Review Hawthorn v Cats - match sim - Thursday 23rd Feb, GMHBA

[eldorado]

Well I thought Scrimshaw started off scratching but improved as the game went on

Decent in the middle period, but then some stinkers again in the 4th quarter

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Brockman

 

[WireHawk]

Brockman to Jeka. Goal!

 

[Gene Simmons]

The optomist in me says that Sam's holding back his A plan..

The pesimist says to get used to these type of results in 2023..

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Thrashed...embarassed.

Few positives:

Rucks are now competitive
Green did well
Newk, Day, Ward in middle ok
Chad showed intent
Moore is class

Rest is a work in progress.

It will be a long and frustrating year folks.

I disagree it will be frustrating. I'm looking forward to it.

We should know what to expect. Youngest team in the comp with the majority of the most talented players in their 1st or 2nd year.

Enjoy the positives and look to the future.

Hustwaite, Day, newc, Ward and cmac all looked good today in the middle and we have Stephens and Mackenzie to cover in. That's extremely exciting.

Moore is elite and Butler showed plenty with brocky to come in.

DGB showed a lot. He'll be fine.

3 rucks are all 24 and we know rucks come into their own after 25.

Grab Reid or one of the talented key forwards at the top end of the draft and we are almost set.



It was boys vs men today, don't read too much into it.



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[The hands of stone]

I only saw the first 15 minutes a last half ( well the 3rd and 4th )
Duke looks like he can to another level - the handball inboard under pressure in the 3rd was sublime
Butler looks a future star , class
Ward so clean and assured
DGB was very good from what I saw , looks on a nice steady upward curve
Hustwaite very clean hands , cool head
C Mac class again just some poor dinky kicks
Reeves/Meek look an exciting combo
Day - class again , looks a bit bigger

Every error got punished by a damn good side . They had structure , we didnt and just ran forward .
Im not worried enough positives for me all from the younger brigade

 

[Thesharks]

Player stats anywhere?

 

[Noel Gallagher]

I only saw the first 15 minutes a last half ( well the 3rd and 4th )
Duke looks like he can to another level - the handball inboard under pressure in the 3rd was sublime
Butler looks a future star , class
Ward so clean and assured
DGB was very good from what I saw , looks on a nice steady upward curve
Hustwaite very clean hands , cool head
C Mac class again just some poor dinky kicks
Reeves/Meek look an exciting combo
Day - class again , looks a bit bigger

Every error got punished by a damn good side . They had structure , we didnt and just ran forward .
Im not worried enough positives for me all from the younger brigade

Was really impressed with DGB today - took some great intercept and contested marks. Should shut the haters up for at least week

Conversely Jeka was terrible. No appetite for the contest and no second efforts. Will be cut by seasons end

Loving the look of O’Sullivan already, we have a player here

 

[Stottzy]

People are taking this game a bit too seriously on here. You do realise they're Box Hill players out there?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

O’Sullivan is going to debut early

 

[Fleabane]

Hustwaite wins the ball twice in traffic with good handballs then Scrimshaw handballs it straight to a Geelong player under no pressure

Really liked the look of Hustwaite

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Player stats anywhere?

I wish.

 

[The hands of stone]

O’Sullivan is going to debut early

Looks a firecracker !

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Number 40 for Box Hill, has electric pace and a good boot, then I realized it was Seamus.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Denver has continued on in this VFL match up.

 

[Jet_black]

Ned Long doing ok. May put pressure on the likes of worpel.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Watched the highlights. Hawks were jogging, cats were going 100% (or a lot harder than the hawks)

 

[Hodginator]

Caught the first period and am back on now. Is there any other period worth watching? The 4th maybe?

 

[PT Bar None]

Denver has continued on in this VFL match up.

He's earning his pay packet today!

 

[peetoo]

Cats have a plan they’ve had for 2 decades now, they just slot players in seemingly at will.

Everyone knows what it is, but they are so good at it they just roll on.


Hawks both afl and vfl are reinventing right now

 

[PT Bar None]

Brockman showing a bit

 

[Jazzfan]

Watched the highlights. Hawks were jogging, cats were going 100% (or a lot harder than the hawks)

Cats didn't get out of first gear mate.

Reality is the better teams are going to get us badly at times this year. When the proper stuff starts, we desperately need more endeavour from our senior players to lead.

I love our attacking mindset under Sam, but today it just felt we had far too many running forward, only for us to frequently turn it over and the cats were out... over and over. It reminded me a bit of junior footy, with all the talented kids just wanting to run forward to get a kick.

The midfield is going to be a real work in progress, having young talent is one thing, but learning to play together and within a system is another. Comfortable in your standing to be unselfish with positioning.

We will be better rd 20 than we will at any point in the first two months.

 

[thehardway]

If the plan in the 1st 4 quarters was to play with zero intensity and zero defence ... mission accomplished.

 

[Mesc]

How did Meek go guys?

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

denver been good from what ive seen of him today