Titus O'Reilly....
Sunday
Hawthorn (142) v West Coast (26)
So, there’s the bottom of the ladder, and then below that is a trapdoor, and if you open that trapdoor, there is a ladder, and if you go down that ladder, there’s an elevator. Take that down fifty kilometres and there’s the West Coast Eagles.
The Hawks, who are very much not good, smashed the Eagles by 116 points, and it was brutal to watch.
Mitch Lewis kicked a career-high six goals, but it doesn’t really count as someone who had watched a two-minute ‘The basics of Australian Rules football’ video on YouTube could do that against the Eagles.
In the second half, Hawthorn booted 11 second-half goals while the Eagles responded with two whole points.
In a half! Two points. And those two points were surprises. Basically accidents.
The Eagles were without Tom Barrass, Jack Darling, Nic Naitanui, Luke Shuey, Elliot Yeo, Jamie Cripps, Liam Ryan, Shannon Hurn, Jeremy McGovern and Tom Cole.
In their quest to injure all their players, a quest they are close to completing, they added Jamaine Jones to that list.
Apart from getting injured, the Eagles show no enthusiasm for any other part of football.
To think, Geelong briefly worried about losing Tim Kelly to the Eagles. I mean I know he wanted to be closer to family, but does anyone like their family that much?
