Autopsy 2023 Round 5 – GWS Giants vs Hawthorn, Sunday, April 16, 3.20PM AEST, Norwood Oval, SA

[Giant Strides]

Second last game of Gather Round, GWS takes on last-placed Hawthorn. Essentially, if we can't beat them, the season will be a disaster already. Several changes have been made, the most significant being the debut for Aaron Cadman. Clearly, we need to remember that he's on debut and not hang hopes of a miracle on him - at the least, he surely can't do worse than a couple of the performances that Riccardi produced. We've regained the experience of O'Halloran while giving Rowston a break, while Binga's absence will be a clear loss given his speed and zip. Finally, it's Tom Green

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Tom Green

Age

23

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

3star

CL

2.8

4star

D

11.5

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

7.3

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

2.3

4star

CL

2.8

5star

's 50th game - congratulations - so hopefully looking for a lift from everyone to win this.

Good luck boys - go get 'em GIANTS!

 

[Drummond]

I could be proven wrong with Cadman but he doesn’t strike me as a go home type of guy. Just his enthusiasm and excitement screams loyalty to the club. Hopefully he can have an impact today.

A lot of rain yesterday and overnight however it’s cleared up now and the sun is occasionally breaking through the clouds. The ground should be drying up but may not be the cleanest match.

 

[Orange crush]

I could be proven wrong with Cadman but he doesn’t strike me as a go home type of guy. Just his enthusiasm and excitement screams loyalty to the club. Hopefully he can have an impact today.

A lot of rain yesterday and overnight however it’s cleared up now and the sun is occasionally breaking through the clouds. The ground should be drying up but may not be the cleanest match.

It’s giants v hawks …. Wouldn’t be a clean game if played in perfect conditions …. 200 clangers incoming

 

[PaythePerryman]

Agreed. Cadman seems happy go lucky and like he's loving his time in Sydney and at the Giants.
Clearly has connected with Toby and Davis.
Let's hope he kicks a few today. He puts good pressure on during the games with defensive running. Small ground and he's a creative kick at goal so I can see him having an impact....even if it's small at this stage of his development.

 

[Giant Strides]

I'd like Cadman to at least kick a goal on debut so that monkey is off his back, but the most important two things for me will be (1) putting defensive pressure on inside 50, which we normally haven't gotten from our KPFs & (2) leading patterns to help create options (even if he's not clunking the marks at this point) and bringing the ball to ground for the smalls to crumb.

Those will help our gameplan.

 

[Colonial]

Must win.

 

[Drummond]

Have arrived at the ground. Gates open in an hour. Lots of Hawks fans around.

 

[Colonial]

Have arrived at the ground. Gates open in an hour. Lots of Hawks fans around.

Be loud mate, want to hear you through the tv.

 

[Land of the Giants]

I hope Cadman had a good debut and becomes a regular for us.

Our real challenge is finding a genuine team mindset. We had it once and lost it.

It's the only way we'll ever win a flag.

 

[Land of the Giants]

Have arrived at the ground. Gates open in an hour. Lots of Hawks fans around.

Are you wearing our kit?

 

[Drummond]

Are you wearing our kit?

I have come in orange and I have my seat!

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Must win.

Absolutely, must win. Our draw coming up is much harder, with us playing Brisbane, Swans, Bulldogs, Collingwood, Saints and Geelong. However, we should have Hawthorn’s measure. The market also has us as strong favourites at $1.41 (Hawks are $2.85). Cmon Giants and hope Cadman has a great debut

 

[Land of the Giants]

However, we should have Hawthorn’s measure.

There's that word again...

 

[Colonial]

 

[Colonial]

 

[MelbourneGWS]

There's that word again...

Oh Ye of little faith!

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Maybe Davis was being cheeky, but liked how he said on his speech that Cadman will be a 10 year player with us! confident that Cadman will be with us for the long haul, and explains part of the reason our club traded up to get him

 

[Drummond]

Beautiful weather! Sun out, bit of a breeze, so many Hawks fans, a reasonable amount of orange also. What an atmosphere!

 

[MelbourneGWS]

Lot of attention on Cadman’s debut from the media. All number 1 draft picks would also have got this publicity, and will be interesting to see how Aaron handles the situation.

 

[Giant Strides]

Beautiful weather! Sun out, bit of a breeze, so many Hawks fans, a reasonable amount of orange also. What an atmosphere!

Enjoy the day. I was hoping to get over there - my wife is South Australian - but son's 21st birthday celebration this weekend trumped any travel! Hopefully get there next year.

 

[Colonial]

Beautiful weather! Sun out, bit of a breeze, so many Hawks fans, a reasonable amount of orange also. What an atmosphere!

Will be there next year should it be there or Perth.

 

[Land of the Giants]

Looks like Manuka in the good old days.

 

[Colonial]

Hmmm

 

[sydney_gws]

Hmmm

It is the same for both sides, but why are the non Adelaide oval games at this ground? Wouldn't ports old ground have bigger dimensions, hold a bigger crowd?

 

[Del208273]

Small mercy that it's a Ch7-produced game so none of the FoxFooty numpties.

Giants off to a horrible start with no structure and the blind kick forward.