2026 Trade / FA Thread

[Apex36]

Maybe a sign they think the Condon chase is over

I’d say it’s more likely Parker is in line for an upgrade

 

[35Daicos]

Possibly. Or .. has parker done his 3 years? Maybe he would need promotion.

Yes, it's his 3rd year, and he will need to go onto our Primary List (at the end of the year).

 

[No SPIN]

Rowell is eligible for UFA status in 2029.

He’ll be so banged up by then that his best will be truly behind him. Sadly, you can’t play the game as physically as he does without attrition and decline

 

[No SPIN]

Said this last year on the forum after speaking to a very close family member of his.

At that stage, he only had serious approaches from western bulldogs and Geelong.

We had not even made an approach.

Unfortunately, like Lynch and Cameron, we are again late to the party.

- Considering we are the biggest club in the league, and have one of the biggest player managers in the country taking care of our affairs, seems like we are again all over the shop with our approach.

Annoying.

You’re offering 12 month old information and lamenting it as if it still applies.

We may well have approached Butters and others since.

 

[Ted Parker]

I'll be interested to see how JRiccardi plays tmrw night, one I'd be happy to see in B&W in 2027.

 

[Go Woods]

I know this has been done to death but please remind me if we could of still kept our pick 3 and taken Callaghan as well as Nick back in the 2021 draft.

 

[TradeDraft]

I know this has been done to death but please remind me if we could have still kept our pick 3 and taken Callaghan as well as Nick back in the 2021 draft.

We should have and not Traded for Pick 29 and 30

 

[Go Woods]

We should have and not Traded for Pick 29 and 30

Ok, rocks in our head....
I thought the Naicos pick would have absorbed pick 3, points wise and thats why we traded it for the two lower picks.
Anyway thats history now.

 

[TradeDraft]

Ok, rocks in our head....
I thought the Naicos pick would have absorbed pick 3, points wise and thats why we traded it for the two lower picks.
Anyway thats history now.

That Scenario it probably would have but did not go until Pick 4

 

[footballsack35]

There is a lot of talk about the lack of key forwards but what about the lack of key backs. With no moore next week we are just going to have to sweat it out like we did against crom and saints. Yes, we do have cochran and reef but neither of them have proven themselves yet. Both are decently undersised for a real key back aswell. We should try and poach one in the offseason

 

[soreplums]

There is a lot of talk about the lack of key forwards but what about the lack of key backs. With no moore next week we are just going to have to sweat it out like we did against crom and saints. Yes, we do have cochran and reef but neither of them have proven themselves yet. Both are decently undersised for a real key back aswell. We should try and poach one in the offseason

Did Moore get injured again?

 

[Doc1763]

Did Moore get injured again?

apparently, he is aware he has a hamstring

 

[soreplums]

apparently, he is aware he has a hamstring

Such a clever footballer

 

[sr36]

He’ll be so banged up by then that his best will be truly behind him. Sadly, you can’t play the game as physically as he does without attrition and decline

You'd written Zak Butters off last year. Meanwhile, Libba is still playing outstanding footy.

 

[No SPIN]

You'd written Zak Butters off last year. Meanwhile, Libba is still playing outstanding footy.

Look at Hannebery, banged when he went to the saints and didn’t play much there. Cripps is half the player he was, Walsh can’t play a full season, Prestias body is shot. There are many examples of elite mids who’s early heavy loads shorten their careers or impact later performance. I don’t believe my point is particularly controversial.

 

[gouki88]

Look at Hannebery, banged when he went to the saints and didn’t play much there. Cripps is half the player he was, Walsh can’t play a full season, Prestias body is shot. There are many examples of elite mids who’s early heavy loads shorten their careers or impact later performance. I don’t believe my point is particularly controversial.

And there are plenty of cases which undermine your point. To speak so definitively about a player is odd

 

[No SPIN]

And there are plenty of cases which undermine your point. To speak so definitively about a player is odd

Simply offered a counter argument based on facts- to think players doing heavy grunt work don’t suffer attrition in performance in later parts of their career is hardly controversial.

 

[sr36]

Simply offered a counter argument based on facts- to think players doing heavy grunt work don’t suffer attrition in performance in later parts of their career is hardly controversial.

Your facts were some blokes who've had some injuries. A couple of them not crash and bash inside mids. One who has just signed a really long deal a couple of weeks ago and another who won a Brownlow after the age you confidently asserted Rowell would be cooked.

Rowell is one of the elite mids of the comp. The current trend is that they're still guns into their thirties - whether they crash in like Selwood and Dangerfield or cruise around like our two veterans.

 

[No SPIN]

Your facts were some blokes who've had some injuries. A couple of them not crash and bash inside mids. One who has just signed a really long deal a couple of weeks ago and another who won a Brownlow after the age you confidently asserted Rowell would be cooked.

Rowell is one of the elite mids of the comp. The current trend is that they're still guns into their thirties - whether they crash in like Selwood and Dangerfield or cruise around like our two veterans.

The fact that all my list are not crash and bash actually adds to my point not detracts from it.
Carl wasting money on a long deal for Walsh is folly - not an endorsement that he is the player he was before the back surgery.
Yes elite mids eg Pendles , Selwood can contribute late in their careers but that’s because of elite Footy IQ rather than maintenance of peak physical performance.

 

[Robroy22]

Totally off topic here but if Kaneo Cornes is suggesting that the Hawks should shelve the Zac Merrett theme and switch their efforts instead towards Toby Greene

4

Toby Greene

Age

32

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

for two years....why wouldn't we also look that way?
Greene is a wonderful footballer and would take a lot of pressure off Jamie Elliott if they played in the same team. And he fits our age profile!

 

[sr36]

Totally off topic here but if Kaneo Cornes is suggesting that the Hawks should shelve the Zac Merrett theme and switch their efforts instead towards Toby Greene for two years....why wouldn't we also look that way?
Greene is a wonderful footballer and would take a lot of pressure off Jamie Elliott if they played in the same team. And he fits our age profile!

I don't think it fits our model. His salary would be too high. I think we're using salary cap to get/keep blokes with 6 years ahead of them eg Perryman and the other blokes you hear about us chasing. Whereas we're looking to underpay the blokes with a couple of years left - ala losing Checkers and Elliott being such a late signing. Late career blokes we add are likely to be like Titch and Membrey - list needs who are unwanted at their club and don't cost a big salary. He'd be excellent though.

 

[gouki88]

I don't think it fits our model. His salary would be too high. I think we're using salary cap to get/keep blokes with 6 years ahead of them eg Perryman and the other blokes you hear about us chasing. Whereas we're looking to underpay the blokes with a couple of years left - ala losing Checkers and Elliott being such a late signing. Late career blokes we add are likely to be like Titch and Membrey - list needs who are unwanted at their club and don't cost a big salary. He'd be excellent though.

Agreed - if he was ever going to join it would have been best at the time of his last extension (2021?). He’s a gun, and he’d immediately become by far the most hated player in the comp if he joined which would be fun. But seems unlikely as we seem to be pushing for younger FAs

 

[Vankri]

Big no to Greene. Not because he’s a f-wit though sure that may taint my judgement but mostly because he has lost a yard of pace (and he didn’t have many to begin with) and is relying on his static decision making and snaps. Does not fill a need for us.

It’s clear we need to go to younger recruits if we’re serious about the future of our list (the likes of Humphrey Gruzewski for me) and focus on pace and dynamism, but if we are to bring some oldies I’d rather do that on the defensive side say a Vlastuin.

 

[TradeDraft]

There is a lot of talk about the lack of key forwards but what about the lack of key backs. With no moore next week we are just going to have to sweat it out like we did against crom and saints. Yes, we do have cochran and reef but neither of them have proven themselves yet. Both are decently undersised for a real key back aswell. We should try and poach one in the offseason

Well we had McCarthy/West/Buller all playing in the VFL

Not much down back even had to play Teakle down back for some weird Reason

 

[TradeDraft]

Big no to Greene. Not because he’s a f-wit though sure that may taint my judgement but mostly because he has lost a yard of pace (and he didn’t have many to begin with) and is relying on his static decision making and snaps. Does not fill a need for us.

It’s clear we need to go to younger recruits if we’re serious about the future of our list (the likes of Humphrey Gruzewski for me) and focus on pace and dynamism, but if we are to bring some oldies I’d rather do that on the defensive side say a Vlastuin.

and we have Hill/Sexina/Harrison/Hayes that play Simmlar Role/Postion