Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn: Mitchell Lewis. Extended to 2026!

[KermitJagger]

He has a real opportunity here to take control of a game that is weighted in his favour.

Walker is no slouch defender, but Andrews out is huge.

 

[Bugs1977]

 

[cryptor]

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"Wouldn't get a game at 18 clubs"

 

[beta_condition]

Moved into third place

 

[Hodginator]

Will hit back hard next week under the roof.

 

[tommyk72]

Good learning game. Quietest I’ve seen him after the two missed shots and reversed 50. Given his background I would expect him to come back bigger and better. Like carding a double bogie on a par 3. Process and then move on but learn the lesson.

 

[Gralin]

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Way to jinx it Hawks

 

[Bugs1977]

Way to jinx it Hawks

Is it too late to get that Anderson kid?

 

[Hawk_francais]

He'll learn from that. Chin up, next week.

 

[BlueWaterHawk]

He'll learn from that. Chin up, next week.

Where is Rath when you need him, this team has some serious yips.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Where is Rath when you need him, this team has some serious yips.

It's not the physical game (mostly), it's mental.

We need a good counselor.

We also need the coaching staff to value goalkicking.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

We also need the coaching staff to value goalkicking.

You think they don’t?

 

[Carl Spackler]

You think they don’t?

It's obvious they don't. If they did then we would win all 22 games.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

It's not the physical game (mostly), it's mental.

We need a good counselor.

We also need the coaching staff to value goalkicking.

Am pretty sure they do.

I wonder how much our gameplan influences the missed shots.

I remember 5 years ago Ross Lyon's plan was to strangle teams and when his forwards got shots, they were all so exhaustd the 30 seconds wasn't enough for them to get composed and hence they missed a lot...

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

You think they don’t?

Correct. Old news now, but Clarko spoke at an inside the huddle a number of years back about how statistical modelling had shown that accuracy was o e of the most overrated statistics, and it was number of shots that was the best indicator of future success.

Combined with the removal of goalkicking practise from training by the fitness gurus and it appears to be an area we all but ignore.

Compare our warm up with kangas , players will have half a dozen shots then move on to positioning drills. Kangaroos will have goalkicking right through warm up, Ben Brown might have 50 shots before the game to get used to the conditions.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Correct. Old news now, but Clarko spoke at an inside the huddle a number of years back about how statistical modelling had shown that accuracy was o e of the most overrated statistics, and it was number of shots that was the best indicator of future success.

Combined with the removal of goalkicking practise from training by the fitness gurus and it appears to be an area we all but ignore.

Compare our warm up with kangas , players will have half a dozen shots then move on to positioning drills. Kangaroos will have goalkicking right through warm up, Ben Brown might have 50 shots before the game to get used to the conditions.

50 shots you reckon? Not a chance.

You’ve taken Clarkson far too literally.

Number of shots on goal only works if you’re accuracy is much better than ours was yesterday, and the coaches know that.

 

[Gralin]

Correct. Old news now, but Clarko spoke at an inside the huddle a number of years back about how statistical modelling had shown that accuracy was o e of the most overrated statistics, and it was number of shots that was the best indicator of future success.

Combined with the removal of goalkicking practise from training by the fitness gurus and it appears to be an area we all but ignore.

Compare our warm up with kangas , players will have half a dozen shots then move on to positioning drills. Kangaroos will have goalkicking right through warm up, Ben Brown might have 50 shots before the game to get used to the conditions.

And yet I've seen players practice goal kicking at training and during their warm ups before the game

 

[cryptor]

Lewis was always going to have a game where things just wouldn't go his away eventually. It's a pretty common piece of wisdom that you learn more from your failures than from your successes.

He'll go away with the coaches and work on strategies for what to do next time and he'll be all the better for it.

 

[vanders]

He finally kicked one straight and it fell half a metre short haha. Still clunked a few good marks though. A good learning experience for the young fella as others have mentioned.

 

[Sixpence]

Hmm, this week's The Mitchell Lewis Show was just a filler episode, hope it gets back on track next week.

 

[Furn2]

Just one of those days he's a good kick for goal generally.

 

[Brant]

Just one of those days he's a good kick for goal generally.

He always seems to spray a simple one from 30m.
Did against Eagles, did against Collingwood (or maybe against Coll + Freo - can’t remember but remember him doing it Week on Week)

Didn’t against Geelong - instead, he passed backward to Worpel who was 20m out, straight in front.

Spraying a couple of sitters yesterday wasn’t overly surprising.

 

[Sicily]

He always seems to spray a simple one from 30m.
Did against Eagles, did against Collingwood (or maybe against Coll + Freo - can’t remember but remember him doing it Week on Week)

Didn’t against Geelong - instead, he passed backward to Worpel who was 20m out, straight in front.

Spraying a couple of sitters yesterday wasn’t overly surprising.

Yeah pass to Worps last week was a bit concerning and suggests that he is feeling the pressure to nail shots from inside 30 - like most in the team, kicks with more fluency and freedom when further out.

Need the mind gurus at the club to find away to get the monkey off his back before it becomes a systemic issue.

 

[beta_condition]

People have insane expectations if they think Lewis had a poor game, 10 + touches, few tackles, 4 contested marks and 3 shots on goals for a key forward playing his 12th game, is very good.

 

[Gralin]

People have insane expectations if they think Lewis had a poor game, 10 + touches, few tackles, 4 contested marks and 3 shots on goals for a key forward playing his 12th game, is very good.

I know kick 2.1 and they'd be gushing.