Williams Dropped!

[haydnoconnor]

Even though he is out of form i would rather have him in the team than have him missing

 

[RustyHawk]

If he's not playing well plus chasing and tackling...... He spent Wednesday at training in the midfield, not forward....

 

[Philhawk]

You're joking Haydn?

 

[haydnoconnor]

No. I found out courtesy Channel 9!

I am gutted!

 

[Nightwolf]

Its pathetic

 

[Philhawk]

Its pathetic

Why NW? Dropping him might just spur him on to produce some better games for us later this season. After Buddy was kept at Box Hill, he came back and booted six last week. Anyhow, with Williams our, your wonder boy gets a go at Full Forward this week.

 

[MrAaron]

that's fine, bring your gun Full Back. I'm sure he'll hold up the 1st team

 

[Hawk Dork]

that's fine, bring your gun Full Back. I'm sure he'll hold up the 1st team

Atleast we arent waiting for the Diver to come back for the finals

 

[Nightwolf]

We must be tanking already..

 

[DannyJ]

We must be tanking already..

Couldn't agree more. If Clarko didn't get his contract would of he made such a disgraceful move? I reckon this is the worst thing he has done when been at the club.

 

[Philhawk]

With all due respect to you guys, I think you are waay off course with your assessment of Clarkson. It's the coaches job to make the touch decisions like this. He's shown that he is willing not to play quality players at the expense of building their confidence at Box Hill (see Franklin). Admittedly there are a couple of other passengers like Bateman who also don't deserve a spot on form, but I for one an glad that Clarkson is trying to make the players aware of the fact that there are no certainties in the team selection - of course bar Ries.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

that's fine, bring your gun Full Back. I'm sure he'll hold up the 1st team

?????????????

 

[Books]

With all due respect to you guys, I think you are waay off course with your assessment of Clarkson. It's the coaches job to make the touch decisions like this. He's shown that he is willing not to play quality players at the expense of building their confidence at Box Hill (see Franklin). Admittedly there are a couple of other passengers like Bateman who also don't deserve a spot on form, but I for one an glad that Clarkson is trying to make the players aware of the fact that there are no certainties in the team selection - of course bar Ries.

Good point Phil. And lol about Ries - what is it with him? Are we trying to boost his trade value or something?

 

[F-U]

 

[haydnoconnor]

Take the Williams poll!

Go to polls board!

 

[MrAaron]

Atleast we arent waiting for the Diver to come back for the finals

Finals ? Finals 2007 you mean surely ?

and no talking about Trent Croad in this thread thankyou !

 

[Binxy]

Still got my doubts - team list anyone?

Regardless, three weeks ago I would've agreed and applauded the decision - Willo has been soft and lazy of late - but atm, we are starting to put together a potent forward line and even a soft, lazy willo makes that forward line all the more dangerous.

One thing you have to give Clarko - he's not making decisions to please everyone - he's set in his ways and hopefully he knows what he's doing.

 

[Silvagnis]

I'll give you Ryan Houlihan for this Box Hill player!

Why isn't he an emergency ahead of Ball?

Is there another reason why Williams was dropped?

 

[haydnoconnor]

Teams



ST KILDA v HAWTHORN
Saturday, 2:10pm AEST, Telstra Dome

ST KILDA
B: Baker, Hudghton, S.Fisher
HB: L.Fisher, Maguire, Gram
C: Goddard, Ball, Voss
HF: Fiora, Riewoldt, Montagna
F: Schwarze, Gehrig, Milne
FOLL: Rix, Harvey, Dal Santo
I/C: Ackland, X.Clarke, McQualter, Peckett
EMG: Gilbert, McGough, Murray
IN: -
OUT: -

HAWTHORN
B: Sewell, Roughead, Brown
HB: Hodge, Smith, Guerra
C: Birchall, Mitchell, Clarke
HF: Bateman, Croad, Vandenberg
F: Barker, Franklin, Dixon
FOLL: Campbell, Lewis, Ladson
I/C: Young, Taylor, Brennan, Ries
EMG: Murphy, Dawson, Ball
IN: Vandenberg, Guerra, Croad
OUT: McGlynn, Williams, Murphy

Field umpires: Margetts, Donlon, Ryan

 

[Fastback]

Dropping Willo was a strange one.

For the first time in ages the Hawks could have boasted the following forward line.

HF: Dicko - Croad - Franklin
FF: Willo - Barks - Everitt

The Saints can cover 2 talls, maybe 3, but not 4. Hudghton blanketed Willo last time they met but he'll be required elsewhere. Willo has been starved of opportunities due to Hodge playing injured and a general lack of quality delivery. Consider the return of Richie, Crawf and Guerra - there's 3 decent ball carriers and deliverers who havent played for a month.

Willo would have taken the 4th best defender for the first time since 2002 in a forward structure the Hawks have been dreaming about for a while.

We should have hit the Saints with everything.

Doesn't make sense.

Hawk0373

 

[Binxy]

I agree - he must be injured.

I won't even get into Ries/Vandenberg getting a game before him.

 

[medusala]

Doesn't make sense.

How often do Williams and Dixon play well together? Wasnt it at the end of last year when Dixon started to kick a few that Williams was out of the team?

 

[Nightwolf]

We wont see Williams for 3+ weeks. We all know hes going to do nothing with the delivery Box Hill will give him. This could very well spell the end of him at our club if this is the case, in which i hope is not.

 

[Binxy]

Unless BH play him in the centre.

 

[scout]

Unless BH play him in the centre.

Box Hill's listed team for Sunday:

B Bull Gilham Thurgood
HB Johnson Dawson Tuck
C B. Kane Ball Ellis
HF Boyle Dowler King
F Little Cook Height
R M. Bailey Williams McGlynn
Int Kelleher Crook Weinert
Miller Murphy Marcius
Jolley Gibson