(09-02-2020, 04:19 AM)ElwoodBlues1 date Wrote:A very average Hawthorn beat GWS twice in 2019...not because the Hawks have more talent, far from it but they know how to physically pressure GWS and nobody does that stuff better than Clarko.Firstly, I suspect the Dawks are average by choice, they look to be tanking.
Secondly, to intimidate you need to have a few things in place. Players who are intimidating helps, players who are not fearful of someone like Mumford trying to knock them out, and team-mates or at least the feeling that the majority of team-mates have your back. I'd say we've got almost zero from three!
In any case, we are talking about old-fashioned football tactics, they are now in my opinion a modern football dead end, and perhaps a sure way of turning players away from your club. Modern players are more like Cripps, and likely to help up an opponent and perform a post-game care visit.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"