HAWTHORN'S Rick Ladson will have to delegate the responsibility for organising a Mother's Day treat to his two older sisters as the Hawks travel to Perth to take on Fremantle on Sunday.
The 23-year-old is confident his siblings will do a good job in his absence.
"I’ll leave it to them," Ladson says. "But obviously I’ll have to send a present down to Bendigo."
The midfielder says the Hawks are happy with their form so far and especially with the performance of Lance 'Buddy' Franklin at the weekend.
"What Lance did at the weekend was amazing really. It's great to have someone like that in your side because it lifts the whole team. You might be down by a few goals and he might pop up and do what he did on the weekend," Ladson says.
"Four and two is a reasonably good start to the season especially considering our first round loss. We’re sitting pretty well at the moment. We’ve got a big game at the weekend against Fremantle so if we could get a win there, we’ll be set up nicely."
Ladson is all too aware of the threat posed by Freo's own goal machine, Matthew Pavlich.
"He’s a great player but we’ve got a couple of guys who are playing good footy in the back line at the moment so hopefully they can do the job for us and cut out his influence," Ladson says.
An ankle injury sustained during the NAB Cup recurred two weeks ago and the talented left-footer was forced to miss out on the Hawks’ round four clash with Geelong.
The short absence didn’t affect his performance in the following rounds and he accrued 30 possessions in the Hawks’ round five match with the Bulldogs and managed 22 touches last week against the Bombers.
"It was great to come back in and not lose too much form," Ladson says.
He believes taking control of the game against Fremantle will be the key to gaining victory.
"We’ll obviously be having a look at the opposition but we have to go out and execute what we want to do against Fremantle and if we can do that, it’ll take us a long way to winning the game," Ladson says.
He insists that there is no danger of players becoming over-confident because of recent victories.
'When you’re winning there’s always an air of confidence, but one thing I’ve noticed about our group is that we’re really good at keeping a lid on that. No one’s getting carried away, it’s still only early in the season."
