Hawthorn vs. Melbourne MCG - Round 2 2007

[TalkingFootball]

Another crunch game ...

[Tippaz]

Daniher's job will really be put under a microscope if they lose this. i can already see the news headlines. (plus a fake image of Chris Judd in a Melbourne jumper... no... that's a little further down the track

sorry TF, but i've got a strong feeling Hawthorn will win.

[TalkingFootball]

Hawthorn v Melbourne

Hawthorn
Backs: Jacobs Croad Guerra
Half-backs: Sewell Gilham Birchall
Centres: Ladson Mitchell Bateman
Half-forwards: Crawford Franklin Clarke
Forwards: Williams Boyle Young
Followers: Taylor Hodge
Rover: Lewis
Interchange: From: Campbell Ellis Brown Dixon Roughead Osborne McGlynn
In: Dixon Crawford Brown

Melbourne
Backs: Bartram Carroll Whelan
Half-backs: Ward Rivers Bell
Centres: Moloney McDonald Green
Half-forwards: Bruce Miller Robertson
Forwards: Jamar Neitz Davey
Followers: White Jones
Rover: Johnstone
Interchange: From: Bate Yze C Johnson Brown Bizzell Godfrey Wheatley
In: Wheatley Rivers Brown Bizzell Godfrey
Out: McLean (fractured foot) Holland

[Clocktower]

Depends if Melbourne come out tackling hard and stop overusing the ball. I think this will be a close game, with the winner being the team the lays the most tackles. As a Dees fan, we have to win this, as I would be very surprised if we beat the cats next week.

What Melbourne really lacks is a key half forward flanker in the class of an Embley, G.Ablett, Chapman. We play good rebound football off h/b, but just don't get the drive between attacking wing and 50 to provide the quick penetrating kicks that make Neitz, Davey, Roberston & co dangerous. Lets hope Sylvia steps up soon.

[Back Flank]

Hawthorn WILL challenge for top 8 this year.