Clinging to a spot in the top eight with a 50 per cent record after eight rounds, Hawthorn are having their worst start to an AFL season since 2010. It could easily be a lot different.Had their game against Essendon lasted another two seconds, and had Cyril Rioli cleanly cleaned grasped at full tilt a handball from Jack Gunston on Saturday night, the Hawks would instead be 6-2. Indeed, but for a poor 20 minutes against Port Adelaide and the Giants, they might be undefeated.That makes early calls on Hawthorn's imminent demise this season fanciful. And yet the little things are starting to add up to something more substantial. Which puts coach Alastair Clarkson in an interesting position. Do Hawthorn continue to hold the fort until their mid-season bye? Or do the chinks in the armour need to be ironed out immediately before the Hawks' shot at a third flag in a row becomes an obstacle too steep to climb?

THE TIGHTROPE
Just three weeks ago,fc barcelona trikot intersport, it was difficult to see how the Western Bulldogs were going to miss out on this year's finals.The Dogs had just won their fourth game from five,home trikot fc bayern 2013 14, a tough-as-nails win in the wet over Sydney. On that form, they were odds-on to win seven of their next nine games.How different that equation looks now. A week later, the Bulldogs gave up a 55-point lead to St Kilda. They pushed Fremantle all the way. But now they've been towelled up by Melbourne. That's three losses on end. And they certainly won't be starting favourite against Greater Western Sydney next weekend.And that's the nature of this season. Drop your guard at any stage and you're in trouble. Alternatively, stick to your guns and bring the required work ethic, and on a given day,pirlo trikot, just about anything's possible. Ask Melbourne. The Demons' early self-belief had begun to crumble after three straight losses to heavyweights Fremantle,real madrid trikot 2012 font, Sydney and Hawthorn, the last of those by more than 100 points. Now they're back in the ball game,fc schalke 4 trikot sammlung, only four points removed from the top eight.

THE HANGER
I'm calling it. Right now. No player in the history of league football has taken as many old fashioned "speccies" as Melbourne aerialist Jeremy Howe. He did it again yesterday,nike trikots frankreich, a screamer over Bulldog Michael Talia, Howe's amazing vertical leap allowing him to plant both knees on Talia's shoulders. That will be his second nomination for this season's Mark of the Year. He's already won it once, in 2012, when he was nominated on no fewer than eight occasions. He had four in 2013 and five last year. That's 17 in three seasons, or one every three weeks. Pick any high-flyer we've seen, Gary Ablett senior,dortmund trikot letzte saison, Trevor Barker, Peter Knights, Paul Vander Haar, Tony Modra,fc barcelona trikot busquets, Brett Burton, Warwick Capper,arsenal london trikot sega, Russell Robertson. None did it as frequently as this bloke.
THE POWERHOUSE
The top teams of last year were handed difficult draws to start 2015. All have copped their share of punishment during the early going. Except one. And Ross Lyon's Fremantle continues to bulldoze everything, and everyone,arsenal trikot, in their path. The Dockers have been two games clear on top for three weeks now. They had a minor scare against the Bulldogs a week back. And it was North Melbourne which was made to pay a hefty price, Freo winning every quarter,em trikot 2012 podolski, those little quiet periods eliminated, and the Dockers topping the ton for the fifth time this season. Fremantle now sit fifth for points scored. And the one apparent chink in the armour has been comprehensively ironed out.
THE BOUNCE
It's an issue which emerges periodically,neue wm trikots 2014 spanien, but might do so again after a series of errant centre bounces by umpires were recalled in Sunday's Essendon-Brisbane clash at Etihad Stadium. Those annoyed former AFL umpiring director Peter Schwab enough for him to tweet: "Why do we persist with bouncing the ball in middle of ground? A pointless tradition of our game." This column tends to agree. The umpires themselves don't seem too wedded to that tradition. It imposes a skill requirement which has nothing to do with their actual adjudicating ability. It causes undue strain on their backs. It causes needless delays when those bounces are recalled. And it's not as if the fans flock through the turnstiles to watch the umpires smack the ball down on the centre disc.
THE TALENT
Joe Daniher had struggled for a month prior to Essendon's Sunday game against Brisbane. Nine goals and some particularly strong marks over the first four rounds had given way to some indecisiveness, iron gloves and suggestions he may even need a run in the VFL. So his game against the Lions was a timely reminder of just how much natural talent possesses the 21-year-old still with only 34 games under his belt. Eight marks was a season high. And six goals easily his best haul to date. Daniher will still have his share of quiet days. But this was an important moment in what is odds-on to be a lengthy and quite possibly spectacular AFL career.



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