Whateley in a Snapshot | Wednesday (22.07.26)
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
I'm Gerard Waitley. Here's a snapshot of Wednesday, July 22. Ken Hinckley believes Hawthorne can make Jack Gunston and Ben King work together.
Yeah, I think you can.
How does Ken Hinckley think Hawthorn can use Jack Gunston and Ben King together?
I think absolutely you can. Because they both work on the craft and the art of being a key forward, I think. And if you've got them working together, you could be doing some exciting things. But that's all going to rely around speed of ball movement and how you actually manage the ball. Because there's no good kicking long balls to both those players. I wouldn't have thought long and high balls, slow balls to those players. I think that's not probably their number one would be. So you've got to be able to move the ball. So you'd be – Sam and Hawthorne are very good at moving the ball with speed. Dylan Laws and Guinevans and those types get up the ground. Watson's in amongst that too. We sometimes forget that – what's Nick Watson?
He's six goals off the Coleman or something, isn't he? Yeah, 44. Is he a tall forward or is he a small forward or is he just a forward? And where does he fit in? I mean, you put Nick Watson at the feet of two of them.
And Kenny can't wait for Thursday night when the Crows host Collingwood.
What role does ball movement and speed play in Hawthorn's forward setup?
That's what Collingwood do, Gerard. They do have that significant advantage of the army. You know, the army for them. Every time I've been involved with a Collingwood game interstate, you know, and I've been to a few, you just sense the crowd is the Gold Coast game. The crowd was on their side. They have the army and they travel and they do travel. They're such a big army. Even here in Adelaide, there'll be enough Collingwood support in the crowd that they'll be heard. If they get on a roll, the Collingwood chant will get going. And they think and they believe that they're the big team in town and they take their army on the road with them and they go for it. And they've been able to win big, you know, really big.
But you're right. You're right, Gerard. This is the biggest. If they win this way, there's a lot of people and probably me, including ducking and diving about what we were saying about Collingwood only a few weeks back. But they get it done this week. They're coming hard and they're coming big. And without every piece that I would think you need to be in place, they've been able to do it. And I guarantee there's been a change of game style philosophy by Collingwood five weeks ago. The game when Fly said, I wish we'd play like that a bit more often. It was in a game at Marvel somewhere, I think it was. And they played a really attacking last quarter. He said, I don't mind us playing like that. I just wish we'd do it a little bit more often.
How significant is Nick Watson's form and where does he fit among Hawthorn's forwards?
They've been doing it all the time since then. And they've been taking the game. The turnover game that won them a flag, I reckon. They've gone back to it a little bit. And a bit like I said about Sydney at the start of today's show was... they understand what they're best at. And I reckon they've been going for it. I mean, they've got this great player in Dacos. I mean, what a player he's been. And, you know, I think the go is having a bit of a run of form as well. So it's going to be a good game.
Phil Davis took on Kenny's challenge of the list build for the Devils.
Three leaders. They don't have to necessarily be captains, but can I get a leader across each line who is an A grader? A minus is fine too. They don't have to be like A pluses.
Why does Collingwood's traveling 'army' give them an advantage in big interstate games?
Can I get that? And then can I look to build around, you know, three to five more sort of B graders, Gerard? And I think I'm willing to pay overs for all those, but if I can get a quantum of eight B or A graders out of this big bounty that they've got and then top up with the draft picks, that would be a great foundation. And then I would look... And then for me, it's about, well, how many great role players? So now we're talking... without being disrespectful, Jed, we're now looking at sort of like the C-graders, the great journeymen that are happy to play 15, 16 games a year. And when a first-round draft pick needs to get a game, they get dropped.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:10
2
How does Ken Hinckley think Hawthorn can use Jack Gunston and Ben King together?
0:10–1:03
3
What role does ball movement and speed play in Hawthorn's forward setup?
1:03–2:30
4
How significant is Nick Watson's form and where does he fit among Hawthorn's forwards?
2:30–3:11
5
Why does Collingwood's traveling 'army' give them an advantage in big interstate games?
3:11–9:19
6
What tactical changes have Collingwood made recently to recapture their turnover game?
9:19–10:43
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