41 thoughts on “Game Chat – Hawthorn v North Melbourne”

      1. hahahahaha … still laughing on this one!! Nice PBuzz! Yeah, that Heeney call is going to hurt for some time I think … if he stays in the mid, he’s a must and got to get him back in ASAP … once the Swans moved him from FF around the half, he went nuts …

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    1. Shame you have to pick between them, I think they’ll both score well and raise valuable funds.

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  1. Tom Powell replaces Jared Polec (ankle). No changes for Hawthorn today.

    Medical substitutes:
    Hawthorn – Tom Phillips
    North – Charlie Lazzaro

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  2. God I am a very nervous hawker today. I think we are in real trouble and could get rolled pretty easily. Fingers crossed we don’t but I am feeling very nervous.

    Big game for me with Sicily JHF ward with McDonald on the bench, I imagine it’ll be pretty similar to everyone else. With the luck I’ve had this round McDonald will score 115 and out score jhf and ward combined.

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  3. Where is the new interpretation of the holding the ball rule? Multiple run down tackles are being ignored.

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    1. Thommo I have been bloody annoyed about this all weekend. I thought they umpired it magnificently on Wednesday night, absolutely spot on to everything they told us in preseason. Then by Thursday night and ever since across the rest of the weekend, every game has been umpired like it was 2021 interpretation. Wtf

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      1. Exactly Jimmy. I was all for rewarding the tackler because there is nothing more frustrating than a run-down tackle being ignored.

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  4. Yep Adam, Hall looking crazy good.

    JHF is showing why North wouldn’t take 3 first rounders for him. Just looks very very very good. Going to be a star.

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      1. It genuinely is only injury history that stops you from taking him from the start. Only in 2.5% of teams if I’m looking at the stats correctly.

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  5. Agree Thommo.

    Throw Tarryn Thomas in that mix too, thats some real class coming through at North. They need another big defender after losing Tarrant. Xerri looks good in patches , Goldie still doing the bulk of the ruck. Macdonald and Hall running a muck down back.My Hawks rookies need to lift !

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    1. Oh Wighty, after all the staunch advice you pumped out over the weekend, you’ve cracked! Agree on Ward, he was sketchy. McDonald was OK. Finn Mac 50/50…I reckon I’ve got an equally big problem with Crisp.

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  6. We love the chad!!! Terrible trim and has done nothing for 3 quarters but big start to the last.

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    1. On Ward…Nothing offical yet. I heard the commentators mention an ankle. We may get something in the press conference.

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  7. I was at the game today hoping to see the start of a new Era.
    Unfortunately, it was just a continuation of the worst parts of last year.
    I see our 2 biggest problems are lack of skill and therefore soft turnovers and an impotent forward 50.
    We are not going to win many games kicking 8-10 goals.
    McDonald was great. JHF was pretty good and Xerri and Goldy alternating position were very solid. Hall was okay to but I would imagine his disposal efficiency would be down.
    Hoping to see a much more efficient effort next week against WCE or it will be a long season.

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