.Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell knows the resource of Luke Hodge's stress with Port Ginnivan however has actually swept aside the Hawks great's criticism of his practices as "old-school". Mitchell's four-time premiership teammate gotten in touch with the coach as well as senior Hawthorn gamers to pull Ginnivan back right into line on Tuesday after his controversial "find you upcoming week" Instagram comment directed at Sydney ruckman Brodie Grundy.Hodge said the comment had exceeded a line and will boost Slot Adelaide's inspiration to carry out versus its own semi-final enemy. Watch the best protection of the 2024 AFL finals, along with professional study as well as every activity up until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks throughout play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Begin your free of cost test today > Partially FinalIMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN BE GETTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE. Totally free as well as confidential support call 1800u00a0858u00a0858 or see gamblinghelponline.org.au." What you perform is you send small talk in a text, you don't place it visible for Slot Adelaide to sit there and also go 'Allow's utilize this and obtain stuck into Ginnivan'," Hodge said to SEN on Tuesday. "You do not would like to go offer anything to an opponent to make an effort as well as make them come out anymore pumped up." Sam Mitchell applauded midfielder Josh Ward's (right) kind and also points out Hawthorn and also Port Adelaide will certainly certainly not need to have any sort of additional inspiration coming from social media. Picture: Michael KleinSource: Information Corporation AustraliaAsked what he considered the unfavorable judgment, Mitchell pointed out on Wednesday he will certainly not have expected the Electrical power to need any type of extra incentive ahead of the Friday evening clash." Our players, a bunch of them do not have one another's phone numbers-- in my planet, you send one another a message," he mentioned." They don't do that, that's not exactly how they connect. They deliver it via Snapchat, or TikTok, who understands what else they do?" The way the world runs during that realm is actually certainly not my know-how ... 'Hodgey' is actually definitely from my traditional days. I heard his remarks, as well as I know he's merely making an effort to spark on the Hawks as he selects our company today." I assume Slot Adelaide have actually obtained their season vulnerable, similarly we carry out ... I assume both crews are visiting be as extremely inspired as you could potentially wish for." Mitchell mentioned he was "a bit torn" on how to switch out injured fullback Sam Freeze, however his option showed up to have tightened to pair of options.VFL defenders Ethan Phillips (one senior game) and also Jai Serong (nine) were the frontrunners, with the second in much better type by the end of Carton Hill's time however Phillips a much more like-for-like substitute. Ethan Phillips (left) as well as Jai Serong (second from left behind) are vying to change Sam Freeze, who has been actually sidelined for the remainder of the finals with a feet stress accident. Image: Daniel Pockett/ Getty ImagesSource: Getty ImagesChangkuoth Jiath additionally continues to be out of the edge, yet the Hawks speedster taught along with the midfield group on Wednesday in a sign he are going to certainly not be looked at for a switch to defence.Mitchell was actually firm the Hawks would not modify their option decision if Port Adelaide opened a modification to its foremost line, along with Charlie Dixon and also Esava Ratugolea under the gun and also the even more swift Todd Marshall waiting in the segments." You're a bit torn, you definitely can not replace precisely Sam Frost ... he is actually been so vital for us, and he is actually possessed a fantastic season," he pointed out. "Once we generate our program, our team are actually certainly not visiting create any type of late improvements depending on to what they've carried out." Mitchell said Josh Ward's 22-disposal, five-clearance performance as a centre-bounce midfielder in the sway the Bulldogs offered him fantastic faith in any sort of get player the Hawks employed." Recently he took (his chance), which provides our company fantastic peace of mind the development courses that our company invite area are functioning definitely effectively," Mitchell said.It's not merely (Ward)-- Finn Maginness, Harry Morrison, those people have participated in a considerable amount of VFL footy, and also gives me assurance for the Cold replacement that whoever takes that location will definitely have resided in really good form, are going to have played a lot of VFL footy, and also there's a considerable amount of evidence that you can easily carry out well in your 1st game in.".