Preview R21: Changes vs. Hawthorn

[Eddie Murphy]

Hawthorn set to field their best team all season. Dogs and Suns were great wins but it always felt like our brand of footy stacked up against them better than it does against Hawks, Geelong, Pies and even Brisbane. Tomorrow night will be the biggest test of the year and we should not be treating it lightly.

 

[CrowToon]

I like Bond as an in

 

[Cromulant]

I think Bond might struggle tomorrow night given the quality of Hawks but I think he is the right inclusion. Good opportunity to give him some game time.

He's done well on small forwards before, he'll be fine

 

[MrBarry]

Hawthorn set to field their best team all season. Dogs and Suns were great wins but it always felt like our brand of footy stacked up against them better than it does against Hawks, Geelong, Pies and even Brisbane. Tomorrow night will be the biggest test of the year and we should not be treating it lightly.

Dogs away was our biggest test of the year imo, away game against a team flying at the time.

 

[Greenfinger]

When did we enter a parallel universe? Today I found myself nodding in agreement with everything Nicks said about selection in his presser. Foreign territory.

 

[1970crow]

I will give you that he was sometimes next to Amon, but as for playing on him? Nah. He floated around ball watching most of the time. If he was actually tasked with standing Amon he got torched.

As I mentioned I was being facetious suggesting he was on Impey because what Murphy actually does is he runs off his opponent doing nothing, which leaves players free. Could the player he was on or supposed to be on be Impey? Sometimes he's so far away from his man it's hard to tell who he's supposed to be on.

As for who was actually tasked with being near Impey, at least in the first half, it was Ben Keays, not Josh Rachele as you claimed

This is what I mean by Murphy not actually playing a defensive role. All of these are in the first quarter and a bit (highlighted Murphy and Amon). Just lets Amon get away from him (if he's playing on him, which is questionable) time after time. I got bored eventually, it just happened that often

Spoiler: If you want to see Murphy not on Amon at least 15 times in the first quarter and a half, click to see that

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You know you’re arguing with a poster that confidently posted that we were beaten up in stoppages by Suns in our away game earlier in the season. And when alerted to the 46-35 count our way, admitted that he had gotten the atta the wrong way around. If he spends as much time watching the games and re-watching replays multiple times, it sure doesn’t show in his analysis. He’s a stats watcher and not particularly good at it.

 

[nummy217]

In Bond Smith Cumming
Out Laird (rested)

 

[George CantStandYa]

When did we enter a parallel universe? Today I found myself nodding in agreement with everything Nicks said about selection in his presser. Foreign territory.

Was Davis standing behind him and his voice was moving?

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

I’d swap worrell and Keane i reckon

Depends who plays deeper... Keane takes them.

 

[Scorpus]

In: Bond, Smith, Cumming
Out: Laird, Michalanney, Pedlar

 

[Viva la Mattner]

In: Bond, Smith, Cumming
Out: Laird, Michalanney, Pedlar

Mailman comes through

 

[1990crow]

In: Bond, Smith, Cumming
Out: Laird, Michalanney, Pedlar

I don't hate it. Laird out hurts us.

 

[GreyCrow]

 

[OldCrowBloke]

Mail says

Out ; Michaelanny (inj) , Laird (rest)
In ; Bond , Smith

Seems your mail was spot on!

 

[Scorpus]

So it'll probably be Jones or Smith sub, the other in defense for Laird.

Bond for Michalanney

Cook forward for Pedlar, Cumming wing

 

[Crow-eater]

Smith or Jones sub probably

 

[Viva la Mattner]

Seems your mail was spot on!

It’s a very good internally positioned source so would want to have been haha

 

[George CantStandYa]

Smith or Jones sub probably

Jones with Laird out

 

[MrBarry]

I'd have liked to keep Pedlar in, but I understand it as his output just isn't high enough right now.

 

[George CantStandYa]

It’s a very good internally positioned source so would want to have been haha

When is Nicks getting sacked and when we announcing NWM?

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

Resting Laird? Hmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Pedlar knew it was coming. You could see it in his sheepish reaction after getting the downfield free kick for a goal last week. Knew he hadn't done enough

 

[Mutineer]

 

[FR0GGY]

Why are we resting laird this week? Must be stuffed.
Hesitant to make 2 changes in the one area in the one week.

 

[Eddie Murphy]

Dogs away was our biggest test of the year imo, away game against a team flying at the time.

Maybe at the time. What’s critical about this game though is that good teams turn our games into slogs to limit our damage on the turnover. We’ve seen Hawthorn, Collingwood, Brisbane, and Geelong (second half) do this already.

I don’t think the dogs ever had the personnel to do that. We proved in that game that we can beat anybody in a shoot-out, but we’re not likely to encounter many shoot-outs in finals.