Preview Round 9, 2022: Hawks v Tigers, 1.45pm Sat 14th May, MCG

[daniel23]

Our biggest issue last week was our midfield and we are going in with one less mid rotation this week which is interesting. Hopefully it means finn gets his go .

 

[TylerDurden]

Our biggest issue last week was our midfield and we are going in with one less mid rotation this week which is interesting. Hopefully it means finn gets his go .

Expect Bramble to go in.

 

[VandoHawk]

Dropping Wardy is probably the first Mitchell decision that has made me think WTF.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Dropping Wardy is probably the first Mitchell decision that has made me think WTW

Ward has been a see-ball get ball player. He has promise, but now needs to learn where to position himself etc

 

[Stratton24]

Dropping Wardy is probably the first Mitchell decision that has made me think WTF.

Ward and CMac need some full time games in the mid at Box Hill. Remember hardly any footy played last two years.

 

[lethalselbow]

Worpel saved again.

His 2nd half fade out was due to the flu... as it was the week before that... and the week before that... etc

 

[lethalselbow]

Expect Bramble to go in.

That Conor Nash is handy too.

 

[Mrzohs]

Reckon it's confirmed then that Mitchell had the flu last week.Tom Mitchell just doesn't get 14 possessions unless he is crook.

Always blows my mind when teams select players that are unwell, just about always ends in tears.

100 %. I heard he was out due to H&S protocols, but i stand be corrected they have listed it as managed (flu)

 

[hawkguru]

Worpel should go and buy a tattslotto ticket

 

[matey]

Team looks solid …….. hope Mitch has a few ideas on breaking the Tigers system

 

[smeltitdeltit]

Worpel should go and buy a tattslotto ticket

He can * off the $60M is mine

 

[TylerDurden]

So it's Nank and Soldo v Lynch and Nash?

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Worpel saved again.

Unbelievable

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Ward was no where near it, but still I wish he kept his spot. Hopefully it's good for him.

Worpel on the other hand should have been banished. Surely if Mitchell wasn't ill he'd have been sent back to the VFL.

 

[Jazzfan]

Dropping Wardy is probably the first Mitchell decision that has made me think WTF.

He's had a taste, shown a bit of promise, but he needs a good block at Box Hill now. He just hasn't been finding enough of the ball or been overly damaging the past few games. No doubt he will go back and find plenty of it at VFL, which hopefully will really set him up when he returns.

It will be good to get a look at Bramble in the middle, hopefully Nash gets a good run this week also. Perhaps even Finn.

The midfield magnets are shifting week to week with Sam as he's looking to see who will be part of the future. Bloody fantastic.

 

[lethalselbow]

Ward was no where near it, but still I wish he kept his spot. Hopefully it's good for him.

Worpel on the other hand should have been banished. Surely if Mitchell wasn't ill he'd have been sent back to the VFL.

Reckon you're right. If Mitchell stayed, Worpel might have been out. Considering Mitchell is out, Worpel needs to stay and gets his chance to shine. If he's in the team I'll be cheering hard for him and hope he has a great game.

Go Worpedo!

Poor game and you'd imagine there's almost no escaping a spell at Box Hill.

 

[HODGEYROAD]

Worpel leading the midfield haha, I wonder if he can turn the clock back 3 years.

 

[cryptor]

Dropping Wardy is probably the first Mitchell decision that has made me think WTF.

I wrote in another thread a few weeks back that I thought Ward was the type of player who wouldn't gain anything from working on his game at VFL level as his biggest issue appears to be confidence in making and executing on decisions within the faster AFL games. But obviously the coaches believe otherwise.

Hopefully he can get himself some leather poisoning at Box Hill and bounce back in.

 

[Walshawk]

Will be interesting to see if Ward can dominate @ BHH.

 

[Hodginator]

All eyes will be on Worpel.

 

[almuz]

Finally we get a look at Worps without Titch - midfield is gonna be real interesting this week

 

[WWSD]

With Butler set to debut, that makes it 32 players used so far this year.

 

[The hands of stone]

Great to see Butler get a run , looks a likely type in an area of need for us .
Another debutant so another big positive .

Team actually looks better balanced this week .
Dont mind Ward and Macdonald back at BHH , had a taste keep them keen .
They will return even better

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

 

[rei154]

Expecting a far more competitive effort from Worp this week- especially with the extra room in the midfield.

their forward line is going to be an interesting one for us to come up against- I think it suits our defensive unit quite well.
With no Ward or CMac in the side I'm a little deflated, but at the same time I think both those boys will benefit from a good run in the twos.

Wingard and JOM to have big games, Butts to do something fancy, and Newc to be better supported.

As someone else noted, a lot of Newcs highlights were him getting fed the ball by Worps- a lot more room for that this week!

within three goals either way.