Preview Round 21, 2025: Adelaide v Hawthorn, 1 August 2025, 7.40pm @ Adelaide Oval

[unitedhawk2]

Worps is last name on IC bench. Interesting...

 

[Mitch75]

Aaaaaand... four talls it is!

Great move, I reckon. Gives the opposition something to really think about.

 

[Flukey!]

Good team and its logical that B Mac is the one to make way.

 

[KermitJagger]

Posters who don't go beyond height when assessing a player's role very confused that we've gone in with 4 talls after denying that we'd do it all week.

 

[SA HAWK]

So who for sub then?

 

[PenAndPaper]

What a surprise we went with 4 talls, playing our best available 23.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

Adelaide managed laird, and Michalanney out. Those are important for their defense and ball movement. Pedlar out is surprising.

Bond comes in as lockdown small, Smith for leadership and he’ll just kick long and run. Cumming good who’ll probably rotate wing and HB.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

Worps is last name on IC bench. Interesting...

Amazing what the alphabet produces.

 

[Dewyyyyy]

So who for sub then?

Worpel. Named last on the IC Is a tell tale sign each week, which makes sense as MacDonald, Moore and Watson will likely play some midfield rotations until he gets subbed on.

 

[Goatie]

Worpel could be the sub.
Moore could play as a mid for 3 quarters.
Bring Worpel on for a tall in the 4th.

 

[Mopar Jason]

So who for sub then?

I think Morrison or Cmac will be the sub.

 

[Dewnior]

I think Morrison will be the sub.

So who plays the second wing?

 

[Dewyyyyy]

B: Hardwick - Barrass - Battle
HB: Sicily - Scrimshaw - Amon
C: D’Ambrosio - Day - Morrison
HF: Moore - Lewis - MacDonald
F: Gunston - Chol - Watson
FOL: Meek - Newcombe - Ward
INT: Dear - Ginnivan - Nash - Impey - Worpel

B: Worrell - Murray - Smith
HB: Milera - Keane - Cumming
C: Cook - Dawson - Curtin
HF: Keays - Walker - Neal-Bullen
F: Rankine - Thilthorpe. - Fogarty
FOL: O’Brien - Peatling - Soligo
INT: Taylor - Berry - Hinge - Bond - Jones

 

[Mopar Jason]

So who plays the second wing?

Massimo and Amon could play the wings.

 

[Nick the Pig]

Sammy Mitchell you mad campaigner. He actually did it. Got to love the size of his stones

 

[cryptor]

Laird has been managed for them

Disrespect. Put that on the whiteboard.

 

[luciien]

Scrimshaw to match up Curtin on the wing?

 

[humid hawk]

Sammy Mitchell you mad campaigner. He actually did it. Got to love the size of his stones

Sam Mitchell - he of the giant cojones!

Really keen to see how this works. Get the first couple on the board and we're going g to be hard to stop!

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Be interesting if we line up with all 4 talls on the ground unless Curtin goes back there is going to be a mismatch for 1 of our forwards. Perhaps Smith plays taller? (He's taller than people realise at 194) Otherwise there relying on getting the ball to ground and running it out. We must isolate the vulnerable matchup down there as often as possible. If it ends up Gunner v Smith he plays as the deepest forward.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Looking again I'd suggest Cumming returning to the wing suggests Nicks will send Curtin back as extra cover. If that's what ends up happening Sam has struck the first blow without a ball being bounced.

 

[Cleavy]

AFL app says Omitted B Macdonald, but then Sub is also B Macdonald? LOL

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round 20 (sub) was last week, round 21 this week

 

[hawkguru]

Outside of Weddle this would have to be one of best team assembled under Sam's coaching career. Glad Chol is in as he can play fwd and ruck and let Lewis stay in the forward line. Adelaide might have their 3 headed monster but we got 4.

D'Ambros to sub. We got guys like moore and gini that can push up in the wing at times.

 

[threesixpio]

Clunkathon

 

[QuietB]

Silly comparison, neither do CMac or Ginni

Which makes my point, Watson needs another high pressure small to help, not another tall.

 

[Snoref]

round 20 (sub) was last week, round 21 this week

lol my mistake!