Preview Hawthorn Vs Geelong - Monday 17 April @3:20pm

[Ray Donovan]

I get your point, I just have a different view.

You say 3 ruckman
I say;
1 ruckman - Smith
1 KPF - Stanley
1 Utility - Blicavs

Now if any of them don't perform their role then you either drop them or adjust, but IMO that's our best setup structurally, given our list.

You say 5 tall defenders
I say;
Taylor
Henderson
along with 1 of;
Lonergan/Kolodjashnij/Gardner

Along with Mackie on current form and 2 small defenders.

Stanley being in VFL suggests the geelong coaching panel looks at him as a ruckman. And Taylor is being used as a utility at present untill they change the roles that they spent most of last season in or trained all pre season in structure wise the above looks very unlikely.

Im with you on a

Taylor, Hendo, Kolo ( stewart ) and 3 smalls scenario down back leaving lonergan out but we have seen no inclination to do that yet. And the same is with stanley as a 85% key forward. Because if he was in the side it would be stupid not to use him as the backup ruck. Almost all other sides use a main ruckman and a forward pinch hitter

 

[Vdubs]

One of the great architectural achievements by the city of Geelong?

Not a fan of the Geelong waterfront Bollards Bobby?
A surprisingly innovative and charismatic addition to an already stunning setting.
If I lived in Geelong, would be very proud of that.

 

[The Casey Cat]

Mooney reckons it will be a 10 goal Cats win. I'm still not convinced.

Well it should be. They are probably the worst team in the comp right now. Problem is we love losing or nearly losing to shit football teams.

 

[Wojcinski]

We'll win this one by 10+ goals. Hawthorn's youth are absoloute rubbish and pretty much the rest of the team is made up of old spuds or downhill skiers who joined the club for flags. They're cooked and we're just warming up the BBQ

 

[Vdubs]

We'll win this one by 10+ goals. Hawthorn's youth are absoloute rubbish and pretty much the rest of the team is made up of old spuds or downhill skiers who joined the club for flags. They're cooked and we're just warming up the BBQ

BBQ Hawk is not a turn-on.
Not even with spuds.
Burial sounds more palatable.

 

[00VicWard001]

10 goals huh.
He's been very vocal about the direction our club has taken during the preseason.
Strange to now come out and expect a very handsome victory against a side that has traditionally matched us up so well.

He's a paid media commentator. He just goes where the wind takes him, where the vibe is. He isn't accountable for anything he actually writes.

 

[Stan The Caddy]

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I love me some Tay Tay Ray Ray!

 

[Stan The Caddy]

All irrelevant in 2017 and how can you call that after 3 rounds of football.

On form lines we beat a 0-4 side north and
Freo 2-2 and melb 2-2 two of those sides undermanned. None you could clearly say are a top 8 side on form. Or have except melbourne been tipped to be top 6 sides

I like the optimism but gone real early

Yep, the truth is that we won't really find out how good we are until we start playing the really strong teams in round 9. All we can do up until that point is keep winning.

If we're any good at all we should be zip and 8 heading into the game against the Bulldogs.

 

[Stan The Caddy]

We'll win this one by 10+ goals. Hawthorn's youth are absoloute rubbish and pretty much the rest of the team is made up of old spuds or downhill skiers who joined the club for flags. They're cooked and we're just warming up the BBQ

God I hope that you're right.

 

[supahoops]

Said from the off I could see us 4-0 or 0-4, and that realistically 3-1 was a solid start.

Now if we're serious we need to be 8-0 heading into our first home game.

Hawks ready for the taking, Saints, pies off a 5 day break, GC, Bombers..

More mental than anything with us, was always going to take a while for new faces to gel but no excuses now. Nothing short of a big win today will convince me that we are anything other then a middling 5-10 team.

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

All irrelevant in 2017 and how can you call that after 3 rounds of football.

On form lines we beat a 0-4 side north and
Freo 2-2 and melb 2-2 two of those sides undermanned. None you could clearly say are a top 8 side on form. Or have except melbourne been tipped to be top 6 sides

I like the optimism but gone real early

It's completely relevant until those sides beat us again.

Besides, the Dogs form this season has been worse than ours and they were thumped over in the West.

 

[Turbocat]

Apart from that minor issue at CHF, I agree with you.

Thats yet to be determined..and it will not be till finals. To me we have to forwards playing near their max best , we have two gun mids that have hit the go button and helped get us across the line when down, and we have changed our method for defending somehow.. (less press?) we seem to be conceding a lot of shots at goal this year..which we are covering by accurate conversion. All this playing sides of questionable worth. Is any or all of that sustainable.

I think we need 6 to 8 games to get a better feel for where we and the comp are before saying we are better.

 

[Turbocat]

I seriously hope not. We've put a lot of development into Bews and he's really ready for games now.
We need to be playing him now.

He is an other example of a player who we have now gone past , and replaced with a trade in. I suspect Bews will be another Hamling.

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

Another perfect opportunity for Chris Scott to get out coached and lose to worse team..

 

[Turbocat]

Another perfect opportunity for Chris Scott to get out coached and lose to worse team..

Considering his in season winloss record , this seems a rather erroneous. Just how many "worse" teams have we lost to?

 

[Matthew Jelley]

Another perfect opportunity for Chris Scott to get out coached and lose to worse team..

I hope he misses yhe opportunity again njst like every other game so far this year

 

[catempire]

Woke up feeling good about this. Like standing over a 10ft snaking putt that you just know you are going to drain.

Cats by 40

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Woke up feeling good about this. Like standing over a 10ft snaking putt that you just know you are going to drain.

Cats by 40

I drain my snake every morning before I get out of bed. I never wake up feeling good.

 

[you pick one]

Not a fan of the Geelong waterfront Bollards Bobby?
A surprisingly innovative and charismatic addition to an already stunning setting.
If I lived in Geelong, would be very proud of that.

Where I live they're about to copycat that Idea,it's more appreciated by tourists then the locals is that fair to say?

 

[Stocks_go_Up]

I hope he misses yhe opportunity again njst like every other game so far this year

He failed at coaching and implementing structures - make no mistake without Dangerwood - Scott would be out of a job. Our dependence on them is shocking and masks coaching/tactical flaws.

 

[you pick one]

Said from the off I could see us 4-0 or 0-4, and that realistically 3-1 was a solid start.

Now if we're serious we need to be 8-0 heading into our first home game.

Hawks ready for the taking, Saints, pies off a 5 day break, GC, Bombers..

More mental than anything with us, was always going to take a while for new faces to gel but no excuses now. Nothing short of a big win today will convince me that we are anything other then a middling 5-10 team.

Supa, factor in I'm going to that Gold Coast game with a mate who follows the Suns,I already feel like I should be a late withdrawal for the sake of the team,I was once employed as a cooler.

 

[Willo_]

That's right. They will need a kicking.

I am a strong advocate of kicking them

In fact I encourage everyone to just randomly kick a Hawk fan today

Maybe not you though Cataholic

 

[Willo_]

Woke up feeling good about this. Like standing over a 10ft snaking putt that you just know you are going to drain.

Cats by 40

Can't say I have ever done that but i also am the worlds worst golfer and rarely play.

 

[Partridge]

Can't say I have ever done that but i also am the worlds worst golfer and rarely play.

I never play. But if the metaphor is a snake's head (Hawthorn) then I have no issue caving its skull in with a nine iron.

 

[BIGANT]

Who was the bloke from SA who was destined to become a star? Roberts?

Cameron Roberts