Game Day Round 9, 2023 : Hawks v Demons, 4.35pm MCG

[Strapping Young Lad]

It’s game day!

 

[MasterSamurai]

Get within a thirty points, give good effort, better structure behind the ball and please score ten or so goals!!
Continued improvement from worpel, day Jai and Mackenzie.

 

[wahawk]

We’ll win this.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Hawks in a heartbeat.
Melbourne have no stars. They play bruisefree footy.... is what I'd say if it was 2008

 

[FB19]

How are we going to keep the ball in our forwardline? We can’t carry Wingard, Breust and a ruckman and expect to get repeat inside 50s. We better hit targets going inside 50 or it will rocket out. If you gamble get on Melbourne defenders to have good possession nights.

 

[Dewnior]

Danger game

 

[rdhopkins2]

I’d be scared if I was Melbourne.
The hungry for victory HawKs are here to show that should old acquaintance be forgot, upsets can and will happen.
Hawks by 6pts.

 

[Crankyhawk]

We’ll win this.

um not a chance

 

[Delecate Des]

HAWKS BY PLENTY......

OK, maybe not by plenty. But we are a chance I tell ya

 

[Delecate Des]

um not a chance

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[SJT76]

We win this!



(Win defined as progress towards future games where we score more than our opposition)

 

[Ram-Man]

Would like to see a competitive performance and some connect between the mids and the forwards. Good test for our young midfield.

 

[HedgeFund]

4 solid quarters and minimal dump kicks for May, Gawn, Lever and Grundy to intercept.

Might find we break the competition record for handballs tonight.

 

[Yardie]

Does anyone know where this "MCG" is located? I seem to remember a place like this from long ago......

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Does anyone know where this "MCG" is located? I seem to remember a place like this from long ago......

About 1km from uncle Dan's needle project

 

[Agent Smith]

If we want to desperately win one game, and play our "Grand Final", well... it probably won't be this game.

So it'll most likely be more of the same.

 

[HairyO]

4 solid quarters and minimal dump kicks for May, Gawn, Lever and Grundy to intercept.

Might find we break the competition record for handballs tonight.

Yep every time we play the Demons Gawn takes more marks from Hawk kicks than Demon kicks.

50m penalties will be our only chance to kick goals.

May on Lewis and Lever loitering... if Lewis can kick 2 it could be his best performance ever.

 

[Kil Phearns]

I just want to avoid another 10+ goal hiding.

Is that too much to ask?

 

[Billyc]

I struggle to see us scoring much with our forward line against their defence. Need Lewis to play a blinder.

Anything under 50 points would be a decent effort given the respective sides.

On a micro level I am keen to see how we go at the stoppages against what I regard as the best midfield group in the game. We have performed really well in that part of the game this year so the challenge will be interesting. Defending against their midfield group is the other part of the coin. If our guys aren’t accountable and don’t work hard enough defensively, Gawn and Petracca in particular could destroy us

 

[The hands of stone]

Was heading in for this but illness has hit so will be lying on the couch watching.

We will struggle to score so will be interesting to see what the plan going into the forwardline is . Can we put May/Lever under some pressure ?

• can we put forward pressure on
• can our you mids go toe to toe with the best in the comp
• can we defend across the field after being poor last week

Not focussed on the scoreboard , if we can tick those boxes its a very good step in the right direction and we will be competitive .

 

[hawkers10]

No chance we win today, I could see this being a 65+ point belting. Not sure how we are gonna score on their defence and our defence is in shambles. Our midfield has been so good this year but today against the best mid in the comp, not sure how it’s gonna go.

 

[TylerDurden]

Get within 5 goals and that's a good result.

Reeves a huge out if true.

 

[DEECEE]

Dees have port away next week. I expect them to destroy us for 3 quarters, then put the cue in the rack in the last and rest some legs.

I can see us kicking 4 goals in 3 quarters the 4 in the last.

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[HedgeFund]

Dees have port away next week. I expect them to destroy us for 3 quarters, then put the cue in the rack in the last and rest some legs.

I can see us kicking 4 goals in 3 quarters the 4 in the last.

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Makes complete sense.

My wish is for us to restrict them to under 90 points for the game and for us to be smarter with our ball use going inside 50.

If we end up the wrong side of a 85 - 55 score line that’d be a real positive IMHO

 

[jenniferHAWKinS]

We will be a lot more competitive today. Not fussed if Reeves is out. Hate playing 2 ruckman who can’t play elsewhere on the field. Meek thrived as no.1 ruck last week just as Reeves did when Meek was out. Need a significant lift (especially defensively) from our small forward brigade.