How'd they play

[brookers#5]

Just curious on how afew went today:
Young, Dowler, Murphy & Tuck.
Was youngy as poor as what he has been of late?

 

[Gary Shadforth]

Tucky can be pleased with his debut. Actually small signs of his dad's class.

Dowler worthy of the more game time he will be given.

Murphy. Ordinary but is better than that.

And My Man Clint, you must have watched different games than me of late, brookers#5, when it come to his form. He was one of only three players who appeared to go to Adelaide and play. He was our third highest possession getter last week and he put his light body on the line today against bigger, harder and more experienced players. His long bomb goal brought the crowd to their feet.

 

[brookers#5]

Thanks for that but i just dont think his skills have been good enough to be that outside midfielder & he doesn't have great pace & isn't hard enough to play any other role just my observation.
All those Dowler haters give him time he hasn't had a preseason yet, was injured for both & has an element of class which i think could make him a surperior forward to either roughy or boyle.

 

[Mojo]

Thanks for that but i just dont think his skills have been good enough to be that outside midfielder & he doesn't have great pace & isn't hard enough to play any other role just my observation.
All those Dowler haters give him time he hasn't had a preseason yet, was injured for both & has an element of class which i think could make him a surperior forward to either roughy or boyle.

Until today, i didnt realise Murphy was a good player, but he actually played well, and could be a really good player for us!

 

[Ranno]

Tucky can be pleased with his debut. Actually small signs of his dad's class.

Dowler worthy of the more game time he will be given.

Murphy. Ordinary but is better than that.

And My Man Clint, you must have watched different games than me of late, brookers#5, when it come to his form. He was one of only three players who appeared to go to Adelaide and play. He was our third highest possession getter last week and he put his light body on the line today against bigger, harder and more experienced players. His long bomb goal brought the crowd to their feet.

Gary it's probably best you don't comment on Clint, i detect a hint of bias!!!! His hardness....hmmmm last week against Stk on three occassions, unforgiveable efforts in vital contests. Not only embarassing but loses the respect/belief of your teammates. Having said that, hes' had a very good season.

 

[macdaddio]

we had no one to kick it to......

had in sides 50,s as much as the roos but missed dramatically.....

 

[HawksRadar]

Until today, i didnt realise Murphy was a good player, but he actually played well, and could be a really good player for us!

Watched Murphy at Box Hill a lot and rate hin highly against the other Hawks listed players down there. He plays IMO similar to Birchall.

 

[mulhollanddrive]

Murphy will be a good defender for us...We need a medium sized defender to take the likes of Nick Davis, Corey Jones etc...

 

[Hawk Dork]

i can t believe Murphy hasnt had more games

 

[brookers#5]

Atleast Murph was played ahead of DJ.

 

[The Kipster]

IMO Youngy needs to go back to the McGoo's for a few weeks and get his confidence back, his skill errors yesterday and last week were horrbile and so unlike him...he has recently been pulling out of contests as opposed to what Gary has stated...I think he should go back to BH and come back ready to have a crack for the finals...

 

[Gary Shadforth]

Gary it's probably best you don't comment on Clint, i detect a hint of bias!!!!

No, Ranno. Mods cannot be gagged . And there is certainly no bias. Actually my appraisal of Clint is very near to that of Todd Viney's.

"Clinton Young's value to Hawthorn is immense because he's a '120-metre player' in that he will run 20 metres to get the ball, run 40 metres with it and then kick it 60 metres and at his best, he can really hurt teams."

...... last week against Stk .......

Judging him on one game. Why then has he been selected in all games this season bar one when he was out with an injury? If you can Ranno, get out the tapes/ DVDs of games thus far this season and then ask Buddy what he thinks of Clint.

Having said that, hes' had a very good season.

Now you're talking, Ranno. However, I would use the words reasonable season. He has a long way to go and he is not an orphan in being that as far as most of our other youngsters go.

 

[Cynic]

Just curious on how afew went today:
Young, Dowler, Murphy & Tuck.
Was youngy as poor as what he has been of late?

Young. Unfortunately his long kicking wasn't part of the game plan (Handball to whoever is within a foot of an opponent) so he didn't get used very often.

Dowler. Needs confidence, has ability.

Murphy. Did what he always seem to do, his job.

Tuck. Everyone else seems to think he did alright but he seems to really lack awareness and needs to work on that or some pace.