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@nellophonic @JustinHawks @BradKlibansky @HawksInsiders Finn tag Butters last year in the Tassie game to great effect. It was the same game that Finn copped his serious injury and took no further part in the season. I don’t think the issue is that Finn can’t tag…it’s that Sam prefers not to tag as a first option strategy (recently).

@JustinHawks @BradKlibansky @HawksInsiders Who has Finn tagged in the last 2 years? Seriously.

😡 Scrimshaw and Gunston should return. I expect there will be one more change. McCabe will be unlucky. One of Dalton or Maginness will come in. What changes would you make this week @HawksInsiders?

@LSTRAT34 @BradKlibansky @HawksInsiders At VFL he plays in the middle…at AFL he is played on flank. To be fair to Finn he hasn’t been tried as a mid at AFL. Same was happening with Nash early in his career…moved to mid at Box Hill and would play well, then get a go at AFL and Clarko would play him fwd.

@BradKlibansky @HawksInsiders Im not sure I've seen a player look so good at VFL yet nowhere near it at AFL level like Maginness...

@TomCC0899 @fleeg1980 Do 7ft players purposely seek chopping of the arms?

@fleeg1980 I think both can be true though. He is absolutely one of the most exciting players in the league but we can also be incredibly frustrated at how he is constantly rewarded for purposely seeking high contact

The tears in the comments here 🤣 If you can’t appreciate watching him you aren’t a footy fan

@NatMartin30 @WTUOHEY6 @HawksInsiders To be fair to Finn…when he plays at Box Hill he plays as an centre mid and dominates…when he gets his go at AFL they put him on a flank. Finn did a job on Butters last year and would have been handy yesterday.

@WTUOHEY6 @HawksInsiders I’ve had enough Finn for one lifetime

Changes Suns assuming Moore/Sic get a week: In: Gunston, Scrimshaw, Dalton Out: McCabe, Sicily, Moore @HawksInsiders

@ivelaj76 @NatMartin30 @HawksInsiders @BradKlibansky What is the knock on Schrimshaw…surely he plays if Sic misses.

@NatMartin30 @HawksInsiders Have to wait for the chairman of selctors @BradKlibansky to pick his side Not sure the Scrim comes straight back In - Gunston, Mraz, Dalton/Nairn Out - Sicily, Moore, McCabe

@MichaelCWillson @HawthornFC Great mark…his match saving one late in the last was not as flashing but every bit as good

MASSive 🙌

@awarech6 @jacobpafc JHF leads with his head and gets frees all the time

@jacobpafc He’s another con man. Calls himself wizard a lot of mental tricks sheep asleep fall for

Watson 4 goals from 4 free kicks. Is he really that good or do the umpires just fall for his crap? #AFLHawksPower

@HawkMan131415 We were dominating clearance in the first with Reeves in the centre square…then we let Meek have a turn…the two rucks don’t need to have equal game time each week. Not intended as a knock on Meek but Reeves was clearly helping our mids to be on top early.

This game identifies the big question mark around why we are up against it to win this year, and what we need going forward. Watching Butters and JHF just absolutely tear us to shreds around the contest was telling. Can we get a bonafide A grade midfielder? Is Day enough?

@JackA121212 @HawkMan131415 If Day can stay fit he could well be the answer

@HawkMan131415 Day is not the answer Need an A grader either in the mid or mid fwd. petracca was there but we wasted our time on Merrett.

@AntJKernich Unless the coach is Voss

30 seconds left, straight kick and drifts it sideways - do these players actually practice? Coaches lose jobs over errors like this. #afl #aflhawkspower #portadelaide

@NJcaruso_17 @kanecornes @AFLNation They were all legit frees

@kanecornes @AFLNation Please discuss the wizard playing for free kicks these umpires getting sucked in everytime and it’s frustrating

Wizard, Butters, JHF incredible. Game of the year at Marvel @AFLNation

@cjt0410170206 @kanecornes @AFLNation He did say “at Marvel”

@kanecornes @AFLNation If you think that was better than Easter Monday, you’re on some kind of gear.

@BradKlibansky @HawksInsiders Calsher proved today he is next in line…belongs at AFL

😮‍💨 Lucky in the end. Take the 4 points and move on. Won’t be watching that game again. 🧢 tip Zak Butters ⭐️ Win in Amon’s 200th 🥳 Watson ⭐️ All-Australian 🔒 this season Tackling 💪 Clasher Dear 😃 Will McCabe 🦵✅ Mitch Lewis 🙌 Impey 🔥 🚀 Moore and Sicily 🤜 🤦‍♂️ Midfield 🤷‍♂️ Disposal inside 50 🤢 2nd quarter 💩 @HawksInsiders #AFLHawksPort

@daniel_prins @HawksInsiders Calsher proved today he is next in line…he belongs at AFL

OTTNO. At the end of the season, all that’s important is the four points. Some solid performers but not a game of any kind of beauty. Watson is a freak. Lewis building nicely. Dear important. Impey’s last quarter unreal. @HawksInsiders

@HawkTalkPod I reckon big crowd for a Hawks home Marvel game…it’s all Hawthorn

Not an amazing crowd, but by no means terrible as far as I can tell. The Hawks faithful have showed up. #AFLHawksPower

@YeahhhhBuddddy @HawksInsiders Didn’t notice him in the ‘24 Elimination Final either…great player but Nash is a great match up

@HawksInsiders I think it was the first time in my life where I legit did not notice Bont. My Supercoach king. Unnoticed.

Egregious Player Votes - an occasional new series here at HI. Now, we love Bont, who doesn’t. But if 10 turnovers running at a disposal efficiency of 46%, with 2/3rds of them gained in the back half in a 40 point loss earns you the 4th best player on the ground - then we’re all confused. Our backline may as well not exist.

@NatMartin30 @greenlitaccount Heeney is a very good player…however, historically hasn’t delivered on the MCG. Newcombe knocks up delivering…I’ll keep Newc.

@greenlitaccount Still high on Sydney at full strength. Heeney is better than every single one of our blokes. We do bat very deep though.

I know we’ve got the Swans, Dogs and potentially the Cats at good times but we didn’t take a scalp at all really until the finals last year and we’ve had 3 good ones in 3 weeks. Getting blokes having better years that the year before which we didn’t have a lot of in 2025.

@HawkTalkPod That first free was terrible…not even touched…sometimes it pays to complain

"He looks like he's gonna kick TEN!" That was what was said about Sam Darcy less than 10 minutes into the FIRST quarter, when Darcy was lining up for his SECOND! Fkn lol

@HawkTalkPod Wiz’s goal at 13 points down…MAGICAL

So many final quarter moments that contributed to the win besides Gunston's last gasp golden point... - Connor MacDonald's centre clearance - Reeves with a perfect tap to Newcombe - Sicily's mark in D50 - Lewis and Chol bobbed up when it mattered most - That final tackle to snuff out any small chance of Geelong stealing it - And of course what HZ has highlighted here, Impey's smother

@HawkTalkPod It’s the balance of win vs development…we have Schubert, Calsher and McCabe (and Ramsden) that all need a turn at playing that deep key fwd role.

So Schubert kicks five and then Mirra proceeds to have him roam up onto the wing. I'm no coach but that is a curious move to say the least. #VFL