Preview Round 6, 2024: North v Hawks, 4pm 21st April, Marvel Stadium

[StillAtLarge]

I think we'll make four changes at a minimum. Sam's backed the lads in until now but they need a big wake up call

 

[TheFourPillars]

Yes that's our tackling / boxing coach going through the drills. It has happened every training session since pre season

Ok i should there has been an added focus since pre season. We have been doing those wrestling drills on off through pre season

 

[thehardway]

are you talking about Macdonald, Nash, and Newcombe ?

Newcombe won't be omitted but Nash and Macdonald on shaky ground.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

MacDonald has been soft. He needs a rocket or needs to be dropped.

Less eshay bruz and more hardened veteran crook on the field please.

 

[Yardie]

Morrison should be playing every week in my opinion. He offers positional stability. This side desperately needs some 'set and forget' options at the moment.

Quite incredibly, aside from Frost there aren't too many players this season who have maintained a straight line of consistency and reliability.

Morrison will also give you leadership

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Newcombe won't be omitted but Nash and Macdonald on shaky ground.

I wouldn’t be surprised by any omissions this week.

 

[TylerDurden]

I think Nash will benefit from some time at BH anyway. His form/ confidence is at an all time low.

 

[Strebi3]

Club posting a lot of physical training photos. All good to make a statement as long as we show it on Sunday too!

 

[smithomode]

Can someone give us a training run down....

 

[TheFourPillars]

Can someone give us a training run down....

Lots of wrestling and tackling

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Lots of wrestling and tackling

And mouth guards, don’t forget the mouth guards!

 

[thehardway]

I wouldn’t be surprised by any omissions this week.

Geez, omitting Newk would be a huge surprise and a big statement by the selectors. IMO Nash, Butler, Macdonald, Ward and McKenzie, all ahead of Newk in the omission queue.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

I wouldn’t be surprised by any omissions this week.

I would. Especially if the HFC is serious about making players accountable.
I mean why wouldn't we make changes after giving some more than ample opportunity to pull the finger out.

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Lots of wrestling and tackling

not before time if that is the case.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

I would. Especially if the HFC is serious about making players accountable.
I mean why wouldn't we make changes after giving some more than ample opportunity to pull the finger out.

Your post is contradictory.

 

[Siri]

Geez, omitting Newk would be a huge surprise and a big statement by the selectors. IMO Nash, Butler, Macdonald, Ward and McKenzie, all ahead of Newk in the omission queue.

Unless he's injured, Newc won't be omitted. Despite his form, he still has the capacity to turn the game on it's head. The others do not. It would be a fatal mistake to drop him.

 

[threesixpio]

We absolutely were. Even when people had left because of the weather it was still very loud in my section which in previous years has been on the quieter side.

It wasn’t thunder we heard I hear

 

[Leather Poisoning]

And mouth guards, don’t forget the mouth guards!

Everyone is obsessed with the mouthguards

 

[Crankyhawk]

Morrison should be playing every week in my opinion. He offers positional stability. This side desperately needs some 'set and forget' options at the moment.

Quite incredibly, aside from Frost there aren't too many players this season who have maintained a straight line of consistency and reliability.

Agree. For all the criticism of Morrison being vanilla we know what output we will get and effort. Vanilla is better than some of the shit dishes out last week

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Everyone is obsessed with the mouthguards

Better than Gold Coast weather

 

[xmarksthespot]

I just had a look through our first 10 rounds last year. Hoo boy, there were some stinkers there.

Some of the key (cosmetic) differences however, we played (and beat) North in round three, so we had a win on the board early, and we absolutely smashed the Eagles in round 10 by 100+ points.

We had some terrible results in between however. Essendon in round one (59 point loss), Sydney in round two (81 point loss), Geelong in round four (82 point loss), Fremantle in round 8 (69 point loss), and Melbourne in round nine (54 point loss).

There were some good results scattered in between, and if not for a Himmelberg mark in round five and a Fogerty goal from the boundary in round six, we could have snuck a few more wins.

I appreciate that it's not all about the scoreline, but the manner in which we're playing, but compared to last year, we HAVE made improvement.

It's never as good or as bad as it seems....

 

[Tall poppy Syndrome]

Morrison will also give you leadership

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[Siri]

FWIW ... Channel 9 just reported that Lewis will miss another week with his bloody knee. I acknowledge that the club said he'll be tested on Friday though.

 

[Titch3Votes0MooreAA]

FWIW ... Channel 9 just reported that Lewis will miss another week with his bloody knee. I acknowledge that the club said he'll be tested on Friday though.

No surprise. That's fine. Get him ready for a massive game at the MCG against Sydney.

 

[Hawkspot]

I think we'll make four changes at a minimum. Sam's backed the lads in until now but they need a big wake up call

Not sure we even have 4 players to bring in.

Gunston, Serong, Morrison, and ???. I can definitely see 1-3 changes, and if Lewis gets up it could be 4 but that is looking unlikely.

The wake up call was probably a rough review and training today.