Unofficial Preview 2025 Hawk's Hypothetical Trade Discussion...now with added DFA spitballing!

[Strapping Young Lad]

This thread is becoming increasingly popular, and to keep some sort of order, we will have some….

Rules of engagement:

1. Bring valid news or links to Twitter posts from notable sources. Don’t post screenshots or “some bloke just said on SEN” or what some “trade whisperer” has posted on a Facebook page.

2. Ignore what other team boards are putting up as trade offers. Don’t quote or bring them here either.

3. Don’t post “buckle up” for the lols.

4. If you can’t say anything nice about Worpel or CJ, don’t say anything at all. The continued slaps and backhanders are just going to be deleted.

 

[Billyc]

This is what happens when you try to negotiate with an insecure, immature and incompetent opponent. They would rather kamikaze than allow another party to get what they want to.

They are an absolute disaster of a club, and have learnt nothing from 25 years of failure, repeating the same mistakes over and over.

From Hawks perspective over, it’s a shit outcome obviously. The list weakened and we picked the wrong target due to Essendon being a joke of an organisation.

Feel sorry for Merrett who will ask to leave again in 12 months

 

[GinniAndTonic]

I hope that club ****ing burns

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Whats upsetting is the opportunities that we potentially overlooked by putting all our eggs in the Merrett basket.

Hopefully Hustwaite wins the brownlow in 2026

Gold Coast held firm on Humphrey despite us trying and Petracca wasn’t affordable based on his terms. Nothing else to be done.

 

[StackedHunch]

See you all for draft days!!

 

[Rioli2Gunstall]

Would have been nice to get Zach but the bombers wanting 4 firsts and a 2nd is just taking the piss, hawks should have never dealt with them and gone after someone else.

 

[Jethro!]

We need players to truly contend next year. We lost Worpel and added no one.

2007 we cleared out a lot of blokes and backed in others. Hopefully the boys lift to the challenge.

 

[Agent Smith]

We've made the cardinal sin of trying to engage with * in trade week, a club that won't even acknowledge our trade proposal, but it's not too late. We apologise to Zach and present a similar offer to GCS for Humphrey and suggest to them if they don't wanna play ball then we're going all in on Trac. Meantime, * can pat themselves on the back for winning trade week, just like they did when they refused to trade Daniher.

Sometimes I hate being right.

 

[Hodgey 15]

Poor ZM.
Has to front up to preseason for a club he doesn't like or have anything to do with.

 

[Slaatybaadfaast]

Probably not a great reason to play a guy who is currently player 30-35 on our list.

He’d want to have had a stellar pre-season and earnt his spot.

Right. Got that. Thanks mate

 

[dixyland]

EAD Essenscum enjoy your mediocrity.

Sorry, Zach, we tried, even Trumpy couldn't get that hostage out.

He's even more useless than Essendon

 

[JohnWembley]

We actually got worse

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Agree can’t see it any other way now

We have 10 and 22 in the AFL draft, it will be all okay!

Back to internal improvement, DFA and drafts!

Bombers will be heading towards the wooden spoon and the Hawks aiming for top 4.

 

[StackedHunch]

I hope that club ****ing burns

Funny thing is, there's a poster on there who said he hopes Hawthorn comes back with a better offer next year.

But, most of their posters have a brain, and the consensus is they cut off their nose to spite their face.

 

[Glacier]

What a shambles

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Essendon fans are bowing down to the new dictator in Welsh like they used to in Dodo...

Both getting praised for simply doing nothing... It is a high bar at Essendon

 

[Blackhawk42]

For anyone spinning this as a positive, it's basically turned us from being second favourite for the flag, to around the 4-8 mark.

We made our midfield WORSE this trade period.

Happy to hold onto a high draft pick, but it means nothing for the next 12 months.

 

[GinniAndTonic]

Funny thing is, there's a poster on there who said he hopes Hawthorn comes back with a better offer next year.

But, most of their posters have a brain, and the consensus is they cut off their nose to spite their face.

Yeah bunch of **** wits like the people running the club

 

[Dewnior]

Can almost guarantee that * take greaves in the draft

They want Duursma, and will probably come ask us for our picks

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

We actually got worse

We will be okay 100%

 

[Bardo State]

Now lost CJ, Worpel, Serong without additions. Going to need a lot of growth from within the list.

 

[hawkmang]

What a terrible trade period for us

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

They want Duursma, and will probably come ask us for our picks

They can kiss our brown and gold butt!

 

[Birdofprey]

You’re kidding - they didn’t do the deal for a 30 year old that wants out? Unbelievable.

 

[Hawkas1988]

We will be fine.

I feel so sorry for Zach though. Must be absolutely shattered. What a terribly run club they are.

 

[Manila_Hawk]

At least Zach Merrett can see that we gave it everything.

I really hope that he:
1. Goes public with his anger
2. Refuses to train or play next year