Round 8 changes V Hawthorn

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  • DamY
    Senior Player
    • Sep 2011
    • 1479

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    AND I'LL FORM.... THE HEAD!!

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    • Auntie.Gerald
      Veterans List
      • Oct 2009
      • 6474

      what if we thought of Buddy as a Forward Flanker and was only 188cm tall ?

      Tipp, Reid and Goodes then as our leading talls up front doesnt seem so confusing with matchups and keeping stacks of forward pressure on a team like the Hawks

      Buddy truly plays like a tall forward flanker anyway !
      "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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      • Auntie.Gerald
        Veterans List
        • Oct 2009
        • 6474

        Jack, Tip, Goodes
        Buddy, Reid, Parker

        TomD
        Kennedy
        McGlynn
        Macca
        Cunningham
        Jetta

        Mal, Reg, Shaw
        Rampe, Ted, Smithy


        Bench:

        19. Birdy
        20. Laidler
        21. Hannes
        22. LRT - I would take the risk of letting Tom play out 2.5 qtrs then bring on LRT to finish unless Tom appears to be able to keep running it out........Tippett if he can run and take marks he can certainly do a qtr in the ruck if we are desperate !!!

        I think we need Laidler for man on man work against talls and third man in when needed this week given McEvoy and Hale are playing and Reidy can swing only if desperate !
        Last edited by Auntie.Gerald; 7 May 2014, 09:43 PM.
        "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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        • Ludwig
          Veterans List
          • Apr 2007
          • 9359

          Dropping Hanners, A.G?

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          • Auntie.Gerald
            Veterans List
            • Oct 2009
            • 6474

            @@@@ !!!!

            my bad !
            "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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            • barry
              Veterans List
              • Jan 2003
              • 8499

              If buddy does play I can see reid being 2nd ruck. Lrt would make us too top heavy.

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              • Meg
                Go Swannies!
                Site Admin
                • Aug 2011
                • 4828

                Out: Fri night

                In: Sat afternoon (when it will be 24 and sunny)

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                • Auntie.Gerald
                  Veterans List
                  • Oct 2009
                  • 6474

                  Interesting last week in a smashing some of the lighter fast players at the Hawks went ok in the disposals ie Hartung on the rise

                  you can see why if we want to beat a Hawthorn with their blooding of small quick players the last few years we had to develop a Cunningham for matchups and McGlynn more time in the midfield with Jetts

                  Rioli - 24
                  Smith - 29
                  Hill - 24
                  Hartung - 26
                  Duryea - 18
                  Hallahan - 18

                  Hale appeared to play predominantly Forward with Roughie, Gunston, Birchall......Schoenmakers which is 5 guys 193cm plus thru to 200cm..........

                  McEvoy had double the amount of hit outs as Hale

                  I sometimes forget that Gunston and Birchall are actually 193cm tall !
                  "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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                  • Doctor
                    Bay 29
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 2757

                    Whither Jake Lloyd?
                    Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                    • ShockOfHair
                      One Man Out
                      • Dec 2007
                      • 3668

                      At least now I'm a lot clearer about Buddy's knee problem:

                      That dramatic hyperextension left him with vulnerability in the joint, which led to a build up of synovial fluid that formed a Baker's cyst and forced him to miss games last year.
                      The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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                      • Auntie.Gerald
                        Veterans List
                        • Oct 2009
                        • 6474

                        I like Jake too.......and if the Hawks go with so many smalls again maybe you could drop Bird (just joking) but we need speed to go with Rioli, Hill, Smith etc......so I am very reluctant to drop HarryC

                        I thought Harry did a fairly good run with role against Hill Freeo.....massive challenge and slowed the effectiveness of stephen hill so maybe he could go again with one of the three above ?

                        its just an awesome predicament to be in i suppose when we cant decide between 4 or 5 players and how gets picked !

                        BTW we need height in our backline more then anything is my final call hence keeping laidler
                        "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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                        • Ampersand
                          On the Rookie List
                          • Apr 2014
                          • 694

                          When are we going to accept that hit outs don't matter to clearances? Let the hawks go in top heavy. Derickx can handle the centre. Tippet the forward 50. Laidler and Goodes the back 50.

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                          • Auntie.Gerald
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                            • Oct 2009
                            • 6474

                            AS - i didnt finish my sentence accidentally ie i meant to say that McEvoy had twice as many hitouts as Hale showing how much Hale is playing up forward this season and hence up to 5 tall players 193cm to 200cm sitting in the Hawks forward line at anyone time.........hence me thinking match up wise it makes sense to keep Laidler who can go with a Birchall or Gunston etc
                            "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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                            • ernie koala
                              Senior Player
                              • May 2007
                              • 3251

                              Originally posted by Auntie.Gerald
                              AS - i didnt finish my sentence accidentally ie i meant to say that McEvoy had twice as many hitouts as Hale showing how much Hale is playing up forward this season and hence up to 5 tall players 193cm to 200cm sitting in the Hawks forward line at anyone time.........hence me thinking match up wise it makes sense to keep Laidler who can go with a Birchall or Gunston etc
                              Or bring in LRT to play defence, and do some rucking if needed.
                              Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MT

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                              • Auntie.Gerald
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                                • Oct 2009
                                • 6474

                                my gut feeling is we can have both - see my above team list in an earlier post page 11 i think
                                "be tough, only when it gets tough"

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