, it was on Betlab hahaha

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  • AndrewCarterAndrewCarter    2,171 posts
    Are they or were the Dockers that poor?
    Hawks looked good but the Dockers were simply abysmal.
    Very interesting few weeks coming up for the Eagles, hard to get a line on last night as you just don't know where Adelaide were because of their tragic situation. The season starts to get real for them from now on.
    In saying that though some of the eagles ball movement was simply electrifying and I've only watched the first half so far.
    It was of a different standard and style that I've seen from the Eagles during their entire history, I love the fearless manner in which they're playing and willingness to use the corridor and keep to the corridor as much as is possible and there's no doubt that they now have immense confidence and belief in playing the style of footy that they are under Simpson.
    Kudos to the likes of Masten, Priddis etc who have tremendously improved their disposal, probably Priddis improvement is down to the fact that he's no longer stuffed from having to fight the centre square battles almost singlehandedly.
    They're genuinely exciting to watch currently when they get on a roll, their skill level has improved out of sight and I haven't been able to say that they're genuinely exciting to watch for years and years.

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  • GrayGray    4,090 posts
    edited July 2015
    It was like Hawks of yesteryear (80's) when they didnt just go for a win, after they won they wanted to crush them. Just a reminder to Freo that they are the Hawks bunnys at finals time..

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  • BlacksAFakeBlacksAFake    2,379 posts
    A class above

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  • runyonrunyon    576 posts
    edited July 2015
    I wouldn't write off the Dockers just yet but at the moment the Hawks are the best in the comp by a mile and they've still got Roughie to come back. Like Carlosa I can see the Dockers getting back to their best towards the end of the season.
    Poor Suma picked the wrong day to have to sit next to Ross. Usually Kirky gets the gig. Bet you his left ears hurting. :))

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  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    The Diva said:

    Can't take a mark is a massive worry. Doubt we'll be seeing dingy this weekend! His fave two teams got up and the dockers are getting hammered. Next the eags will be beating them!

    Had a great weekend thanks and thanks asking shame about the footy but oh well long way to go
  • dungydungy    9,278 posts

    A class above

    Roughie and Frawley to come back there absolute class
  • silkysilky    430 posts
    I'd say Langford would come into the hawks best 22 in front of Hartung too
  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    Langers , hartung & Woodward all vying for that spot. Big boy played his best game in a long time yesterday.

    Fremantle can't keep playing Duffield he's never coped with pressure.
  • AndrewCarterAndrewCarter    2,171 posts
    Yeah that 93% disposal efficiency and 7 tackles that Duffield produced yesterday under all sorts of pressure against one of if not the best team in the comp when his side was being flogged, no that just can't be tolerated.
    Thought it showed that he was running back into his best form again myself as indicated by his 79% disposal efficiency and 9 tackles against the lions in atrocious conditions the previous week.
    No doubt his form earlier this season wasn't that flash but thought he was one of the few Freo players on the improve in recent weeks.
  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    edited July 2015
    He gave up 3 goals dropping simple marks and fumbling. That's why he was out in the first place. Soft as butter.
  • BC4EBC4E    268 posts
    Just remember that it all starts in September. All these games do up till then is determine how many chances you get and where you play those games. If you have your best available team fit and fresh in September you have a huge chance. As long as the Dockers can get 3-4 games into Johnson by finals time, they are a completely different team. I wouldn't be jumping off just yet.
  • AndrewCarterAndrewCarter    2,171 posts
    edited July 2015
    Didn't watch the whole game hog, but watched the majority of it from what I saw he looked pretty good, maybe I just caught him at the right time.
    Don't think he was an orphan among the Dockers who gave up goals either.
    If both teams current form is in any indication whatsoever I can't wait until the Eagles play the Dockers again.
    The Dockers draw during this part of the season will see them safely into a top 2 spot unless they suddenly completely fall apart but they would have to lift significantly on the last couple of months form to be having any impact in the finals. Still think the Hawks and Sydney's form is somewhat questionable as well.
    Swans defense not holding up as well as they have been in previous years and am still not sure how impressive the Hawks actually were yesterday and they should have been beaten by the pies recently who I'm confident we'll handle this week.
    So there are few questions marks for mine, definitely over us (Eagles), Fremantle, Hawthorn and Sydney but if there are a few question marks over them then there's a plethora of questions hanging over the rest of the teams in the 8.
    Don't think its cut and dried among the top 4 by any stretch of the imagination just yet but the hawks are entitled to be slight favourites.
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