Rnd 9 Match Day Thread. Hawthorn V Sydney. MCG. 19.50 pm.

[bloodspirit]

Alright!

Feels much better than our corresponding victory last year when there were all the boos. Suck it up Hawks fans!

[gossipcom]

Heeney stop trying to take a speculator on the siren. Massive kudos to the Swans players at the end of the game. No massive over-celebrating, etc.

[bloodspirit]

Heeney is amazing

Heeney IS amazing. +1

[bloodsbigot]

A lackluster win but I'll take it.

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Heeney is a golden God.

[Industrial Fan]

No pleasing some people bloodsbigot

[ugg]

Our defence really held up well tonight, particularly after copping some heat for the ease of which Richmond scored last week

Rampe and Grundy were magnificent.

[Billericay]

[QUOTE=bloodsbigot;696858]A lackluster win but I'll take it.

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Seriously I thought the Swans were fantastic. Soaked up some frightening Hawthorn pressure, particularly in the 3rd Quarter and several players stood up, particularly:

Heeney
Rampe
Hewett
Grundy (after last week)
Mitchell (ditto) smashed his namesake
Tippett was huge
Lloyd too

[Industrial Fan]

Really impressed by Hewett. He's going to get a lot of htb frees paid his way and a lot of over the shoulder as well. Really composed and up for the big game.

[treespirit]

Thank goodness!

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[Mug Punter]

Very good win tonight.

Rohan did some brilliant things, Hanners was good again and Mitchell did a great job on his sniper namesake. Rampe and Reg were huge at the back.

Good to see Hewett stand up when the going got tough as I have felt he's gone missing before but not today.

Mills had a torrid time out there against a classy opponent, perhaps too big a job at this stage of his career but he did some good things and never have up. Hard to believe the kid is a teenager.

Benny again showed how important he is for the team

And Buddy just gave us the touch of class we need at the end.

No real negatives for me except Ted's concussion which didn't look too bad but I'm glad we put his welfare first (as we always do), I could see us erring on the side of caution here and certainly perhaps wearing headgear for the rest of his career.

Jones seems more and more self assured as a senior footballer and I'd say he's not going to play much NEAFL going forward.

McVeigh was a bit of a concern but I just think he is feeling his way back into form but I'm sure the usual critics will be ion his case.

Hard to see how anyone can be dropped for next week really

[Billericay]

Really impressed by Hewitt. He's going to get a lot of htb frees paid his way and a lot of over the shoulder as well. Really composed and up for the big game.

Hewett wasn't afraid to carry the ball through traffic and laid some great tackles.

[56-14]

Another big tick for Tippett.
How good is Heeney going to be!
To ScottH - I'd rather Hewett/Lloyd/Jones than your preferred Hiscox!

[longmile]

Alot of players I had question marks over were awesome tonight. Hewett was huge.
Tippett is a star, and somehow underrated by all of us.
Rohan did some amazing things when it mattered, lets hope he doesnt go missing in the next few weeks.
Only player I'm still suspect on is McVeigh. Seems slow and his decision making seems shot.

[barry]

Mchack has been back in the side for a few weeks now and looks lost.

[Wardy]

Has Wayne Carey had his eyes done???