News AFL trade, free agency and draft. "who goes where?" - No freakin' hypotheticals

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

That's it, I'm so pissed off at our utterly pathetic useless football club, its coaching staff, Clarko in particular, waste of space Graham Wright, for stabbing our champions in the back and selling out our once proud club for jack scheizen, I will not only start supporting GWS with GC as my backup team, I plan to violate and desecrate my 17 years of collected membership cards and scarves, and setup a tent embasy on Glenferrie oval where I will spend the rest of my life living in silent protest.

Starvation or with a supply of 4n20s???

 

[Hodgey 15]

The Clarko vid has just confirmed even more that Clarko is an absolute legend.
We are in good hands folks.

 

[Harper_Hawk]

No doubt Clarko spoke very well.

One thing kept nagging me was that this piece of the jigsaw wasn't fitting perfectly with with what Graham Wright's was saying.

GW has said how unhappy he was to lose Lewis and would maybe have done things differently if he had his time again.

I have no issue with letting these players go but am miffed and the massive unders we accepted, particularly for Lewis.

..you could read between the lines.. may have offered a 2 year deal...(no way Hawks were going to give him 3 which I think is correct)..or negotiated better to get something better in return..?

 

[macdaddio]

The Clarko vid has just confirmed even more that Clarko is an absolute legend.
We are in good hands folks.

Yup and what about Fevs little story on his take on it

 

[S Lawrence]

Wow, I was going to select starvation, but those 4n20s sound pretty sweet!

 

[grumbleguts]

Not to be personal but to ask a genuine question on this point.

Why do you expect it's all a one-way street from player to club? We demand that in order to play for Hawthorn a player must accept less money and accept shorter contracts than that player could secure elsewhere. And you (along with many others) argue that when a player's time is up (either because he can't make the grade or is unwilling to make the sacrifice) that the club should then hold the player hostage to a "good" deal for the club, be damned what the deal means for the player?

We've built a phenomenal, winning culture where players are not selfish. Where they give 100% and never quit playing, even when they know they can't win the match. That so rarely hang their heads when a mistake is made, instead doubling their efforts and playing even harder.

All that is built on a cultural contract. Hawthorn has been living this contract for years and look at the dividends. And when it comes time to pay a little in the form of low draft picks you complain? How will champion players like Gunston who just re-upped on an unders contract behave if they feel the club won't deliver on its end if the bargain?

It just doesn't seem right to me that we think the club doesn't have a responsibility in this championship bargain.

Brilliant post.

I get what you were doing with your other posts on this topic, but their general demeanour came across as rants. This is spot on and deserves to be read again and again.

 

[Tyrone Time]

Well done the Gold Coast Cuns as Huddo would call them. All you are doing this trade period is ensure no other ****er will want to join you in the future.
Keep digging the heals in and keep being dicks. And when you lose Ablett next year and gain nobody under FA, think of the Judean People's Front and their crack suicide squad during this trade period. "That showed em". Rocket you deadset Richard Hadlee!

 

[LunchboxLegend]

Yes but he cant dictate terms like $$ and length of contract. So there isn't anything like that deterring Essendon, GWS, GC, Fremantle, Brisbane, Port or Carlton/Richmond (if they still have their picks after trades) from taking him except his health

Yes, he can. He can set his $$$.

 

[econodog]

Yup and what about Fevs little story on his take on it

What did he say?

 

[Flag08]

If this is sarcasm I still don't get where the punchlines are....

No need to continually highlight your ignorance. Let it go mate.

 

[butlers hawks]

Yes, he can. He can set his $$$.

In National Draft? Thought that was only PSD

 

[burger09]

Yup and what about Fevs little story on his take on it

Calling fev a 'moron' is overselling his intelligence.

He has no understanding of anything above grade 4 level.

 

[Mrzohs]

So why send them off this year for picks 234 and 312 when we could've had their services and THEN had the war chest and the compo picks.

although i disagree with the way of the departure! its pretty simple...

first the trades where done out of good faith so they could prolong there career not about currency,

secondly you cant retire 5 STARS ALL NEXT SEASON ..hodge burgoyne gibbo lewis mitchall.
we are getting 2 mids this yr so we trade the 2 mids out of that group.
next yr we will lose burgoyne hodge for nothing simple

 

[Alsmypal]

No need to continually highlight your ignorance. Let it go mate.

And there's that humour again....

 

[Alsmypal]

After what pick do points run out?

 

[Blaze Storm]

It's a bit like people talking about their PROSTATE exam.They often put too much emphasis on the r's.

If you're getting a prostrate exam, the doctor should have used less force.

 

[MadDawg]

..you could read between the lines.. may have offered a 2 year deal...(no way Hawks were going to give him 3 which I think is correct)..or negotiated better to get something better in return..?

I'm not sure what you're saying here

 

[macdaddio]

What did he say?

Lewis cracked as he thought he would be captain.. the usually things that's been said the whole time

 

[bradburygold]

74

 

[OnceKicked50]

Just watched the interview from Clarko. Boy to I feel proud to barrack for this amazing club. Class is everywhere on and off the field at HFC.

If anyone is still upset, think of this as just another example of HFC setting the standard. Geelong forced all of their legends out, Kelly, Johnson, Chapman and *Bartel. Geelong have still yet to even tell Bartel if he is required...

 

[Seagull Supremacy]

Just watched the interview from Clarko. Boy to I feel proud to barrack for this amazing club. Class is everywhere on and off the field at HFC.

If anyone is still upset, think of this as just another example of HFC setting the standard. Geelong forced all of their legends out, Kelly, Johnson, Chapman and *Bartel. Geelong have still yet to even tell Bartel if he is required...

What the dickhead media don't get, and never will...as they continue to cream themselves silly over Geelong...

 

[Arrogant Frog]

Just reported on Fox Footy Trade Show that we have offered pick 10 and pick 48 for Jaegar, which has been rejected.

According to Jake Niall, it's at a stalemate and mediation is becoming a real possibility as no player wants to go there.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

Just reported on Fox Footy Trade Show that we have offered pick 10 and pick 48 for Jaegar, which has been rejected.

According to Jake Niall, it's at a stalemate and mediation is becoming a real possibility as no player wants to go there.

Why is mediation presented as this big threat? It should have happened 3 days ago.

Well done GC you tossers.

 

[macdaddio]

Just reported on Fox Footy Trade Show that we have offered pick 10 and pick 48 for Jaegar, which has been rejected.

According to Jake Niall, it's at a stalemate and mediation is becoming a real possibility as no player wants to go there.

What a bunch of selfish unprofessional rejects..!!
Is there any chance JOM can take legal action if he doesn't make it to us

 

[whiteTiga2k]

So no new updates regarding omeara?