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Hawthorn have taken the longer route to AFL premiership success before and theyre not afraid to do it again, according to Hawks defender Grant Birchall.Geelong secured a preliminary final berth in the most dramatic circumstances on Friday night when Isaac Smiths potentially match-winning set shot after the siren sailed to the right of the goalpost at the MCG.The Cats two-point win left the Hawks needing to prevail in a sudden-death semifinal against Western Bulldogs to keep their tilt at a historic fourth successive flag alive.Weve been in this situation before - we put in a shocker this time last year (against West Coast) and were able to bounce back and do it the hard way, Birchall told AAP.Were a really resilient and tough group so Ive got full confidence well bounce back.Weve done it the hard way before ... we did it last year and well just go again.Well lick our wounds and move on - theres no use crying about it. Well do all the right things in our preparation and move on.Were back at the G against the Dogs ... we play the ground really well.The latest chapter in the fierce rivalry between Hawthorn and Geelong was the highlight of an enthralling first weekend of finals, with Greater Western Sydney upsetting Sydney to move into the other preliminary final.The Swans will host Adelaide in a semifinal at the SCG after the Crows comfortably eliminated North Melbourne.The 62-point loss at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night means Brent Harvey, Drew Petrie, Michael Firrito and Nick Dal Santo have all played their last games for the Roos.The Bulldogs began the AFL finals in stunning fashion with a 47-point elimination final upset of the Eagles in Perth on Thursday.The Giants have an extra week to recover from their bruising win over the Swans but that wont help Steve Johnson if the AFL match review panel takes a dim view of his bump on Josh Kennedy.Johnson appeared to catch Kennedy in the head with his shoulder in the first quarter at ANZ Stadium, leaving GWS to nervously await the outcome of Mondays assessment.Teammate Shane Mumford will also come under scrutiny for his bone-jarring tackle on Kurt Tippett, who will miss the clash against Adelaide with a fractured jaw suffered in a separate incident.Rising Star winner Callum Mills will also miss with a hamstring injury suffered against the Giants. 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Anthony Calvillo, through 20 CFL seasons, was frequently invincible and largely stoic in the heat of competition. But underneath the professional exterior he was, and is, compellingly human. MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said Friday the club will wrap up its offseason transfer business by signing a very good midfield player before the opening weekend of the Premier League.Whether that player is Paul Pogba remains to be seen.The France midfielder has been heavily linked with a world-record transfer to United, which sold him to Juventus for less than 1 million pounds in 2012, and the move is reported to be close.Asked if he was confident that Pogba would join United, Mourinho said: Pogba is a Juventus player until officially he isnt. We stay like this.Honestly, the market closes on Aug. 31, but I think my club is trying to do everything to close our market before Aug. 14. Normally next week we will have our squad closed.Uniteds first match in the Premier League is against Bournemouth on Aug. 14. Europes summer transfer window closes on Aug. 31.Mourinho already has signed striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan and center back Eric Bailly.I think our market was good, Mourinho said. We decided to bring in four players, not 10; we decided to bring four that are Man United level.We have a young central defender that needs time to be a top one but he has potential and we believe a lot in him. We bought a creative player, a player we know the qualities he hass.dddddddddddd We bought a super striker. And we are going to get a very good midfield player.United starts the season with a match against Leicester in the Community Shield at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. The annual game pits the current Premier League champion (Leicester) against the winner of last seasons FA Cup (United).Mourinho believes some of his players will be undercooked going into the new season, pointing to the canceled friendly against Manchester City in China last month that denied members of his squad some crucial game time.The Portuguese coach also said it is taking time to change the mindset of his players after Uniteds two years under his predecessor, Louis van Gaal.Its a difficult situation to change the dynamic, Mourinho said. It would be easier for me to have 20 new players and to start from zero. For two years, they had some principles of play that are not my principles of play, clearly are not. But the players are players, and without losing their identity, they always try to adapt to what the manager wants.Of course, after two years of work, there are things with their brain that are automatic, that is difficult to change ... but step by step, my team is going to be my team. ' ' '