Preview Round 9, 2024: Hawthorn v St.Kilda - UTAS Stadium, Launceston - Saturday 11th May, 1.45pm AEST

[The_Steadier]

Wow pou dropped

Live footage

 

[True Believer]

Paton has earned that recall, been good at Sandy......

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Wow pou dropped

Signed his new contract. Why not haha

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

Bonner's primary role is to distribute. All the others are way better defensively and play a more defensive role. If a distributor can't kick, whats the point?

He accumulates alot of it & I suggest he hits more than misses.

 

[BigPowerForward]

Hope Pou kills it in the magoos.
I think this will be good for him.
He's a very determined lad and I think this slight setback will give him even more drive to succeed.
I will be a very interested onlooker to see how he goes this week!

 

[Cairnsman]

Henry you little beauty.

If he and Windy can produce the games they did against the Pies then we should se some real zip in the midfield.

Just warning everyone, don't expect too much from Hayes in his second game, the sports scientist in me tells me it's always hard going in your second game after a long come back...therefore we will need another tall forward to play well.

 

[SaintersUnite]

Paton has earned that recall, been good at Sandy......

Yep, was excellent in the second half last week against North. Took some great intercept marks. Happy he’s got his shot.


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[Saintscomemarchingin]

Henry you little beauty.

If he and Windy can produce the games they did against the Pies then we should se some real zip in the midfield.

Just warning everyone, don't expect too much from Hayes in his second game, the sports scientist in me tells me it's always hard going in your second game after a long come back...therefore we will need another tall forward to play well.

Membrey is due, oh & the other guy

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Membrey Ross and Webbie been pushed to the interchange.
Next three in line for Sandy if they don’t lift.

 

[SaintersUnite]

He accumulates alot of it & I suggest he hits more than misses.

The problem is that the misses are costly.

It’s a lot like a goalkeeper in soccer for half backs. You make one mistake, everyone will remember it over the good you did.


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[Saintscomemarchingin]

Membrey Ross and Webbie been pushed to the interchange.
Next three in line for Sandy if they don’t lift.

Lyon will think they are too experienced to drop too easily.

 

[70s sainter]

Hey .might be meeting a mate near mentone / moordi / parkdale on sat to watch the footy . Anyone recommend any pub that has a great setup and one that kinda prioritizes football?
Cheers in advance.
Ps I don’t really rate the Sporting Globe.

 

[SaintersUnite]

Membrey Ross and Webbie been pushed to the interchange.
Next three in line for Sandy if they don’t lift.

Do we see Pato as sub or Hugo? I reckon Paton, has been a good sub for us in the past and Hugo will be needed for the front half pressure.


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[Plugger35]

Smells like selection integrity.

Yeah can't complain about those changes.

Phillipou and Byrnes were the two players that deserved to be dropped on form and Henry and Paton the two obvious inclusions.

It would have been nice to see Schoenmaker make his debut at home but Paton has more experience and gives us more flexibility.

 

[Banger9798]

Relieved that Mattaeus was dropped, for his sake, as much as anyone.

Henry a good inclusion

Paton , let's hope he gets back to pre-Roughhead tackle level as lockdown small defender. He was one of the best in the league for a while.

 

[Plugger35]

Do we see Pato as sub or Hugo? I reckon Paton, has been a good sub for us in the past and Hugo will be needed for the front half pressure.


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Paton would be a good option as sub, he can play defence and midfield and it would be nice to have a more experienced sub too.

So far this year we have had rookies as our subs and they have struggled to have much of an impact in that role.

 

[TheNewEnsign]

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Yeah can't complain about those changes.

Phillipou and Byrnes were the two players that deserved to be dropped on form and Henry and Paton the two obvious inclusions.

It would have been nice to see Schoenmaker make his debut at home but Paton has more experience and gives us more flexibility.

Hopefully we sent Paton to Bruest for a lockdown role, he's the forward we have to worry most about.

I wouldn't have minded seeing Arie in the team, Wilson on the wing and Hastie having a run at Sandy.

 

[Saintscomemarchingin]

The problem is that the misses are costly.

It’s a lot like a goalkeeper in soccer for half backs. You make one mistake, everyone will remember it over the good you did.


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Fair enough, but I'm also remembering Nas, Stocker, Webster & Sincs doing it as well when he first came back. I think you need to look more closely at what Bonner does well. Not saying that the crowd are not doing the Raph Clark aagh occasionally though.They certainly did with Webster last game haha.

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Lyon will think they are too experienced to drop too easily.

For sure
He’s just firing a warning shot

 

[Saintos The ITK]

Do we see Pato as sub or Hugo? I reckon Paton, has been a good sub for us in the past and Hugo will be needed for the front half pressure.


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Yeah definitely Pato

 

[BrutThough]

Henry back is huge.

I'm glad Paton has been rewarded. Was very good at Sandy and deserves the call up ahead of anyone else.

Phillipou needed to be dropped. I hope we do similar as we did with Windy last year - put him in the centre square at Sandy and no matter how he plays, keep him there for at least 2-3 weeks before we consider bringing him back. Get the ball in his hands and build that confidence back up.

 

[Circus]

I can't help but have high praise for RTB's press conferences. Witty, relaxed, engaging, strategic in outlook and forthright while not giving too much away. But every-one knows what he means, especially the players. Light years ahead of where we've been for sooo very long it hurts!

I know we have to be patient yet again, or continue to suffer for a while longer, but I have genuine belief that this club has finally got all the right pieces in play and is taking us to the promised land. However, I'm not remotely interested in milk and honey as the ultimate reward. I want a cup, a flag, wild unrestrained rejoicing and endless replays of the new gods marching in!!

 

[ScrappyDo]

Except for Dougal

That's different.

 

[Saintbloke]

Looks an OK team, glad Paton is back. I think Pou just needs to learn more about using his body in contests and can work on it in the forward half at Sandy.

 

[Winmar2Lockett]

Pato back to help cover Breust, Ginnivan, Watson & Moore.

With Lewis & Chol out, Hawthorn’e scoring is heavily reliant on their small forwards.


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