Backing local champions. - neafl
Backing local champions. - neafl
Backing local champions. - neafl
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By Joseph Prevedello<br />
HAWKS STILL A<br />
CHANCE...<br />
The Tuggeranong<br />
Hawks will have to<br />
direct their focus<br />
to next season after<br />
all but drowning<br />
their finals chances<br />
– being demolished by<br />
Eastlake last Sunday.<br />
It was a must win game for the<br />
Hawks, but they never looked<br />
in it with the Demons running<br />
them off their feet and eventually<br />
winning by 20 goals – 10.12.72 to<br />
29.18.192.<br />
The interesting<br />
question is: Where<br />
to now for the<br />
Hawks? They have<br />
the bye this weekend<br />
but then how do<br />
they approach the<br />
remaining two games<br />
against Belconnen<br />
and Queanbeyan?<br />
The brown and yellow guernseys<br />
are still mathematically in the<br />
race for the nearly sealed fourth<br />
spot. The chances are incredibly<br />
slim and if they are to make<br />
it they will have to win their<br />
final two matches by massive<br />
margins. They might have a good<br />
chance considering the Magpies<br />
and Tigers only have 4 wins<br />
between them but the Hawks<br />
would have to rely on Eastlake<br />
suffering huge losses in their final<br />
two games.<br />
Coach Glenn Gorman decried<br />
his team for not being hungry<br />
enough against the Demons. And<br />
really, the chance to make a mark<br />
on the competition has passed.<br />
There were missed opportunities<br />
during the season and the Hawks<br />
will have to pay the price for that.<br />
If only they had managed to hold<br />
on against Ainslie in round six<br />
and Queanbeyan in round nine<br />
it could be a different story now.<br />
Gorman has said time and time<br />
again that the key is belief -<br />
Believe and you can win games.<br />
This isn’t to say that the season<br />
hasn’t been positive for<br />
Tuggeranong.<br />
They started<br />
the year with<br />
an aura of<br />
confidence<br />
after winning<br />
some monumental<br />
games towards<br />
the end of 2010 and<br />
continued that<br />
attitude through<br />
the preseason.<br />
Their goal has been to make<br />
the finals – it probably won’t<br />
happen. But the young team<br />
have built a foundation together<br />
and will certainly build again for<br />
next season.<br />
Gorman believes there are still<br />
some issues to work through.<br />
He was adamant the Hawks<br />
could have beaten Eastlake last<br />
weekend and the team needs<br />
to start asking themselves<br />
questions about why they didn’t<br />
and what is stopping the team<br />
from performing.<br />
They have to remember the pain<br />
now and use it in 2012.<br />
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