Re: Post Game Passion: AFL 2019 Rd 6: Carlton vs. Hawthorn
Reply #144 –
It's a funny old thread this.
I think we all have our own perceptions on what happened out there today and are pretty much sticking by them.
Maybe a day or two's reflection will change that,
What I saw
We were as good in the first half as we were last week.
After half time the Hawks raised their level of intensity and pressure and basically out-muscled us.
We suffered some significant injuries that really hurt our structure especially in defence…. which looked as unsure as it has at any time this season.
'Capitulation' has been used a couple of times....I didn't see that,
We surrendered a lead...but I don't think we ever capitulated.
In fact having weathered the onslaught and surrendered the lead we fought back to even up the contest and in fact it was the Hawks who were looking a bit fragile at the finish....I don't like to use the "what might have been" but the reality is that had the siren gone a couple of seconds later Harry could have been lining up to win the game.
This thread would be completely different.
I used that word and should clarify, the third qtr was a capitulation. But I did say in the same post that the way we fought it out late in the last qtr which showed fiber and that's a strong positive.