Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says his team has a point to prove after its disappointing loss to the Tigers last week.

The Hawks flew to Launceston on Friday, and Clarkson predicted a better performance this time around from his troops.

“We had a dreadful day (against Richmond), but we have to move on," he said from Melbourne Airport.

“Hopefully the pride of the players and being disappointed will mean that they’re going to put a better foot forward tomorrow.”

Questioned on the reasons behind the Hawks’ poor showing in Round 9, Clarkson put it down to the evenness of the competition.

“Our form-line had been OK. We’d played three weeks of pretty reasonable football and that just came out of left-field for our footy club and I think probably the footy community.

“Every time you put the magnets on the board for the opposition you can find a very good reason they could possibly win this game of football.”

Despite the inaccuracy of Lance Franklin in front of goal; he’s kicked 21.36 for the season, Clarkson is confident the key-forward can ‘work it out’.

“He’s not at the moment (converting shots), but I still feel like it’s only a quarter away or a game away from him just tearing a game apart.

“Whilst I’ve got that confidence, our players have and he has himself, I’m sure it’s going to turn around for him pretty quickly in terms of being able to hit the scoreboard.”

On Thursday, Brad Scott earmarked his side having a strong emphasis on shutting down the dangerous Hawk.

“He’s a nightmare. How they use him is up to them, but we’ve got to be right on our game to combat what he’s good at, because he can really do it all,” Scott said in his press conference at Aegis Park.