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According to Ten News
Ins Carey, Burton and Marsh:eek:
Outs Clarke Burns and Bode
No mention of Stenglein or of Hawks team for that matter.
How bad is Clarke's injury? Not too serious I hope. I'm kinda glad Marsh is getting a chance - time to prove himself if he wants to remain on our list for another year.
What's the deal with Stenglein? I can't even remember what his injury was. Good to see Burton back.
HAWTHORN v ADELAIDE
Saturday, 2:10pm AEST, MCG
HAWTHORN
B: Bateman, Hay, Smith
HB: Osborne, Stone, Graham
C: Barlow, Mitchell, Tallis
HF: Picioane, Rawlings, Brown
F: Dixon, Holland, Lekkas
FOLL: Everitt, Crawford, Vandenberg
I/C: Ries, Kane, Campbell, S.Cox
EMG: Harford, Williams, Ladson
IN: Campbell, Dixon, Graham, Stone
OUT: Thompson (calf), Greene, Ladson, Lonie
ADELAIDE
B: Johncock, Bassett, Hart
HB: Massie, McGregor, Edwards
C: Doughty, Ricciuto, Begley
HF: Bickley, Perrie, Mattner
F: Burton, Carey, Welsh
FOLL: Biglands, Goodwin, McLeod
I/C: Gallagher, Marsh, Smart, Torney
EMG: Ladhams, Shirley, Smith
IN: Carey, Marsh, Burton
OUT: Clarke (sprained right knee), Bode (sprained left knee), Burns (sprained right ankle)
Hmmm... three sprains, hopefully none too serious.
I was hoping Ladhams would get a recall. Smith and Shirley are an interesting pair of emergencies, just shows how bad our injuries are at the moment. :(
Stiffy_18
5 Jun 2003, 20:15
We are in strife. No Clarke means that Ben Marsh will get a fair bit of game time:( . Where the hell is Stenglein?????? Has he been named for Port Magpies?????? He trained which would suggest that he is OK unless he pulled up sore.
Who the hell will get Crawford??????:(
We don't really have a forward line crumber so we'll have to play midfielders through the forward line.
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
Who the hell will get Crawford??????:(
Last week Crawford's opponent racked up 40 touches, so I'd say put whoever you want on him.
Sezza_20
5 Jun 2003, 20:59
Marsh????? This is seriously bad bad news. Clarke has been in awesome form. I am not impressed. Lets hope that Biglands has a big game. At least we might have a chance for half of each of the quaters if they keep rotating. I'm being mean and I hope Ben can prove us all wrong...he needs every opportunity he can get.
And as for Stenglein?? Didn't I hear that he trained well on Wednesday night? I thought he would be a certainty to return. He can't be 100% seeing as though he isn't even an Emergency.
So who's going to play on Crawford now?? I'm having nightmares already....I bet Mattner will get a go! (geez I hope i'm wrong!) Gazza seems to love giving Marty the 'big' jobs. Hmmm.
On a good note the king and the birdman are back. Good stuff!!
I hope that Perrie can keep up his good form with our gun forwards coming back into the side. I admire the way he has worked at improving his game and hope he keeps playing well so he maintains his spot.
Good luck Crows. Fire up!!
Kane McGoodwin
5 Jun 2003, 21:04
Originally posted by DaveW
Hmmm... three sprains, hopefully none too serious.
Better than breaks. At least all our injuries now are short-term & not too serious (with the exception of Crowell).
Kane McGoodwin
5 Jun 2003, 21:08
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
We are in strife. No Clarke means that Ben Marsh will get a fair bit of game time:( . Where the hell is Stenglein?????? Has he been named for Port Magpies?????? He trained which would suggest that he is OK unless he pulled up sore.
Who the hell will get Crawford??????:(
We don't really have a forward line crumber so we'll have to play midfielders through the forward line. I expect that Biglands will ruck 80% of the time (**** I hope so anyway), so shouldn't be a problem as long as he doesn't get collected like last week ... otherwise we will be in strife.
I expect the Crows are going to go all out attack. We have plenty of midfielders still to rotate through the forward line, otherwise they won't all fit in the starting-18. As Roo won't be 100%, I'm sure he'll spend time up forward, as will Edwards & Macca, who are both good crumbers.
Kane McGoodwin
5 Jun 2003, 21:10
Originally posted by DaveW
F: Burton, Carey, Welsh
This line has a much better look about it!!! We now have targets to aim at, so we should be much more confident going into our forward line this week.
Stiffy_18
5 Jun 2003, 21:34
Originally posted by Kane McGoodwin
This line has a much better look about it!!! We now have targets to aim at, so we should be much more confident going into our forward line this week. It certainly does but having said that I would start Welsh off the bench. It just that I am superstious when it come to players playing their 2nd game after a long lay off.;)
Clarke will be missed.
Is there anybody out there apart from me, who thinks come Saturday night we will be singing the praises of Ben Marsh:confused:
Lets face it, he wont get a better chance to strut his stuff.
That will be drummed into him by Rehny...not to mention others.
Go Big Ben.
Kane McGoodwin
5 Jun 2003, 21:43
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
It certainly does but having said that I would start Welsh off the bench. It just that I am superstious when it come to players playing their 2nd game after a long lay off.;) Stiffy. I would start Welshy, Carey & Burton up forward, then rotate them off the bench as required with Smart et al.
Stiffy_18
5 Jun 2003, 21:52
Originally posted by Kane McGoodwin
Stiffy. I would start Welshy, Carey & Burton up forward Very underdone FF line Kane. I would start Carey, Burton and Edwards in the FF line. Rotate Burton and Welsh off the bench. Smart will be needed in defence.;)
Originally posted by topjars
Is there anybody out there apart from me, who thinks come Saturday night we will be singing the praises of Ben Marsh:confused:
Yeah I reckon (hope) we will be too... but will there be enough humble pie to go around on this board? ;) :p :D
Kane McGoodwin
5 Jun 2003, 21:56
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
Very underdone FF line Kane. I would start Carey, Burton and Edwards in the FF line. Rotate Burton and Welsh off the bench. Smart will be needed in defence.;) Don't worry about Burton as he is moving better than Roo & Goody in terms of fitness. Welshy showed last week he is moving fine (unless thumped in the guts). Carey can just park himself at FF & provide a target. Also, why will we need Smart in defence? It's not like the Hawks have a gun forward line.
Stiffy_18
5 Jun 2003, 22:00
Originally posted by Kane McGoodwin
Also, why will we need Smart in defence? It's not like the Hawks have a gun forward line. I would disagree as the likes of Holland, Rawlings and Dixon as very capable forwards.;)
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I would disagree as the likes of Holland, Rawlings and Dixon as very capable forwards.;) Holland is too injury ravaged to be effective, Dixon is on and off, and Rawlings may not even play up forward.
Kane McGoodwin
5 Jun 2003, 22:11
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I would disagree as the likes of Holland, Rawlings and Dixon as very capable forwards.;) Quite frankly these guys don't instill fear to me. Holland can't even mark over his shoulders, Dixon is over-rated (when has he done any damage against us) & Kenny or Hound can hold Rawlings. Our forward line is far more potent!
Stiffy_18
5 Jun 2003, 22:17
Originally posted by DaveW
Holland is too injury ravaged to be effective, Dixon is on and off, and Rawlings may not even play up forward. I tought Holland played a good game against Saints and Dixon has been Hawks best forward this year. I think Rawlings will play forward. Hay will get Carey, Smith will get Burton and Graham will get Perrie:D
McGregor will get Holland, Smart will get Rawlings and Bassett will get Dixon OR Smart and Bassett will swap roles.;)
As I said before, when players are coming back from a long layoff with injury, they usually have a good 1st game and then they are right off the boil in the second game. We have a lot more to gain if we start Welsh on the bench and get him on midway through the 1st quarter. If you srat Welshy on the bench he will be a lot more motivated when he comes on.;) I might be wrong but I think there is something about players playing their 2nd game after long injury layoff.:(
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
I tought Holland played a good game against Saints and Dixon has been Hawks best forward this year. Re Holland, I didn't watch the game against St Kilda so I'm not sure. Re Dixon, he's played a bit in defence this year so if he's been their best forward, that says something!
Originally posted by DaveW
Yeah I reckon (hope) we will be too... but will there be enough humble pie to go around on this board? ;) :p :D
No probably not. Ill be happy even if he nullifys Spider:(
The weather forecast is not good & i'm a little worried concerning our lack of crumbers in the forward 50 & i thought maybe Ladhams might have received a call up,
So "our" Ben has made it back, he better make the most of it as i don't think he'll get to many more chances again this year if he bombs out this time,
Matty Clarke probably could do with the 2 weeks off so i don't see this as any major upheaval & the break will do his body the world of good for the rest of the year,
They wouldn't give the tagging job on Crawford to Mattner would they ??
i think with no Stenglein in the side & no Shirley that we will back our mid-field to go head to head with the Hawks.
Originally posted by noddy
The weather forecast is not good & i'm a little worried concerning our lack of crumbers in the forward 50 & i thought maybe Ladhams might have received a call up,
So "our" Ben has made it back, he better make the most of it as i don't think he'll get to many more chances again this year if he bombs out this time,
Not "our Ben" noddy. You mean "your Ben". :D
I tremble every time that Marsh is in our team and it certainly isn't with anticipation.
I'm happy to eat a fair old hunk of humble pie if I see a flying pig - oops, I mean if Marsh plays well!!! :D
I agree with the point you made about Ladhams though noddy. The full forward line as named is totally underdone with no small crumber if it's rough wet and windy weather.
Originally posted by topjars
Is there anybody out there apart from me, who thinks come Saturday night we will be singing the praises of Ben Marsh:confused:
Nope. Unless he does a Stafford and knocks out Everitt.
There are bad signs everywhere I reckon regarding this match....no Clarke (never thought I'd say that), no Stinger, Marsh getting a game, underdone, tallish forward line with a predicted wet game coming up :(
I'd take ANY type of win at the moment.
iceman21
6 Jun 2003, 00:52
This could be the chance Marsh needs, hopefully he takes it
He has been doing really well in the RUCK at Westies, not playing up forward
dyertribe
6 Jun 2003, 01:04
I'd say that right now, Clarke is more important to today's side than Rehn was to his teams.
Our midfielders have been feeding off Clarkey like hungry chics in a windswept nest recently, and if not for his sheer dominance in the middle we would've been defeated by Geelong and the Bullies in the past fortnight who are clearly the worst two sides going around at the minute.
Troubling.
Originally posted by topjars
Is there anybody out there apart from me, who thinks come Saturday night we will be singing the praises of Ben Marsh:confused:
No!!
Altough all Ben can do is pleasantly surprise everyone because no-one expects anythin from him.
Clarke is our biggest advantage. This reall brings us back to the pack.
I never, ever, thought I'd say this but ....
CLARKEY'S OUT ............. NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO ......
Stiffy_18
6 Jun 2003, 11:33
C'mon Marshy!!!!! Fire up son!!!!!!
Ben Marsh for BOG:eek: ;) :) :D :p :p :p :p :p :p
Fire 'im up Stiffy.
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap *
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap *
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap *
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap *
Stiffy_18
6 Jun 2003, 11:40
Originally posted by PrideOf
Fire 'im up Stiffy.
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap *
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap *
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap *
BEN MARSH
* clap clap clap * AGGGGHHHHHHHH SH*T!!!!!! Ben pulls out of the contest again:( :( :( :( :( :(
Seriously guys who gets Crawford?????? I don't think Torney has the aerobic capacity to go with Hank Bulger. Goody started off being a tagger. How about playing Goody head to head with Crawford??????
I reckon Gary will do what he likes doing ... run our midfield head to head against theirs. Make it a shootout.
dyertribe
6 Jun 2003, 14:15
Originally posted by PrideOf
I reckon Gary will do what he likes doing ... run our midfield head to head against theirs. Make it a shootout.
And if that happens the 4 points are ours... hopefully Ayresy signed all the boys up at TAFE for Reading Spider 101
Originally posted by Stiffy_18
C'mon Marshy!!!!! Fire up son!!!!!!
Ben Marsh for BOG:eek: ;) :) :D :p :p :p :p :p :p
C'mon Easter Bunny!! Fire up son!!!
I'm still waiting for my Easter eggs!!!
Sadly, I think there's a similarity here Stiffy!! :D
bit of a difference between the two macca
the difference between Ben Marsh the match-winner and the Easter Bunny is one of them is a figment of your imagination that you keep wishing appears but doesn't ...
the other is a rabbit
dyertribe
6 Jun 2003, 15:23
Originally posted by PrideOf
bit of a difference between the two macca
the difference between Ben Marsh the match-winner and the Easter Bunny is one of them is a figment of your imagination that you keep wishing appears but doesn't ...
the other is a rabbit
And reading that, Santa just came early for me! :D