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Hodge thrives on situations like this. Like 2008 and his rib injury, this time an illness will fire him to do the difficult and shine in the face of adversity. True Leader.

AFL have stuffed up big time. There are these off the ball shoulder to shoulder bumps countless times per game. If an opponent wants to get back at the opposition all he has to do is go down on his knees and pretend he's winded. If they've set this precedent then they have a case to answer by...

May be true to some extent but his job is to also bash and crash the packs - if he doesn't mark it it's the job of the crumbers to benefit when it hits the deck. An excellent power forward who had an off night.

Brendon Whitecross take a bow. What a fabulous clubman. Possibly season ending injury yet he still supported the boys, smiled, enjoyed the celebrations and refused to look down, considering his knee injury. I was gutted for him but very proud to see what a fantastic character this man has...

We may throw a curve ball vs Geelong. I have a sneaking suspicion that if Hawkins starts well, Rough may be switched onto him and Shoe may venture up fwd. Rough has the vertical leap to spoil and has the weight to keep his ground. Rough is also an excellent decision maker when the ball hits...

I have a really stupid question. Why are other teams able to double team Franklin yet we are unable to do so against Hawkins?o_O

It's either Savage or Ellis I reckon. I think all players are pretty tired by the end of the third quarter and maybe Savage can expose the Pies with his pace. Line ball.

I may be completely alone, but I feel Bailey is pretty average around the ground and less than average up forward. We also can't manage to keep on the ground uninjured long enough to see if he can improve in these areas. You can't just carry a ruck for his taps. They need to impose themselves...

I think a lot of tossentators forget that we were playing on that joke of a ground, the SCG. The Swans easily have a 4 odd goal advantage on that ground. Guts Hawks !!!

WhiteX has had a very consistent season. Gosh, one below par game and people want to dump him. He is a fair margin ahead of Ellis. (though I like X and hope he finds top gear). No change. Can't risk Rioli if it's touch and go.

Yeah, I wasn't encouraged by Evans stating that Mitchell was in doubt with a calf injury:(

We should be happy that Rioli hasn't done an AC joint or a season ending injury. It is what it is. He'll still be able to keep his fitness up with the sore shoulder. I'd rather he be ready for week one of the finals. Such is the nature of footy. Franklin repeatedly was training with the full...

Danger game is all I can say. Yes we are hot favourites but with an exhausting game last week vs Cats, Buddy, Shiels and Rough out, we need to be on our game. If we are primed and sharp we should win quite easily, but if we are sluggish, then we may end up with a rude awakening - I say this...

Very true. One thing that keeps me a bit upbeat is that Franklin tweeted, about 14 hours ago, that his hammy was going great and that he hopes to play next week. Now that's straight out of horse's mouth. I doubt he would make such a comment if there was a real concern. I just hope the club makes...

The lack of comment re Buddy by the club is concerning, though. The reason being is that they always have given an explanation after the team is selected. I would expect them to make some sort of statement later today. Did anyone happen to go to training? The longer the silence, the more the...

Bailey must do more around the ground. It was our mids that weren't switched on for the first quarter. They did superbly in the next three. So if Bailey is to successfully come back from injury and replace Hale, he must show more in second efforts and take a few marks around the ground. The...

Who cares about the Coleman. Or if he makes AA. Fair enough, a lot of people do. In my view, we need him cherry ripe for the Sydney and West Coast games leading into the finals. It's all about giving us the best chance for Ultimate success in 2012. That's all I'm focused on. A mistake was made...

As far as I can remember, the players and club have been saying that buddy will come back when we believe he absolutely ready. Sewell said that it might be GWS or GC. He said, when he's absolutely ready, he'll play. So I would much rather them take a super conservative approach and give him a...

Agree, and what may help more is the fact that teams' defenses are often focused on double teaming the champ (Buddy). Question? Is there some way to play the same back 6, but allow Rough (when rucking), to drift back to defense and help but ONLY when one of the opposition forwards is doing...

As stated above, I agree that the players must have a more balanced approach when kicking it inside 50. Do people think that we may end up that we keep the current forward structure but have buddy play around the 50 metre mark? I say this because Buddy is very capable of kicking goals from 55...

A Plan B that actually works. Buddy missing from injury has resulted in Clarko placing greater emphasis on multiple goalkickers. We've seen Gunston emerge and mids taking the next step and running to dangerous areas in the forward line and kicking majors. This has been a major step forward...

I think the thread title is embarassing. I love Hodge to Franklin's passion and loyalty to the Mighty Hawks BUT and a big BUT - Geelong have been the best side since our GF win over them in 2008. MUCH better than us. Simple. We have greatly matured this year and we have guys like Gunston...

Oh and I reckon we will play the cats in the finals and win. Their fans will be saying "what's the point winning the other games when we don't beat the Hawks in finals..." Still gutted

I'm shattered. Gutted doesn't say enough. BUT we have a serious plan B without Buddy. The best player in the AFL was missing for us tonight and I am proud of the lads. We simply were WAY too slow out of the blocks. Our intensity was really off in the first quarter. Add Franklin and we have...

No contact to the head when Stanton hit the ground. No injury, ball in play, no problems. Risky tackle but will be fine.

Hawthorn FC News has changed the game day details regarding Bruce It reads, Vs Tigers: Bruce - Emergency (life support) I contacted the club and they have confirmed this.

Thanks for the update Sav. Kurt is the guy I'm most interested in. He is an elite athlete and to gave up so much in NZ (he was expected to be a future Rugby/basketball star) and committ himself fully to AFL, he will be one to really watch. He was touted with a reputation of being one of the...

Bingo. Poppy isn't usually this quiet. His pressure was superb. In doing his role (along with Cyril), it freed up Bruest. I can see Gunston coming into the team soon if his form warrants it BUT: It will probably mean Buddy plays a similar role as he did against Freo, except just drift into...

The reason Hodge has come in and played backline or half forward is simply due to the need to build match fitness. We have winnable games coming up and I hope we do the job. When Hodge does come in and gets 2 or 3 matches under his belt, he will be ready to rotate in the midfield. You can't...

I firmly believe that there are three teams that can win from 5th this year. Hawks, Cats, Pies. Forgetting the other two, but given we have a healthy and in-form list in September, am I the only one that is quietly confident we can go all the way. I say this because, as Newbold said, our...