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He will be taking the 3rd tall which for most clubs isn’t a great player

Anyone see him play? Stat sheet shows him with 6 possessions

Stat sheets has White with 6 possessions and no hit outs. Isn’t he meant to be ruck? Regardless, and underwhelming result

I didn’t think Gold Coast had instant access to top 20 academy players? Similar to Melbournes Mac Andrew rule

How?

There won’t be any more outs.. only 2 players are coming in.

Seems that only Langdon and JVR are coming in…

Every club is missing a top player. This isn’t an excuse. Sydney hasn’t had their captain all season, Brisbane have 4 player with acl’s, Collingwood have 10 starters on their injury report and Fremantle have lose Oscar McDonald lol…

We had 15 I50 tackles last week

Correct. The crop of 10 best players are past their prime and won’t get any better. The window has officially shut

Does anyone have stats on sides winning after a 5 day break. Seems to be a real disadvantage

We didn’t win because we were down by 38 points to 0… chances of coming back after that is almost 0

It’s ok.. we play it our fortress

I said 3 qtrs not the whole match. I would give us the points in the 2nd 3rd and 4th. Unfortunately we never recovered from the abysmal 1st quarter

We played better than them for 3qtrs but couldn’t convert or dominance.

Does no one on these forums understand that we can’t play in the rain. People are dismissing it like a late change to a bottom skilled player.

Seems that rain is coming in.. Dees record is woeful in the rain. Slightly concerning

Correct re Martin… hasn’t played since September 2023… will be rusty

Ye of little faith

Didn’t realise Windsor was out for him to come back in?

Hunter wouldn’t be replacing Windsor. It either Laurie or woe. Can’t imaging Laurie being dropped after 2 goals which leaves woe. Not sure woe has offered too much since coming in

I don’t think anyone is underrating Geelong however most dees supporters together with the general public have this game as a close 50/50… Comments on this forum are trying to dissect which part of our game will neutralise geelong and which parts will make them pay.

We have the best backline in the league by a considerable margin. Having a 10% better backline than the next best in the league is huge.

Carlton had more scoring shots and more inside 50’s. It’s not that far fetched to suggest that a Geelong loss had potential. A team with a slightly better defence and a more efficient forward line could have taken the points.

I wonder how much of hawthorns success could be attributed the the introduction of gws and gc?