Preview Round 2, 2019: Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs, 31 March 3:20pm AEDT @ MCG

[Todman]

No Chad ?

 

[TazHawk15]

No Chad ?

Next week.

 

[MadDawg]

Nice of Hawthorn to give two players we acquired in trade week - one for a future 3rd and the other for a future 4th - a run this weekend.

 

[TylerDurden]

Oh yeahhhhhhhhh

 

[TheFourPillars]

Oh yeahhhhhhhhh

Healy really doesn't like us does he

 

[barnes]

Moore Lewis Brand Mirra to be left out .
Mirra unfortunate , but Bulldogs don't have a tall forward line .

 

[Gralin]

Cousins could be the unlucky one on team balance, mid out mid in style, will be interesting

 

[PT Bar None]

Didn't see the whole game, and only on the telly, but thought Doc played OK last week

 

[madhawksfan]

Healy really doesn't like us does he

If Shitney pulled it off it would be astute recruiting. We do it and it’s theft.

 

[MadDawg]

Oh yeahhhhhhhhh

We are just evening the ledger for the worst trade in history which only netted us the scrub O'Meara

 

[westhawk]

Whoever gets picked up by Doc, then we must isolate him and also Suckling as they are both average 1 on 1.

 

[LuckyHawk]

Didn't see the whole game, and only on the telly, but thought Doc played OK last week

He's still got the fumbles.

 

[Hawk_francais]

Cousins, Mirra, Scrimshaw all still potential outs if Scully comes in. Re-watching the game, however, I was very impressed with both Mirra and Scrimshaw - how could you change anything in that defence? They were magnificent. Cousins ball use was suspect on a few occasions but he also basically tagged Gibbs out of the game (Gibbs had 16 disposals, 2 clearances, 1 inside fifty) - and if that was his main role then he would have a huge tick from the coaches (especially nailing two goals himself). We may need him to do such a job on Liberatore, Hunter or McRae. Tough call

I wonder if we'd consider going with one ruckman against the dogs? Their ruck department is both inexperienced and in the singular.

 

[WWSD]

Henderson is a quite achiever. He wasn't among the best or worst players last week. Gets the job done. No way he gets omitted or makes way for another player. I still don't understand why posters on here continuously want him dropped! Who is capable of being a more impactful player off the bench?

 

[tige19]

Whoever gets picked up by Doc, then we must isolate him and also Suckling as they are both average 1 on 1.

Average? Borderline inept

 

[ralphwiggum]

Whoever gets picked up by Doc, then we must isolate him and also Suckling as they are both average 1 on 1.

This is where you especially wish that there was an extra Sicily

 

[DEECEE]

Scully has been named :O

Boom

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[cryptor]

Scully being named (even if only on extended bench) is a great milestone, but I'm going to keep the lid on it until I see how he performs. Assuming he even ends up playing of course.

 

[Carl Spackler]

JQ30 ?

Ha, no, not Bangkok. I'll be arriving on Qantas from other locations a little earlier. I always make the times a little off so that the groupies don't hound me at the airport.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Mirra is the likely out for Scully at this stage, nothing against what Mirra has done, its purely a matchups thing.

 

[Bugs1977]

Oh yeahhhhhhhhh

Are you keeping an eye on Kornes’ twitter feed? I know I am

 

[VandoHawk]

Mirra is the likely out for Scully at this stage, nothing against what Mirra has done, its purely a matchups thing.

Extremely stiff but we have gone with Frawley/Sicily as our two defensive pillars in the past. Certainly undersized but Mirra is undersized too. Funnily enough I reckon our tallest defender is Scrimshaw.

I also really feel for the player who eventually has to make way for Wingard.

 

[MasterSamurai]

Do we need two rucks?? Maybe to stretch their defence we could use Cegs/Mcevoy deep I50 as more of attacking options then dominant ruck division? If that’s the thinking then it’s gotta be Mirra who makes way but if only Skulls is in the condition to run out a game at this level, if not, I don’t mind him blowing out the cobwebs at BH.

 

[Bugs1977]

If Scully plays then I think Mirra or Morrison makes way for him. The Doggies forwarded line isn’t overly huge so I can see it being Dave which would be unlucky for him. However due to form and the positional like for like I can also see it being Harry.

 

[Bugs1977]

Do we need two rucks?? Maybe to stretch their defence we could use Cegs/Mcevoy deep I50 as more of attacking options then dominant ruck division? If that’s the thinking then it’s gotta be Mirra who makes way but if only Skulls is in the condition to run out a game at this level, if not, I don’t mind him blowing out the cobwebs at BH.

If it rains then yeah don’t be surprised if it’s Cegs that makes way.