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Intro
So first off what idiot put his hand up to do a preview where we have a bye week and the opposition is playing and their final ladder position will not be known until the result of the last game of the round? Oh yeah – this idiot!
Weather
Currently the BOM is giving mostly sunny 6-15 degrees so hopefully will be an afternoon for skill as well as desperation!
Head to Head
As those ads for switching to an industry super fund say … past performance is no guarantee of future results (while basing their whole sales pitch on how well we did in the past!) but recently our head to head results were:
Rnd 10 2022 – lost to the Hawks away 117-112 (played in Tassie)
Rnd 20 2021 – lost to the Hawks away 92-80 (played in Tassie)
Rnd 1 2020 – lost to the Hawks away 90 62 (played at the MCG … we remember that game)
Rnd 19 2019 – beat the Hawks away 60 – 87 (played in Tassie)
Rnd 11 2019 – beat the Hawks at home 85 – 66 (OMG played at the Gabba – how did that happen?)
Interestingly since 2008 we have played the Hawks at the Gabba x 4, Tassie x 12, MCG x 2) which must be an ongoing agony for Brisbane based Hawks fans and really annoy those who memory of the ‘merger’ agreement include maximising our games in Melbourne. Of course we were counted as a Melbourne side when it came to the Tassie games which never quite made ethical sense to me but there ya go.
Ok so head to head is not going to really give us anything.
Recent Form
How about recent form …
We crushed Freo, beat Carlton, hurt Essendon, embarrassed the Suns, and could have done with a bit more goal kicking practice against the Crows.
They were crushed be Freo, crushed by Melbourne, obliterated West Coast, squeaked over the Saints and got crushed by Port.
At the beginning of the year there was a strong impression that the Hawks were tanking but it appears that either the impression was wrong or they realised that no matter how hard they tried they were not going to be able to stink it up more than the Eagles or North so decided to build some culture instead.
Squiggle
Squiggle seems to think we are going to win this one currently estimating a 71 – 89 win to the Lions. We will ignore its incorrect anticipation of our win over the Crows last round at this point.
The Sacred home of football
This the first of our two (not including the GF of course) fixtured games at the MCG … the other one is against the Demons in Round 18 so it will be nice to get some practice in on the designated GF playing field (no comment about the Pies at Marvel … … …) I am sure the the fixturing dept did their very best to get us a few more games at the MCG for equity’s sake but just couldn’t manage to get it done.
Hawks Board
Checking out the Hawks board they are certainly not doom and gloom, seem happy that Sicily will be coming in and seem to have their own collection of heroes and whipping boys just like our mob and seem to think that they might just be a chance without being confident about it.
Our Ins and Outs
There seems to be a clear fan agregate that says a) that Gunston should not play and b) that there is no way that Gunston will not be playing even if it is his last game since it against his old team.
Zorko decided it was time to claw his way to a break from playing so that provides the match committee an opportunity to play.
Payne needs to come in and one or both (depending on what else happens) of Lester or Gardiner will be going out and there is the question of Rich’s place in the side as he nears the end of his career.
Berry seems to be carrying something – fixed over the bye or needs some time?
It would be nice to see Hugh on the wing, Gunston out, Rich out, Lester out, Payne in, and give the Dev, Kai etc types a go in the positions they have trained for for a few weeks and let them and us see how they go … hopefully they do a Payne on us and become integral.
Team Comparison
There is usually a part in these preview write ups about their backs vs our forwards etc etc but I don’t have the foggiest (and will happily let someone else grab the glory for that part further down the thread) except to say that, in the words of the immortal Alan Yankovic … we are great and they suck.
Sports Song
Result
The result? Of course we win … never in doubt … although I do expect them to put up a fight rather than roll over and die for us.
GO LIONS!!!
So first off what idiot put his hand up to do a preview where we have a bye week and the opposition is playing and their final ladder position will not be known until the result of the last game of the round? Oh yeah – this idiot!
Weather
Currently the BOM is giving mostly sunny 6-15 degrees so hopefully will be an afternoon for skill as well as desperation!
Head to Head
As those ads for switching to an industry super fund say … past performance is no guarantee of future results (while basing their whole sales pitch on how well we did in the past!) but recently our head to head results were:
Rnd 10 2022 – lost to the Hawks away 117-112 (played in Tassie)
Rnd 20 2021 – lost to the Hawks away 92-80 (played in Tassie)
Rnd 1 2020 – lost to the Hawks away 90 62 (played at the MCG … we remember that game)
Rnd 19 2019 – beat the Hawks away 60 – 87 (played in Tassie)
Rnd 11 2019 – beat the Hawks at home 85 – 66 (OMG played at the Gabba – how did that happen?)
Interestingly since 2008 we have played the Hawks at the Gabba x 4, Tassie x 12, MCG x 2) which must be an ongoing agony for Brisbane based Hawks fans and really annoy those who memory of the ‘merger’ agreement include maximising our games in Melbourne. Of course we were counted as a Melbourne side when it came to the Tassie games which never quite made ethical sense to me but there ya go.
Ok so head to head is not going to really give us anything.
Recent Form
How about recent form …
We crushed Freo, beat Carlton, hurt Essendon, embarrassed the Suns, and could have done with a bit more goal kicking practice against the Crows.
They were crushed be Freo, crushed by Melbourne, obliterated West Coast, squeaked over the Saints and got crushed by Port.
At the beginning of the year there was a strong impression that the Hawks were tanking but it appears that either the impression was wrong or they realised that no matter how hard they tried they were not going to be able to stink it up more than the Eagles or North so decided to build some culture instead.
Squiggle
Squiggle seems to think we are going to win this one currently estimating a 71 – 89 win to the Lions. We will ignore its incorrect anticipation of our win over the Crows last round at this point.
The Sacred home of football
This the first of our two (not including the GF of course) fixtured games at the MCG … the other one is against the Demons in Round 18 so it will be nice to get some practice in on the designated GF playing field (no comment about the Pies at Marvel … … …) I am sure the the fixturing dept did their very best to get us a few more games at the MCG for equity’s sake but just couldn’t manage to get it done.
Hawks Board
Checking out the Hawks board they are certainly not doom and gloom, seem happy that Sicily will be coming in and seem to have their own collection of heroes and whipping boys just like our mob and seem to think that they might just be a chance without being confident about it.
Our Ins and Outs
There seems to be a clear fan agregate that says a) that Gunston should not play and b) that there is no way that Gunston will not be playing even if it is his last game since it against his old team.
Zorko decided it was time to claw his way to a break from playing so that provides the match committee an opportunity to play.
Payne needs to come in and one or both (depending on what else happens) of Lester or Gardiner will be going out and there is the question of Rich’s place in the side as he nears the end of his career.
Berry seems to be carrying something – fixed over the bye or needs some time?
It would be nice to see Hugh on the wing, Gunston out, Rich out, Lester out, Payne in, and give the Dev, Kai etc types a go in the positions they have trained for for a few weeks and let them and us see how they go … hopefully they do a Payne on us and become integral.
Team Comparison
There is usually a part in these preview write ups about their backs vs our forwards etc etc but I don’t have the foggiest (and will happily let someone else grab the glory for that part further down the thread) except to say that, in the words of the immortal Alan Yankovic … we are great and they suck.
Sports Song
Result
The result? Of course we win … never in doubt … although I do expect them to put up a fight rather than roll over and die for us.
GO LIONS!!!
