Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn : Tom Barrass!

[Roobs321]

He was my favourite Eagle of the past couple years, glad the deal got done for him the way he wanted. From late 2016 on he was a super reliable presence for us. Will miss seeing him in our navy kit especially, and his calm humble bearing on field. Hope he can win another flag with you guys! A lot of footy fans will be intrigued to see what Mitchell cooks up for this side in 2025 given the new acquisitions.

 

[Atch]

Tommy Beretta!

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Bloody interesting guy, hardly your archetypal ‘footballer’.

Thanks for posting.

Articulate, cool calm and composed. You can tell he would be a real leader and we sought him out not just for his football ability. Once he gets up and running he will be marshalling the troops in the backline there won't be any need for Sic to do it. The more leadership we have our on the ground the more organised we will be across the board.

 

[toomanysquibs]

Tom is the anti-Brian that Hok Ball demanded, able to perform the Brian role without needing to post the weekly bargains.

But seriously happy that Sam has a memory long enough to know that winging it with an undersized attacking backline can only get you so far. We don't need to fear the big forwards now, because we have the size, choice and talent in the KDP to take care of whoever walks out on our day.

The gears just shifted into our first contender phase with this side you'd think.

We have a crazy-young, talented forward line, and a midfield full of emerging talent. Newcombe and Day are scraping the the mid tier of the early Hodge/Mitchell years too.

Mackenzie and Ward get on board, and it's going to come in a rush.

Welcome Tom, your time is now!

 

[Fastback]

Brian Lake

Brian Lake

Age

42

Ht

195cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.7

4star

K

9.4

4star

HB

5.3

4star

M

6.5

5star

T

1.6

4star

MG

163.0

3star

No current season stats available

D

4.6

1star

K

2.6

1star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.0

1star

T

0.6

3star

MkII hopefully.

 

[Roddy]

Brian Lake MkII hopefully.

Except we'll get more than 3 years out of him....

 

[Fastback]

Except we'll get more than 3 years out of him....

3 flags and a norm

 

[Roddy]

3 flags and a norm

Yep, that was freakish....

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Tom is the anti-Brian that Hok Ball demanded, able to perform the Brian role without needing to post the weekly bargains.

But seriously happy that Sam has a memory long enough to know that winging it with an undersized attacking backline can only get you so far. We don't need to fear the big forwards now, because we have the size, choice and talent in the KDP to take care of whoever walks out on our day.

The gears just shifted into our first contender phase with this side you'd think.

We have a crazy-young, talented forward line, and a midfield full of emerging talent. Newcombe and Day are scraping the the mid tier of the early Hodge/Mitchell years too.

Mackenzie and Ward get on board, and it's going to come in a rush.

Welcome Tom, your time is now!

We can make do with Sicily/Weddle/Gunston/Battle as the 3rd tall option up forward until Lewis is ready IMO. Enough marking power from all of them to cause absolute headaches for the opposition. If anything having a slightly smaller more agile 3rd tall suits our gameplan anyway. Barass, Scrim and Frost can hold down key posts down back on a weekly basis if necessary and have options up our sleeve to chop and change. We have some serious depth now it's quite enticing.