Mega Thread Trade & Draft Gossip Part 3 - Mutterings, utterings and just plain BS - all in here, please

[RIOLIUSTAR]

Twister has a contract for 2012 and Port have a weak ruck division. I'd be aiming high with that trade.

Whats acceptable in your eyes?

#28 minimum

 

[Jason Dunstall]

Twister has a contract for 2012 and Port have a weak ruck division. I'd be aiming high with that trade.

Agreed.

He is still young & as many on this board seem to forget, those big lads take longer to mature.

Most rucks aren't at the top of their game till their late twenties & he has already had good game time.

I personally aren't that keen to see him go, but if it improves us with what we are looking for then so be it.

I still cross my fingures every time big Max goes near the ball....

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Salopek for Renouf

 

[Badesumofu]

I think that is a case of, if they offer us real value and Renouf is happy to go, we take the deal. If it's something half-arsed like pick 30 in a weak draft, we keep him. If they offer Butcher* or something, we take it. If we can get Gillies and Gunston for Renouf and pick 24 (and one or more of Ladson and Young, with possibly a late pick coming back to us) we could say we had a great week.

We'd then have our forward line looking potent again, be close to solving our key defender issues (especially with Stevie G. coming back) and we're going to have a fairly strong ruck division with Bailey coming on, Hale playing well, and Roughead to come back - he can play forward, back, ruck or midfield as needed.

Imagine a Hawthorn team with as much talent as we've had over the last 4 years but without the structural issues we've always seemed to have in one area or another. Probably the only time where we haven't had a serious structural issue was the 2008 finals, a period during which we were by far the best team in the comp.

Shouldn't get ahead of myself, but it's nice to feel confident about 2012/13.

 

[Rioli magic]

I'd be trying to include Chaplin somehow, apparently a little unhappy according to TWR earlier.

 

[Slattery_20]

Peter Rohde's existence kinda means any ridiculous trade, with Port is on the cards.
Why stop at a second rounder? Go for Trengove!

EDIT:
And a first rounder. And they pay Trengove's contract.
Remember, this is the club that sent their coach on holidays for trade week because he kept screwing up trades (in their eyes); and when he came back they'd got rid of their best player and ended up with Jay Nash.

 

[Brishawk]

Salopek for Renouf

Plus pick 33 as Salopek is good but has bung shoulders.

 

[Flukey!]

No news on Laddo as yet.
GWS interested but no deals done

 

[Hawk88]

Any chance we might be trying to get the mini draft picks?

With Ladson, Renouf, Young and Lisle seemingly all up for trade could this all come together for Crouch or Omeara?

that would be amazing

Edit: When i say come to together i dont mean all traded to GWs this would most likely be all seperate trades to clubs then package them and forward them to GWS...just a thought

 

[Easy Slips Catch]

Renouf's worth to us is more than his trade value. No Deal.

We are sooo close. If Hale or Max need a break or fall over we risk our back up for a second round lotto pick in a compromised draft.

 

[Messenger]

Whats acceptable in your eyes?

#28 minimum

Minimum.

Salopek for Renouf

He's two years from being Cam Bruce.

 

[Beandip]

heh, would certainly clear some room on the list... especially as I'd still look to delist the likes of Williams, Duryea and maybe Morton and Milne...

I don't think we're a chance at the mini-draft, I would love it, but I think there's to many other clubs with the capacity for better offers.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

heh, would certainly clear some room on the list... especially as I'd still look to delist the likes of Williams, Duryea and maybe Morton and Milne...

I don't think we're a chance at the mini-draft, I would love it, but I think there's to many other clubs with the capacity for better offers.

And Sirra too, who I think needs to come off the rookie list.

 

[Cyril the Squirrel]

Whats acceptable in your eyes?

#28 minimum

Port will be crying... if 28 was in the mix, more likely:

Port lose, Hawks gain: 28 + 51
Hawks lose, Port gain: Renouf + 46

 

[arupist]

Port will be crying... if 28 was in the mix, more likely:

Port lose, Hawks gain: 28 + 51
Hawks lose, Port gain: Renouf + 46

Explain to me how that would be a good deal for us. We do not need to unload Renouf, and I bet Renouf has not asked to be traded. Why would we even entertain this?

 

[BlackByrd]

We got Gunston.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Gillies now not likely.

 

[QuietB]

Gillies now not likely.

Why do we want Gillies? Who does he displace?

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Why do we want Gillies? Who does he displace?

Frees puopolo to go forward.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Can anyone dish up some info on Gilles? I have no opinion on him at all - haven't seen him play and don't know anything about him.

 

[Back Pocket Rocket]

Frees puopolo to go forward.

Gillies is a KPD isn't he. Anyway, I'd rather Puopolo down back

 

[HawksILove]

Bit of info on Gilles


http://www.gfc.com.au/players/playe.../senior/season/2011/selected/bio/default.aspx

 

[71" GF]

Why do we want Gillies? Who does he displace?

AFL .com reported that the club is concerned about the extent of Gilham's knee injurie and his abilitie to get back to somewhere near his best which is why we are so keen on Gillies.

 

[Baz_hawk]

AFL .com reported that the club is concerned about the extent of Gilham's knee injurie and his abilitie to get back to somewhere near his best which is why we are so keen on Gillies.

If true, we should be looking at grooming Lisle into a FB. Has the height, can read the ball and more importantly, is on our list already

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Gillies add some nice depth