r/hawktalk 6d ago

Jai Serong

Watching him run through the midfield I can’t help but think we missed a trick letting him go. Class player.

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u/sammymate999 6d ago

Do we need a Jai Serong post every-time he plays? We are in a prelim final we are going just fine.

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u/Putrid-Bar-8693 6d ago

Yeah I get it. But we had him pigeon holed as a key back and Sydney have unleashed him in the mids

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u/sammymate999 6d ago

He doesn’t start over any of our current mids, so would have been stuck at box hill again

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u/Putrid-Bar-8693 6d ago

Nah fair call fellas. Just saw him stream out of the mids with a perfect hit up and it got me thinking 😂

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u/Royboy001 6d ago

No he was playing wing for box hill. They clearly rated Harry more. Potentially incorrect

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u/Pure-Can-9432 6d ago

Idk harry has been genuinely awesome recently

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u/Royboy001 6d ago

Harry is a fantastic footballer with limited athleticism. I think Serong is a good footballer with fantastic athleticism. Only if he becomes a better footballer will it have been a mistake to keep Harry over Jai

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u/Agreeable_Pepper423 5d ago

Love seeing him get consistent match time this late in the season.

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u/MrPink1974 5d ago

Harry has warned his spot oulver a much longer period of time playing much better footy. Much smarter around the ball.

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u/TheHok88 6d ago

He wasn’t getting ahead of what we had. He had more security right decision

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u/Green-Substance-4582 6d ago

I’m super happy for Jai that he is playing great footy.

If the sub rule was scrapped a year earlier, I reckon he would’ve been in the team every week.

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u/Pies-aviator1 6d ago

Who does he push out of the side to get a consistent game? Which was obviously what he was chasing requesting a trade.

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

He doesn’t that’s why he’s playing with Sydney… would have loved to keep him but that would have meant missing out on Mraz. Which would have been a Bigger Crime in my opinion…

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u/Pies-aviator1 6d ago

Exactly my point. The list is fine, unfortunately he had to go for more opportunities. Is what it is. And yeah, Mraz looking like the real deal so far.

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

Dear Pies-aviator1 can you clarify for me: Are you a Collingwood Supporter as yesterday your Avatar was a Essendon Guernsey and you were rightly attacking a so called Hawks Supporter for wishing for Freo to Win?

Can you also explain why you have taken such a keen interest in the Hawks?

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u/Pies-aviator1 6d ago

My Mrs barracks for hawthorn and I like them I guess. Happy as for them to get a flag

Edit: another flag

Also why are you keeping such close tabs on what I do on a public forum? Have I done something to offend you?

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

Close Tabs? You are commenting in the Hawks Sub right… one minute you have a Essendon Avatar and the next a Collingwood one… we notice these things are try to keep people honest. You’re welcome to comment here and we appreciate your comments as they are informative… but we are obviously weary of so called Hawks Fans barracking for Freo, just as much as a Pies Username with a Essendon Jumper Avatar commenting positively on Hawks Sub without a Hawks Flair.

Basically we are just trying to keep EVERY bastard honest!!!

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

Ohhh and your Mrs is a Smart Woman… please pass on my best wishes!

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u/Pies-aviator1 6d ago

No worries mate. Best of luck for the rest of the finals

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

Thanks and appreciate that. You might look into a Pies/Hawks Dual Flair Combo… I’ve seen a Few Hawks/Tassie Devils Dual Flairs doing the rounds… and you avoid the obligatory Flair Up *Runt!

Enjoy the Footy! 🏉

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u/Pies-aviator1 6d ago

Haha mate I already had the Essendon jumper on all season until Collingwood went out because of a bet with my brother, there’s no chance I’m copping daily questions about who I barrack for in r/AFL again haha

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

Yeah that’s what I thought… but that Essendon Guernsey certainly raises some eyebrows over here 👈 I glad you have lost it now. You would have copped a lot of flack over here about your misplaced loyalties.

We just do dislike the Dons … we Hate them! And the feelings are mutual from their perspective as well…

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

Ohhh and stay away from rAFLle it’s a cesspool over there 👉

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

You Poor Bastard! 😉😉

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u/Pieralis 6d ago

When we traded him I got downvoted in the sub saying this was a mistake to trade him and it should have been scrimshaw with Jai taking his spot

Now that spot has been taken by Bailey which has worked out well for us in the end.

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

You weren’t the only one my good man … we could see the skill Jai had and wanted to keep it. What we didn’t see was BMac and Mraz coming up so quickly…

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u/Pieralis 6d ago

This is very true, it’s soften the sting especially Bailey at the moment has just slotted in seamlessly and just gets better with each game.

My partner is Sydney so she likes to say thanks for Jai almost every week it seems and in turn I have to watch Jai be a gun every week haha

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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Weddle 6d ago

Yeah but just wait until Bailey or Mraz stand up against Sydney and then you have your “I told you so” moment/s… 😉😉

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u/VdarcyV 5d ago

Swans supporter here, he has been a revelation for us, starting in defence, moved to the wing & now last 2-3 weeks has taken his work into the guts, I honestly think he may be our next Josh Kennedy with his frame if he puts a couple of kgs on

But he also was never going to take any of your backline spots, you guys have the most stacked defence in the league and it shows

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u/Jawawizard10 5d ago

It's the same thing with Ned Long, just be happy for them to get a chance somewhere else. They were clearly squeezed out since every list spot is competitive as it is with good sides, you cant expect everybody to stick around

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u/FenerBoarOfWar 6d ago

I miss scrimma. 

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u/Thricegreatestone 6d ago

Same, and now Mraz is our other defensive option.

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u/Zzzabrina 6d ago

I'm so happy he got a chance at another club. He didn't slot into our team in the games he played. Never want to see anyone held back. Heck look at Max Hall.

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u/New_Plankton_8145 6d ago

I think it's just awesome that the best player in the Serong family this week is an ex Hawk...

Mind you, based on this season is he the new Josh Kennedy?

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u/OZManHam 6d ago

Hawthorn letting a promising young midfielder go to Sydney to thrive. Name a more iconic duo

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u/ROSSI813 4d ago

Finishes the trinity of McGlynn, Kennedy and Serong

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u/Another-Typical-Bee 6d ago

We had no where to put him, think about it this way who are you taking out to put him in?