Preview R21: Changes vs. Hawthorn

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

Can be re negotiated if needed
Clarry will have to take a haircut and Dees pay a %

Still not sure about it with both his mental health and substance abuse issues.

 

[TRP1996]

Meh.

 

[1990crow]

Still not sure about it with both his mental health and substance abuse issues.

I'm more concerned with the fact he's not that good anymore.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

God I hope we smash them tomorrow night... So many times we have been their bitch.... 2008, 2012, 2015.... etc etc...

Crush them and march on.

 

[Pilchard_Adams]

It's a shame Edwards didn't get a couple of games under his belt earlier in the year when the opportunity arose.

Shame, but also a credit to Smith who has improved a mile on last year

 

[1990crow]

God I hope we smash them tomorrow night... So many times we have been their bitch.... 2008, 2012, 2015.... etc etc...

Crush them and march on.

2007

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

I will give you that he was sometimes next to Amon, but as for playing on him? Nah. He floated around ball watching most of the time. If he was actually tasked with standing Amon he got torched.

As I mentioned I was being facetious suggesting he was on Impey because what Murphy actually does is he runs off his opponent doing nothing, which leaves players free. Could the player he was on or supposed to be on be Impey? Sometimes he's so far away from his man it's hard to tell who he's supposed to be on.

As for who was actually tasked with being near Impey, at least in the first half, it was Ben Keays, not Josh Rachele as you claimed

This is what I mean by Murphy not actually playing a defensive role. All of these are in the first quarter and a bit (highlighted Murphy and Amon). Just lets Amon get away from him (if he's playing on him, which is questionable) time after time. I got bored eventually, it just happened that often

Now your getting closer!

Yes, Murphy spent more time on Amon compared to anyother Hawthorn defender.

Yes, in the first half Impey was mostly matched up with Keays. Impey didn’t have a huge impact in the first half.

In the second half Impey spent more time on Rachele but also a bit of time on Keays annd about 5 minutes on Murphy and ANB.

Interesting vision from the first quarter when we totally dominated the game. So Scorpus, do you agree with the assertion that we lost the match because Murphy did a shit job on Impey?

 

[bigman]

Laird had a brief chat to Burgess after match sim and gestured to his leg, not to mention he played in the B team.

Didn’t seem particularly sore but I guess it was already determined he wasn’t going to play.

 

[Golumless]

I'm glad there is some form of rotational planning. Tick

But this week?

Unless there are 3-4 next week against Eagles I'm not sure I understand

It may have been forced, seeing how brutal the weather was against Port.

 

[1970crow]

Why are we resting laird this week? Must be stuffed.
Hesitant to make 2 changes in the one area in the one week.

More concerned about wasting another game on Smith. Just stupidity. Hopefully for him Hawks kick inaccurately so he can rack up the rebound 50s.

Just terrible selection philosophy, but it’s in our blood.

 

[woopedazz]

I'd have liked to keep Pedlar in, but I understand it as his output just isn't high enough right now.

The boy's no good.

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

Nov 8th, 2021 ... ?

How many times do I have to post this.

I joined many, many, many years ago as A Few Good Men then changed to Jack is Back and now Ciao Giacomo. It isn’t a secret.

 

[1970crow]

I don't hate it. Laird out hurts us.

I don’t think Laird out does, but Smith in as a defender absolutely will.

 

[1970crow]

Jones with Laird out

Jones would comfortably be the better actual defender between him and Smith.

 

[1970crow]

Resting Laird? Hmmmmmmmmmm

The lack of respect, it burns your eyes. Stay strong.

 

[1970crow]

Pedlar knew it was coming. You could see it in his sheepish reaction after getting the downfield free kick for a goal last week. Knew he hadn't done enough

Just think we should stick with him for another 20 games without any discussion on performance. Short sighted selection. How’s he going to get to Murphy level if we don’t carry him for 70 more games?

 

[jbanger]

Good gord. Horks fielding their (arguably) strongest team for the season and we're resting players. Hope it pays off.

In Nicks We Trust.

 

[pjcrows]

Our weakest lineup since the bye IMO.

Mitchell with 4 talls and would have a plan.

Huge game here folks.

 

[1970crow]

Would love to see Edwards at some stage but these are very good selections.

Nank for Jones would top it off nicely.

Shame Pedlar just isn't any good. There's a vacancy for a quality small forward...unfortunately he's not it.

Smith is a very good selection? He’s finished, gets 1/3 of his touches from kick outs and can’t influence defensively at all. We’ve got Nank who showed really good form last year in that role and for some reason, we’ve moved him to the wing/fwd depth chart. It’s insanity.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Good gord. Horks fielding their (arguably) strongest team for the season and we're resting players. Hope it pays off.

In Nicks We Trust.

We are only managing 1 player who is sore.

Seems sensible not to risk Laird.

Hawks still have likes of Weddle missing.

 

[WetCrow1991]

Hopefully Smith doesn't **** up again against the Hawks. His opponent will be rubbing their hands together right now.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

More concerned about wasting another game on Smith. Just stupidity. Hopefully for him Hawks kick inaccurately so he can rack up the rebound 50s.

Just terrible selection philosophy, but it’s in our blood.

Just think we should stick with him for another 20 games without any discussion on performance. Short sighted selection. How’s he going to get to Murphy level if we don’t carry him for 70 more games?

Smith is a very good selection? He’s finished, gets 1/3 of his touches from kick outs and can’t influence defensively at all. We’ve got Nank who showed really good form last year in that role and for some reason, we’ve moved him to the wing/fwd depth chart. It’s insanity.

Geez, you are ageist & triggered by Smith's selection.

Given we have lost the experienced Laird, not unreasonable to replace him with Smith against a decent team.

We are already less experienced replacing Max with Bond.

Smith has played well in most of his games we have used him sparingly. It's not like he has been bloody ordinary like our #4.

Also, Smith may end up being sub with Jones starting.

 

[MrBarry]

The boy's no good.

If we can afford to give Murphy 120 games, then Pedlar should be given some more time. If he doesn't come on next year he will probably get delisted, however the kid can play - his body has let him down.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

If we can afford to give Murphy 120 games, then Pedlar should be given some more time. If he doesn't come on next year he will probably get delisted, however the kid can play - his body has let him down.

Needs a big pre-season!

 

[1970crow]

Yup, for whatever reason, just didn't manage to overtake Smith this year.

Still, a big preseason can rectify that rather quickly on Charlie's part. Especially as Smith will be gone next year.

How did Smith overtake Nank in the half back queue?