Round 20 - Hawthorn vs Essendon @ MCG (1:45pm 4/8) - Looking ahead

[Riolio]

Reckon Hooker could operate a chest beating with a Hawks player in a head lock at the same time?

Something like this

[Heffsgirl]

The level of hatred for the Hawks displayed in this thread pleases me greatly.

[Stallion]

This will be a soda

ACEMANS mate

[GuzzLG]

Should send Hooker forward. He’ll monster their garbage defence.

[Wanderlust]

Didn’t have Fanta last time either. Good luck to them trying to contain him!

[Shahid_Afridi]

Disagree. If we knock off the next 2 on hawks and saints we will only need to win one of our last 2 at most to make it, regardless of results

That’s not correct. He’s right, we’re probably gonna need to win all four.

[That_s_special]

Guelfi onto Mitchell
McKenna onto Breust

Both of them to physically intimidate their opponent.

[Anabelle]

Tbell can really be the difference in this game with no big boy.

He can go forward and kick a couple will go along way to winning this game as we are very evenly matched. Roughy isn’t as effective as he use to be, they are really relying on their small forwards to get the job done. Doesn’t mean he can’t turn it on but I’d have Hooker on him, Hurls on Gunston, Connor on Bruest ( I think Connor can really play a good ground ball defender ) and Saad on Poppy. Goddard playing lose man in defence setting up with his perfect passing.

Hawks like to use the corridor also, their foot skills are elite but they do lack pace. Our midfilders need to make sure the holes are covered up to prevents their forwards having an easy run at a pass. If it’s an outside game we will win it through our pace. The contest is going to be interesting at the stoppages, hence Tbell being the key. He needs his tap game going and have a good clear understanding of position for our midfielders, in the Swans game I saw that, needs to back it up but better with Mitchell and Jaeger floating around.

[Wanderlust]

Definitely.

Being at the game, I actually missed McKenna bumping and winding Buddy when Buddy tried to run through him. Fantastic to see. And goes to show that McKenna will stand firm against most players.

[Captain_Jack]

Both of the losses were bad losses, and about half the wins were not terribly impressive; but still that’s a pretty good record

Care to name which half of those wins were not terribly impressive?

[Deckham]

He’s a pies man through and through.

[Captain_Jack]

l think Dingus is referring to a rumour of an alleged business relationship that came out of the Saga.

Just going back to the 1983 GF for a moment. l have covered this point in the past, but it bears mentioning again, Robertson hit Watson first. At no stage did Tim throw a punch, or even look like throwing a punch, he left himself wide open. Although l was high in the Southern stand, it happened right in front of me, and l had a clear and uninterrupted view of it. Robertson might have been scared of being hit, but anyone who knows Watson, also knows he was not ever that sort of player. Anything Robertson says that is less than that, is simply not true.

[FromOutside50]

1.45pm on a Saturday is 11.45pm Friday night for me - hate that ■■■■. Will have to watch it next morning. Never the same

[FromTheAshes]

Yes, that arrogant smirk can be wiped off his face when he is being loaded on to the stretcher after being knocked out

There’s a bloke walking around Frankston who could help you with that…

[pbomber]

just how many non calls / unfair decisions will jaeger get because the umpires want to suck his ■■■■ chong

i’m going on 4 to 7

although we are getting good enough to be even better than the umpires at swinging momentum of games

good sign

[choppsuey]

We are certainties this week.

Hawks have played 2 non competitive games in a row. 6 day break after Perth trip

They wont know whats hit them

This will be a soda

And they’re an average team running into one of the form sides of the comp riding a mother ■■■■■■■ freight train full of momentum.

[choppsuey]

I usually don’t go all lid off hysteria, but we’re gonna bleed these ■■■■■ dry.

[All_Things_Essendon]

So, the build up to this game feels a bit like the anticipation before the Pies game. Same vibe / expectation Essendon will get the job done yet injury conspired against the team that day. Hawthorn are no Tiges or Pies. Hopefully the boys get the job done and break that annoying trend of being unable to win more than 3 in a row. Nice to see them smash that hoodoo and get on a roll.

[Bomb_Doe]

Hawthorn’s form of late shows they are well and truly beatable. Good reason to be confident that we have a genuine chance to win this match. One thing we have shown is that we are not getting overawed by the occasion of these big games. Mentally we seem to be a confident side and believe in ourselves. One negative is that we have only one win from our six games at the MCG. This Saturday is a perfect opportunity to step up and show we can win, and win well, at the G.

[bltn]

Our poor form at the MCG is very explainable.

We were beaten badly by Coll, Haw & Car earlier in the year when our general form was poor (also lost at Etihad to WB & Melb during this patch).

The other 2 losses were to Rich, whom we can’t beat ATM, and a very good Coll side in a close game we could easily have won.

Surely there will be a game soon where our running game clicks at the MCG, and we rip an opponent to pieces.
The extra space should suit us once we flip the ball out to the runners.

This week perhaps ?