THE LAST TIME THEY MET

[Demonland 72,217]

The usual outcome last time after we gained some early false hope kicking away with the first couple of goals.

HAWTHORN

B: Shaun Burgoyne, James Frawley, Ben Stratton
HB: Grant Birchall, Josh Gibson, Taylor Duryea
C: Bradley Hill, Sam Mitchell, Matthew Suckling
HF: Isaac Smith, Jack Gunston, Cyril Rioli
F: Ben McEvoy, Jarryd Roughead, Luke Breust
FOLL: Jonathon Ceglar, Paul Puopolo, Liam Shiels
I/C: Ryan Schoenmakers, Will Langford, Angus Litherland, Billy Hartung
EMG: Daniel Howe, Jonathan Simpkin, Tim O'Brien

IN: James Frawley, Angus Litherland

OUT: Jed Anderson, Brendan Whitecross

MELBOURNE

B: Christian Salem, Tom McDonald, Colin Garland
HB: Jack Grimes, Lynden Dunn, Jeremy Howe
C: Daniel Cross, Nathan Jones, Heritier Lumumba
HF: Angus Brayshaw, Jesse Hogan, Rohan Bail
F: Jeff Garlett, Chris Dawes, Aaron Vandenberg
FOLL: Jake Spencer, Dom Tyson, Bernie Vince
I/C: Matt Jones, Viv Michie, Billy Stretch, Jimmy Toumpas
EMG: Max Gawn, Ben Newton, Cameron Pedersen

IN: Rohan Bail, Jack Grimes, Matt Jones, Viv Michie

OUT: Jay Kennedy-Harris (groin), Ben Newton, Cam Pedersen, Jack Watts

[Lucifers Hero 39,868]

Vivid memories from last year:

1.  Clarkson put the Dawes stupid 'they are gettable' comment up at the club to motivate players.  It worked brilliantly for them.  So Dawes: don't poke the bear!!

2. They ground us into the dust - they were determined to win by over 100pts and kept going in the last until they did. 

Hawks need a percentage boost.  They see us as their bunnies and will hunt us down.  This Saturday will not be pretty.

Edited May 30, 2016 by Lucifer's Hero

[Lord Travis 10,736]

This will be a loss this weekend, especially without Viney in the centre. Hopefully it's not a blow out. We need Clarry back to give us grunt and defensive pressure at the stoppages. He is already very important to us!

[Red and Blue realist 2,051]

Amazingly looking at the teams that just played last weekend, the Hawks have only 4 players different to when we last played them. We on the other-hand have 14 who weren't in the team last week who played round 7 last year.

I think one way to look at it would be that the Hawks are very good at keeping their main team together - the saying of one soldier out, one in. Could be why we might be reluctant to make too many changes each week to try and get a similar group together. 

[At the break of Gawn 4,460]

The game Jack Watts "dropped" himself. Was a good move in hindsight as it was a horrible game to watch and would've been worse to be a part of.