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Although its hard to believe one game produced so many injuries, there has been such an overreaction on here. Shame about Roughy but the replacements name themselves. Hale, Bailey, Smith and Ladson for mine which is a good mix of experience and youth. I really like the look of the inclusions...

It was a pretty average game in the end. But the Hawks had a few nice passages of play and were strong in the first quarter. What the game underlined for me was how well we have recruited. Gibson had possibly his best game for the Hawks. He was never beaten in a one on one and punched well...

Sounds like a really interesting choice Knightmare. I certainly wouldn't be upset if the hawks picked him up and we do need an outside player with pace. One thing I would say is that I note you were thinking of taking a ruckman with the hawks second pick. I reckon that is pretty unlikely for...

Have to agree with this. I think there was a siege mentality after round 7 which meant Clarko stuck with the older, established players in a desperate effort to make the finals. And we did. But it was never that convincing. Next year I don't think Clarko necessarily needs to change the personal...

Buddy can play up the ground and is great on the HFF but I still like him playing predominately in the forward 50. Also the attraction in picking up a guy like Lamb (if he is as good as he is meant to be) is it will take the pressure off Buddy and allow him and the Hawks to be more dangerous...

We still have the draft to address a lack of pace which I hope we will. A pacy player like Jed Lamb to add to our forward line/midfield would be a great addition. Plus we have four more picks and young guys like shiels and savage up our sleeve. I don't think the list is actually that one paced...

To my mind Jed Lamb seems the best pick-up for us as we seem to lack his type of player. I reckon what we are lacking is a quick half-forward flank who can get the ball and either pass it to Buddy or Rough on a lead, bomb it long to the square or have a shot from fifty. Although I'm just going...

Whoops. Left Hodge, Burgoyne and Renouf out of my team. Should read: Guerra Gilham Murphy Stratton Gibson Birchall Young Mitchell Savage Osborne Franklin Lewis Hale Roughhead Rioli Hodge Burgoyne Renouf Int Ellis Shiels Sewell Sub Bateman/Whitecross

I think we have a really strong core, its juggling players around so that we can obtain the best from those 16-22 players who are harder to pick. I'm not sure about Sewell or Bateman. There is a really query about whether Bateman is up to it. He was great in 2008 and has lost the run and impact...

Arguably the hawks of 2011 may be similar to the Pies in the sense that we have shed Brown, Ladson (who I think is a keeper for depth and at 26 is not over the hill) is no longer in our best 22 and Ossie may be pushed out of the side if he is unable to perform to a high standard. In place of...

Surely, keeping Gilham at FB and putting Lisle into CHB would be a better option than picking up a Richmond reject. Lisle is a huge unit and played CHB for Vic Metro he could fill the role we need for a big defender who can take the Kosi's and Hawkins' of the world. I reckon this move would...

Yeah, our younger guys are looking good in the VFL. We need to remember that Shiels dominated in several games including picking up 41 touches in one match. Lisle is another player who has strong VFL form including kicking 5 goals in one game. We also have Whitecross with strong VFL form and...

Why is it hard to be optimistic about the list? I admit there are holes, ie. a mature KPD but you have to remember that all clubs delist players at the end of the year. Not every player makes it. I think after a cull of the bottom 3 or 4 players on the list and drafting more promising...

We should upgrade both to the senior list. They are both close enough to our best 22 to be on the senior list. This also frees up the rookie list. Time to look for new talent through the rookie list and can mean that our nominated rookies are Breust or Riley Milne. For the record Peterson is an...

Not sure on the rules but would like to keep a fair few of those players. Only get rid of Stokes, Sierakowski and Johnston for mine. At a pinch maybe get rid of Moss but I quite like the way he goes about it and he does have the talent. I'd be tempted to keep JKT and hopefully he'll get a...

I reckon the team needs a bit of a shake up. We've got all the ingredients. We just need players playing in their best positions. I'd throw Schoenmakers or Lisle to centre half back and play them as a swing man who can go forward if needed. This gives us an extra tall and more flexibility and...