Preview 1st Preliminary Final, Fremantle v Hawthorn, 25 September 2015, 8.20pm AEST @ Subiaco

[Hodginator]

1 day down, 4 more to go...

 

[SmlPopySyndrome]

I live in Lampang, only 1,500 Km from Phuket.

Pretty amazing mountains and Jungles up that way. How'd you end up so for North?

 

[Goldhawk]

We're f&##%... King has tipped us!

As long as KB does not pick us we will be fine

 

[Goldhawk]

I live in Lampang, only 1,500 Km from Phuket.

What the hell are you doing over there ?

 

[westaussie76]

...purple shit. Happy as a pig in purple shit, because that what us Hawks and Ross's game plan will make it feel like.

Plenty of brown and gold around me, as for the purple sh!t, hopefully most of it will have gone by 3/4 time ;-)

 

[LindaCresLove]

What the hell are you doing over there ?

"Gentlemen" don't ask those sort of questions.

 

[Wundo]

That could be the case but we all thought that vs Port last year and they came home with a wet sail despite us being well rested and them playing in Perth 7 days earlier.

Mmmm fresh legs from little game time.
I'll take game time everyday. Thats why they train so much.

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Both similar valid points. I hope you're both correct. I actually expect you will be, but I'm keeping open the chance of disappointment so as to avoid being stoned by a loss.

 

[Hawkk]

INteresting.. I'm of the opposite opinion. They'll have the fresher legs to run over us in the last, in theory, so I'd like the game out of reach at 3/4 time.

Fremantle exhaust themselves so much for so little reward its ridiculous in its way

Check out all their games this season...they are the fadeout specialists

If we are within 2 goals in the last (even with our extra games) its game on

 

[Gene Simmons]

We cooked him at Aurora earlier in the year.
Really good players play well anywhere. Lets see what he is really made of.
Nothing to fear here.

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Spot on! I want to see Hodge take him at the first bounce!

 

[JustKickIt]

He will be sore apparently needs 8 weeks off to recover fully but his such a beast he will still have a big impact.

Unless little Sammy bumps into him.......

 

[TyHawk]

Hodge is a different beast to our other inside mids. Burgoyne is brilliant at streaming away from stoppages, Sammy is a brilliant step away from the stoppages and Lewis seems all over the place this year. To me, Hodgey is the one with actual muscle and does breakaway from stoppages for the first few meters quite well. He tackles stick and hurt so for me, we have looked our best with him in the guts this year!! Would love to see hodge and burgs in the guts from the start. Our forwards have to be manic and don't let them breathe!! Block the corridor as Freo like to use that area of the ground to good effect. We need to score heavily imo...and early.

 

[Wundo]

Winning a big interstate final is the only thing missing from this groups CV.

Please remember to pack this before you come over ;-)

 

[WWSD]

Clarko; please put Shaun Burgoyne in the midfield for this game.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Clarko; please put Shaun Burgoyne in the midfield for this game.

Shaun will be unleashed if the game is in the balance....

 

[Wundo]

Shaun will be unleashed if the game is in the balance....

And not before. He's the quintessential "break glass if needed" midfielder.

 

[tige19]

The biggest myth in footy is Ross is a good coach.. He'll get found out again this Friday, it's the same of same old with Ross and his sides, he is the most one dimensional coach in the league.

One corner we have a master inervater and in the other corner we have one dimensional Dazza... The advantage in our coaches box is huge, for starters Sumich wouldnt get a gig coaching the BHH developmrnt side and he's Ross's right hand man.

Hawks by 17

 

[brew]

Was Burgoyne ever used in the middle in the first final?

 

[Pessimistic]

Fremantle exhaust themselves so much for so little reward its ridiculous in its way

Check out all their games this season...they are the fadeout specialists

If we are within 2 goals in the last (even with our extra games) its game on

squiggle seems to say they aren't even as defensive as they were early in the year

 

[HODGEYROAD]

squiggle seems to say they aren't even as defensive as they were early in the year

What is squiggle predicting for the remainder of the season ?

 

[Wundo]

What is squiggle predicting for the remainder of the season ?

We win by 13, against Freo.
WCE win by 27, against North.
We win the GF by 14

 

[Chopra]

The start is absolutely critical in this game.

Coming into the 2013 Grand Final my theory was - if the hawks get a 4 goal lead Freo won't be able to overcome it. They just don't have the scoring power.

The same goes for now. If we can get an early lead it will put us on top of the crowd and I think that Freo will really struggle to come back. There complete lack of forward options is a glaring weakness.

If this is turned into an arm wrestle I am definitely not as confident.

 

[Wundo]

We win by 13, against Freo.
WCE win by 27, against North.
We win the GF by 14

Squiggle says Cats, Dogs, Adelaide, Port, Roos, Richmond, Swans, Eagles and Hawks, score more than Freo.
Squiggle says Sydney, Richmond, West Coast and Hawks have a better defense, than Freo.

Hence you arrive at the original statement.

 

[Brant]

We win by 13, against Freo.
WCE win by 27, against North.
We win the GF by 14

Out of interest, what did the squiggle have us winning by in the 2014 Grand Final?

I'd suggest that ol' squiggleroo is as embarassed as HawkEye was in trying to predict some of Warnie's best!

(see you at the VIC this Friday, mate?)

 

[Wundo]

The start is absolutely critical in this game.

Coming into the 2013 Grand Final my theory was - if the hawks get a 4 goal lead Freo won't be able to overcome it. They just don't have the scoring power.

The same goes for now. If we can get an early lead it will put us on top of the crowd and I think that Freo will really struggle to come back. There complete lack of forward options is a glaring weakness.

If this is turned into an arm wrestle I am definitely not as confident.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Wundo]

Out of interest, what did the squiggle have us winning by in the 2014 Grand Final?

I'd suggest that ol' squiggleroo is as embarassed as HawkEye was in trying to predict some of Warnie's best!

(see you at the VIC this Friday, mate?)

2014 Squiggle had us winning by 7
Hell yeah I'll be at the Vic