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A big week calls for an even bigger midweek pod, and we brought in the big guns with Ash, Mick, Mora and Brad hitting record to discuss a myriad of points including:

* How soon into the Port game did things look grim;

* What, if anything could be gleaned from the second half comeback;

* Is the backline too tall?

* The idiocy of the return game with Port not being at the MCG;

* Do Willie Rioli’s comments about his father’s time at Hawthorn stack up from a football perspective given the club was at the tail end of a golden era;

* The thinning injury list;

* Early thoughts ahead of the Geelong game;

* Your questions answered and your observations commented on.

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