Unofficial Preview Round 1, 2024: Bombers v Hawks, MCG 1:10pm Sat 16th March

[Hodginator]

Looks like no Phillips

Which is a bit frustrating because it means Sicily has to play as a key back. Played his best footy last year as the 3rd/loose defender.

 

[manB]

I reckon Finn is playing mate.

Personally my preference would be to play HH over Finn. Need to trust midfielders to do the job

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Looks like no Phillips

He needs a couple of weeks to get up to speed with our system, so giving him the time at Box Hill makes sense.

 

[Threadkilla]

 

[parsons nose]

Amon on the bench.hmmm.

 

[Flukey!]

Pretty good team I have to say.
A bit more experience in it which will help.

 

[Threadkilla]

I reckon the sub has to be Gunston if we’re going off the bench.

 

[thehardway]

Appears to be out of Gunston and Maginness to be Sub. Surely Breust, Amon and Worpel play.

 

[TylerDurden]

Finn or Gunner sub?
Will be 30 degrees.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Hardwick named forward - the experiment's back on. Scott's head will be spinning, what with all this smoke and shadows behind the windows.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Gunston as a sub is the best option. Hopefully it's a theme all year, as I'd rather one of the young guys play full games. Plus he's a good swing man.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

No Draper for the Dons means they won't be going tall in their F50.

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

No Hustwaite is dissapointing

 

[thehardway]

Hardwick named forward - the experiment's back on. Scott's head will be spinning, what with all this smoke and shadows behind the windows.

And Moore named at CHF. Messing with us as usual.

 

[rei154]

Get the feeling HH will be rotating with Finn and Frenchie to start the season based on match ups

 

[Argy]

New: Jack Gunston (Brisbane), Mabior Chol

18

Mabior Chol

Age

27

Ht

200cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.5

2star

K

5.3

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.8

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.0

1star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.3

3star

G

0.7

4star

D

9.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

(Gold Coast), Jack Ginnivan (Collingwood), Massimo D’Ambrosio (Essendon), Nick Watson

Had a bit of a chuckle seeing Gunners as "New".

 

[threesixpio]

My first thought - are we a bit “little” or short? Gunner down back rather than up front maybe ?

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Morrison not even an emergency

 

[threesixpio]

It’s a pretty young exciting team though. Pumped

 

[threesixpio]

Morrison not even an emergency

Yeah that’s surprising

 

[grumbleguts]

Keen to see how this new guy from Brisbane goes in Hawthorn colours.

Also is it time to drop the "Unofficial" tag from this thread?

 

[madhawksfan]

Pretty even game on paper. Maybe our new CHF D Moore will give us the slight edge

Shut down Merrett and we will give ourselves a huge chance as the rest of their mids are not that damaging.

Big challenge for Reeves up against one of the best ruckman over the past decade. They will test us with their height up forward and we should test them with our speed.

Can’t wait!

 

[SSSSSS]

Moore as CHF.

Sammy taking a leaf out of Clarkos book. Kick it long to the midget.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

pretty expected team, only difference is some may have predicted Frost + Phillips to play together and Morrison/Huss to get a game?

based on where everyone is named there will be lots of rotating positions. might look a bit weird at times but seems key to Sam's plan in building versatility all over the ground.

overall the team looks quite decent on paper and with more to come back in will be nice to see a bit more pressure on spots. hopefully we get off to a strong start!

last round wasn't real. didn't feel like footy was back. but now it's settling in, can't wait!

 

[LRobbo]

The * board not impressed with the selections of Heppell (glorious for us) and Kelly.

Geez they’ll go feral if they put in a stinker.

They really aren’t that impressive on paper.

Real chance here I feel