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The next Hodge???Seriously, who is that ?
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The next Hodge???Seriously, who is that ?
It’s silly talk. We’d have to out-tank a number of clubs.The next Hodge???
Is he the best footballer of the draft or close to it but the best leader?The next Hodge???
Problem is it’s not really a young side but the same side with 2 or 3 kids where is Reeves,Downie,Maginness,Jeka etc.
Melbourne had the same. So are dees a young side?Hawthorn are a young side. There were 6 blokes under 25 games experience yesterday and the guys who were rested/suspended (Brockman, Hartley, Lewis) are in the same boat.
And pretty much all of the most inexperienced players in the side are forwards - Koschitzke, Lewis, Brockman, Nash, Moore, Hanrahan, Cousins, Morrison.
Hawthorn are playing pretty good footy. They are simply inexperienced in the forward half and that is making it hard to put up winning scores.
Hawthorn are a young side. There were 6 blokes under 25 games experience yesterday and the guys who were rested/suspended (Brockman, Hartley, Lewis) are in the same boat.
And pretty much all of the most inexperienced players in the side are forwards - Koschitzke, Lewis, Brockman, Nash, Moore, Hanrahan, Cousins, Morrison.
Hawthorn are playing pretty good footy. They are simply inexperienced in the forward half and that is making it hard to put up winning scores.
Dan Howe is a player that we need a hell of a lot more from. I've been quick to jump on Mitchell, Worpel, O'Meara and Sheils when we get out gunned in the midfield, but the reality is they aren't always in their as a quartet. Where is the support coming from guys like Dan Howe? He played his 72nd game on the weekend, at 25 years old is physical mature enough and is blessed with some height as a mid at 191cm.
Tackling numbers are a crude but often fair indication of a player's commitment to the contest and level of intensity. Howe has laid 4 (TOTAL) in 5 games this season. 4. Comparatively Wingard has laid 10, Burgoyne 11, Morrison 13, Mitchell 17, O'Meara 21, Shiels 22.
You could argue his role is different, he swings back/mid/high half forward. All positions require more defensive intensity and Howe simply doesn't put the opposition under any pressure. It used to be a feature of his game.
Its most disappointing to see as we are desperately crying out for a) tall versatile mid to impose himself on the contest and b) a player in his age bracket that can step up and show something. He has been blessed with opportunities and development and so far this year, its not counting for much.
My simple answer:
We havent played 4 good quarters of football in a game yet.
3 was enough against Dons, but wasnt enough against Freo Geelong or Richmond.
And wont be enough against Melbourne.
If Clarko can work out how to get 4 quarters we will win a bunch of games this year.
We dont want to play kids just because they are kids or because team A is playing x amount so we should too.Cousins hasn't played a game as yet (this year) and Hartley is not a young and inexperienced player.
We had Moore, Kosi, Nash, Hanrahan, Morrison, CJ, Scrimshaw and Worpel as the young guys on the weekend. Of that lot, Worpel and Scrimshaw are experienced established first team players. Lewis comes straight back in. Nash will surely be dropped for Lewis or Brockman. It's not a bad group of youngsters there all told.
One of the problems is that we are playing less youngsters than the other rebuilding teams and are holding on to guys like TOB, Ceglar, Howe and Burgoyne, when others should be trialled in their place. Hopefully Greaves, Reeves, Jeka, Downie and Finn get a go in the coming weeks.
Can't argue with this. He already looks cooked.What about the fact that rather than giving the captaincy to the club’s best player they again give it to a player who is on the decline? McEvoy has enough to worry about with his own form without having to worry about captaining a bottom four team.
First Rough, then Stratton now McEvoy. All great players for the club but couldn’t have been given the captaincy at a worse time as they face football mortality.
To make things worse they gave big boy a contract extension at the start of the year to justify the captaincy when in reality he should be thinking of ganging up the boots. He’s never been tall for a ruckman but used his athleticism to get by but that is leaving him pretty quickly.
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No point risking him if we are not challenging which we clearly are not at the moment.Sicily iced for the year according to Clarko.
I'm viewing this as a massive positive for our 2022 season.Sicily iced for the year according to Clarko.
One small upside may be we take a 2nd pick in MSD and essentially get a frer option on a speculative 19 year oldNo point risking him if we are not challenging which we clearly are not at the moment.
I'm hoping North like the look of Jackson Callow and we are able to pick up Edwards.One small upside may be we take a 2nd pick in MSD and essentially get a frer option on a speculative 19 year old