Post match: Pies pipped again . All comments please.

[HAL]

I am happy that you're impressed, Kwah-LeBaire.

[John Wren]

[Johnno75]

You see Rioli kick 5 goals and it's easy to say it was Tooves fault.

2 of his goals were from frees and his first was after that arsey kick by Lewis in mid air when both Tooves and Rioli were running deep and Rioli just read it a bit better and turned around to mark.

There was a couple of times when Rioli appeared to get loose (didn't always get the ball) which I didn't like. The unforgivable one was when Bruest had marked on the boundary line and Marley was caught deep between 2 Hawks Rioli started to drop back and away to the other side and Marley should have covered him while someone else come over to cover marley's man. By the time Markey realised he was 30m on his own and Bruest had spotted him and another easy shot from relatively in front of goal.

[September Zeros]

[Nearly]

[ANNODAM]

[September Zeros]

Would you like a tissue?

[Johnno75]

[watt price tully]

A lot to like about last night. We should have won but as is obvious we lacked poise in front of goal & efficiency going forward.

To quote Bucks "we are doing a lot of things right".

It was a pleasure to be at the ground last night. The coming together both before & after the game was a wonderful gesture.

We are surprisingly not too far away.

Of course it's frustrating losing & frustrating watching easy shots being missed.

But we can all agree "we" are certainly moving in the right direction (except for the usual negativists here) & doing better that I thought we were capable of at the beginning of the year.

What made some of the experience such a good one last night (except of course for the result) was the lack of advertising, lack of intrusiveness of the loudspeakers, lack of blaring commercials down one's ears, lack of rampant loud commercialism. It was truly wonderful in that aspect of being at the game. No gambling pervading every part of attending the game. I could actually hear the person next to me when we were talking about the game. Wow. How unique.

[Dangles]

Thought Swanny showed Hodge up when he went forward. That was probably one of the more enjoyable elements of the game for me.

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Disappointing again, to lose to a contender that we had on the ropes. I don't usually like the term "the better team lost" but I'm fairly certain that's what happened last night, maybe it helps me sleep better.

Frustrated and excited, a weird combination but it sure as hell beats being pissed off.

Can't fault team's preparation or efforts, the composure will come when these boys know that they're as good or better than their opposition. I'm not sure they're totally convinced just yet

[roar]

I no longer dread playing the Hawks, or any other team.

We've come a long way and we aren't even close to peaking.

[Doc63]

Mixed emotions again for the second week running. Obviously very disappointing to lose against a top team when you have probably been the better side on the night, but regardless of the result, we have shown we belong at the pointy end of the ladder. We have regained the respect we had lost.

We are so much more advanced than I though we would be at the start of the season - really pleased at where we are in our development.

I really cant believe people are looking for scapegoats after the loss. White & Cloke actually played quite well. Unfortunately, they both missed some gettable goals. Its not as if its completely unexpected. And the criticism of Fasolo is just ridiculous. He's probably playing the best footy of his career, and he had a very rare off night as far as kicking goes.

I may have missed it, but I don't see anyone blaming the loss on the Grand Canyon like gulf between small forwards Cyril Rioli and Jamie "flat track bully" Elliott. That's the second week in a row he's taken a powder when the heat has been on against a top side. If he keeps this up, he'll be known as the Greame Hick of the AFL.

Anyway, if we can continue to bring that level of intensity into games, we are still a big chance of finishing top 4. We will beat Port next week, and West Coast the week after. Only the very top teams can withstand the level of intensity we has exhibited in the past 2 games.

GO PIES!!

[think positive]

[ANNODAM]

Whilst we're developing, Hawks just keep finding ways to win flags.

That's all the footy I need to know thanks.