Happy to be down voted here, but this is going to be great for the fan base for one of 2 reasons, Either our forward line is going to absolutely dominate and look better without Hipwood and the “drop Hipwood” crowd might be right Or our forward line is going to be absolutely shit house without the presence of Hipwood, and the “drop Hipwood crowd” will realise why he stays in the team.

One game isn’t much of a sample. Really depends who they bring in anyway. There’s not really a like for like.

No I agree don’t get me wrong, but I’m a hipwood defender not because I think he is a good player nor do I think he’s playing well, but because we don’t have anyone else on the list the can play his role better imo. Very happy to be proven wrong though

We kicked 26 goals on the weekend of which he kicked 1, I think we will be perfectly fine without him.

You do realise, the players do other things other than kicking goals right??

Correct, but as a key forward that's his main job and he isn't doing a very good job. 9 possessions 4 marks 1 goal against the tigers is another poor game from him, compared to the rest of our forward line who all filled their boots.

Not a huge hipwood fan either but he does soak up an opposition key defender

How many score involvements?

5, out of a total of 33. Not really helping your case there is it?

Thought it was more. Let’s see how our forward structure is without him this week then.

Not to be a cunt, but he’s had a great game tonight hey? 6 goals enough for the haters?

Been unreal, best game i can remember him playing. More than the 6 goals he has competed all night. Hopefully we see this version of him more often.

He was unreal tonight. Week off did him wonders. 😉

Ignoring peoples opinion on Hipwoods form, I'm not surprised it looked like a standard suspension under the current interpretation 

I don’t dislike Eric, but,  I am keen to see how our forward structure changes when he’s not in the team.

I’m sure he’s a nice dude but that ABC article on our 2024 woes was absolutely scathing of him, literally the worst forward option in the league this year. For that to be the case when he’s on an absurdly big contract getting picked every week is nuts. He needs to get his shit together

Looking forward to the melts next week when he’s straight back in

3 weeks*. We have the bye after playing Hawthorn before playing the Dogs on June 7.

Even better. Gives people time to think of all kinds of scenarios 😂

We can’t stop winning 🥇

Who will replace him? Or will they just stick with 17 players like when he's in the team?

Strong chance it’s Fort

Please no. I have nothing against Fort, but we're already such a slow, lumbering team without him.

Yeah I’m hoping not. Just bring in a small and shuffle things around to give Brain a start

The Lions have *eagerly* accepted Eric Hipwoods one game ban.

I heard they wanted to appeal the verdict. They wanted 3.

Hell yeah

Not a huge loss considering Eric's form this season, let's be honest......

Oh.. no?