Hawks can beat Docker maze: Woosha

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FORMER West Coast coach John Worsfold says Hawthorn can avoid death by Docker strangulation to win this year's premiership.

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Eagles legend Worsfold played both Hawthorn and Fremantle twice this year and says no one can shut down attack like the Dockers.

But Hawthorn navigated its way through the midfield maze in Round 4 against Fremantle, and Worsfold believes they will do it again tomorrow.

He said the Hawks midfield could provide enough opportunity for Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead and Cyril Rioli to bounce back from their poor preliminary finals.

The Hawks lethal band of left-footers have found a way to cut through dense zones consistently this year.
''Fremantle's form has been building and they are remarkable how they can strangle teams,'' he said.

''They make teams look shaky and they have no answer to getting through their defensive mechanisms. They are the best at doing that.

''So the challenge is Hawthorn getting it forward enough and I think Hawthorn will be able to do that in the Grand Final. They will get it inside 50 enough and they are then going to be able to win the game and score enough.

''We saw them do that well (against Geelong) with a lot of scoring shots, and it was without much impact from Franklin, Rioli and Roughead. It is rare that they will have another quiet day.''

Dual premiership coach Worsfold provided an insight into the crazy atmosphere in the dying minutes of a Grand Final during an MCC lunch this week.

He said he was so desperate to win the 2006 premiership that he asked his coaches if he should try to hide Eagle Daniel Chick behind a point post while bringing another player on.

He says now it would have been the greatest mistake of his coaching career.

''Not many people would know this, but Chicky couldn't give any more with two minutes left. I was in the coaches box thinking, 'We have to get Ash Hansen on because he's fresh'. So I was asking the guys in the box, "If we send the runner out and tell Chicky to step off the ground near the point post and notify the interchange steward and Ash Hansen runs on, so Ted Richards still thinks Chicky is there...."

''I was throwing this scenario around with two minutes to go and we are a point up, and the (coaches) are all thinking, 'You are mad'.

''I was saying, 'Can we do it, does anyone know the rules?'. We didn't do it, thank god. It would have been one of the worst decisions ever made.''

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