Preview Hawks vs Crows - changes, discussion.........

[Chopra]

Lake 4 weeks. What a joke.

The AFL asked for 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[MinerBoy]

The AFL asked for 3?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

375 plus his 37 carry over from GF = 400+

 

[Freshmeat]

Lake 4 weeks. What a joke.

Trial by media, this was always gonna happen!...the tribunal are a bunch of soft *****!

 

[madhawksfan]

I think the AFL and the media just poked the bear and it's gonna be angry.

The media and AFL may have won the battle but hopefully we use this campaign against us to motivate us to win the war.

 

[Steven Tyler]

410 points = 4 week ban
Joke!

 

[Hodge2NormSmith]

Is Gibbo any chance to play?

 

[macdaddio]

Maybe lake should had hit Drew instead as he would have still got 4 weeks but atleast Drew wouldn't had played out the game and we would have had a chance to win!!!

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Ok, so apparently Lake is out this week....can anyone confirm??

LOL

So who takes the Walker/Jenkins double. Do we persist with Schoey down back?? Do we bring in Cheney??

Sewell out, Lake out guaranteed now. Ouch.

 

[Hodginator]

Shouldn't have happened in the first place. Silly by Lake. Was always going to get suspended. Now we have a fully fit All Australian full back sitting out the next 4 weeks while we're playing to stay in the top 4. Hopefully the club applies a decent internal punishment as well.

 

[Del33640]

You can only hope we make the GF, and Lake does an axeman's job on some opposition star with an Lynch like flurry of punches, only he connects on the button every time, and we win the game because of it.

Then when he wins the norm smith, he says it's payback for being stitched up during choke gate.

I'd pay good money to see that.

 

[MrPremiership]

375 plus his 37 carry over from GF = 400+

Incorrect.

The AFL asked for a 3 week ban, which is 300 points. Plus 10% loading due to his GF ban (extra 30), then his carry over of 37.5. Thats the 367.5 they actually asked for.

 

[lethalselbow]

Lake shouldn't have put himself in that situation. F-ing tool of an act! Cost us the game and makes the next four harder.

Somebody will have to step up and fill the void.

Next!

 

[hfc70]

Would love to see the club 'black ban' the media.

 

[TBoyleSuperstar]

Shouldn't have happened in the first place. Silly by Lake. Was always going to get suspended. Now we have a fully fit All Australian full back sitting out the next 4 weeks while we're playing to stay in the top 4. Hopefully the club applies a decent internal punishment as well.

Yep, a 4 week pre-season style training to get his head f#$ken straight and back in the game.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Schoey, Spangher as the main defenders. Possibly hodge down back to help out.

Hale probably gets a reprieve now as a marking forward.

 

[Hawks1994]

How's Cheney been going at Box Hill?

 

[calumhfc]

You'd think that we would bring in a forward for lake push shoey back I'm thinking most probaly bring in lowden upfront and drop hale and bring back McEvoy, hallahan is the most likley for Sewell imo and hill for Ross, still a very good side.
Also how far away is Hartung I feel like when he's back he will be in the team

 

[Changa10]

Lake shouldn't have put himself in that situation. F-ing tool of an act! Cost us the game and makes the next four harder.

Somebody will have to step up and fill the void.

Next!

May have contributed to our loss, but our piss poor tackling, and disposal all night is why we lost. As a team we were horrendous.

 

[Wandering Hawk]

I bleed Hawks blood. Lake should have gone for that 4 if not longer.

I'm not an essenscum who defends the club or players when they stink. I don't think any mercy should be shown those who try to injure other players off the ball. Finals year or not, if I was on the tribunal he'd go for eight.

Bad look that we act hard done by. Own our sins, admit fault, don't repeat. We're a noble team, we can do better than rallying behind thuggery. We shouldn't reduce ourselves to cats fans defending duckwood ducking as clever, or blues defending a Judd chickenwing. Thankfully some of our players had the integrity to denounce it too.

Lake gives us effectively another injury crisis. Once again the group isn't settled.

Pray to God that Hill returns, and that we win this and can move on.

 

[Gene Simmons]

I still think we can take the Crows.. Even with Shoey/Spangher our key defenders.

If we are to finish Top 2, we can only afford to drop 1 more and that would be against either SYD, FREO or CATS. All other matches are non-negotiable MUST wins!

 

[TheFourPillars]

I bleed Hawks blood. Lake should have gone for that 4 if not longer.

I'm not an essenscum who defends the club or players when they stink. I don't think any mercy should be shown those who try to injure other players off the ball. Finals year or not, if I was on the tribunal he'd go for eight.

Bad look that we act hard done by. Own our sins, admit fault, don't repeat. We're a noble team, we can do better than rallying behind thuggery. We shouldn't reduce ourselves to cats fans defending duckwood ducking as clever, or blues defending a Judd chickenwing. Thankfully some of our players had the integrity to denounce it too.

Lake gives us effectively another injury crisis. Once again the group isn't settled.

Pray to God that Hill returns, and that we win this and can move on.

Ok bad look i know i don't like the players blowing their nose and spitting on field its a bad look to mate. A bad look is just crap it comes down what happened as far as i can see the victim got up played the game out and in fact starred. its trail by media the AFL were always going to give him weeks just like viney was always going to escape (not that it was a bad result) but they do influence the result

 

[WWSD]

If Hill doesn't come up then Hartung might not be a bad inclusion and is a similar type of player. Whether he starts as the sub or not remains to be seen. I reckon Hartung and Langford will both be picked for Friday night.

 

[Off The Couch]

Umpires for Friday night...brace yourself...

Mathew Nicholls (15), Ray Chamberlain (18), Shane McInerney (30)

 

[dermott]

Lake deserved the four week suspension. One week for choking and three weeks for stupidity. No excuses for a player of his experience.

 

[walhawk]

Can Lithers handle Tex? Spanger on Jenkins. Shoe as insurance.
Hill is 50-50 according to the club. Gibbo on track for Swans and Hartung might play VFL.
Big Boy for Hale
Langers for Sewell
Hill/Woody for Lake.
Simkin for Ross

P.s. Lake has contributed very little to our side this year, and show very few signs that he will regain 2014 form. The four weeks greatly diminishes his chances of doing so. He may never return to that form. A week @ Box Hill then in Rnd 22 to play on Hawkins?