Agreed. I'm by no means confident today but I absolutely think we SHOULD win. Start of the year, looking at our fixture I had us anywhere from 3-5 to 0-8. I thought we would get smashed. Given we've started so well (I can accept the GWS blip) it would be very disappointing to give up this opportunity to go 4-1 into a game against a freshly thumped West Coast at our home ground. Our fixture opens up very nicely in a month or so and we can set ourselves up for a genuine tilt at finals as long as we don't drop games like today where we should have the opposition covered.
Now, it's Hawthorn vs. Geelong so I refuse to go in expecting a win and I've already prepped the defibrillator but this is a golden opportunity and if these guys are serious about atoning for what they saw as an unacceptable season last year, these are the opportunities they have to take.
Pumped for the game. Hoping Hawkins can have a big one. Would love to see Atkins get more involved after a few quiet games. Would love to see Guthrie earn his spot and silence some doubters. And while I respect the move of Selwood to wing, would love to see him at the first centre bounce today to set the tone.