Round 8 changes V Hawthorn
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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 etcWhenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect... MTComment
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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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