hawks are pretenders, page-22

Go Reds,

You show me 'regulars' who are out of your team and I'll show you 6 PREMIERSHIP players who were out of ours.

The fact is you said that we were 'injury free' when clearly we also had some valuable players out also.

But it doesn't really matter does it? The real footy starts in about 9 weeks and anything can happen from here on. West Coast could still win it. We are all just jockeying for position and trying to keep players fresh and injury free for the finals.

I think one of the great things for Hawthorn to come out of the game on Sunday was Max Bailey. The more games he plays the better he is getting. Although it was only Jolly's 2nd game back in 10 weeks, Bailey gave him a belting in the middle. Not as good at the throw in's but the centre clearances are HUGELY important and I think he got a large amount of the tap outs in the centre.

Although, every time the kid lands after jumping I held my breath for him. Hope his knees hold up, they say he is a TERRIFIC kid.

Back into my box again. Cheers.