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Collingwood vs. Hawthorn – Round 4 Match Review

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Collingwood –17.21 (123)
Hawthorn –
8.11 (59)

Collingwood has smashed a depleted Hawthorn side by a massive 64 points at the MCG on Saturday evening.
Since the first quarter when Collingwood scored 5 goals before Hawthorn kicked their first (in time-on), the Pies absolutely dominated and lead by 23 points at the first break. The Hawks kicked the first goal of the second quarter to remain in the hunt, but the Pies had other ideas and were not even pressured. They kicked 11 of the last 18 goals of the match to extend the lead beyond doubt and leave Hawthorn to try and find some answers. (more…)

Hawthorn Season Review

Sunday, September 6th, 2009

Expected Finish – 2nd
Actual Finish – 9th

9 Wins, 13 Losses

Well did anyone see this coming at the start of the season? Well yes one happy punter did and I assume he is very happy. Despite the rest of us, a man who many would have labeled delusional at the start of 2009 was correct and the Hawks have not made the final 8 in 2009.

The question is, where did it all go wrong for the Hawks? Injuries were the headline for much of the year but this being said other clubs have had injuries and still managed. 2009 has been one of the biggest premiership hangovers we have seen in recent times. The talent was still in the team but the result just did not follow a tumultuous year that has left the competition in a great state.

Backline

The Hawthorn backline has had a rough time of it during season 2009. With Trent Croad out for the season it never had the same presence it did in 2008. Luke Hodge the run from the backline was also missing in action for many weeks which helped to compound the issue. The defence was ranked 11th in the league which was always going to be an issue for them going deep into the season. The light at the end of the tunnel is that Luke Hodge is back in form and Croad will return next year, fingers crossed. Taking this into account the defence of the Hawks will be bounce back in 2010.

Midfield

The Hawthorn Midfield is one area of the Hawthorn side that is still very strong. With the likes of Mitchell, Lewis and Brad Sewell it is as strong as ever. The light this year for me was the further emergence of Brad Sewell now not just a tagger but a true midfielder with the ability to blow games open with his run and carry. Bateman is always a player to watch and Ellis is also on the way up. The midfield in 2009 still performed to a pretty good standard but it was the other ends of the grounds that really hurt the Hawks.

Forwards

The phrase a shadow of its former self springs to mind when talking about the forward line of the Hawks. Ranked 10th in the league for points for with 1962 for the season. To be honest I am not really sure why there has been such a dramatic change in the forward line form of the Hawks, the names were still there.

The only thing is the Hawks did become slightly predictable inside 50 to Franklin. With Roughhead being used in defence at times it meant opposition teams were able to double team Buddy. 8 players kicked over 10 goals the same as 2008 but it was the amount of goals kicked that changed dramatically. Franklin still managed 67 (113 in 2008) and Roughhead 51 (75 in 2008). Rioli missed a bit of football in 2009 which hurt the crumbing ability of the Hawks and he ended with 21 goals. Mark Williams was well down in 2009 only kicking 16 goals compared to 46 in 2008.
You would imagine that the forward line would still be dangerous in 2010. The loss of Dew does hurt the Hawks slightly as he was the game breaker type of player.

Rucks

The ruck division for the Hawks has no big names but they do an admirable job. It is one area that they can probably look to improve on going forward. Taylor and Renouf have both developed during the year but can be exposed when up against the like of Cox and Sandilands.

What is needed?

The Hawks really don’t have a huge weakness but have just put together a terrible year in the context of things. They could do with another tall backman as the loss of Croad was felt all throughout 2009. Unfortunately key defenders are a little like diamonds very hard to come across. May also look to chase a big ruck man as what they have now is passable at best.

Looking Forward

I would expect that the Hawks should be able to bounce back in 2010 once the injuries have finally sorted themselves out. I do have some issues with the way things have been handled in 2009 which have affected the club as a whole. Jeff Kennett insists on speaking out about issues within the game which does not look good when you are the president and have little football background.

The Hawks will be a force in 2010 all going well, but the doubts within the football public have to be there now after this season. They have all the names and the big stars but the question is going to be whether they can again click like they did in 2008. If they can the Hawks will be able to once again be a contender in 2010.>

Hawthorn vs Essendon – Round 22 match review

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

Hawthorn – 14.15 (99)
Essendon – 16.20 (116)


Hawthorn has become the first team since the Adelaide Crows in 1999 to miss out on September action the year following their premiership. The Bombers secured themselves a finals birth with a gutsy win that saw a 35 point turn around after half time to win by 17 points. The Bombers trailed by 22 points at the main break and really needed a spark. Enter Matthew Lloyd with a bump on Hawk Brad Sewell, a brawl, and a young gun on the rise. Lloyd bumped Sewell in the opening minutes of the third term and the Hawk was knocked unconcious and didn’t return to the field. The two teams then proceded to have a brawl similar to the one we saw between Richmond and Collingwood a few weeks back. The Bombers had lifted but needed a little more to get the ball rolling. Enter Michael Hurley. Hurley spent the day up forward and after the brawl sparked the Bombers he was the man who got the back in it with 4 second half goals and 2 goal assists.
Big Moment

Who can go past the bump that is sure to rule the Bombers captain Matthew Lloyd out for more than Buddy. The bump also had a ripple effect, instigating the brawl between the two teams that is sure to have more consequences as fines and suspensions are handed out during the week.

Key Players for Hawthorn

Sam Mitchell – Was the hawks most dangerous player all day amassing 36 disposals at 72% effectiveness. Add 3 clearances, 2 tackles, 7 inside 50s and 1 goal assist and you can see he had a good day.

Chance Bateman – Although he had 10 less disposals than his captain with 26, he kicked 3 goals, had 6 inside 50s and 2 goal assists.

Key Players for Essendon

Michael Hurley – Played the best game of his short but promising career yet and was definitely the match winner for the Bombers. The young gun kicked 4.2 with all the goals in the second half to get the Bombers back into the game, and eventually over the line. He also chipped in with 3 inside 50s and 2 goal assists meaning he contributed directly to 8 scoring shots for the dons.

Heath Hocking – Hocking was the other Bomber to lift when they needed it. The Bombers were getting smashed in the clearances and although he only had 20 disposals he was the Bombers leading clearance man with 5, he kicked a goal, had 3 inside 50s and had 2 goal assists.

Musings from the match

  • Matthew Lloyd is in a lot of trouble.
  • The Bombers will be hoping that fines are all that eventuate for the other players involved in the brawl.
  • The Biff is back with two games in the last few weeks to include a good old fashioned brawl.
  • Hawthorn will be lamenting their early season “Premiership Hangover”.
  • In good news for the Hawks, Brad Sewell was up and walking after the game and looked to be ok.
  • In bad news for the Hawks, Max Bailey has done his knee again.

Supercoach news

Michael Osbourne (133) and Michael Hurley (123) were their team’s highest scorers. Not surprising they were also their respective team’s highest goal kickers with 3 and 4 a piece. Other players to reach triple figures were Jarrod Atkinson (119), Adam McPhee (117), Nathan Lovett-Murray (114), Sam Mitchell (113), Brent Stanton (109), Chance Bateman (107), and Heath Hocking (100).

Port Adelaide vs Hawthorn – Round 18 match review

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Port Adelaide – 18.13 (121)
Hawthorn – 14.19 (103)

In a largely uninspiring clash, Port Adelaide has managed to fend off an inaccurate Hawthorn to win its round 18 clash by 18 points.
The result puts the Power in eighth position; a game clear of Essendon and Hawthorn and with finals just around the corner and a match against St Kilda next week, it looks increasingly unlikely that the Hawks will be able to qualify for the 2009 finals series.

Big Moment
Any shot at goal Hawthorn had – especially Lance Franklin…..It is not an exaggeration to say Hawthorn kicked themselves out of any chance of winning this game – Port by contrast slotted most of its opportunities to seal the result.

Key Players for Port Adelaide
Travis Boak – 35 touches and a goal really reflect the amount of hard running Boak did in this match, his disposal could have been better but on sheer hard work, he deserves a mention.


Shaun Burgoyne – A hard working game saw Burgoyne finish with 26 touches, 6 tackles and a goal; perhaps more importantly he was instrumental in setting-up goals and as such, ended the game with 4 goal-assists as well.

Key Players for Hawthorn
Chance Bateman – Had a game similar to Burgoyne’s in that he set up a lot of play – 27 touches, a goal and 8 inside-50s isn’t too shabby in a losing team.


Luke Hodge – Despite being tagged, Hodge managed to get his hands on the pill 21 times and slotted two very nice goals – definitely did all he could to keep Hawthorn in the game.

Musings from the match
• Lance Franklin kicked 2 goals 7 behinds.
• Hawthorn lost the tackle count 54-49
• Guerra and Ellis are potential injury concerns for Hawthorn
• Port Adelaide actually lost the inside 50s with Hawthorn having 11 more
• Despite having more of the ball, Port Adelaide actually looked more efficient than the Hawks.
• This game wasn’t played as though it had finals on the line – despite the fact it was.

Supercoach news
No huge scores in this game but a few did crack the 100 point barrier.


For Port Adelaide we saw six 100+ scores with Pearce and Rodan leading the way with 124 and 121 SuperCoach points respectively.

For Hawthorn only Guerra (104 points) and McGlynn (101 points) could manage the same achievement.

Keep an eye out for Ellis and Guerra’s respective injury concerns as well as Matt Thomas’ potential date with the match review panel.

Key SuperCoach Players: Round 10

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Here are a few players on that are worth selling/buying/keeping an eye on for.

Bargains of the week

Jobe Watson
At $527,700 you’d probably be thinking we’re nuts to have Jobe ‘son of Tim’ Watson in the Bargins for the week, but if you have a look at his recent form perhaps the picture will become clearer.

Two weeks ago against St Kilda Watson went head to head with Lenny Hayes and came out almost even on the field and from a SuperCoach perspective definitely had a good game, scoring a lazy 126 points. Last week Jobe’s Bombers played Richmond and Watson stepped up to the plate again with 24 touches, 6 tackles and 2 goals to rake in another nice score of 130 points.

His form has been sensational and he shows no signs of slowing down, this week Essendon have the Cats and you’d expect Jobe to get Ling, however this is going to be his cheapest price due to the last few weeks form. If your going to get on him it has to be now.

Aaron Davey
Davey could come into your team for $506, 900 and has a sensational average of 209 points but he has gone down in price the last 3 weeks in a row meaning this week or next will be the optimum point to buy in.

Davey’s pace could allow him to play the ‘Lovett’ role against St Kilda this week and expect Melbourne to try and get the ball in his hands as often as possible as he can break lines and kick through the St Kilda zone.

The question is, if you’re interested in Aaron, do you back him to deliver this week or hold off with the view that his price will continue to drop.

Cameron Wood
Wood has now played two games of AFL football for the year; in both games he has delivered sold score of 71 and 98. At $326,700 he may just be that Ruck option your team and the Pies’ need on the bench.

His price is set to change for the first time this year after round 10, those of you who think he’s an option need to make a decision ASAP.

Nathan Grima
Another who is set to have his first price change of the year, Grima at $94,200 is looking pretty solid so far averaging 65 points (this is lower than his true value as his first game was against Geelong) Perhaps he is an option for those of you who have had enough of Petrenko.

Jarrad McVeigh
After an indifferent start to the year McVeigh has exploded into form in the last two weeks with scores of 111 and 158 against West Coast and Port Adelaide respectively. Jarrad is a solid $80,000 dollars cheaper than at the start of the year, don’t expect that to last long though, we may look back on his current price tag of $454, 100 and rue ignoring it, so get on if you can.

Chance Bateman
Bateman is another who is considerably cheaper than the start of the year; he has lost $100,000 in value from round 1 to now and finally looks as if he will deliver some better form again.

His last two games, against Fremantle and Melbourne have delivered results of 107 and 116 SuperCoach points respectively.

For mine his $384,000 price tag looks mighty tempting, especially coming up against the young Crows this week.

One-gamers to keep an eye on

Beau Muston
Hawthorn players in general seem to be worth keeping an eye on, Beau certainly doesn’t seem to be an exception with his first game delivering a whooping 135 SuperCoach points for the 4,953 players who have him, if he delivers again this week he may just find his way into my team in exchange for the lazy $94,200 required.

Des Headland
Headland is a proven performer over his career and a price tag of $286,200 seems about fair at this point. His first game for the year has delivered him a score of 74 and if he keeps that sort of form up he may be a decent bench option in a few weeks.

Aaron Cornelius
The young Lion got a pretty serious introduction to AFL football on the weekend and accounted for himself pretty well.

Playing against St Kilda Aaron managed to accumulate 61 points, importantly though his coach seemed happy with his first game so we might be seeing more of him in the coming weeks.

The ones that make you go ‘Ouch’if you’ve got / the ones that you are waiting to bottom out

Jared Petrenko
Two poor games and one missed has really hurt 47,651 of us who have Petrenko in our teams. After a promising start Jared looks like he’ll be in and out of the Crows team at best and he may be worth offloading whilst he is still worth $192,200.


Jonathon Brown

Brisbane really needed him to stand up against St Kilda on the weekend, unfortunately the best he could offer was 3 goals from 8 touches, giving him a low 66 SuperCoach points for his $454,200 price tag. That makes two poor games in a row and he could be a bargain in the next few weeks.

Daniel Kerr
After a good start to the year, injuries and form seem to have gotten the better of Kerr who has lost over $100,000 dollars from his start of year price. At $380,600 he is a bargain now if you think he can return to form, personally I’m going to wait a week or two and see if he drops in price a little more.

Nick Dal Santo
Dal Santo’s form has cooled off over the last few weeks and he is now back at his start of year price at $548,300 making him obtainable to those of you who regretted not having him when he was running hot, the question is though, will he run hot again?

Previous players mentioned revisited

Brendan Fevola
Is really struggling his way through the season, playing West Coast this week may be a chance for him to hit some form again, and if he does his $362,600 will look ridiculously cheap. I’m going to hold off for a few more weeks though.

Steele Sidebottom
As expected Sidebottom’s price has risen nicely, the 80,084 of you who have him should be thrilled and I’d expect him to hold his spot in the Collingwood side for a few more weeks.

Hawthorn vs. West Coast – Round 5 match recap

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

Hawthorn – 11.7 (73)
West Coast – 7.14 (56)

In a hard-fought victory, Hawthorn prevailed in the last quarter against a West Coast team that made them work for it. Gary Moss was the story of the game with 4 goals in a low scoring wet and greasy game.


Turning points of the match
The game was in dispute for a good 3 and a half quarters until Darren Glass was unfairly adjudged to have pushed Franklin in the back during a one-on-one marking contest. Franklin duly converted and that was the game settled at the 26th minute mark of the 4th quarter.


Key Players for the Hawthorn
Chance Bateman – Gathered 22 possessions whilst also restricting Daniel Kerr’s influence. The importance his role in the victory cannot be underestimated.
Gary Moss – 4 goals in a low-scoring game, most of them from being in the right place at the right time. Excellent game.
Brad Sewell – 28 possessions, 8 tackles and 10 clearances – How much have Hawthorn missed this guy?!?!?
Sam Mitchell – 40 possesions in the backline and 9 rebound-50’s for the Captain who stepped up after the impressive Eric Mackenzie managed to curtail Luke Hodges influence. Most of his possesions were short ones but you can’t argue with the sheer number of them.

Key Players for West Coast
Darren Glass –Beat Lance Franklin. What more can you say?
Dean Cox – Dominated the ruck and around the ground. He did this whilst also competing against 3 name’ Hawks ruckman.
Matthew Priddis – Doing his usual bit gathering 32 possessions, 10 tackles and 9 clearances.
Ben McKinley – Providing West Coast with a genuine goal-kicking threat. Two of his three goals were pretty simple but when you kick three of your teams seven goals, you are doing pretty well.


Musings from the match
• It was an ugly win but it was a win that the Hawks so desperately needed.
• West Coast should be given credit for running the reigning premiers so far in a game that they were given no chance to win in at all.
• Matt Rosa had 35 possessions was also pretty good for the Eagles with his hard running and his efforts of moving the ball forward.
• The Hawks played it well though by putting all of their attention into Daniel Kerr, pretty much letting Rosa get the ball without an opponent.
• Cyril Rioli, whilst not as good as last week, continues to provide the footy world with moments of magic.
• To be perfectly honest, I thought that Darren Glass was finished after his horrid year last year, but after his performance against Franklin it’s fair to say I was wrong.
• Good to see Jarryd Roughead lift himself out of his mini-slump with 4-goals.


SuperCoach news
• Thank god I picked up Dean Cox! – Why didn’t I make him captain though…..He finished with 163pt’s.
• Considering it was a wet, greasy and windy, there were a heap of high scores – 9 players who scored 110+pt’s.
• Gary Moss. “Who?!?!” You ask? With his performances since round one, he’s a fair chance to retain his spot throughout the year. His price will be increasing from $155 400 to $227 508 with his latest 134pt effort
• I think it’s time to pounce on Luke Hodge now. 111pt’s against West Coast but he needed 136pt’s to break even which means that his price is going to be a nice price of $533 413.
• Mitch Brown is continuing to be an excellent bench player with a nice haul of 78pt’s. If you got on him, you wouldn’t be disappointed at all.

SuperCoach price information from TooSerious