Preview Round 15, 2022: Bulldogs v Hawks, 7pm Friday 24th June, Marvel Stadium

[Pessimistic]

Lynch wont play. Hasn't passed concussion protocols.

And on tv it didn’t look like a perticularly hard knock

 

[Hawksboy72]

Got a bad feeling about this game.
Has a Doggies beat up written all over it.
Could end up 22 goals to 10.
Hope I'm wrong.

 

[chopflop]

Just excited to watch some footy again. Go hawks!

 

[Flukey!]

Doggies were very poor defensively last week.
Hopefully we can restrict their scoring better than GWS and then hurt them the other way.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

So he managed to get dropped

No Sam said he was dealing with something minor at the time and was managed.

 

[matey]

Does Blanck have the speed to play on Naughton?

This was noted in Blanck’s draft analysis

“If you watched Blanck throughout the season, both for Eastern Ranges and Vic Metro, the standout feature of his game is his closing speed, a vital component of a key defender's game. It is no surprise to see him clock sub three seconds on the 20m sprint in the pre-season, but the most interesting result was his first 5m - an unbelievable 1.001 seconds, ranked first of all combine invitees that tested. It also helps that he is a clean spoiler of the ball, often getting a full fist to the ball and cleanly punching it, rather than slapping it away. These two strengths make him a very solid key defender prospect.”

Time to unleash the Blanck.

 

[matey]

So we are at round 15 essentially a 2 month block of footy left straight after a bye. Start of the year always wanted to see games pumped into the kids so would like to see DGB, Ward, Mac, Butler, Blanck play in most of the games left and a Long debut. Then they will have plenty of time off and another preseason ……. will be much better off for next year!

 

[TazHawk15]

Got a bad feeling about this game.
Has a Doggies beat up written all over it.
Could end up 22 goals to 10.
Hope I'm wrong.

I think we will win, but not by as much as you say.

 

[Coathanger]

Marvel. Get excited about the game and then remember it is there. It's just hard to have much confidence with us playing there.

You might need a rethink. Below table is from beginning of the stadium to today.

 

[KermitJagger]

You might need a rethink. Below table is from beginning of the stadium to today.

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It's one of those things that raw stats don't really reflect.

Marvel has been a poor hunting ground because we generally play worse quality opponents there and churn out poor quality matches. Considering St Kilda's general lack of quality for pretty much half the time Docklands has been in use, it's not a resounding success that we only manage to barely win more games there than they do on average.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

You might need a rethink. Below table is from beginning of the stadium to today.

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lol carlton

 

[Judd2Sewell]

No English is a huge loss for them. It would have been an interesting match up between touches around the ground (English) v hitouts (Reeves).

Despite him and Smith being out their midfield will still run rampant. Hopefully Lewis catches on fire and we nullify Naughton.

 

[TylerDurden]

No English is a huge loss for them. It would have been an interesting match up between touches around the ground (English) v hitouts (Reeves).

Despite him and Smith being out their midfield will still run rampant. Hopefully Lewis catches on fire and we nullify Naughton.

Weightman a huge loss too. He's a star.

If we get off to a good start, it could get interesting.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Weightman a huge loss too. He's a star.

If we get off to a good start, it could get interesting.

True, another big loss.

You just know that someone like JUH, JJ or McNeil will end up kicking 3/4 goals though.

 

[MrPremiership]

Bramble has just started to settle back in and find form.

Yeah I get that, but need to take someone out to get someone in, and he's the most vulnerable in my view.

Maginness wishes he was given enough time to find form like Bramble has.

 

[Sixpence]

No English is a huge loss for them.

You can thank me for that. I brought him into my Fantasy team after vowing never again. No surprise, he lasted one game.

 

[burner1]

Lewis for Callow
Gunston for frost
Blanck for Hartigan
DGB for howe

Would like to squeeze Morris in. But hard enough with Impey out. Bramble is finding form so can’t see him being dropped (and we’ve given him a good run).

Think McDonald would benefit with more time at BH in midfield. Worpel needs to improve his disposal before being promoted. Finn likely in same boat.

 

[TylerDurden]

I think Howe did enough v Freo to keep his spot.

 

[Jazzfan]

You might need a rethink. Below table is from beginning of the stadium to today.

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We've won one of our last six at Marvel.

Losses included Essendon this year, and Adelaide last year. Both we should have won.

We've also been smacked by Saints by 10 goals twice in that run.

I'm going Friday, but home teams like Saints and Dogs at Marvel can really get hold of teams at this place.... Dogs are the biggest front runners going to.

Probably more than any other ground, this place highlights our biggest weakness... centre clearance and clearances. You can get scored on so quickly here. It's a massive game for our midfielders to stand up.

Here's hoping Jai gets another BOG and that Daicos for Rising Star nonsense quiets down a bit.

 

[hawkman]

I think Howe did enough v Freo to keep his spot.

Think one of Shiels or Howe will drop back to the sub

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[Bugs1977]

I'm confident we win this*

*Pending the INS that MrPremiership stated a page or so back

 

[StillAtLarge]

We've got to be a live chance. Dogs just conceded 16 goals to one of the worst forward lines in the comp

 

[theiaofseed]

Jeka, Long and Philips all back for Boxhill will be enjoyable to watch.

 

[cryptor]

Jeka, Long and Philips all back for Boxhill will be enjoyable to watch.

Really hope Jeka can pick back up where he left off.