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Prestia, Bolton, Hopper was the first 2 CBAsGraham and Prestia are much more balanced mids than JH, JH is the main culprit in making us slow and bad on transition, but he also has been terrible on the inside over the last two years so we're getting beaten at all phases in the midfield thanks to him.
Realistically Ross, TT and Prestia are all better clearance players than JH on current form. So if you try to fix the balance by taking them away from the centre, we're going to become uncompetitive there again. Prestia going into the midfield was one major reason we came back against the Hawks.
Honestly if he wasn't 2 years into a 7 year deal would he even be playing next week? With MRJ and Baker to come in? McAuliffe is one good pre-season from probably overtaking JH, and we're going to have a half-dozen top picks in a draft stacked full of midfielders. We don't need complements to JH, we need a much better replacement.
3rd CB Taranto IN for Prestia, Bolton mistimes the Nank palm down. Hawks win the CC
Jesus !! Balta completely mistiming kick from Hugo. Then 50m penalty.
All the hard work by the mids. Concede soft goals & hopeless without Lynch.
Blight good mark, crap kick
CBounce 4: Ross, Taranto, Hopper: CC to HFC
Blight yuck ~
Prestia rubbish kick turnover.
Jason Dunstall lead out chest mark kick another goal.
Kosi back up ruck, Ross, Hopper, Taranto we win although Hopper turns over a kick. Hawks goal crap play from Vlas.
FMD the midfield works hard. Clearances have improved with TT & JH but the mix ain't quite right. 18th in fact means, hopefully, no senior player is guaranteed selection