@WizardEnjoyer5 6 games in 31 days as well (3 interstate), no other team has done that this season
On top of that 4 of those matches against top 8 teams
No need to panic - an extra midfielder would be handy though
@WizardEnjoyer5 Second half contested possession differential was very visible from the ground
Much higher intensity, interestingly not necessarily just from mids but from the high half forwards as well
Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell 🗣️ on SEN this morning:
On AI-
I was very surprised at the reaction. You spend your time trying to make your footy team the best you can. I went overseas last year to look at some sports clubs and businesses, in New York in particular and I could not believe how they’ve integrated it so cleanly. All these people do so much on data and if you can make that more efficient who wouldn’t be doing that.
On Ken Hinkley comments-
I did hear Ken’s comments. To be fair this trip has been far from a recruiting trip.
On Connor MacDonald the midfielder-
He will play a fair bit of midfield but he knows that he is a forward and that we have a lot of pure midfielders.
I still think he’s quite underrated. He’s played a lot of footy now and he can go back into the forward line and always play at a high level. Having that flexibility means you can experiment more.
With his running power, I think you will see him later in quarters get a run in the midfield.
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@HawkTalkPod It's Hawthorn people just enjoy hating them. Doesn't matter what Mitchell does there will always be doubters. Trust the process he's got us this far