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If josh hunt is fit, he has to play.
Balme has said Josh is a chance but more likely to return the following week.
I don't see Roughead playing on Monday. He's had a half a game of NAB Cup against Fremantle and a VFL game against Sandringham which was more than 2 weeks before the Geelong game.
I'd say that the Hawks would want to get more miles into Roughead's legs before bringing him back into the seniors. I'd pencil him in for round 3 against the Crows, not for round 2 against Geelong.
Stay away from the clowns on the bay or finish up a bitter and twisted old fart like me.You have been warned.
I think the Hawks are very likely to break our streak next Monday, and they deserve to go in to the game as favorites.
Their pre/early season form has been excellent, while we still look a little underdone. It will also be hard to cover our key outs - Scarlett most notably, as we don't often win without him, but also Varcoe who has played a vital role in past games against the Hawks.
Still, rounds 3-7 look more or less all winnable, so we may go into the clash against the Pies in rd 8 sitting on 5/2. That would be a very decent outcome for a premiership outfit with less pre-season up their sleeve than other clubs, while also being in a 'transition period'.
All wild speculation, of course, and very happy to be proven wrong come next Monday. I just don't see the Cat's winning this one.
Exploit their ruck and defense and we have a good shot at this. If Hawkins and Pod both play well, Hawthorn simply dont have the talent in their defense to take care of both of them. Enright will go to Rioli as usual (who typically doesnt all do that much against us) and throw Taylor Hunt on Mitchell and see what the young man can do.
It will be a fight and the odds are against us, however our team has shown time and time again how hungry they are to win. If anyhing, being underdogs works in their favour. Dockers threw everything at us on home soil and scraped by with a small victory. The Cats can get this. And if we do win, watch the season turn on its head.
How confident are we feeling for this game?
have Geelong by under 10 but would like to know what the general thoughts are.
How confident are we feeling for this game?
have Geelong by under 10 but would like to know what the general thoughts are.
I love Geelong v Hawthorn. I love the rivalry between the two clubs and fans. I love that when the Cats v Hawks time is on, it has that finals feel to it, that we cant lose to them. The banter in the office.
To be honest even though I do hate them when they play us, they are a club that i respect, but on Monday and as always i hope we bury the s**t out of them as they would be hoping the same against us. Just no injuries to either side, because both these clubs make a massive improvement to the quality of standard in AFL and especially for the past 5 years.
IMO, this is Victoria's derby/showdown. The Collingwood/Carltons/Essendons are just marketing.
yeh you gotta wonder why it is that defenders truly come into their own at the wrong times of their career.
Hunt had his best season at the club imo in 2011 but he's now 30 years of age (footy terms it's the wrong side), I always felt Enright is a much superior player now than about 5 years ago.
Mackie seems to be improving at age 27 and I'm hoping we see Taylor really mature into our Scarlett replacement in the coming years.
How confident are we feeling for this game?
have Geelong by under 10 but would like to know what the general thoughts are.