Is Hawthorn Of 08 The St kilda of 04
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Is Hawthorn Of 08 The St kilda of 04
*Winning Streak
*Attacking Footy
*Aggresive footy (pushing the limits getting suspensions)
*High Scoring Footy
*Can we expect Hawthorn to lose a prelim by a goal due to Guerra missing a soccer shot from the square (sorry still better haha)
Gotta say though love watching the hawks go around atm.
*Attacking Footy
*Aggresive footy (pushing the limits getting suspensions)
*High Scoring Footy
*Can we expect Hawthorn to lose a prelim by a goal due to Guerra missing a soccer shot from the square (sorry still better haha)
Gotta say though love watching the hawks go around atm.
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Actually my fondest memory is Friday Night Footy 1997Winmarvellous wrote:The fact that a ten game winning streak is one of our fondest memories is precisely why we haven't gone further. Who really cares how many you string together if you fall apart at the end.
Stkilda Vs the Kangaroos Preliminary Final
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Re: Is Hawthorn Of 08 The St kilda of 04
Yes.LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:*Winning Streak
*Attacking Footy
*Aggresive footy (pushing the limits getting suspensions)
*High Scoring Footy
*Can we expect Hawthorn to lose a prelim by a goal due to Guerra missing a soccer shot from the square (sorry still better haha)
Gotta say though love watching the hawks go around atm.
Just better.
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Re: Is Hawthorn Of 08 The St kilda of 04
i'm not so sure about them playing better than we were playingSpinner wrote:Yes.LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:*Winning Streak
*Attacking Footy
*Aggresive footy (pushing the limits getting suspensions)
*High Scoring Footy
*Can we expect Hawthorn to lose a prelim by a goal due to Guerra missing a soccer shot from the square (sorry still better haha)
Gotta say though love watching the hawks go around atm.
Just better.
but the similarities between the two teams style and structure is uncanny
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No...they don't go to water when flooded against...
They also have a strong defensive game as well as offensive side.
The 04 Saints had no real offensive side and if a good team got momentum going it was all over red rover....
...but apart from that.....yes.
They also have a strong defensive game as well as offensive side.
The 04 Saints had no real offensive side and if a good team got momentum going it was all over red rover....
...but apart from that.....yes.
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Re: Is Hawthorn Of 08 The St kilda of 04
I just think collectively, the Hawks have more younger guys in that core group.The_Dud wrote:i'm not so sure about them playing better than we were playingSpinner wrote:Yes.LENNY LEADS THE WAY wrote:*Winning Streak
*Attacking Footy
*Aggresive footy (pushing the limits getting suspensions)
*High Scoring Footy
*Can we expect Hawthorn to lose a prelim by a goal due to Guerra missing a soccer shot from the square (sorry still better haha)
Gotta say though love watching the hawks go around atm.
Just better.
but the similarities between the two teams style and structure is uncanny
Whereas in 04, our team had a better balance of experience and young guns.
I think Hawthorn have more potential to grow, because of that larger grup of good yound players.
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So no one flooded against us in the first 10 games in 2004. that is crap. Of course sides flooded. We won because we were well drilled and played a positive game. We didnt lose our first or second game that year due to flooding, it was more like attitude. Bu if people keep saying we couldnt play against the flood then I suppose it becomes fact.Hard at it wrote:The Hawks are alot better. They are even across the board and most important they are very well drilled. As SrR pointed out, once "good" teams flooded against GT led teams he had absolutely no idea how to counteract it. No such problems in the Hawks box
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So true.plugger66 wrote:So no one flooded against us in the first 10 games in 2004. that is crap. Of course sides flooded. We won because we were well drilled and played a positive game. We didnt lose our first or second game that year due to flooding, it was more like attitude. Bu if people keep saying we couldnt play against the flood then I suppose it becomes fact.Hard at it wrote:The Hawks are alot better. They are even across the board and most important they are very well drilled. As SrR pointed out, once "good" teams flooded against GT led teams he had absolutely no idea how to counteract it. No such problems in the Hawks box
The way people talk, you'd think we hadn't won the last 5 of 7 in 2003 by massive margins, then come out and won 4 in a row in the pre-season, followed by 16 wins, followed by 14 wins then another 14 wins the year after.
We were flooded against in every game from early 2003 up until now.
If Hawthorn make the top 4 for 2 years in row whilst missing 6-8 of their best players for the majority of the year - then yes, they will be similar to the Saints of 2004.
Until then, they are simply a side with no injuries that is playing well in May.
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Another 3 wins to go before they match the '04 Saints. I wouldn't bet against them.
Be interesting to see how they react when someone does beat them though, often on a streak momentum and confidence can cover up for some holes by the end of it (certainly happened in ours) and a slip can go on after. Interesting to see whether teams end up with a plan to approach the Hawks as much as they did the Saints too.
Long way to go yet, but they've already just about booked their ticket for finals, top 4 style. They don't need to be compared to anyone, they're doing their own thing and doing it well.
Be interesting to see how they react when someone does beat them though, often on a streak momentum and confidence can cover up for some holes by the end of it (certainly happened in ours) and a slip can go on after. Interesting to see whether teams end up with a plan to approach the Hawks as much as they did the Saints too.
Long way to go yet, but they've already just about booked their ticket for finals, top 4 style. They don't need to be compared to anyone, they're doing their own thing and doing it well.
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