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

[hawk65]

I reckon Lewis and Breust will come in this week to straighten us up against the worst defense in the comp.

Lewis's hammy was supposedly only awareness, and with the added bonus of himn not having to line up on McKay he'll be putting his hand up, me thinks.

Didn't the medical report also say there was also an issue with his knee (Lewis)

 

[SSSSSS]

I wonder if we get our medicos from the same place we get our lawyers.

Might be time to send Mitch to the glue factory.

 

[Siri]

Didn't the medical report also say there was also an issue with his knee (Lewis)

Yes ... the hammy was the presenting issue & then they realised the knee was a little sore (classic Hawthorn grumbly knee type scenario). No formal diagnosis offered. Hope he's back this week, but not overly confident.

 

[Nick the Pig]

Our game against the Suns was so bad that I would rather look at the first five games as a block.

For me Nash has been below par all season. I would promote Hustwaite to the starting 22 and omit Nash. Morrison comes in. The midfield has been the area of most concern.

If fit Breust plays in place of Butler. If fit same for Lewis over Ramsden

 

[Bedi]

In: 2nd half against pies
Out: Every other minute of 2024.

Clearly you didn't watch the Geelong game. Second quarter was our best this year, and also showed patches in second half too

 

[westhawk]

Agree. Him or Daysy, but I'm actually floored. Who the * opts to sit out drills & who the * condones that sort of behaviour? That is just piss poor from the club.

Both good choices. Was also shocked that some players sit out drills and not doing the extra work and recovery off their own back to become better players. Just sounds really unprofessional.

 

[Bedi]

In: Lewis, Morrison, Breust
Out: Butler, Hustwaite, Mackenzie

I like the ins, but why drop Mackenzie?

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

Lewis available this week
Punky touch and go
CJ return through Box Hill this week
Daisy in next week on reduced minutes
Gunston and Morrison strong chance to come in this week
Hus stays in
Butler, Ramsden and CMac2 likely outs

 

[Bugs1977]

Lewis available this week
Punky touch and go
CJ return through Box Hill this week
Daisy in next week on reduced minutes
Gunston and Morrison strong chance to come in this week
Hus stays in
Butler, Ramsden and CMac2 likely outs

Interesting. I would’ve thought Lewis and Punky would be the other way around with availability.

 

[barbster]

No way. CJ needs games to find form. He’s normally ordinary first up. He’s missed too many games to come straight back in.

You might want to check Round 1 2022 v NM to see how he goes first up, coming off an interrupted pre season and no practice games. BOG and 3 Brownlow votes
The way we are going l’d have him come straight in

 

[Billyc]

Lewis is as big a confidence player as there is. When his confidence is high he’s very good. When it’s low like in the first few weeks, he’s not. If fit he needs to play against this rabble of a defence and kick an easy bag to hopefully kickstart his season with some confidence

No excuse for not beating this mob. It’s 17th v 18th and the two remaining winless sides. Everyone knows North are a joke so if they lose it will be BAU but if we lose, the pressure will rightly come hard.

 

[Kanga Commando]

I wonder if we get our medicos from the same place we get our lawyers.

Might be time to send Mitch to the glue factory.

 

[HoldingThe Ball]

Honestly, if Sam wanted to make a statement he'd drop Sicily.

He's been bloody terrible this year - does not look like he gives a flying proverbial.

Won't happen, but I'd applaud Mitchell if it did.

If the skipper can't be arsed why would a sub 50 game player?

The rot starts at the top sadly.

Sicily has been a fantastic player for years - still is when in form - there must be a reason why he's decided to down tools this season. There has to be.

 

[The hands of stone]

After a disappointing loss making a lot of changes always sounds like a great idea , more often than not its the worst thing to do and you get even worse performance the following week .

No way I'm playing CJ . Way too big a risk after reoccuring hammy issues with no games and on the harder ground at Marvel.

Lewis is the big one for this game . There backs are v.ordinary and undersized . If he is right and plays the flow on makes a huge difference and we should be very confident.
If not we need an even bigger lift in the middle.

Nash , I think is in trouble and maybe we just need to back our mids against another young mid group to get it done.
HH could be a game breaker with his hands ,as North all attack the ball and likely will give us space on the outside if we get it cleanly there .

 

[lethalselbow]

Game Of The Round
Going to be hard to watch.
Let’s win this!

Going to the game? Should he an opener.

I'll be there.

Go hawks!!

 

[lethalselbow]

Honestly, if Sam wanted to make a statement he'd drop Sicily.

He's been bloody terrible this year - does not look like he gives a flying proverbial.

Won't happen, but I'd applaud Mitchell if it did.

If the skipper can't be arsed why would a sub 50 game player?

The rot starts at the top sadly.

Sicily has been a fantastic player for years - still is when in form - there must be a reason why he's decided to down tools this season. There has to be.

That's a pathetic post. Troll stuff. An undermanned team to drop it's captain?

 

[cryptor]

There backs are v.ordinary and undersized .

They’ve found 3 players 195cm+ to play in defense. I can’t speak to their quality but they’re definitely not undersized back there.

WE are undersized in defense.

 

[The hands of stone]

They’ve found 3 players 195cm+ to play in defense. I can’t speak to their quality but they’re definitely not undersized back there.

WE are undersized in defense.

They might be tall . But they are undersized .
They are all average at best .

 

[HoldingThe Ball]

That's a pathetic post. Troll stuff. An undermanned team to drop it's captain?

Troll stuff - good grief, at least respond in an adult fashion.

So the whole crux of your argument is that James Sicily gets free pass because:

We have no other defenders

He's Captain.

And that means you can ignore:

He doesn't lead.

He doesn't organise.

He doesn't inspire.

And most importantly he is in the worst form of his career.

That's your rationale?

It's about as sound as Clarkos logic of playing Poppy when he was cooked 'because he was good 4 years ago' and making Stratton Captain 'because he doesn't argue'.....

I don't care if Sicily is a Brownlow medalist - being Captain doesn't spare you from the axe.

Don't forget we happily dropped the last Brownlow medalist we had when he was playing badly yeah?

Honestly - right here is a prime example of what happens if there are no consequences for your actions - Sicily can't be dropped because he is Captain.

Good grief.

 

[Walshawk]

Obviously Lewis in for Ramsden if fit.
Gunston isn’t close to a recall.
Butler out. Has shown nothing to suggest that is a capable of this level.
Serong in. Hardwick back. Weddle high half forward. Amon wing. Ward was horrible but had been building until GC game. Back McKenzie in, HH starts.

Hardwick Frost Serong
Scrim Sicily Mitchell
Amon Worps Massimo
Weddle Ramsden Moore
Guinivan Chol Finn
Meek Newk HH
Ward Impey McD McK Nash (sub)

 

[Walshawk]

Troll stuff - good grief, at least respond in an adult fashion.

So the whole crux of your argument is that James Sicily gets free pass because:

We have no other defenders

He's Captain.

And that means you can ignore:

He doesn't lead.

He doesn't organise.

He doesn't inspire.

And most importantly he is in the worst form of his career.

That's your rationale?

It's about as sound as Clarkos logic of playing Poppy when he was cooked 'because he was good 4 years ago' and making Stratton Captain 'because he doesn't argue'.....

I don't care if Sicily is a Brownlow medalist - being Captain doesn't spare you from the axe.

Don't forget we happily dropped the last Brownlow medalist we had when he was playing badly yeah?

Honestly - right here is a prime example of what happens if there are no consequences for your actions - Sicily can't be dropped because he is Captain.

Good grief.

The message there is that he should not be captain. Very poor choice.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

For a midfield in as bad a form as you'd see defensively, not sure I'd drop our most prolific tackler and second most pressure act player out of the team.

Realistically, the 23 that played on the weekend is probably our best available 23. As awful as that sounds.

 

[hawk for 37]

While the talk of Sicily being dropped is about…. I’ll take the opportunity to sneak another one in. Mitch and Roughy to shop Lewis about in the hunt for a better list.
We had no problem flicking Thompson, Croad and Rawlings with a long term view in mind. All had better output for the Hawks than the invalid that is Lewis.
There I said it.

 

[Mr Lizard]

get around them. show up, make some noise.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

While the talk of Sicily being dropped is about…. I’ll take the opportunity to sneak another one in. Mitch and Roughy to shop Lewis about in the hunt for a better list.
We had no problem flicking Thompson, Croad and Rawlings with a long term view in mind. All had better output for the Hawks than the invalid that is Lewis.
There I said it.

We are too light on for KPPs. If we were to trade anyone it would be a mid. Not that I think we'll trade anyone, we are so so so young. We need time.