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

[TheFourPillars]

Morrison not even an emergency

like u say he was poor defensively against the bulldogs

 

[Bedi]

Looks like no Phillips

Probably need him to play as that backline is a huge concern.

 

[Manila_Hawk]

Squiggle can't decide......

 

[SSSSSS]

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Squiggle can't decide......

 

[Billyc]

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

Merrett an ideal hard tag candidate though. With Parish missing he is their only gun mid and he can neither outmuscle nor outrun Finn and gets a lot of ball on the outside. Shut him down and I think the rest of our midfield can get on top

Finn will be a horses for courses proposition I expect

Gunston sub ?

 

[Sixpence]

Wouldn't mind seeing Ward rack up 30 touches and shut a few people up.

Ward named on ball.

 

[Bedi]

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

Very short. Was thinking the same thing about Gunston as he's pretty much the only option.

 

[CHUBBSS]

Frost gives me ptsd but boy am I looking forward to seeing weddle live

If we win they will melt like nothing seen before, genuinely season defining game

 

[Roddy]

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

Hope that’s all it is. I’m rather irked he’s not there, it means we have to rely on a massive liability and an undersized gun who, for the 458th time, is NOT a KPP.

What a massive concern that area of the ground is.

If their midfield happens to give their forwards even halfway decent supply, the fat lady will be singing before half time.

 

[Mercy Seat]

like u say he was poor defensively against the bulldogs

Really surprised they didn't give him a chance to back it up the following week then, instead saying they were "managing" him for the game

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Yeah that’s surprising

There's no one he displaces in the side really. He's an honest role player, but Mitchell is seemingly picking based on perceived upside. Well for this week at least. Hopefully it's a sign of the side progressing and maturing.

The only player he may have possibly replaced would be Maginess IMO. Though if he's starting then it's obviously because he's been given a job.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

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!

We do love a "vertically challenged" CHF at the Hawks.

Paul Puopolo must have a spot on the selection committee!

 

[SSSSSS]

Hope that’s all it is. I’m rather irked he’s not there, it means we have to rely on a massive liability and an undersized gun who, for the 458th time, is NOT a KPP.

What a massive concern that area of the ground is.

If their midfield happens to give their forwards even halfway decent supply, the fat lady will be singing before half time.

If our midfield loses to a Parish-less injectors side we have much bigger problems than a VFL KPD not playing in the seniors.

 

[TheFourPillars]

There's no one he displaces in the side really. He's an honest role player, but Mitchell is seemingly picking based on perceived upside. Well for this week at least. Hopefully it's a sign of the side progressing and maturing.

The only player he may have possibly replaced would be Maginess IMO. Though if he's starting then it's obviously because he's been given a job.

Yep it was Harry or Finn

 

[hawkman]

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

* haven't gone that tall up forward. Langford and Stringer are mediums that can be covered by our medium defenders. Frost on Wright and then if we can put Sicily on Jones he will slaughter him

 

[rei154]

If our midfield loses to a Parish-less injectors side we have much bigger problems than a VFL KPD not playing in the seniors.

Finn tagging Merrit should give us a massive advantage in that space.
Newk and Worps wouldn't often be in a position to take on a less experienced midfield brigade- them and Nash should hopefully throw their weight around A LOT

 

[Judd2Sewell]

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

Redman - Reid - McGrath
Moore - Lewis - Ginnivan

Heppell - McKay - Kelly
Watson - Chol - Breust

Hopefully Lewis is in for a big game. We need to quell Redman and stop him from running off.

 

[peetoo]

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

Dimmer and gunner to swing fwd and back as required

 

[barbster]

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

He could still be a late call up. With Brad trying to stretch our defence.

 

[SSSSSS]

Redman - Reid - McGrath
Moore - Lewis - Ginnivan

Heppell - McKay - Kelly
Watson - Chol - Breust

Hopefully Lewis is in for a big game. We need to quell Redman and stop him from running off.

Lol Heppell is going to shit himself playing on Wiz. Bloke is beyond cooked.

Put some heat on crab McGrath and Sicily will pick off his helicopters like it's Mogadishu.

 

[KermitJagger]

Ha hahahah hahaha.

My personal feelings aside it is funny to see the "Frost is cooked" sentiment is as accurate this year as it was last year.

 

[Roddy]

If our midfield loses to a Parish-less injectors side we have much bigger problems than a VFL KPD not playing in the seniors.

It’s not that simple/black and white (red and black?). We could comfortably win the midfield battle but still lose the game by 10 goals…

 

[KermitJagger]

Morrison not even an emergency

Had his chance, was woeful in the praccys. I like Harry but he's not gonna play for as long as he's exploited defensively.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

He could still be a late call up. With Brad trying to stretch our defence.

Jones seems like he'll be named on a bench, so it would be Jones + 2MP at this stage.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Ha hahahah hahaha.

My personal feelings aside it is funny to see the "Frost is cooked" sentiment is as accurate this year as it was last year.

Frost being cooked whilst still being picked due to a complete lack of options can both be true. It's Frost or a player we only picked up due to a LTI to Blanck.

I think the fact they both aren't playing may even suggest that Frost was a chance to not be a regular in the side, had Blanck been fit.