Opinion How to beat Hawthorn?

[Godspeed]

Show up.

 

[Vassp]

Lloyd and Garthwaite INCLUSIONS! Keep it fresh.

 

[partycorolla]

Stick Jack, Jack Graham on Mitchell, Nank has to be covering Big Boy as he is integral to them. Rance to cover Brewst. Astbury on Roughie, Grimes on Porples. That's just off the top of my head.

No to Rance on Breust... Rance will get pulled into marking contests and Breust will stay down and crumb all day.

 

[Laffy2Chaffey2Daffy]

Turn up! Hawks are the weakest team in the 8. Snuck into top 4 on the back of the Swans missing buddy and Parker and still took em a while to get on top.

 

[This Is Anfield]

We can't. Been on the Hawthorn Board and the MB... we'd better start planning for Melbourne or Geelong.


KOLKOTRONIS

 

[juss]

Graham to Mitchell. Tackle all day.

We need to hunt as we did in 2017 finals. Forward handball and run.

Dont change a winning formula, back in the boys.

 

[Grizza]

Forward pressure has been non-existent the past few weeks. Really hope we’ve just been going half-arsed but I don’t know if I’m convinced.

 

[Roksman]

KOLKOTRONIS

Superbly played.

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[French Tiger]

Convert our chances in front of goal and we win.

Make the most of our inside 50's , of late we have dominated the counts but haven't put teams away & kept them in it , then all of a sudden they bang on a few quick goals & we just scrape home


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[Mr Magic]

The other players we have to worry about coming back are Sicily and Birchall!!

Both are good kicks and Sicily is especially deadly from deep!!

 

[Cotcho]

Make the most of our inside 50's , of late we have dominated the counts but haven't put teams away & kept them in it , then all of a sudden they bang on a few quick goals & we just scrape home


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Yeah I think Townsend and Butler make us more clinical up forward. I feel like we've missed that balance a little of late.

 

[acr2751]

just turn up and be tigers

 

[Cotcho]

The other players we have to worry about coming back are Sicily and Birchall!!

Both are good kicks and Sicily is especially deadly from deep!!

Jeez I didn't realise Birchall was back in. Ouuffff

 

[Mr Magic]

I get the feeling pressure on the hawks is especially important, not allowing them a great deal of room to dispose at all!!

 

[spudmaster]

I'm surprised we're into page 2 already and "wear Brisbane guernseys" hasn't been mentioned yet

 

[Grechy]

Kick more goals then them.

No seriously. Graham to O'Meara. I strongly believe Mitchell is very difficult to tag but O Meara can be more damaging although can be stopped. We have enough mids to damage them with carrying a negating defender.

Gunston is a star. I would be tempted to throw Grimes his way and have Astbury take Rough and Vlas take Breust. Gunston I've noticed has done a tonne of damage at ground level. He is deceptively nimble and has a lethal snap. Same goes for Breust.

Townsend would have been perfect for Stratton but it's not to be.

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Stick Jack, Jack Graham on Mitchell, Nank has to be covering Big Boy as he is integral to them. Rance to cover Brewst. Astbury on Roughie, Grimes on Porples. That's just off the top of my head.

Reckon Grigga on Mitchell...leave Jack, jack graham that is to attack the center square...agree with the rest!

 

[Tonymontana344]

Seen a bit of Hawthorn this year, good team but never really put under the pump, if we bring our heat, play the game on our terms and stop their possession game with little kicks similar to what the Doggies tried to do, we should win comfortably.

 

[thecotch]

Everyone talks about how great Clarkson is as a coach.

Now lets see if we can devise a plan to weaken them??

For starters I think its important to stop Jack Gunston who seems to be a bit of a barometer and a bloody good footballer and goal kicker.

Stopping possessions to Tom Mitchell probably helps to.

Any other ideas atm??

Graham will put a hard tag on Mitchell. Game over. The hawks don’t worry me at all.

 

[CholEstrol]

Play our own game as close to as best we can. That's all.

 

[Greggy]

My only real concern is If Grigg has to ruck up against Ceglar or Roughhead for an extended time, I think if we dug up some stats we’d notice in all those games where we got healthy leads and were pegged back it’s a direct correlation with Nank sitting on the pine.

Clarkson will try and exploit our Achilles heel if he can.

 

[Geelong_Sicko]

just turn up and be tigers

Yep. You lot have nothing to fear.

 

[smasha]

Convert our chances in front of goal and we win.

Hawks will try to push our forwards to the flanks.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

The other players we have to worry about coming back are Sicily and Birchall!!

Both are good kicks and Sicily is especially deadly from deep!!

They won't play birchall after a year and a bit out and better if they do, his legs will be gone before half time.

 

[Tiger_4_Life]

My only real concern is If Grigg has to ruck up against Ceglar or Roughhead for an extended time, I think if we dug up some stats we’d notice in all those games where we got healthy leads and were pegged back it’s a direct correlation with Nank sitting on the pine.

Clarkson will try and exploit our Achilles heel if he can.

Can't remember where I saw the stat but when Grigg was in the ruck the oppo scoring dried up a bit more but so did ours. I think visually it can look that way.... Let him go too tall and take away more running capacity.