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    Rumour Sam Wick's - Teammates ex

    From my sources at the club - he has form in this area with players' exes/girls they're pursuing/sisters, and doesn't sound like a particularly well-liked guy in the locker room. Not doing himself any favours for a guy far from locked into the 22.
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    Training Pre-Season 2024 - they're back

    Hope you guys don't mind the post - I get down to Giants training pretty regularly (for work, might even hear my voice a couple of times in one of those videos up there). Pretty much the entire senior playing group barring a couple of players were back today - weren't meant to be back until...
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    Strategy Trade and List management Thread Part 6 (opposition supporters - READ posting rules before posting)

    Hope you guys don't mind the intrusion. Bramble is a bit of an odd one - looked fantastic when we first picked him up, he was seriously difficult to catch and had plenty of agility. Got injured in 2022 (I think) and just seemed to lose that top end speed a bit. Whenever he came up to AFL...
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    How the AFL lost the battle for Sydney

    As someone who lives in Sydney and is involved directly in the sporting landscape up here - Aussie Rules is definitely growing bigger than many from outside would expect. It isn't front and centre in the headlines like the NRL is (hence the billboard advertisements) and likely won't ever be the...
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    Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn, James Worpel, pick #43 2017 - Peter Crimmins medalist 2019

    Keep it under your hats, but expect a contract announcement today.
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    Players you thought were going to be elite but never got there

    For a good while I thought Colin Garland was going to be a top-tier fullback. I was mistaken.
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    Player Watch 2022 AFL National Draft Discussion - read the pinned post

    Also maybe people should just hold fire - the only account saying they're 'our' 2nd and 3rd is the Hawks twitter, which isn't exactly the definitive source. Might want to wait until there's confirmation from the AFL as to whose picks they are tied to first. If they end up being the Doggies...
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    Player Watch 2022 AFL National Draft Discussion - read the pinned post

    We could very much expect those picks to be eaten up by McCabe next year, so trying to get value for them early for a guaranteed player that we want.
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    Player Watch Welcome to Hawthorn, Tyler Brockman!

    If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say perhaps the club gave him an extended period back home in Perth after the borders opened given it's quite possible he hadn't been back for a year. So he hasn't been in training for 3-4 weeks and needs to build up his fitness. Pure speculation but the timing...
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    Opinion Proposed Time Restrictions for Trades

    If anything, it's the complete opposite. In the Premier League, they have a full day non-stop coverage for deadline day, and have months and months of transfer speculation and signings. The US is even bigger - it's what the AFL is copying in its style.
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    List Mgmt. List Management Discussion for 2021

    Apparently Ceglar's been told to look elsewhere. I'd imagine that means we're confident on getting Lynch.
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    Recommitted Tom Mitchell [contracted and staying at Hawthorn]

    You mean those trades 16 and 20 years ago respectively, right?
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    2021 Trade/Free Agent Targets

    I'm pretty sure Tungatalum was on St Kilda's rookie list 12 years ago or so, only lasted a year. Sure there's a reason behind it, whether it's character or he didn't want to be in Melbourne or whatever the case.
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    Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn, Changkuoth Jiath - 2017 category B rookie

    I think a big bit of improvement defensively has also come from his decision making as to when to go for the ball in the air. Often last year he'd fly at absolutely everything, whether we outnumbered their players or not, and would sometimes mess up and give away goals. You watch him now, he's...
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    Universal Love Hawk's Father Son time capsule

    https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/very-happy-joshua-gibsons-baby-announcement/news-story/91328501c091789528637a3ded5919cd Can add Gibson to the list now.
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