Preview Round 7, 2024 : Hawks v Swans, 4pm Sunday 28th April, MCG

[Birdofprey]

Swines are looking very good this season, definitely top 4 in my view.

But I dare to dream nonetheless. When hawthorn is at the G anything is possible.

Go Hawks. Bring it.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

If Lewis gets up then hopefully this is the lineup:

Weddle - Frost - Mitchell
Sicily - Serong - Scrimshaw

Meek - Newcombe - Nash
Amon - Worpel - Morrison

Moore - Lewis - MacDonald
Gunston - Chol - Ginnivan

Bench:
Hardwick - Maginess - Impey - Day

Sub:
D'Ambrosio

Maybe Mitchell could be the sub instead of D'Ambrosio, though I think Mitchell would be the best matchup for Papley, outside of Hardwick.

Edit: disregard, Mackenzie needs to play

Maginess goes to The Lizard.

Nash tries to put as much physical pressure on Warner around stoppages.

Not sure how we curb Gulden and Heeney, I think we just have to go head-to-head with them.

 

[StillAtLarge]

I'd play Day as the sub, he's so bloody versatile and his skills + smarts will be invaluable as everyone tires. Not a bad way to ease him back in imo

 

[Dewwwww]

From all reports, Lewis is playing.

Does Day play on reduced minutes in the midfield or ease him in through the backline for a couple of weeks until he is match fit?

 

[Dewnior]

If Lewis gets up then hopefully this is the lineup:

Weddle - Frost - Mitchell
Sicily - Serong - Scrimshaw

Meek - Newcombe - Nash
Amon - Worpel - Morrison

Moore - Lewis - MacDonald
Gunston - Chol - Ginnivan

Bench:
Hardwick - Maginess - Impey - Day

Sub:
D'Ambrosio

Maybe Mitchell could be the sub instead of D'Ambrosio, though I think Mitchell would be the best matchup for Papley, outside of Hardwick.

Maginess goes to The Lizard.

Nash tries to put as much physical pressure on Warner around stoppages.

Not sure how we curb Gulden and Heeney, I think we just have to go head-to-head with them.

Team looks good except I'd have an extra runner and include Frenchie for Serong. Purely for matchups. I rate Swans midfield well above their forward line. Gunston can go back if required

 

[TazHawk15]

If Lewis gets up then hopefully this is the lineup:

Weddle - Frost - Mitchell
Sicily - Serong - Scrimshaw

Meek - Newcombe - Nash
Amon - Worpel - Morrison

Moore - Lewis - MacDonald
Gunston - Chol - Ginnivan

Bench:
Hardwick - Maginess - Impey - Day

Sub:
D'Ambrosio

Maybe Mitchell could be the sub instead of D'Ambrosio, though I think Mitchell would be the best matchup for Papley, outside of Hardwick.

Maginess goes to The Lizard.

Nash tries to put as much physical pressure on Warner around stoppages.

Not sure how we curb Gulden and Heeney, I think we just have to go head-to-head with them.

No way does Frenchy not play.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

No way does Frenchy not play.

Not sure how I missed him, whoops

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Team looks good except I'd have an extra runner and include Frenchie for Serong. Purely for matchups. I rate Swans midfield well above their forward line. Gunston can go back if required

That was my bad, I missed Mackenzie.

 

[Iceman!]

I'd play Day as the sub, he's so bloody versatile and his skills + smarts will be invaluable as everyone tires. Not a bad way to ease him back in imo

Nah he needs game time, you start him and if need be you can sub him off later but he needs to play.

 

[nelk boys]

Lewis and Day straight in.

Have to at least halve the contest in the midfield to have a chance. Need Nash and Newk to have a big day.

 

[Boot Studder]

I trust they’ve had Roughy’s 2014 Hannebery tackle on a loop as the example of the bare minimum effort we demand this week.

 

[HedgeFund]

I'd play Day as the sub, he's so bloody versatile and his skills + smarts will be invaluable as everyone tires. Not a bad way to ease him back in imo

Better we ease Day back in by controlling the amount of time he has on the field. So if anything he gets subbed off when he has had enough.

Can’t play him as a sub unless we are prepared to put him in as early as 5 minutes in (if we get a game ending injury) and he then has to play nearly a full game.

 

[mknaven]

Better we ease Day back in by controlling the amount of time he has on the field. So if anything he gets subbed off when he has had enough.

Can’t play him as a sub unless we are prepared to put him in as early as 5 minutes in (if we get a game ending injury) and he then has to play nearly a full game.

Agree we start him, but your logic above assumes best case scenario when Day starts (ie no injuries) and worst case if he is the starting sub.

 

[mknaven]

This shits me so much. There is so much inconsistency with how long players are given. I reckon our players should count to 7 out loud in front of the ump when an oppo marks to keep them honest.

The other one is that often when the ball is held in under a player the ump blows his whistle for a ball up within half a second. And other times he puts the whistle away, waits and ends up calling a HTB. It’s nuts and creates huge advantages or disadvantages for sides at the contest.

I don’t think I can remember a period in the game like this where the umpire can make or break a club and or player in a game with a decision or non decision. And when it happens in a final or GF it will impact careers.

Didn't know if it was my own personal bias or not, but it seemed to me like we've been called to play on quickly this year as well - even if we don't move off our line. Getting a htb call has also been difficult for us (perennial problem highlighted by clarko way back).

 

[TheFourPillars]

Day will play managed minutes but will play the whole game

 

[Hodginator]

ROUND 7 SQUAD
Hawthorn v Sydney
Sunday 28 April
MCG, 4pm

B: Jack Scrimshaw

14

Jack Scrimshaw

Age

26

Ht

194cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.8

4star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.1

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

MG

200.7

3star

D

12.3

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

5.3

3star

M

2.5

3star

T

1.3

2star

MG

167.0

3star

D

10.2

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.6

4star

MG

155.6

3star

, Sam Frost

8

Sam Frost

Age

31

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.4

3star

K

7.1

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.9

4star

MG

191.6

3star

D

10.5

3star

K

6.3

3star

HB

4.3

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.5

2star

MG

191.6

3star

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

5.2

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.4

4star

, James Sicily

6

James Sicily

Age

30

Ht

188cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

12.7

5star

HB

5.7

4star

M

6.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

MG

365.0

5star

D

19.4

4star

K

14.3

5star

HB

5.1

3star

M

5.9

5star

T

1.0

2star

MG

437.4

5star

D

10.0

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

4.2

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

173.8

3star

HB: Massimo D'Ambrosio, Jarman Impey, Karl Amon

10

Karl Amon

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

71kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.6

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.8

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

294.5

4star

D

21.0

5star

K

15.0

5star

HB

6.0

3star

M

6.0

5star

T

2.0

3star

D

10.4

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.0

4star

MG

146.8

3star

C: Finn Maginness, Dylan Moore

13

Dylan Moore

Age

25

Ht

177cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

5.1

2star

HB

6.7

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.3

3star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

6.0

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.8

5star

G

0.4

3star

, Josh Weddle
HF: Blake Hardwick

15

Blake Hardwick

Age

27

Ht

183cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.8

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.1

4star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.7

4star

MG

264.7

4star

D

13.8

3star

K

9.8

4star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.7

3star

MG

264.7

4star

D

15.0

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

6.2

4star

M

5.0

5star

T

1.4

4star

, Jai Newcombe, Conor Nash

11

Conor Nash

Age

26

Ht

198cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

3.9

2star

HB

4.8

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.1

5star

CL

0.3

2star

No current season stats available

D

8.4

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

4.0

5star

CL

0.2

2star

F: Jack Ginnivan, 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

, Jack Gunston

19

Jack Gunston

Age

33

Ht

193cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.5

4star

K

10.5

4star

HB

5.0

4star

M

5.7

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.9

5star

D

10.6

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

2.6

2star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.7

3star

G

1.6

5star

D

11.2

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

4.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

2.6

4star

G

0.6

3star

R: Lloyd Meek, James Worpel

5

James Worpel

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.2

5star

HB

11.3

5star

M

2.9

3star

T

4.5

5star

CL

5.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

15.6

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

9.4

5star

M

1.0

1star

T

3.2

5star

CL

1.8

4star

, Cam Mackenzie

INT (from): Will Day, Seamus Mitchell, Mitch Lewis, Harry Morrison

1

Harry Morrison

Age

26

Ht

184cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

13.4

3star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.6

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

3star

CL

0.8

3star

D

18.4

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

7.0

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.2

4star

CL

2.0

4star

, Jai Serong, Max Ramsden, Henry Hustwaite, Connor Macdonald

In: Will Day, Mitch Lewis, Max Ramsden

 

[Hot Cheese Rioli]

ROUND 7 SQUAD
Hawthorn v Sydney
Sunday 28 April
MCG, 4pm

B: Jack Scrimshaw, Sam Frost, James Sicily
HB: Massimo D'Ambrosio, Jarman Impey, Karl Amon
C: Finn Maginness, Dylan Moore, Josh Weddle
HF: Blake Hardwick, Jai Newcombe, Conor Nash
F: Jack Ginnivan, Mabior Chol, Jack Gunston
R: Lloyd Meek, James Worpel, Cam Mackenzie

INT (from): Will Day, Seamus Mitchell, Mitch Lewis, Harry Morrison, Jai Serong, Max Ramsden, Henry Hustwaite, Connor Macdonald

In: Will Day, Mitch Lewis, Max Ramsden

I would guess Serong, Ramsden and HH miss from that interchange bench.

 

[theiaofseed]

In: Day, Lewis
Out: Serong, Hustwaite

Maginness the Sub?

 

[Hot Cheese Rioli]

Ward not even part of the extended bench

We've obviously been very clear with him that he'll be having a block of games at Box Hill to continue to work on his game (looking like as more inside mid than outside).

I think this is spot on. Communication is key in situations like this.

 

[user33]

In: Day, Lewis
Out: Serong, Hustwaite

Maginness the Sub?

Sub has to come from the named bench doesn’t it? Think it’ll be Seamus and Hardwick will move back to cover

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

In: Day, Lewis
Out: Serong, Hustwaite

Maginness the Sub?

I don’t think we can carry Gunston as a third tall forward as his man is likely to be used as a running outlet.

IMO Maginness should never be sub. He plays. Or he gets dropped.

 

[Mojo]

Gulden vs Mass would be an interesting matchup.

Frenchie needs to stay in.

Who's saying to take Frenchie out?

I feel like he's starting to believe.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

I don’t think we can’t carry Gunston as a third tall forward as his man is likely to be used as a running outlet.

IMO Maginness should never be sub. He plays. Or he gets dropped.

Would much rather Gunners than Serong out of the team TBF. They have 3 big forwards and we looked better balanced last week with the extra tall back there. Lewis and Chol is what we should be going with. Blakey doesn't play like a tall he would run off Gunners at will. Need to match their run with the right matchups.

 

[TylerDurden]

Day and Lewis in.

Reckon Mass might be sub.

 

[HedgeFund]

In: Day, Lewis
Out: Serong, Hustwaite

Maginness the Sub?

Not when he’s named on the wing.
Sub logically comes from the bench