Preview Hawks vs Brisbane - Hale, Langer's, Sicily IN, Hodge, Pop and Schoe OUT

[grizzlym]

In: some intensity.
Out: last match's valium like effort

 

[Hodginator]

Play BH for the next two weeks and send all the seniors to Perth a few weeks early to start preparing for the QF.

 

[Gralin]

In this guy



Out most likely this guy unfortunately (the one on the right)

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

box hill in for 2 weeks.

rest up

 

[user33]

I know this won't happen but I still think Simpkin would be an extremely valuable inclusion for the finals. Have smith/hartung as our outside runners and play Simpkin as the sub.

He can accumulate disposals and kick goals. Bring hill back in for Hartung or Simpkin if he can convice clarko he's up for it.

 

[dcutter]

out: tv appearances, radio, pats on the back, increasing arrogance
in: langford, jed.

 

[TyHawk]

I like the idea of joffa as the sub. In 2013 this bloke killed it!! Hartung smith and I reckon Jed over Hill would be perfect imo. We are too slow and tall in the back half so maybe Gus in for Lake or Chip. Langford in the middle to give us some hard ball winning edge. We haven't won a contested footy stat in over two months ffs!

In:
Langers
Joffa
Gus
Jed

Out:
Lake
Hill
Suckers
Hodge (mrp)

 

[Taskmaster]

Who knows??

 

[GinniAndTonic]

Surely kiwi kurt will have to be considered

 

[walhawk]

McEvoy was well beaten tonight but has had a great month. One ruck did not work.
Hill is hopelessly out of form.
Frawley is just hopeless, but gets another chance as Spanger is not ready.
Brian still out best tall defender. Was playing better than Chip when subbed off.
Suckers kicking is now as good as his overhead marking.
Out - Hill, Hodge (1 week), Suckling
In - Anderson, Langford, Ceglar or Hale
Burger gets the vest for a freshen up.
Simpkin is clearly not in the mix.

 

[walhawk]

Surely kiwi kurt will have to be considered

Not playing @ Box Hill. No chance to be selected this year.

 

[jr4jane2004]

Were only playing the lions..time to blood some young players and rest the wounded

Ins: Shem Jedi Howe Orourke Litherland

Outs: Roughie Gibbo Doc Hodge Suckling

 

[WWSD]

If Simpkin couldn't get a game when we had a host of midfielders miss games with injury/suspension I doubt he would get a game now. Put a line threw Simpkin's career.

IN: Hale, Ceglar, Langford, Anderson, Whitecross

OUT: Lake, Hodge, Hill, Suckling, McEvoy


B: Stratton, Frawley, Duryea

HB: Birchall, Gibson, Burgoyne

C: Hartung, Mitchell, Smith

HF: Breust, Gunston, Lewis

F: Rioli, Roughead, Puopolo

R: Ceglar, Langford, Shiels

INT: Anderson, Schoenmakers, Hale, Whitecross (sub)

 

[spudmaster]

The worry is we won't have a chance to work on our intensity issues the next fortnight as we play the two bottom teams.
Full intensity match simulation at training may be needed so they don't get caught out in week 1.

 

[Cyril the Squirrel]

Bring back Joffa #supersub

 

[tommyk72]

I thought Sucklings intensity tonight was good. Not sure why people are calling for his head. A lot of very poor errors from most of the team. I still say we rest one or two, but essentially get as close to our team for 1st final as possible to get them all playing together.

 

[JoeHawk]

Does it matter?

 

[Cynic]

I thought Sucklings intensity tonight was good. Not sure why people are calling for his head. A lot of very poor errors from most of the team. I still say we rest one or two, but essentially get as close to our team for 1st final as possible to get them all playing together.

Disagree completely. If we don't rest our players we're not going to be up for the fight in Perth.

 

[JoeHawk]

Disagree completely. If we don't rest our players we're not going to be up for the fight in Perth.

Either way. If Eagles bring the same intensity as did Port and Richmond, and with a dominating ruck in Nic Nat, we are screwed.

 

[cozhawk19]

Unless players need a 'mental' break to freshen up, we need players like Hill, Rough, Birchall etc to get some confidence over the next 2 weeks.

All about our versatility, but in finals we are going to need a tall forward to draw the footy and we used to have a coleman medalist to do that.

Play Rough permanent forward please.

 

[SA HAWK]

Either way. If Eagles bring the same intensity as did Port and Richmond, and with a dominating ruck in Nic Nat, we are screwed.

The problem is that we had no intensity in those games.

Looked completely flat in both games.

 

[SA HAWK]

I thought Sucklings intensity tonight was good. Not sure why people are calling for his head. A lot of very poor errors from most of the team. I still say we rest one or two, but essentially get as close to our team for 1st final as possible to get them all playing together.

If Eagles beat the Dogs we may as well rest as many as possible against the Lions we could still drop a game and finish top 4.

Play the best team we can the next week against Carlton.

 

[JoeHawk]

The problem is that we had no intensity in those games.

Looked completely flat in both games.

Exactly. We can certainly bring the intensity and it showed against Freo and $wans. But like us, they all have players that are getting on and we are clearly on top of them. But when we face the likes of Port and Richmond, and perhaps throw GWS in as well, and even Eagles, their younger brigade are making us look slow. It seems experience and age will get you so far (and it certainly did with 2 wins out of 3 GF's) but perhaps age and weary legs could be catching up to us.

Don't want to make it sound like doomsday but our premiership window seems to be closing quicker than expected when we come up against these teams, unless we can find form and inject some fresh faces, we will struggle to compete.

On the bright side this finals series may well be less expensive than the previous 3 years. Finals aren't cheap!

 

[Big Hotdog]

Cyril needs a rest. Couldn't jump in contests last night. Anyone else notice him jogging to contests that he would normally be all over like a bad ball rash?
Took McEvoy three quarters to realize he had to jump at center bounces against Ryder.
Hill has to find a way to stay involved
We were too big at the back end to play a team with minimal KPF.
This is chance to rest anyone who needs a freshen up before September.

Out: Cyril, Lake
In: Jed, Ceglar

 

[JoeHawk]

Don't know about Jed yet, but I'd be going for Langford if ready.