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Re: Our opponents this week: Hawthorn
Morris is the only guy that I would feel comfortable with playing on Williams. Williams is stronger in the body than he looks and Morris has the competitiveness and closing speed to go with him. The cats played Mackie on Franklin who doesn't have alot of presence but importantly went with Franklin on the lead and around the ground. I reckon Hargrave is probably the best option for him or Harris mainly because unless Roughhead plays up forward then he has no obvious match up. Hargrave would make him accountable and can go with him around the ground. Probably gives away a little bit in the air but I think he is the best option. Boyle is the best match up for Wight I would say. Boyle is actually a pretty good young player and will be a good test for Wight. Dixon will be floating around up their somewhere and will be picked up whoever is the left over from the match ups. Harris might even get him if no other match ups pop up same for Hargy.
They like to play Hodge loose in defence which I think Eade will allow because it lets us do the same. Just for the record I think playing Hodge in that role is a massive waste of his talents. Most of the run from behind is generated from Hodge , Guerra , Young , Ladson and those types. Jacobs will try and zone off and take alot of marks dropping in front of our forwards and does it well if we blaze. They will probably play Sewell or Brown on Johnson.
The hawks get alot of numbers behind the ball including big Taylor the ruckmen. It will be a good test to see how we go with breaking this down as we were horrible against it in rounds 2 and 3. I also think the hawks are an underrated tackling side. I have seen them train and they work really hard on their in close skills. Alot of their kids are ferocious and lead by Sammy Mitchell they always have a dip. Guys like McGlynn , Sewell , Lewis and Birchall are really improving and it will be good to see if our kids can match their workrate. Crawford and Bateman sort of play the wingmen role for them. Crawford gets most of his touches out wide now and rarely plays in the centre square these days. If Sewell doesn't play on Johnson he may end up with Cooney or even West.
I just think this could show just how hard we are willing to work because the hawks will be hunting us. We really need to start beating sides for the contested ball and this week is a good place to start against a pretty good clearance team. Need alot from Boyd , West and Cross (?) around the stoppages. We want to get the ball away from traffic and in space because the hawks would prefer a scrap. Griffen is due for a big one and the hawks didn't have much of an answer for his run last year. Mcmahon and Eagleton also ran them ragged last time we played them.
Morris is the only guy that I would feel comfortable with playing on Williams. Williams is stronger in the body than he looks and Morris has the competitiveness and closing speed to go with him. The cats played Mackie on Franklin who doesn't have alot of presence but importantly went with Franklin on the lead and around the ground. I reckon Hargrave is probably the best option for him or Harris mainly because unless Roughhead plays up forward then he has no obvious match up. Hargrave would make him accountable and can go with him around the ground. Probably gives away a little bit in the air but I think he is the best option. Boyle is the best match up for Wight I would say. Boyle is actually a pretty good young player and will be a good test for Wight. Dixon will be floating around up their somewhere and will be picked up whoever is the left over from the match ups. Harris might even get him if no other match ups pop up same for Hargy.
They like to play Hodge loose in defence which I think Eade will allow because it lets us do the same. Just for the record I think playing Hodge in that role is a massive waste of his talents. Most of the run from behind is generated from Hodge , Guerra , Young , Ladson and those types. Jacobs will try and zone off and take alot of marks dropping in front of our forwards and does it well if we blaze. They will probably play Sewell or Brown on Johnson.
The hawks get alot of numbers behind the ball including big Taylor the ruckmen. It will be a good test to see how we go with breaking this down as we were horrible against it in rounds 2 and 3. I also think the hawks are an underrated tackling side. I have seen them train and they work really hard on their in close skills. Alot of their kids are ferocious and lead by Sammy Mitchell they always have a dip. Guys like McGlynn , Sewell , Lewis and Birchall are really improving and it will be good to see if our kids can match their workrate. Crawford and Bateman sort of play the wingmen role for them. Crawford gets most of his touches out wide now and rarely plays in the centre square these days. If Sewell doesn't play on Johnson he may end up with Cooney or even West.
I just think this could show just how hard we are willing to work because the hawks will be hunting us. We really need to start beating sides for the contested ball and this week is a good place to start against a pretty good clearance team. Need alot from Boyd , West and Cross (?) around the stoppages. We want to get the ball away from traffic and in space because the hawks would prefer a scrap. Griffen is due for a big one and the hawks didn't have much of an answer for his run last year. Mcmahon and Eagleton also ran them ragged last time we played them.
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