Preview Round 12, 2024: Hawthorn v Adelaide Crows, 1 June 2024, 1.45pm @ MCG

[Judd2Sewell]

Is Reeves a certainty to come in for Meek? Or could we bring Ramsden in and play a combination of Chol/Ramsden/Nash throughout the day.

I don't think Ramsden is near ready to take on a big unit like ROB. ROB is OK around the ground, but not to the extend where it makes Reeves a liability. If Reeves can break even with ROB at ballups then he's done his job for the week.

It should he a good battle in the middle with Dawson, Crouch and Soligo in great form. Laird hasn't been as good as he was in previous years, but from memory he seems to enjoy playing us.

Dawson - Nash
Crouch - Worpel (head to head)
Soligo - Day
Laird - Newcombe

We have them for size in there.

 

[dermott]

Josh did an interesting job spelling syndesmosis.

 

[humid hawk]

It's a like-for-like swap! Watto into the ruck pls

 

[Platten44]

We could have had both if Allan came under father and son, as Weddle was selected before him. However we wouldn’t have got Hustwaite, who I think will have a good career.

would have been impossible to have the picks for both as prior to the draft we had no idea where the Allan bid would come and if Weddle would slip to a pick we could trade for

 

[Walshawk]

Is Reeves a certainty to come in for Meek? Or could we bring Ramsden in and play a combination of Chol/Ramsden/Nash throughout the day.

He has two and a half years left on his contract. He is a certainty.

 

[TheFourPillars]

He has two and a half years left on his contract. He is a certainty.

What does this mean?

 

[Walshawk]

What does this mean?

It means that the club is not going to pass over Reeves at this stage for a part time ruckman. They will give him every opportunity to perform at AFL level.

 

[hawkinoz]

It means that the club is not going to pass over Reeves at this stage for a part time ruckman. They will give him every opportunity to perform at AFL level.

and if he has a good game and sits out rest of season since Meek is a lock, then there should be enough suitors come looking for a mutually beneficial trade.

He is the one of the few ones in our depth players who have any decent trade value.

 

[matey]

If Meek doesn’t get up and Reeves steps in he should be pumped to have another crack in the ones ……. should be breathing fire

 

[MasterSamurai]

Great opportunity for our mids to clean up in clearances with Reeves back in.

 

[parsons nose]

Great opportunity for our mids to clean up in clearances with Reeves back in.

Meek is in doubt he hasn’t been ruled out yet

 

[Mojo]

If Meek doesn’t get up and Reeves steps in he should be pumped to have another crack in the ones ……. should be breathing fire

Hasn't set the world on fire at VFL level

 

[taurus]

Try the Mountain View Hotel, it’s a short walk to the G and usually a good pre game pub vibe.

 

[Bugs1977]

Meek is in doubt he hasn’t been ruled out yet

Yeah but if we keep rolling with the forgone conclusion that he's out then maybe the reverse psychology will see him get up

 

[OnTheRocks]

and if he has a good game and sits out rest of season since Meek is a lock, then there should be enough suitors come looking for a mutually beneficial trade.

He is the one of the few ones in our depth players who have any decent trade value.

I like Noodles so I say this with tongue in cheek. Carlton?

 

[mustang]

I was watching an old boys' match on the weekend, where the players ranged in age from 18 to about 22, and I was thinking of a similar point. If you put AFL-level players of the same age into the match, how fast would they look? There's always one or two midfielders in an old boys game that seem to have a bit of zip and elusiveness in the pack. Put that player into the AFL and how slow would he look?

In fact, the guys playing in that old boys match all probably played with one or two AFLers in their school days. It's hard to imagine how big the gap in footballing skills has grown between them in the last two or three years.

Wasn’t Vanderberg drafted from a old boys team.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

I like Noodles so I say this with tongue in cheek. Carlton?

Bluuz have Pittonett, who has been having a career best season and TDK, who is a very promising prospect.

 

[peetoo]

I would have thought the week where one of the ruck men is missing a game through injury is a very strange time to be contemplating trading a mature ruck out?

 

[KermitJagger]

Reading Twitter comments makes me feel a little bit better about some of the posters we've got on this board. Calsher against Reilly O'Brien

43

Reilly O'brien

Age

29

Ht

202cm

Wt

105kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.4

4star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

5star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

14.4

3star

K

5.9

2star

HB

8.5

4star

CL

1.6

4star

HO

23.8

5star

D

12.6

4star

K

4.8

2star

HB

7.8

5star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

24.8

5star

. Gee wiz.

 

[TazHawk15]

Meek only doing light work at training so we can count him out it would seem.
Massive opportunity for a big Ned to come in and play his role but we are certainly going to miss Meeks grunt.

 

[VandoHawk]

Meek out is very big. Reeves gets his chance but O'Brien is the type of ruck to manhandle him with the new changes.

 

[matey]

Re Meek it’s an ankle isn’t it? Given I have done an ankle a few times playing basketball ……. would still be on crutches 4 days after! Given he also came back on in the last quarter it must be on the minor side so maybe still a chance.

 

[TazHawk15]

Re Meek it’s an ankle isn’t it? Given I have done an ankle a few times playing basketball ……. would still be on crutches 4 days after! Given he also came back on in the last quarter it must be on the minor side so maybe still a chance.

He did not join the main group at training and only doing light work, count him as an out.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Put chol in the ruck and throw skaife straight in

 

[The hands of stone]

First time in ages one of our games got a preview on strategy on SEN