A few things have gone wrong Andrew. Firstly injuries have hurt, not neccessarily the number of injuries but more because of how they have effected our structure. Losing your CHB and FB when you are already low on tall defensive players makes it really tough.
Our other strength last year was a ability to turn defence into attack and we have lost most of our key running defenders at points through the season. Ladson, Gilham, Birchall, Hodge, Guerra, Young and Ellis have all missed footy this year.
The other important thing this season has proved is that our list doesnt yet have the same depth as other clubs such as collingwood, st kilda and geelong. We have replaced those guys mentioned above with a heap of guys playing their first season of senior footy such as shoenmakers, sheils, muston, whitecross, suckling and dowler. What a lot of people forget is that they still have the youngest list in the comp. When they beat Melbourne the hawks sides average age was younger and average number of games was less.
Now because we have been losing our confidence is shot and we have reverted to playing the way we did 3 years ago, farting around with the ball too much. I can assure you as a hawks fan this is really bloody frustrating.
So there you go, thats my take on it anyway. I hope that helps a bit!
