Big Fish ?...Hawthorn trade news and targets thread(not for trade hypotheticals)

[eldorado]

Any news on recent property purchases? If so, which suburb and does he have a car?

My cousin is a real estate agent, and Jake Morrison used to support a house near Waverley, while Harry Breust just bought my cousin!

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

He let it slip on the footy show

Pickering let it slip in an interview on SEN, then immediately corrected himself.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

He let it slip on the footy show

Don't remember the Footy Show one - Prickering certainly let it slip on a radio interview and quickly corrected it to GWS. The hosts joked about it but should have gone in harder.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Pickering let it slip in an interview on SEN, then immediately corrected himself.

Echo!

 

[Ned Ryerson]

And Dusty and Kelly couldn’t knock back the insane money the Kangas were throwing at them either.
Hawks couldn’t get both Tom and Jaeger last year and how many games did Buddy end up playing with GWS after that FA deal was done before the FA and trade periods even started?!

Don’t believe everything (some may say anything) you read in the papers....they are just opinion pieces with no factual statements to support them unless they provide direct quotes from players or player agents.

Did Buddy or Liam Pickering directly state that he would be a Swan at any stage before the deal was done? No, they have since said it couldn’t have been done if the cat was let out of the bag.

Has Lever or his manager directly stated that he is Melbourne bound?

I know we usually pull out a surprise or two - but we were heavily linked to Frawley, Mitchell and Jaeger.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

My cousin is a real estate agent, and Jake Morrison used to support a house near Waverley, while Harry Breust just bought my cousin!

But did he like a post on Twitter?

 

[Roughies Boys]

I know we usually pull out a surprise or two - but we were heavily linked to Frawley, Mitchell and Jaeger.

We weren't to McEvoy & Lake though

 

[threesixpio]

Jake Lever used to barrack for Lachie Whitfield, and he is Jake Barrett's cousin!

Lever is German for expansive pullie system

 

[Ned Ryerson]

We weren't to McEvoy & Lake though

Aware. However there is a lot of media about Lever leaving the Crows - none of which has us in the running. There was no media about Lake or McEvoy.

 

[MrPremiership]

The closest we've been linked to anyone so far has been very recently on Gaff.....but hardly strong links.

 

[sven_inc]

I hope that over the next year or two we can identify the next Buddy or Luke Hodge and trade our way up to getting them.

If the club saw a kid pop up that could be our next genuine superstar id hope they do another Trent Croad style deal to get them in. Give up Cyril, Smith, Breust etc and get that high pick.

We need a larger smattering of game winners for things to (3)repeat again IMO.

 

[HairyO]

We weren't to McEvoy & Lake though

Nah we had been after Lake when he had been working on his previous contract. It should have been obvious that we would have another crack.

Kennedy and devon smith most likely going to carltank. Big fishes drying up. Dont mind if we try to trade to get into top end. A Cam Raynor or a Luke Davis Uniacke. Either one would be a good get.

As others have said, Kennedy and Devon Smith are not "big fish". A better description would be "prime candidates for Carlton's draft picks".

 

[Roughies Boys]

Nah we had been after Lake when he had been working on his previous contract. It should have been obvious that we would have another crack.



As others have said, Kennedy and Devon Smith are not "big fish". A better description would be "prime candidates for Carlton's draft picks".

Not really as Lakey was still a contracted player for a year or 2 at Dogs.

 

[HairyO]

Not really as Lakey was still a contracted player for a year or 2 at Dogs.

Well, back in 2008 or 2009 when he was out of contract we had a go for him but he chose to stay at the Dogs. We ended up getting him for far less coin in 2012 so it was a big win for the club.

 

[Dipper]

Not really as Lakey was still a contracted player for a year or 2 at Dogs.

There was definitely speculation linking us with Lake either the year before we nabbed him I think or maybe year prior to that.

As for McEvoy there was no speculation cos we weren't into him, we were after Longer and Mumford, and then were having discussions with Pelchen and he dropped bombshell that BB was available. Mumford had already declined and Lions were asking way overs for Longer, so we swooped.

 

[MrPremiership]

Didn't we chase Rance at that time too? Gee that would have been a great get

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

I hope that over the next year or two we can identify the next Buddy or Luke Hodge and trade our way up to getting them.

If the club saw a kid pop up that could be our next genuine superstar id hope they do another Trent Croad style deal to get them in. Give up Cyril, Smith, Breust etc and get that high pick.

We need a larger smattering of game winners for things to (3)repeat again IMO.

There will never be another Buddy or Hodge

 

[HairyO]

There will never be another Buddy or Hodge

Of course there will. Possibly within 4 or 5 years even. Certainly within 10.

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

Of course there will. Possibly within 4 or 5 years even. Certainly within 10.

There has never been a player like Buddy before but we will see another one within a decade?

 

[Ned Ryerson]

There has never been a player like Buddy before but we will see another one within a decade?

There's a reason players like Buddy are called 'once in a generation' kinds of players. I am not old enough to - but I dare say there are quite a few of the older Hawks fans that would tell you a thing or two about why Hudson was a better player than Buddy.

 

[HairyO]

There has never been a player like Buddy before but we will see another one within a decade?

There have been better and similar and there will be more.

I assume its school holidays?

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

There's a reason players like Buddy are called 'once in a generation' kinds of players. I am not old enough to - but I dare say there are quite a few of the older Hawks fans that would tell you a thing or two about why Hudson was a better player than Buddy.

Not saying he's better than Hudson/Dunstall etc. I'm saying he's completely unique and we wont see someone with his skill set and physical gifts again

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

There have been better and similar and there will be more.

I assume its school holidays?

I agree there have been better, not denying that. Name another 200cm player with his skill set.

 

[HairyO]

I agree there have been better, not denying that. Name another 200cm player with his skill set.

Matthew Richardson.

Adam Goodes.

Joe Daniher.
Eric Hipwood.
Tom Lynch.

 

[TheExtractorFactor]

Matthew Richardson.

Adam Goodes.

Joe Daniher.
Eric Hipwood.
Tom Lynch.

Nup