Autopsy 2022 Round 16 - GWS Giants vs Hawthorn, Sunday 3 July, 3.20 pm @ Giants Stadium

[Callums_Guns]

*en hell!! It’s meant to be half that the day before and today also. And giants stadium is usually already soft and cow paddocky enough.

Doesn't help VFL game on at 11:35am, I'm all for a curtain raiser but when they predicted so much rain for this weekend maybe they should've moved the VFL game to Blacktown

 

[Bradkli]

Flash flooding alerts across Sydney and rain is set in for the day (upto 150mm today alone), junior league ground across from my work is looking more like a lake

So…first to 20 wins?? Good luck today.

 

[Giant Strides]

So…first to 20 wins?? Good luck today.

Waterpolo scoreline coming up, 20-17!

 

[Giant Strides]

Gameday ... and the two teams are heading to the Giants Stadium Swimming pool for a water polo match. Unfortunately, this game is unlikely to reach any great crowd numbers or viewing heights given the weather conditions!

 

[JC100]

Surely there will be some late outs with talls swapped for smalls

 

[Giant Strides]

Surely there will be some late outs with talls swapped for smalls

The emergency list is all talls except for Callum Brown!

 

[Hendo_21]

Thought Riccardi was a bit stiff to be dropped this week tbh, he's played decent footy the past month and although he was very quiet most of the game outside of the 4th quarter thought he's put in enough good work to warrant not getting dropped straight away. Might also be a weather related decision to not play the extra tall.

 

[Giant Strides]

Might also be a weather related decision to not play the extra tall.

Except we kept Keeffe and Haynes, so I think he was just dropped.

 

[Hendo_21]

Except we kept Keeffe and Haynes, so I think he was just dropped.

Weird choice to use Haynes as a forward rather then Riccardi right? Unless they plan on using Haynes as a defensie forward but in todays conditions I'm not sure that type of player is going to be needed to negate intercepting and distribution from someone like Sicily.

 

[Land of the Giants]

Any guesses about crowd size?

 

[Callums_Guns]

Any guesses about crowd size?

1,371

 

[Section226]

Considering the extremely heavy ground and the history of soft tissue injuries at the Giants, I wouldn't be at all surprised if a number of players suffer calf or hamstring injuries.

Hope not, but the club's conditioning of players is notoriously poor.

 

[Big Stinky Monk]

Any guesses about crowd size?

Not alot.

There was meant to be a junior club March at halftime but that has now been cancelled.

Have to feel for our promotions team. They've been spruiking this game hard for weeks, and now get dealt this weather

 

[Giant Strides]

Yep, looking at the VFL game vision, an atrocious day to be playing (or watching) footy.

 

[Callums_Guns]

 

[Ichabod Noodle]

must admit, if we weren't catching up with our hawthorn supporting friends from canberra who we haven't seen in over 3 covid interrupted years - we wouldn't be here today.

shocking weather

 

[Maximus 2011]

Always worried about playing against the Hawks... Who ever makes the most of opportunities wins the games. Nothing pretty. TFG to kick 4 out of Giants 10 goals

 

[steviewonder36]

1,371

If they are lucky, looks like a praccy match crowd.

The players will be looking forward to playing Manuka Oval in two weeks time against the Lions.

10k crowd at least.

 

[Maximus 2011]

The Giants are on here! They look really good and playing the conditions to perfection

 

[Land of the Giants]

Looks like a soccer match at the moment

 

[Section226]

O'Halloran hasn't come along after some good games last year - makes some really bad decisions.

Giants just need to get the ball forward. Sometimes trying to pick it up off the ground or handballing as if it's perfect conditions isn't going to work today.

Someone needs to check the country's Grippo supply - I think Hogan might have stocked up. His marking is sensational.

 

[norway blue]

Cmon Giants hang in there. Grind it out.


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[norway blue]

That shits me Sicily baiting Toby there knowing he can’t retaliate. Go Giants.


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[sydney_gws]

We are playing pretty well, should win this from here.

 

[Battlepants]

If Brown doesn't keep his spot after this I'm going to lose it.