By Liam McAlary After a long off season, the AFLW crew are almost back in action and we here at Talking Hawks cannot wait for the upcoming 2023 AFLW season. Led by the club’s best recruit in at least half a decade in coach Bec Goddard, and our captain courageous...
By Liam McAlary After the most unusual footy season in any of our memories (at all levels), the 2020 AFL Draft was unlike any other, with many of the top talents having been barely seen all season due to a variety of pandemic induced shutdowns across Australia, especially in Victoria. ...
The results haven't been the most flattering for the AFL side, with the lads sitting at 1-4 with a clash with Adelaide coming up tomorrow. However, the VFL side are currently 3-0 with an outstanding percentage and a clash with bottom placed side Coburg incoming and the VFLW side are...
We are back for another classic game review and this week I have gone into the archives to look at all of our clashes against the Adelaide Crows. Whilst there have been some awesome finals against the Crows and while they would have been fantastic to review, this series is...
By Liam McAlary Last year, just about any Hawthorn supporter would have had the same answer to the question of what was our biggest area of concern; the midfield. Our midfield last year looked homogenous, slow, somewhat old, and not really capable of playing at AFL level, ranking 18th in...
By Liam McAlary At the time of publication, there are five days until the Hawthorn men’s team are back competing for four points, and although the so-called experts and some fans have predicted a grim season, there is still a lot to be excited about in terms of player development,...
By Liam McAlary Bec Goddard and the Hawthorn AFLW side have pulled off a massive coup, landing former Brisbane stars and 2021 premiership teammates Emily Bates and Greta Bodey in the Priority Signing Period (PSP) To say that this is a bombshell is an understatement, and it has made us...
By Liam McAlary From the reigning premiers to a team who lost by a point in a prelim, the Hawks’ pre-season match ups won’t be getting any easier as we take on the Pies this Thursday evening. However, it’s the pre-season and results that mean less, with a higher priority...
By Staff Writers It wasn't the result that fans expected and there is an epidemic of overreaction to practice games (Collingwood at Morwell last year anyone?) so Timmy and Smithy came up with their main takeaways from the outing against the Cats. The Ferg is the Word Timmy Newman With...
With a game against an old enemy to kick off 2023, what else but a group project to dissect all of the things we will be keeping a close eye on? So, from most of us at Talking Hawks, here are the things we are keeping an extra close eye...
