Rd 22: Pre Game Peril: Carlton vs Hawthorn

[crashlander]

Fair enough, then he probably wont play, not sure why he is playing at all unless Hawks think they can sneak into the eight...

I believe they want to play him in the VFL finals, as Box Hill are definitely there. To qualify he has to play VFL this week at least, not AFL.

[madbluboy]

Hopefully we see a Ryan Burton/Charlie Curnow match up.

[flyboy77]

Hopefully we see a Ryan Burton/Charlie Curnow match up.

Charlie's a much bigger unit, with, you'd imagine, far better endurance....

[LP]

I believe they want to play him in the VFL finals, as Box Hill are definitely there. To qualify he has to play VFL this week at least, not AFL.

You mean they care about winning at the lower levels, what sort of crazy culture are they trying to build at that club?

Look at us, we don't give a ratsar5e about winning at Preston!

[spf]

You mean they care about winning at the lower levels, what sort of crazy culture are they trying to build at that club?

Look at us, we don't give a ratsar5e about winning at Preston!

Perhaps the same culture that built the successful Geelong teams of the mid 2000's, I remember reading articles where Brian Cook specifically said that they kept Bartel, Ablett and others together in the reserves so they would learn to play together and enjoy some success. When they finally progressed to seniors they were ready to play.

[blue4life]

Byrne for Armfield is the only change I can see unless Marchbank is good to go in which case he'd probably replace Smedts.
Boekhorst and Pickett probably did enough to hold their spots.
I reckon this is 50/50, Hawthorn aren't what they were and are missing a few good players.

[cookie2]

Byrne for Armfield is the only change I can see unless Marchbank is good to go in which case he'd probably replace Smedts.
Boekhorst and Pickett probably did enough to hold their spots.
I reckon this is 50/50, Hawthorn aren't what they were and are missing a few good players.

The Hawks are tenacious if nothing else - we need to match that.

[blue4life]

The Hawks are tenacious if nothing else - we need to match that.

Our tenacity isn't a problem, our problem is running out games.

[cookie2]

Our tenacity isn't a problem, our problem is running out games.

We are definitely prone to lapses. That's still a problem in my book as we get behind and then have to play catch up. And dropping your bundle and not running out games is a sign of a lapse in tenacity also, surely?  ???

[blue4life]

We are definitely prone to lapses. That's still a problem in my book as we get behind and then have to play catch up. And dropping your bundle and not running out games is a sign of a lapse in tenacity also, surely?  ???

I don't think that we drop our bundle, I think that due to the number of youngsters in the side we lack stamina and can be overrun late in games, physical tiredness also leads to mental lapses. 
It will be less of a problem next year and won't be an issue in 2019, meanwhile we just have to be patient.