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It was a shocker of a night at the MCG as our beloved Hawks got thumped by the Pies to make it three losses on the trot and officially be in a ‘slump’.

And rather that record our usual recap pod we thought we would head straight to our old lover for comfort - that being the warmth of an emergency Safe Space on X for our Insiders and the community to have an opportunity to vent.

And vent we did - covering the bad, the worse and the worst of a game where we were not only comprehensively beaten, but given a fair old dose of reality check medicine that we clearly needed.

So enjoy (sort of) listening to the instant reaction in the minutes after the final siren sounded.

And as always - feel free to comment with your thoughts, observations and frustrations, and keep an eye out for our match recap article in the coming days.

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