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Where do we start. Saturday nights debacle on the Gold Coast is one of those nights you wish you could forget, but one that sticks with you like a bad dream.

Danny Prins was joined by Nat Martin to dive into the match, at times two footed, and try to get an understanding of where the Hawks are at coming out of such a poor performance.

The discussion was free-flowing and centred around:

* How the Hawks managed to find themselves both still in the game, and completely outplayed all the way to half time;

* The midfield and their inability to stem the flow of Suns players pumping the ball into Hawthorn’s defensive 50;

* The unfair ask on some of the members of our defensive group, and how they’re standing up to the task as best as can be expected;

* Finn being a positive;

* Hawthorn’s forward line and the limited chances they had, but how the forward pressure was non-existent;

* The changes that need to be made before the must-win game against North Melbourne on Sunday ;

* Where the Hawks go from here;

* and plenty more…

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