eldorado wrote:
You guys are getting carried away over nothing.
hawthorn was trying to stop Carlton scoring goals, not a personal vendetta against fevola.
When you guys played a normal forward line, Hawthorn marked a normal forward line.
When Carlton made it abundently clear that they were going to ridiculous lengths to ensure Fev took the last kick, Hawthorn had to counter that.
It was Carlton that decided that the whole focus was not winning or competing, but to get Fev his ton.
What was Hawthorn supposed to do? Somehow divorce the fact that Fevola scoring goals equates to Carlton scoring goals? Let it happen?
Some of you guys such like you belong at PRE.
There was nothing personal or vindictive in it.
had we known the lows your scumbag of a coach was willing to go to to deny Fevola his milestone i would have happily advocated us playing 4 men on Franklin all night long. i would have happily given roughead 15 goals before giving Franklin any opportunity for the 2 he needed.
the issue is, all things considered, it was a total dog act to put men behind the ball. it was completely unnecessary considering you were winning the ball out of the middle and were 13 goals infront with 2 minutes on the clock. i think if you watch the match again, apart from the few contests (yes, i was astonished buddy the brave goes to contests as well, considering he's weak as piss) that demanded extra bodies, we went with bower on franklin pretty much exclusively all night long. that was in the spirit of the game, that was playing the game the way it should be played.
lets hope some wise heads in the media rip into that bushy eyebrowed cockroach for what is rightfully being described as a disgrace.