Preview Round 11, 2022: Gold Coast v Hawthorn, 7:40pm 28th May, TIO stadium

[KermitJagger]

Daniel Howe!!!???

Nope. Not okay. Not even slightly.

Wouldn't want him in there too regularly, but it's better for him to take the hits than continuing to sacrifice promising young talls. Plus he's pretty useful when the ball hits the ground.

 

[Hodginator]

You can rule out any chance of Reeves returning then.

Sounds a little more promising on Day though, but doubt they’ll risk him.

 

[almuz]

Dan Howe is 3cm taller than Shaun Grigg so why not send it

We are going to get smashed in the ruck either way

 

[TylerDurden]

You can rule out any chance of Reeves returning then.

Sounds a little more promising on Day though, but doubt they’ll risk him.

Reeves training with the main group today.

 

[MercurialHawk26]

I laughed at the thought of Howe in the ruck...
But, playing devil's advocate...Howe gives his all, is never afraid to put his body on the line, and is relatively durable/well built. It also gives us an additional defensive midfielder in our setups.

Would it be the worst thing? Arguably we could have Howe ruck, Nash, Newcombe and a third player at the drop of the ball...we might lose the taps but the opposition midfield are going to have a hard time getting it out.

And if all Witts does is start smashing the ball forward by 20 metres each bounce or throw, well if our half backs adapt well, that is as good as a rushed kick out of the centre that is gathered by our half backs.

Perhaps I am simply looking for the silver lining.

 

[Suntory Boss Coffee]

Howe in the ruck not as bad as you think

 

[SJT76]

If we need to sacrifice anyone to the ruck gods, a scapegoat seems like a decent choice.

(I am actually a Howe fan, but don’t see him as a ruckman)

 

[Blackhawk42]

The Bulldogs regularly made finals with Josh Dunkley

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27

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191cm

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87kg

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Mid

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21.8

5star

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10.4

4star

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11.3

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

20.7

5star

K

7.0

3star

HB

13.7

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

5.3

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

14.2

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7.2

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7.0

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M

4.8

5star

T

4.0

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CL

1.4

4star

as a chop out in the ruck. If we're only doing it for one week why not give Howe a run in there? We'll likely lose the taps but sometimes it's better preparing for that. This way our mids can focus on roving to Witts taps or defending the Suns engine room without needing to be expecting our own ruck to win the hit out. It actually simplifies the task.

 

[TylerDurden]

Surely Callow comes in if Reeves doesn't get up??

 

[hawkheart]

He's not tall enough. I reckon the ruck could actually bang him up

This is my fear for Kozi and Nasher too.

 

[OsakaHawk]

Reeves training with the main group today.

Any chance you know where Howe trained?

 

[CHUBBSS]

Christ.

That’s pretty funny tbh hahahahah just imagine Howe ends up being the afl ruck for the next two games

 

[almuz]

Jack Silvani rucks a fair bit and he’s shorter than Howe

Obviously he is more a chop out /second ruck but we don’t really have any other options and at least Howe’s a 4th midfielder

 

[Hodginator]

Reeves training with the main group today.

Still don’t think they’ll rush him back. Long term view.

 

[TylerDurden]

Still don’t think they’ll rush him back. Long term view.

 

[H00t]

Christ.

Witts has 16 cm and 23 kg on Howe. It would be an absolute bloodbath. Our mids struggle enough with a proper ruckman in there.

Saying that though, we really have no good options.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

You can rule out any chance of Reeves returning then.

He’s doing contact drills.

 

[Thrashor]

Jack Silvani rucks a fair bit and he’s shorter than Howe

Obviously he is more a chop out /second ruck but we don’t really have any other options and at least Howe’s a 4th midfielder

They are about the same, I think wikipedia is out of date, on the cfc site JS is at 1.94

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Paul Dear used to chop out in the ruck and he was 1.88!

 

[TheFourPillars]

Reeves training with the main group today.

He’s doing contact drills.

It was mentioned that he would this week

 

[Yardie]

Christ.

 

[Hodginator]

He’s doing contact drills.

Good to see. Hope he gets up. Just feel we won’t rush him back.

 

[TylerDurden]

 

[DEECEE]

Just put Duke in the ruck, another part of the game he can tear to shreds.

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[Dazza the Viking]

Howe in the Ruck, one of the selectors must be scraping the barrel, to get Howe to stay in the seniors

 

[CHUBBSS]

• The Hawks are preparing to play in Darwin by training with footballs covered in dishwashing liquid

should do this every week haha