Where and when: SCG, Friday June 21, 7.50pm AEST
What it means for Sydney: Only premiership contenders Geelong, Greater Western Sydney, Collingwood and West Coast have a better record over their past five games than the Swans, and their two losses came to the Cats and the Magpies. A big chance to continue the momentum.
What it means for Hawthorn: A loss would all but end the Hawks’ slim finals hopes with clashes against West Coast, Collingwood, Fremantle and Geelong to follow. They’ve won their last four in Sydney so won’t be intimidated.
The stat: Big Ben McEvoy had seven clearances, 15 possessions and 52 hit-outs in last year’s win over Sydney at the SCG to earn himself three Brownlow votes. Callum Sinclair will be primed to give his side the advantage this year in his 100th senior match.
The match-up: George Hewett v Jaeger O’Meara
The Swans’ stopper is more than just a run-with player these days, so he’ll try and limit O’Meara’s influence around stoppages, where Hewett thrives himself, and hurt his opponent the other way. Hewett has gathered 29 touches in three of his last four games so can be extremely damaging in his own right.
It’s a big week for: Lance Franklin
The superstar forward finally found his mojo before the bye and will be keen to begin the second half of his season in similar form against his old side. With the Hawks’ defence undermanned Franklin might relish the Friday night stage to put on another show.
Big call: Hewett and Ryan Clarke will put the clamps on O’Meara and Ricky Henderson, with the pair of Hawks limited to less than 30 possessions between them.
Mottsy’s Tip: Swans by 30 points
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FINAL INTERCHANGES
Sydney: James Rose, Dan Menzel, Josh Kennedy, Jordan Dawson
Hawthorn: Harry Morrison, Conor Glass, Tom Scully, Dylan Moore
It’d be great to see Menzel kick a few and finally find his feet in the swans’ 22.
Lloyd VC anyone ?
130 and 149 last year against the Hawks. Cousins out so shouldn’t be any worry of anyone running with him.
Was originally running Gawn into Danger but with cloud of Danger (due to his wife expecting the baby and Danger not travelling with the main group) am changing Lloyd into Gawn!
Hoping it pays off
Doing the same Zac
In good form.
go hawks
Oh schiesse! Sicily looks like he’s playing up with the fwd group … that sucks just traded him in FFS Clarkson you muppet!!
it happened last game started forward but he switched back to defence.
Given the rain of goals that will probably happen.
think the horse has bolted already – the whole Hawks team look lost … all the positional changes have upset their entire structure … very un-Clarkson like …
Clarko. Liar, liar, pants on fire! Said he was playing back this week.
go Ruffy
Sicily in the forward line come on! ….
dont ya just love it when you trade in a big budwah @ 370k & he kicks a goal 5 mins later
Indeed. 😀
Buddy 1 kick 1 goal
Dangerfield didnt fly with the group to Adelaide. Baby watch. Could be precautionary so not starting rumours!
His booked on a later flight apparently
For a No 1 pick, Scully is not lighting up the world on fire. Would he
TU still come good. Clarkson will find a way
TD past his best , already 28yo
Comments what have I missed something?
he goes ok for a fwd flanker in a rebuilding side
Give him 12 months of strengthening that ankle… round 5/6 next year let’s see
Don’t think he’d be in GWS’s best 22 now.
geez , swannies r kill’n us , doesn’t help when the umps r screw’n us as well
Far out – Clarkson fast becoming a muppet of a coach … playing Sicily up front, destabilising his backline, players don’t look comfortable … Sicily looks out of place up front as well … if they don’t hurry up and get Sicily down back, this is going to blow out hugely …
Well said, Macca. Actual insanity. One of the best defenders at his disposal and Clarkson thinks “hmm, yep, he should be playing up forward”.
doubt the best coach of the modern era is too concerned about Sicilys SC stats ,
probably gna play him permanently back next year ,
this years shot , probably just lett’n him have some fun up fwd atm
Still a slight chance for finals, why would he stuff around? Just losing it as a coach lately. Trying to be too clever.
hawks don’t waste their time with limping into 8th spot for finals
PJ – I seriously doubt you know much about this game – it’s nothing to do with SC stats – the entire Hawks team structure has been destabilised – the players look lost in each of their roles … if Sicily hasn’t been training all year in the forwards, he isn’t as ‘switched on’ for what and where he should be playing / moving … nor are the players around him or those trying to get the ball into the FWD line.
Outside of that, their backline looks lost without Sicily there … he reads the ball better than most defenders and has the ability to close down opposition forwards and so on … the other defenders around him have confidence and know what is happening as well .. the decision by Clarkson is a really dumb move … on all fronts … and if the Swans utterly flog them, it will do far more harm then good …
that said – lets see how the Hawks players respond … maybe they will step up … but thus far they look ‘a bit all over the place’ … and they miss Sicily good disposals coming out of defence too …
Nailed it Macca.
yeh
i don’t know much about footy
i certainly wouldn’t know that the hawks season in gone
or that clarko is in trial & error prep mode for next season
& i certainly wouldn’t know that the lower you finish this season on the ladder , the easier the draw is the next year
So they’re tanking in round 14?
i wouldn’t say that , but if that’s your view
trying new things
that’s what teams do when they’re hit by injuries & season over
“& i certainly wouldn’t know that the lower you finish this season on the ladder , the easier the draw is the next year”
Sounds like it to me.
ha ha , you’re a conspiracy theorist
Haha! Just quoting my esteemed colleague!
That’s the kind of thing Carlton would do…
It is still 7 points difference at half time. Not really that bad. The genius of Clarko is that they are being smashed in the game but they keep on bombing the ball forward , and the leaderbord says a different story.
Sicily forward is tanking.
That is all.
I disagree Macca. Coaches like Clarkson know a little bit more than we do. He had his game plan but the Swans are being absolutely ruthless tonight. Thats what we forget. He didnt change it at quarter time because he wants to see how it would still work. The Swans are just everywhere at the moment. Sicily at the back may not change much. I dont think they can sustain it for 4 quarters but it is good stuff to watch.
The Hawks are in 12th position, with a far better % than Richmond currently in 8th. They have a far better % than Swans, who are on the same score. In front of them is a Brisbane that are looking shaky again … and you think it makes sense to swap his entire team structure around?? As Darwin said above, they are still, at this stage, a very realistic chance of making the finals … pretty sure their fans, sponsors, etc would want to see them make finals …
fyi hawks have the toughest run home
good thing about being a hawks supporter
our success isn’t measured over 1 year
The thing about being a Dockers supporter, our success isn’t measured……..
And the great thing about being a Carlton supporter is that our success is measured over a previous century. 😉
Forgot to mention earlier this round but Franklin could be a great discounted option for F6/F7 for the remainder of the season.
L Franklin (Seasons averaging 90+ since 2007):
Wins: 108.74 from 139 (53/139 below 100, 47/139 120+)
2007: 95.58 from 12
2008: 115.29 from 17
2010: 113.44 from 9
2011: 119.13 from 15
2012: 127.08 from 12
2013: 96.38 from 16
2014: 108.4 from 15
2016: 95.76 from 14
2017: 104.14 from 14
2018: 118.42 from 12
Losses: 81.87 from 54 (39/54 below 100, 5/54 120+)
2007: 85 from 8
2008: 78.8 from 5
2010: 102.57 from 7
2011: 79.5 from 4
2012: 80.75 from 4
2013: 58.67 from 3
2014: 68.25 from 4
2016: 90.6 from 5
2017: 88.13 from 8
2018: 63.5 from 6
2019 Wins Avg: 94 from 2 (1/2 below 100, 1/2 120+)
2019 Losses Avg: 63 from 6 (6/6 below 100)
Remaining fixture of: Haw, GC, Ess, Carl, Freo, Geel, GWS, Port, Melb and StK.
Also currently 2019 is Franklin’s lowest season for disposals avg since 2006, 3rd season averaging less than 5.5 marks since 2007, lowest goals avg since 2006 and 1st time averaging below 2.5 goals a game since 2006 and 1st time averaging below 2 tackles since 2006.
Sicily in the FwD line is like playing with a man down.
T. Papley 52
B. Hardwick 32
L. Parker 41
C. Glass 27
G. Hewett 41
J. O’Meara 26
C. Sinclair 36
J. Gunston 24
I. Heeney 34
J. Ceglar 23
Z. Jones 26
J. Worpel 22
L. Franklin 25
S. Burgoyne 20
W. Hayward 25
L. Shiels 17
D. Rampe 24
I. Smith 17
J. Dawson 24
B. McEvoy 17
J. Rose 23
R. Henderson 16
D. Menzel 20
J. Impey 14
A. Aliir 15
K. Brand 14
L. Melican 14
D. Moore 14
J. Lloyd 14
J. Roughead 11
C. O’Riordan 13
H. Morrison 11
C. Mills 13
T. Scully 10
J. Kennedy 13
J. Sicily 9
R. Clarke 13
T. O’Brien 8
S. Reid 7
L. Breust 8
N. Blakey 5
J. Frawley 6
O. Florent 3
P. Puopolo 0
Dammit if i knew Clarkson going to do this to Sicily i would’ve have bought another better premium
Traded in llyod and buddy this week.
If llyod doesn’t ton up I’m going to be really cheesed off. Watched him slut it up all year and haven’t had him. Negative type of trade in a way as he is in so many teams but a guy who is going at 116 average in the backline is a bit of a must have.
hawks only kicked 1 pt
no kick in pts for lloyd
happy with my libbba < 40k to buddy move atm
Still Happy
Sicily does not belong in the FWD line.
impy has been look’n better + better @ the hawks
might have a very good season next year with all the other boys back & firing
Sicily back in the defense yet?
nope
*face palm*
he’s catching an absolute cold .. forward pocket and no ball …
O’Brien reach your BE so i can have a little cash to trade you out
Conor Glass looks like a deer in headlights in defence and he is sooo slow …
Someone in the SCG crowd scream out to Clarkson “put Sicily back in the defense”
T. Papley 72
R. Henderson 66
C. Sinclair 62
J. O’Meara 50
L. Parker 61
J. Frawley 49
I. Heeney 55
J. Roughead 43
G. Hewett 54
I. Smith 43
R. Clarke 53
J. Worpel 42
C. Mills 52
L. Shiels 38
D. Rampe 49
C. Glass 38
J. Dawson 48
L. Breust 37
J. Lloyd 45
B. Hardwick 35
Z. Jones 44
T. O’Brien 34
J. Kennedy 40
S. Burgoyne 34
L. Melican 37
J. Ceglar 34
L. Franklin 35
D. Moore 33
J. Rose 35
J. Impey 31
D. Menzel 33
K. Brand 28
W. Hayward 31
P. Puopolo 25
C. O’Riordan 29
B. McEvoy 24
A. Aliir 25
T. Scully 21
N. Blakey 18
H. Morrison 21
S. Reid 7
J. Gunston 18
O. Florent 6
J. Sicily 14
Any chance sic dawg or what?!?
I love that even in the half-time brawl, Lloyd was playing the seagull role.
lol
That’s the way clarko…put one of your most creative players up fwd on a postage stamp ground where he can have little effect. Don’t you know how important sc is too many of us ???
Buddy f6 pod ??
on the pine
ice on the hammy
Do you think we need to trade out sicily?
21 onfield this week….sicily not going to count.
15 now probably his worse score
if his role stays like this though, then yes, he goes out and you a better off keeping a B Smith type … this is a joke thus far … he has no idea how to play this forward role, giving away frees … not generally getting anywhere near the footy … no real efforts either …
This is absolute agony watching Sicily play in the forward pocket and give away silly frees any time he gets near it
Clarkson dreaming that Sicily will do good in the forward keep him in defense that is where he will do good. Now i just wasted a trade if he is kept in the forward line…
Clarkson is a flog
Sorry, part frustration, part trolling! I just can’t work out what Sicily’s still fwd? Jeez, they could be in front with him rebounding out of the back line.
At least Sicily will be cheap next week for anyone who wants him
And that’s why I decided against bringing Buddy in…
geez
non hawks supporters bagging the club , coach & players
thats new 😉
Free kick Hawthorn!
C. Mills 103
R. Henderson 95
L. Parker 86
I. Smith 77
C. Sinclair 81
J. O’Meara 74
Z. Jones 76
J. Gunston 72
T. Papley 75
D. Moore 63
J. Lloyd 74
T. O’Brien 62
D. Rampe 73
B. Hardwick 58
R. Clarke 71
J. Worpel 58
I. Heeney 70
J. Impey 55
J. Dawson 66
J. Roughead 54
G. Hewett 66
L. Shiels 54
J. Kennedy 62
J. Frawley 50
L. Melican 55
C. Glass 50
W. Hayward 53
J. Ceglar 48
D. Menzel 50
L. Breust 46
C. O’Riordan 49
K. Brand 46
L. Franklin 48
B. McEvoy 44
J. Rose 44
S. Burgoyne 38
A. Aliir 41
T. Scully 37
N. Blakey 32
P. Puopolo 36
S. Reid 28
J. Sicily 22
O. Florent 13
H. Morrison 20
Sicily going down back for this last quarter hope he pigs out. Hope the hawks get home been a terrible game to watch at the ground but I love em!
Rampe is a good player but he ain’t winning any trivia nights.
Is any footballer?
Come On Hawthorn!! score big and win
sicily into def now
am now regretting trading buddy into my team this week
probably miss 6 with that hammy @ his age
Sucks man he was doing good 4 goals
Cruel game. I’m regretting getting Sicily last week…..
try this week! Swapped Duursma out for him … if he plays forward role again, he has to be traded out …
hendo having another solid game
sinclair knocked himself out
no sinclair no buddy
hawks big chance to pinchy the win now
hawks done worse since sicily moved back into the backline
sicily scoring worse also
On the bench now
so he scored 22 points in 3 qtrs in the Fwd pocket and he has scored 16 thus far in 1 quarter and you think he is scoring worse? … seriously?
Poo and wee colored glasses!
macca & darwin
dont be so angry
remember its just a game
Ha! Far from angry. Just realistic
Not sure who is worse…clarko or Mr magnets
clarko is the original mr magnets
hawks have been rolling with a DP players list for years
Thanks silk…..one of my fav players. You can go now.
Its is over Sydney is going to win now i was rooting for Hawks
Clarko seriously cost his side this game … simply dumb coaching and positional movements of some of his key players
Going to have to agree he should’ve trial this in the JLT matches
C. Mills 132
R. Henderson 119
L. Parker 129
I. Smith 96
Z. Jones 117
J. O’Meara 96
C. Sinclair 116
L. Shiels 86
J. Lloyd 105
J. Gunston 79
J. Dawson 104
B. Hardwick 76
D. Rampe 100
J. Impey 74
I. Heeney 90
C. Glass 73
T. Papley 90
J. Worpel 71
G. Hewett 86
D. Moore 69
R. Clarke 86
T. O’Brien 68
C. O’Riordan 82
J. Ceglar 67
W. Hayward 82
K. Brand 64
J. Kennedy 77
J. Roughead 61
N. Blakey 75
J. Frawley 60
L. Melican 70
B. McEvoy 55
J. Rose 68
L. Breust 54
A. Aliir 54
S. Burgoyne 42
L. Franklin 53
T. Scully 42
S. Reid 52
P. Puopolo 41
D. Menzel 49
J. Sicily 40
O. Florent 24
H. Morrison 30
How does Lloyd score 5 points from playing on from a kick in straight to Sicily at the end?
yeh
ripped off , he should have got 10 pts
No wonder supporters scream at umpires I don’t barrack 4 either side but these umpires are shithouse
Man that Blakey is a weird looking dude.
Surely his dad is Napoleon Dynamite and his mum is the Alien trying to eat Sigourney Weaver.
Made Hawks backs look second rate in last qtr.