Chris Bates

Author of Game Changer, Mentor, Founder of Study & Play USA, facilitator of life changing US College Scholarships for over 1000 Student- Athletes Worldwide

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@WizardEnjoyer5 Let’s sort this Pies /Hawks banter in the finals… oh wait

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@Wobbler67 @JoshJenkins24 Not really

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@Wobbler67 @JoshJenkins24 1 key injury won the game, plus some gun players playing well. Not the coaching

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@superfooty 2 most important stats- goals and wins

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@Krow23_ @scott_thompson1 Whole ball was out though

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@scott_thompson1 Who’s to say they didn’t score off the throw in??

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@1116sen Watching all the games Gerard? You missed the current best forward and in my view the best player in the comp right now based on the eye test

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@HawthornFC In response to your statement - yes, wizard is the best player to watch. Breathtaking. Post wasn’t whether he had a quiet last quarter or not. I can imagine half these people who reply failed school because they put Q1s answer next to Q16. Pretty dumb stuff..

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@Wobbler67 @JoshJenkins24 That’s because he would be a far better player at the Hawks under the best coach in the comp by a country mile

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@BaggersFlaggers @TheMightyOz77 Mitchell is categorically the best coach in the comp.

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@BradKlibansky Positive is Freo will be all the rage in the press now. As we would have been if we had have won. We don’t need that pressure early in the season. Need the win next week against Demons to right the ship after a couple of tough games. Lose to Melbourne and we are vulnerable

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@HawthornFancast Tough to pin it on one moment but agree that was the turning point

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@superfooty @Josh__Barnes What’s juvenile is media blatantly accessing private team info and publishing it. Equivalent to a footy team accessing a journalists private text messages, sharing them with the world and THEN judging said journalist on his private messages they have no right to access

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@IncrediblyBozza As a hawks fan totally agree- both free kicks. Watsons gets a bit more airtime because of the stage of the game and the score at the time, but the Dambrosio one is a free kick every day of the week based on the rules of fending being prior opp

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@goldandbrown4 I don’t think any issues with the club- just reckon he is trying not to come across biased like old mate Eddie used to- so he’s gone too far the other way..

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@goldandbrown4 The only difference despite Dunstalls alarmist commentary.

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@HawkTalkPod Far less pressure on us next week. On a hiding to nothing this evening .. the two most important stats in the game are tackles and goals. The rest doesn’t matter if you don’t win those two stats

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@NatMartin30 Weddle to have a few weeks at Box Hill with no promises of returning to the 1s. A bit like Ginnivan last year. Sometimes overpaid and overhyped players need to know their position is up for grabs. We will get a better Weddle if we drop him now..

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@BradKlibansky 4 takeaways:
Weddle must be dropped as his worst ever performance has been coming for weeks. Too cute, reckless, and brainless- mind not on the job
Maguinness’s lack of skill exposes us in close games
The non call for Watson is the worst in 20 years.
The draw feels like a win

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@BradKlibansky Watched it but with no sound. Did I see footage of Mitch going nuts at Meeky in the sheds at HT? If so why?