Matthew Lloyd's two “pleasure to watch” sides and the team who's blown him away after three rounds

Matthew Lloyd says he’s been left impressed by both Hawthorn and Collingwood’s respective starts to the season, despite their losses in Round 3.

The Hawks and Pies are both playing under first year coaches, having each won two of their three games to start the season.

Their attacking style has stood out to Lloyd, who said he was particularly “blow away” by how Hawthorn were faring with Sam Mitchell as coach.

“(Hawthorn and Collingwood) are both losing teams (in Round 3) but they have been a pleasure to watch under new coaches,” he said on Sportsday.

“The pressure Collingwood put on in that third quarter (against Geelong) was off the charts, I heard Craig McRae say they learnt a lot from it and I’d be pretty excited if I were them.

“I expected nothing from Hawthorn this year so I’ve just been blown away by the type of footy they’ve playing (as well).

“(Sam Mitchell) has been bold and they’re playing some youth, Liam Shiels was dropped.

“As young coaches if they start to drop some games, I hope they continue to play in this manner.”

The Hawks will take on St Kilda in Round 4, while the Pies face off against West Coast at the MCG on Saturday.