News Welcome to Hawthorn Jon Patton : Retired

[Slick]

Well done Wrighty and co. Stick the General in the square and let him go to work

 

[MrPremiership]

A #1 draft pick named "The General"?

The last one went ok

 

[HawksILove]

Well done Hawks.
Can't wait to see Patton in the Brown and Gold in 2020

 

[MrPremiership]

#2

 

[LRobbo]

Watch the AFL world collectively meltdown when big Jonny is rag dolling blokes on the big stage of Easter Monday or Collingwood on a Friday at the G.
‘How did they get him so cheaply’ blah blah

 

[Millsie69]

Dibs on new avatar

 

[cryptor]

Just having him stationed in the goal square is going to completely improve the dynamic of our forward line. All our forwards will benefit from his presence. Very excited to see the new look line up in 2020.

 

[Glenhope]

How many knee recos?

 

[MrPremiership]

How many knee recos?

3

 

[Manila_Hawk]

I'm very keen to hear the pre-season reports from The_Axeman this year.

Could be boom, bust or somewhere in between.

The optimistic me is looking forward to Jon Patton and Mitch Lewis in 2020.

Just imagine if the Hawk's runners were sprinting forward and kicking long bombs to the top of the square....
.... and we were happy about it....

 

[A Cut Above]

*sigh*

unzips














.........no no I just mean he's a great list manager!

 

[Simon Crawshay]

I'm very keen to hear the pre-season reports from The_Axeman this year.

Could be boom, bust or somewhere in between.

The optimistic me is looking forward to Jon Patton and Mitch Lewis in 2020.

Just imagine if the Hawk's runners were sprinting forward and kicking long bombs to the top of the square....
.... and we were happy about it....

It will make a nice change from the previous 3 years of bombing it long to a 5 foot 9 Poppy!

For some reason that strategy was never a sucess......

 

[Gene Simmons]

Can't wait to see Patton in 2020!

Really curious to see how our forward line functions with Patton, Lewis & TOB... Hoping we don't see them all standing across half back with an open forward line with Poppy against 3 defenders

 

[Todman]

If we get 100 games out of him then it's father-son.

 

[kazzooka]

I'm very keen to hear the pre-season reports from The_Axeman this year.

Could be boom, bust or somewhere in between.

The optimistic me is looking forward to Jon Patton and Mitch Lewis in 2020.

Just imagine if the Hawk's runners were sprinting forward and kicking long bombs to the top of the square....
.... and we were happy about it....

I say it every year, the wait from grand final to trade period is tough, the excitement of who we can pick up...then the long wait for an Axeman training report is unbearable. why can't the trade period be the day after the grand final and round 1 be on october 1st.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

That is a GREAT photo of GW.

It's all in the eyes...

He's just spotted another deal in the corner of the room

 

[Hodgey 15]

Welcome Patto to the best club ever.

 

[beta_condition]

When you've been easy to deal with and haven't burnt bridges you get bargains like this, please don't take note Dodo and BellEnd

 

[Bingle_21]

Needs a new nickname does Big Bad Jon....

Jon "the Rat" Patton.

Give him #44 and a long curly wig

 

[Platten44]

Jon "the Rat" Patton.

Give him #44 and a long curly wig

Yes please!

 

[HawthornHawk]

Hopefully the club medicos will help strengthen his knees and losing weight puts less stress on them. Reported he has already lost 9kg.

Always thought Patton was playing too heavy even before the first knee

 

[bumsonseats]

Good result for player and both clubs. Although this looks like a steal it is a win/win because GWS achieves its goal of clearing space for the salary cap which they did successfully last year too. That way they get to hang on to their tier 1 players like Coniglio and (most likely) Whitfield. They certainly have tightened their strategy after losing some good players a few years ago by being more flexible (realistic) and a bit bolder. Something the folks at Tullamarine can learn from.

Patton is going to straighten the team up quite a bit given we have struggled with F50 entries and converting for the past couple of years. Missing out on Coniglio isn't as bad as it may have seemed now and we go into the draft with a pretty strong hand......unless, of course, Wright and Clarkson pull out another Wingard deal on the wire. Who knows.

No need to change our current game plan then.....bomb it long into the fwd line

 

[Jason Dunstall]

This was a bit left field, had anyone heard any rumours before hand?

 

[bumsonseats]

Dibs on new avatar

Put a stripped long sleeve shirt, a hat and a blade glove on him and call him Freddy

 

[mainehawk]

do we have to put him through the Hawthorn cryogenic chamber?