2010 February

Teams – Squad for NAB Cup Round 2, 2010 vs Bulldogs

February 26, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

After a good performance in Round 1 against the Tigers, w should have a harder task against the Dogs in round 2. The 3 guys likely to come into the side that interest me most are Sam Grimely (Ruckman and sneaky backman option), Josh Gibson after moving to the Hawks from the Roos in the offseason and Carl Peterson, Second year rookie that is impressing many at training and could be a smokey in fantasy terms especially if Hooper and Rioli are missing with injury. Anyway, here is the side:

2. Jarryd Roughead
3. Jordan Lewis
4. Rick Ladson
5. Sam Mitchell
6. Josh Gibson
8. Xavier Ellis
12. Brad Sewell
13. Simon Taylor
14. Grant Birchall
15. Luke Hodge
17. Beau Muston
18. Brent Guerra
19. Jarryd Morton
21. Shane Savage
23. Lance Franklin
25. Ryan Schoenmakers
26. Liam Shiels
27. Stephen Gilham
28. Garry Moss
29. Tom Murphy
30. Campbell Brown
31. Matthew Suckling
35. Sam Grimley
36. Jordan Lisle
39. Ben Stratton
43. Will Sierakowski
45. Jarrod Kayler-Thomson
47. Luke Bruest
48. Carl Peterson.

Filed Under: News, Teams Tagged With: 2010, Bulldogs, Carl Peterson, Josh Gibson, NAB Cup, round 2, Sam Grimley, Squad, Team, Western

Audio:Our Presidents thoughts on Free Agency

February 25, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Earlier this week, the AFL and AFL Players Association, during a joint press conference, announced the 2012 would see the introduction of Free Agency.

The plan involved (as a basic summary) the unrestricted ability for a delisted player to pick his own new club, the middle tier of players to also pick there own club and the top 25% earners at a club to sign with a new club but the original club can match the offer either forcing the player to stay or go into the draft.

Well its fair to say, like me, our president, Jeff Kennett was not a fan of either the rule brought in or the process that saw it come in. You can check out what he had to say on the Hawks web site by clicking here.

Also I have linked our to audio of Jeff talking to Kevin Bartlett on Melbourne radio station, SEN.

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Filed Under: Jeff Kennett, News, Podcast Tagged With: AFLPA, FA, Free Agency, Jeff Kennett, Players Association, SEN

Round 2, NAB Cup 2010 – Hawks vs Western Bulldogs

February 22, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Second round of the NAB Cup sees our might Hawks take on last years preliminary finalist, The Bulldogs. Last time we played them, they flogged us at the dome. Also in this 2nd round game last year, we had the key injury for the year of Gilham. Lets hope for another good game and a good win!

Filed Under: Events, Game Tagged With: 2010, 2nd Round, Bulldogs, Etihad Stadium, NAB Cup, Western

My thoughts on NAB Cup win over Tigers

February 22, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone 2 Comments

Thought I would add some points from our Round 1 NAB Cup 2010 win against the Tigers. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Game, News, Video Tagged With: 2010, Buddy, Garry Moss, Jarrod Roughead, Jordan Lewis, Lance Franklin, Liam Shiels, NAB Cup, Round 1, third man up, Video

Training Photos – 17 Feb 2010 – Burgoyne joins Main Group

February 18, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone 6 Comments

After the good NAB Cup Round 1 win over the Tigers (I hope to write up my thoughts soon) the boys returned to Melbourne and back at training. Their were some extra guys in the rehab group from the game (Franklin, Mitchell and Gilham to name a couple) but shouldn’t be too much worries on these guys. The good news was the guys that were in the main group (for the first hour of training that I saw anyway). The guys I was excited to see most were 3 new guys and one young guy that we haven’t seen a lot of. Josh Gibson, Rhan Hooper and Shaun Burgoyne along with second year rookie, Carl Peterson (who is looking lean). I am trying something different with the photos. I will include some photos here and then there is about 100 of them on the following page that you can check out. On these posts I try not to have too many of the same player where as on the Page there are some players that there are many photos of (Shaun Burgoyne just to name one). Here are the photos:

Squad for NAB Cup Round 1, 2010

February 11, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Shane Savage - One to watch in Round 1 of 2010 NAB Cup

The boys will be having an Open Training tomorrow morning before heading out to Tassie to take on the Tigers in the opening Round of the NAB Cup. Here is the Squad:

2 Jarryd Roughead
3 Jordan Lewis
4 Rick Ladson
5 Sam Mitchell
6 Josh Gibson
8 Xavier Ellis
12 Brad Sewell
13 Simon Taylor
14 Grant Birchall
15 Luke Hodge
16 Beau Dowler
17 Beau Muston
18 Brent Guerra
19 Jarryd Morton
21 Shane Savage
23 Lance Franklin
25 Ryan Schoenmakers
26 Liam Shiels
27 Stephen Gilham
28 Garry Moss
30 Campbell Brown
31 Matthew Suckling
36 Jordan Lisle
39 Ben Stratton
42 Wayde Skipper
43 Will Sierakowski
45 Jarrod Kayler-Thomson
47 Luke Breust

The boys I am most looking forward to seeing are:

Josh Gibson – One of the two prize recruits (along with Shaun Burgoyne). How goes Gibson might be how goes the Hawks. Brad Sewell claimed that he will be playing Full Back this year. May not actually play.
Shane Savage – Like what he has done both late last year and in the last two training sessions I have been too. Could be a Smokey to make the Round 1 side v Melbourne
The Cobbler (Ryan Schoenmakers) – One of the players with the most excitement around him this year from the Hawks faithful. With Croad’s retirement, big things are hoped from him. Would be suprised to see him wear the 24 by the start of 2011.
Liam Shiels – Another Popular player. Has finished school and word is that he is killing it on the track, leading all the runs. With his outstanding fitness, could find himself as the Hawks number 1 tagger this year.
Matthew Suckling – Another fan fav for his work at Box Hill last year. Great kick and that is something that the Hawks coaches love.
Wade Skipper – Sneaky chance for round 1 with the burns to Brent Renouf. I have a strange feeling that Clarko is a big rap for the mobile ruckman and he should be on all DreamTeam and SuperCoach Benches!
Rick Ladson – Back from injury and another Fantasy hot item. Has been talk that he is injured but has looked good in the last few weeks.

Who are you looking forward to seeing? Comment below!

Don’t forget to checkout the article on the Hawks site: “Pre-season Report: New faces”

Filed Under: News, Teams Tagged With: 2010, Cobbler, Josh Gibson, Liam Shiels, Matthew Suckling, NAB Cup, Rick Ladson, Round 1, Ryan Schoenmakers, Shane Savage, Team, Wade Skipper

Audio – Brad Sewell's Interview with 3AW 10-02-10

February 11, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone 1 Comment

The man some Hawks think could be in for a tilt at the Brownlow if all goes well for the Hawks was on 3AW Sports Today the Wednesday 10th Feb 2010. Discussed the Hawks better fitness base, some of the new players and other matters!
Enjoy

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Filed Under: News, Podcast Tagged With: 3AW, Brad Sewell, Interview, Preseason, Sports today

Training Photos – 10 Feb 2010 – Where is everyone?

February 10, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone Leave a Comment

Got down to training this morning. Really enjoyed seeing the drills this morning. A few boys stepped it up and others in the rehab group. Unfortunately won’t be at Open training Friday before they go to Tassie for the NAB Cup opener against Richmond (if anyone does and wants to share commentary/photos, let me know, would love to put them up).

Enjoy the photos below! Who looks good. Don’t hesitate to comment below (have made it easier but will moderate to stop spam).

Hawthorn's Intra-club Match – 5th Feb 2010

February 5, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone 8 Comments

Wander down to Waverly this morning and what did we find but a bit of a hitout for the Hawks. It was like the good old days at Waverly with misty rain rolling in (not too windy though) so the skills weren’t as good as you would expect in the dry. There were players missing but most of the team was out there (as you can see from the photo below taken after the 1st Quarter). Enjoy. Also, if you wanted to name players in photos at the bottom of the post, would be very helpful for me and others! GO HAWKS (and make sure you are Proud, Passionate and (most important) Paid up)!

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Filed Under: News, Photos, Training Tagged With: Buddy, Game, Intraclub, Lance Franklin, Rick Ladsono, Sam Mitchell, Shane Savage

Training 1/2/2010 – What's your decision

February 2, 2010 By Phillip Molly Malone 1 Comment

Went down to Waverly today on my way to other things and thought that there was no chance of training as the community camp in Tassie was meant to start toady (Monday). To my suprise the guys were training and in fact had a guest down there. There guess was an AFL Umpirer present. He addressed the team and then addressed the forwards. After they did this, the forwards split up in to groups of two with players kicking it to the other two for a contest with the Umpirer watching on. Most of the photos are from this training were of these contests but some others are here including a sticked together Photo of the group. On to the Photos: