Josh Jenkins

And he was captain by himself yesterday without James Sisley.

They are feeling they are a matured team that are going in the right direction.

And they can handle different things that get thrown at them, regardless of what it is each and every week.

They had that win against Geelong on Easter Monday, which was an absolute beauty.

They had to hold off Port Adelaide last week, and they got a little lucky later with a Georgiades missed goal.

But it does feel like a more furnished Hawthorne team this year.

It is, and then the hesitation is then queried or answered at different points by the Will Day.

Not conundrum, but the fact is that he hasn't been able to have his body sound in the back end of the year in recent seasons.

So that is the question that they tried to answer in the off-season around the Zach Merritt trade that didn't happen, and now we sit here and we see a team that are maturing

But when you get deep into a third and fourth quarter of a prelim or even a grand final, JJ, you need someone to stand up.

Who's it going to be?

Now, John Newcomb is an outstanding finals player.

His ability to play well in finals can never be questioned.

But is Will Day the cream on the top?

But then that's a big if.

Yeah, and I think that is something that needs to be factored into conversation, and maybe not, because he isn't there, and too many times we talk about his spots and maybes, and the players who are there are playing good footy.

But if Zach Merritt was at Hawthorne, I do agree with you, they would be a team right now that would be incredibly feared rather than having one or two question marks, which I think...

Currently, all clubs have JJ because we are only at round seven.

Mitch Lewis has been brilliant.

And Kel Shadir has been great as well.