Preview Team for Round One

[obscura]

When Hodge and Murphy return from injury (inside word says they will not play) will Savage lose his spot in the team?

Not in my opinon. Savage is crucial to team balance as he counterpoints the slow extractors of the team (Lewis, Mitchell, Sewell, Hodge to an extent) and supplements the runners (Young, Bateman, possibly Smith).

 

[Bardo State]

When Hodge and Murphy return from injury (inside word says they will not play) will Savage lose his spot in the team?

Unlikely since they are all different types of players.

 

[hawker26]

I like the look of "BrisHawks" team.

B: Brent Guerra, Stephen Gilham, Kyle Cheney
HB: Grant Birchall, Ben Stratton, Josh Gibson
C: Liam Sheils, Sam Mitchell, Clinton Young
HF: Michael Osborne, Lance Franklin, Brendan Whitecross
F: David Hale, Jarryd Roughead, Cyril Rioli
Foll: Brent Renouf, Jordan Lewis, Shaun Burgoyne
I/C: Cameron Bruce, Brad Sewell, Xavier Ellis, (Shane Savage)

 

[halfback dasher]

Guerra...Gilham...Puopolo
Birchall..Stratton..Bruce
Savage..Mitch..Young
Rioli..Buddy..Bergoyne
Hale..Roughhead..Ossie

Renouf..Sewell..Lewis

Bench...Bateman , Ellis , Whitecross , Gibson
Emg.... Shiels , Lisle , Cheney

 

[Quietasamouse]

Great team Quietasamouse. Feel sorry for Savage but no space in that line up at this stage. Hopefully he takes his chance after injuries/suspensions and cements a spot in the team.

Thanks X. Agreed Sav is unlucky and a toss of the coin between him and Shiels due to balance. The mature (Sewell and Bateman) and the developing (Shiels and Savage), pinned against each other respectively, the developing two will be the contingency.

I see Simmo wanting to see if Shiels can cut it, in a similar mould to Sewell, early in the season.

Savage will get four or five games, maybe more depending on performance and where we are situated come finals time. Changa is at the pointy end of his career and is going to need a chop out during the season, also I think that you will see Youngy getting rested during the year as well. This is also where Isaac Smith comes into calculation.

They have recruited to create depth and if we want to be challenging any of the teams that were above us last season, come finals, we will want north of 30 players that can come in and hit the groud running (so to speak). IMO

 

[Stratton_Gun]

so is Hodge out?

 

[Henry Jr]

Guerra...Gilham...Puopolo
Birchall..Stratton..Bruce
Savage..Mitch..Young
Rioli..Buddy..Bergoyne
Hale..Roughhead..Ossie

Renouf..Sewell..Lewis

Bench...Bateman , Ellis , Whitecross , Gibson
Emg.... Shiels , Lisle , Cheney

No room for Suckers?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Guerra...Gilham...Puopolo
Birchall..Stratton..Bruce
Savage..Mitch..Young
Rioli..Buddy..Burgoyne
Hale..Roughhead..Ossie

Renouf..Sewell..Lewis

Bench...Bateman , Ellis , Whitecross , Gibson
Emg.... Shiels , Lisle , Cheney

Quite a bit of ball carrying through the periphery roles in that squad, Dasher.
Leg speed in other squads is apparently the one thing we have an issue with, but if you've got blokes that can carry it 20m and kick it 50m, leg speed doesn't always come into it.
I'll be interested to see if there's a complete rethink on how we move the ball in 2011, or if we really do turn to young quick legs.

 

[cambosis]

B: Guerra, Gilham, Murphy
HB: Birchall, Stratton, Gibson
C: , Burgoyne, Young, Bruce
HF: Hale, Franklin, Rioli
F:* Osborne, Roughead, WhiteX
Foll: Bailey, Mitchell, Hodge,
Int: Bateman, Lewis, Sewell
Sub: Milne
Emerg: Puopolo, Ellis, Renouf

 

[halfback dasher]

Quite a bit of ball carrying through the periphery roles in that squad, Dasher.
Leg speed in other squads is apparently the one thing we have an issue with, but if you've got blokes that can carry it 20m and kick it 50m, leg speed doesn't always come into it.
I'll be interested to see if there's a complete rethink on how we move the ball in 2011, or if we really do turn to young quick legs.

Bruce and Berg,s arn't quick or young , but both can find space AND use the ball better than most.... Alot to like in rotations too with both.Both can go fWD , BCK , and Mid.

 

[Thats_Rubbish]

No room for Suckers?

I'm sure there's a one-liner there somewhere.......

Hey Henry, still cant believe Schneids didnt get elevated

 

[HAWKS HEROES]

do we have a milestone game or do they ?

 

[Henry Jr]

I'm sure there's a one-liner there somewhere.......

Hey Henry, still cant believe Schneids didnt get elevated

I agree Rubbers - very stiff indeed

 

[Jaeger]

do we have a milestone game or do they ?

Goo's 100th Hawthorn game.

 

[HAWKS HEROES]

so i did hear 100 on the footy show cool thanks

 

[Footy God]

What do people rate my mate (not that close but still a mate) savages chances for playing most games this year? Havent spoken to him for a while so havent got any real inside info

 

[Mervyn Beasley]

Get in touch with one of his closer mates then get back to us all

 

[Turly]

Thanks X. Agreed Sav is unlucky and a toss of the coin between him and Shiels due to balance. The mature (Sewell and Bateman) and the developing (Shiels and Savage), pinned against each other respectively, the developing two will be the contingency.

I see Simmo wanting to see if Shiels can cut it, in a similar mould to Sewell, early in the season.

Savage will get four or five games, maybe more depending on performance and where we are situated come finals time. Changa is at the pointy end of his career and is going to need a chop out during the season, also I think that you will see Youngy getting rested during the year as well. This is also where Isaac Smith comes into calculation.

They have recruited to create depth and if we want to be challenging any of the teams that were above us last season, come finals, we will want north of 30 players that can come in and hit the groud running (so to speak). IMO

If sav only plays 4 or 5 games it will be a massive dissapointment IMO, he's done the hard yards and has had a great pre-season. A player with Speed, a great kick and silky skills is a team need for us and Sav fits the bill (As does Smith) .

I think he needs to play a minimum of 10 games (hopefully more) this year to give him a chance to cement a spot which I think he will. Would be a waste of talent if he only played 5 games, for what it's worth I think he will play around 15 games

 

[Leather Poisoning]

That team they showed on the footy show last night was just someone's best 22 effort with a few extras wasn't it? It didn't come from the club, correct?

 

[Scrads]

That team they showed on the footy show last night was just someone's best 22 effort with a few extras wasn't it? It didn't come from the club, correct?

Thats what I gathered, the 'few extras' was a good 11 or 12 players wasnt it ?

 

[SodaPop]

That team they showed on the footy show last night was just someone's best 22 effort with a few extras wasn't it? It didn't come from the club, correct?

Yep, channel 9's effort. Did the same thing last year and got a few wrong.

 

[Flukey!]

Stuart Fox on SEN this arvo said Hodge highly unlikley to play.

 

[Goody1971]

Anyone seen the team yet? HFC website seems to have crashed with all the excitement...

 

[cuttlefish]

Anyone seen the team yet? HFC website seems to have crashed with all the excitement...

lol. I came here looking since I'd struck the same problem with the AFL site. Maybe they don't need to announce the Hawks team until tomorrow afternoon ??

 

[bungholes_premiers]

just on twitter - no hodge