Sam Mitchell has warned of the need for a sharp, short-term AFL focus at Hawthorn ahead of a stern test from Marcus Bontempelli and his resurgent Western Bulldogs.
The Hawks will start favourites on Friday night at the MCG ahead of their mid-season bye, having mauled St Kilda a week ago to sit third on the ladder.
But with ruckman Tim English back, the Dogs have put a four-game losing streak behind them and have won three of their last four.
Mitchell has made it clear that talk of what Hawthorn do with their upcoming time off can wait.
"What bye? That's kind-of our attitude. We have to perform well," the Hawks coach said before Wednesday morning training.
"We will talk about what we do after the game, after the game. We have chatted about, let's put some time aside to figure out what everyone wants to do over their break.
