Hawthorn Team of the 21st Century

[curnow inferno]

CHANGES AT END OF 2022:
IN: J.SICILY
OUT: A.LEKKAS
Positional change: T.Mitchell to ruck rover. J.Lewis to wing.

CHANGES AT END OF 2021:
Positional change: T.Mitchell to wing. B.Sewell to interchange.

CHANGES AT END OF 2020:
IN: T.MITCHELL
OUT: B.STRATTON

FB	J.GIBSON	J.HAY	C.BROWN
HB	L.HODGE (c)	T.CROAD	G.BIRCHALL
C	J.LEWIS	S.MITCHELL (vc)	S.BURGOYNE
HF	C.RIOLI	J.ROUGHEAD	D.CHICK
FF	L.BREUST*	L.FRANKLIN	J.GUNSTON*
RR	P.EVERITT	T.MITCHELL*	S.CRAWFORD
INT	B.SEWELL	J.SMITH	J.SICILY* - I.SMITH
COACH:	ALASTAIR CLARKSON

Minimum 50 games in this time period qualification.

Thoughts?

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Lake missed out by two games.

I think that Guerra would replace Brown.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Willams > Chick
Frawley > Hay
Shiels > Lekkas
McEvoy > Everitt

 

[Pessimistic]

Gee i just took the 16 threepeaters and added 6 more

I think it was crawford mcevoy dew guerra croad williams

 

[Todman]

David Hale as 2nd ruck resting in the forward pocket.

 

[Caesarr]

No Stratton??

 

[Millsie69]

No Stratton??

Who does he displace though? That's a tough backline to crack. Guerra probably just ahead of Stratts who is just ahead of Brown.

Edit: He's on the interchange anyways

 

[Mitchell54]

David Hale as 2nd ruck resting in the forward pocket.

I agree. Hale is the best ruck/fwd I've seen. It's a confusing role that often doesnt get done well.

 

[curnow inferno]

No Stratton??

He is on the bench just weird table format meant he is next to coach row.

 

[Caesarr]

Who does he displace though? That's a tough backline to crack. Guerra probably just ahead of Stratts who is just ahead of Brown.

Edit: He's on the interchange anyways

Stratton gets in ahead of the Browndog, no? or maybe even ahead of Hay. He has had an immense 10 seasons at the club for me.

 

[A Diakos]

lake mmcevoy hale and Tom Mitchell in ......croad hay lekkas chick out....who cares if lake played 49 games he won 3 flags and a normie

 

[curnow inferno]

lake mmcevoy hale and Tom Mitchell in ......croad hay lekkas chick out....who cares if lake played 49 games he won 3 flags and a normie

3 ruckmen and 3 forwards who are all 193cm+ in the same team?

 

[A Diakos]

3 ruckmen and 3 forwards who are all 193cm+ in the same team?

Everett or Hale may have to drop out....Sewell and Brown will also lose there spots in due course to Sicily and Wingard over next couple of seasons

 

[Guardian Hawk]

It has been requested that i point out that Lake in fact played 54 games for the hawks and thus qualifies.

Aside from Hay's 2001, Lake was easily better and gets in ahead. Now to undo all my good work but i reckon that another couple of seasons like Frawleys last and i think he is in the conversation too (premiership, 100+ games and underrated as a stopper holding our backline together)

 

[Steven Tyler]

Lake played 54 games for Hawthorn

Lake played 54 games for Hawthorn

Lake played 54 games for Hawthorn

Lake played 54 games for Hawthorn

Lake played 54 games for Hawthorn

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Stratton gets in ahead of the Browndog, no? or maybe even ahead of Hay. He has had an immense 10 seasons at the club for me.

Hay and Brown both AA and Stratts not though...

 

[Jables]

Hay and Brown both AA and Stratts not though...

Brown had one great year then a few solid ones. Not really a difference maker once we were good, I do remember we were blaming rule changes on him not being good enough in the backline anymore and then he became a forward that was easily replaced by Puopolo. In 2010 fans really didn't care when he left he was that bad in the finals, after making a big deal about not trading him for Burgoyne in 09 (I was one of them and far from alone!).

Can't ignore what he did, but I can't help but feel the comparison is more offensive to Stratts, AA be damned. Joel Smith was great every year, Brown really wasn't.

 

[A Diakos]

FB	J.GIBSON	B. LAKE	B. STRATTON
HB	L.HODGE (c)	J. FRAWLEY	G.BIRCHALL*
C	T. MITCHELL	S.MITCHELL (vc)	I. SMITH*
HF	C.RIOLI	J.ROUGHEAD	S. BURGOYNE
FF	L.BREUST*	L.FRANKLIN	J.GUNSTON*
RR	P.EVERITT	J.LEWIS	S.CRAWFORD
INT	J.SMITH	J. WORPEL*	B. MCCEVOY
COACH:	ALASTAIR CLARKSON*	J. SICILY*

EMERGENCIES C BATEMAN B SEWELL D HALE M WILLIAMS T CROAD B GUERRA C BROWN P PUOPOLO ..........pending to come in Wingard, Omeara, M Lewis

 

[curnow inferno]

CHANGES AT END OF 2020:
IN: T.MITCHELL
OUT: B.STRATTON

FB	J.GIBSON	J.HAY	C.BROWN
HB	L.HODGE (c)	T.CROAD	G.BIRCHALL
C	B.SEWELL	S.MITCHELL (vc)	S.BURGOYNE*
HF	C.RIOLI	J.ROUGHEAD	D.CHICK
FF	J.GUNSTON*	L.FRANKLIN	L.BREUST*
RR	P.EVERITT	J.LEWIS	S.CRAWFORD
INT	T.MITCHELL*	J.SMITH	I.SMITH* --- A.LEKKAS
COACH:	ALASTAIR CLARKSON*

 

[Billyc]

Lekkas and Hay not even close. Hay over Lake and Lekkas over many others is just odd.

You could make an argument for Everitt, Chick and Smith who won B&Fs.

None would be in my side

 

[curnow inferno]

Lekkas and Hay not even close. Hay over Lake and Lekkas over many others is just odd.

You could make an argument for Everitt, Chick and Smith who won B&Fs.

None would be in my side

I was almost taking you serious toll you said you wouldnt have joel smith. Bloke was a gun.

 

[Walshawk]

Gibson Lake Guerra
Hodge Croad Birchall
I Smith Sammy Crawf
Gunston Rough Burgoyne
Bruest Franklin Rioli
Hale Lewis Sewell
TMitchell J Smith Chick Brown

 

[Sirlemsip]

Gibson Lake Guerra
Hodge Croad Birchall
I Smith Sammy Crawf
Gunston Rough Burgoyne
Bruest Franklin Rioli
Hale Lewis Sewell
TMitchell J Smith Chick Brown

Surely McEvoy deserves 1st ruck over Hale (who i'd have on the bench over Chick).

 

[Falco131415]

No one ever mention Everitt in this thread ever again too.

 

[Cyril says]

If Brian Lake isn’t in the team then the selection criteria is all wrong.

We recruited him to do exactly what he did and 3 premierships ensued. Norm Smith medal for the win.

More controversially Stuie Dew and David Hale deserve time be on the bench - best swingmen we’ve had (outside S Burgoyne).