The 51-point victory sent the Hawks into a preliminary final and with the weekend off they will wait for confirmation of their opponent, with St Kilda and Collingwood to clash on Saturday night.
Hodge didn't waste one of his 16 disposals against the Dogs, and made life difficult for their forwards with eight rebound 50s and four contested marks.
"I'm not really too worried," he said, when asked where he'd prefer to play.
"Wherever the coaches want to put me I’m more than happy, which is the old cliché that everyone says.
"But if you look at the midfield on Friday night and how well Sewelly (Brad Sewell), Sam Mitchell and Jordan Lewis played, they were outstanding, so it would be fairly hard to get a spot back in there."
Hodge has seen his talents employed all over the ground this season, winning plenty of the ball in midfield roles and being sent forward to kick three goals on three occasions as well as marshalling the defence.
He was used in a similar capacity last year, but the fortunes of his side have improved – finishing second after the home and away season and now one win away from playing in a grand final.
The 24-year-old admitted that the young Hawks' defeat in the 2007 semi-final against North Melbourne is serving them well this time around.
"Having the disappointment of last year has made us a little bit more headstrong and we know what to do when we go out to play in a fortnight's time," he said.
"We did play pretty convincing football [against the Bulldogs]. Everyone played their role I guess. When the hard ball was there to be won, we seemed to come out on top, so as long as the boys are doing that it holds you in good stead."
Booked for the competition's other preliminary final is minor premier Geelong, which showed more of its 2007 flag-winning form in beating St Kilda by 58 points on Sunday.
"It’s no surprise how they played," Hodge said. "They’ve played that way for the last two years.
"I wouldn’t take anything away from St Kilda, they’re still a great team. It’s just that Geelong were outstanding on the day."
When the prospect of meeting the Cats in a grand final was raised, Hodge saw a closer target.
"We're more focused on either St Kilda or Collingwood at this stage – if it comes to that, that we do play them (Geelong), well, so be it."
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