Hawks do flood alot. But they preform a slower than normal flood as the clog space all the way up the ground. The key to beating there flood is quick ball movement and players running in waves through the corridor.kaos theory wrote:Pretty good summary nomore:I am not at all worried about the Hawthorn game. I believe we can beat them because i think we match up well on them. Our strengths match theirs.
I believe we hace the perfect backline to contain there forwards and pretty much any of our defenders could go to buddy. It would not surprise me to see any of Hudgeton, Gram, Fisher or Gilbert go to Franklin. Most likely to be Fisher. Lyon will hope that Sam can hurt Buddy the other way as well as being just as good an athlete.
Max will go to Roughhead and that is enough said on that match up.
Our forward line will be where it is won. I think Croad will most likely go to Roo. This leaves Kosi on there hopeless second tall. However if Cambell Brown goes to Roo we should send him 30 metres out from goal and really put pressure on the overrated Thug by making him compete 1 on 1 not the way he usually does with all his midfielders dropping back. Also with Jones, Eddy and Armo playing around half forward there will be to much pressure for there lazy midfielders and half backs to drop off and get easy kicks setting up play.
Lets all hope that Ross instructs the players to hit up whoever Guerra goes to as he is almost the worst defensive player in the game. Hasn't finished a game with a bruise in 3 years.
The midfield will be the most interesting area. I think our midfields are very even. we both are not overly quick but we have plenty of grunt. It will all come down to who wins the ball first. If Lenny and Bally get on top and Mitchell is tagged hard i can't see us losing.
Don't worry about the hawks. The key to beating them is moving the ball quickley. Not letting ur Half back line get sucked up the ground and to carry the ball through there space invader zone.
I'm looking forward to a win and sounding a warning to the rest of the competition that this is not a 3 horse race
Don't know why people think max will take franklin. Max stays back, thereore will take roughhead out of the game.
We will likely double team franklin, with blake the main opponent (he has the tank to keep with him), and fisher falling back and cutting the space. We have good attacking options out of the backline.
Also expect the dawks to flood our forward line. They see our forwards as a real danger. Hawks do a fair bit of flooding, so we need to win in the midfield.
Many people bag Gram on this however he is our most important player in my opinion. Few others in our team can break games open like him. If he has 20 effective possessions on saturday night i think it is highly likely we will win. He will carry through the zone and then kick over there lazy midfielders who fall off there opponents hoping for an easy kick
