Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn: Josh Ward. Extends to 2025!
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A few years ago I think Russell said that we at one point thought it was best to get in the players with athletic attributes but then worked out that it was harder to make them better footballers and was easier to get high footy IQ and make them athletic.
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Jeez this is some wholesome content, can't wait for 2025 where they're doing this holding a cup instead of a flag <3
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Also is it just me or does Ward look slightly taller than listed?
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Lots of photos on Josh’s insta with him and Chesser playing junior footy together.
I think we might need to reunite Ned, Josh and Campbell in 2 years.
I think we might need to reunite Ned, Josh and Campbell in 2 years.
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Throw in Serong and Dan Butler, we'll go on a pillaging pilgrimage in the next few years.
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With Ward, Serong and Butler sorted, do Long and MacDonald have any relo's who've played in the VFL/AFL?
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So we now have two pick 7's on our list who's families have always been mad Hawk supporters.
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Sinn is supposedly 187cm, look at Ward next to him. I appreciate the fact he's standing slightly forward of Sinn will slightly accentuate Ward's height, but it looks like he's probably taller than the reported 183cm.
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He reminds me of John Hendrie and I hope he is at least as good.
Good luck Josh and welcome to the greatest football club in Australia
Good luck Josh and welcome to the greatest football club in Australia
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Like Ward, John Hendrie had an ancestor who played for the Hawks.
His paternal grandfather, Gil.
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Gibcus looks exactly like a latter Day tiger, a mongrel!!
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I was unaware of Gil being his grand father and John bore his middle name. Thanks for the heads up
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Angles. Sinn’s shoulders and hips both clearly higher than ward’s. So unless he has a gigantic head, I going with angles.
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MacDonald's a close friend of Sonsie and Jake Soligo,
Even with angles, if Rachele is 180 and Ward is a lot closer to 184 than 181.
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Also the fact that 3cm is hardly noticeable unless you're looking at people up close that are standing flush beside each other
All depends on the wizard waving the wand how noticeable 3cm would be
Four Josh's in the top 12 is now the absolute most useless ******* stat of all time.
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Sorry I couldn't make it 5
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If you were Josh Browne or Josh Rentsch, you'd feel stiff to miss.
Perspective: he's in the foreground and the angle would make Sinn look smaller.
That said, 4cm is not a lot. Difference between barefoot shoes and a pair of Nikes maybe
Lets go crazy?, Shane Crawford.
Pretty sure we added a bit to the top end sprinting with Hodgey over the years, and turned Mitch, Jordan Lewis and other plodders into genuine endurance runners. More recently Dan Howe looked a different player after prepping for that job on the wing during the 2021 preseason.
Hard to add explosiveness to guys physical makeup though if they don't have the fast twitch muscle fibers.
Does anyone recall an average sprinter being transformed into a top line breakaway player at AFL level post draft? I definitely can't think of any.
Plenty of break away sprinters that couldn't be turned into footballers come to mind easily though.
Crawf was a dominant physical player in his prime, but aside from that they do look similarish.
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