2 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees to grab pick 21 off the Lions but offering pick 30 and either Dunn, Dawes, JKH or even  Spencer (can grab 1-2 rucks in the draft).

Lewis for pick 21 is fair ... a steal but the Hawks need to deal now.

Hibberd for MFC 2nd round pick in 2017 draft.  

Gets us Lewis, Hibberd and keeps 2017 1st rounder.

Massive overs.

Refer Mitchell deal.

 

3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees to grab pick 21 off the Lions but offering pick 30 and either Dunn, Dawes, JKH or even  Spencer (can grab 1-2 rucks in the draft).

Lewis for pick 21 is fair ... a steal but the Hawks need to deal now.

Hibberd for MFC 2nd round pick in 2017 draft.  

Gets us Lewis, Hibberd and keeps 2017 1st rounder.

HE'S NEARLY 31 FFS. 

The idea of a quality pick for 2 years of a guys career is bananas. 

Sam Mitchell - captain, 5 time B+F, All Australian, Brownlow winner - pick 81. Come on.

6 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees to grab pick 21 off the Lions but offering pick 30 and either Dunn, Dawes, JKH or even  Spencer (can grab 1-2 rucks in the draft).

Lewis for pick 21 is fair ... a steal but the Hawks need to deal now.

Hibberd for MFC 2nd round pick in 2017 draft.  

Gets us Lewis, Hibberd and keeps 2017 1st rounder.

i just vomited in my mouth a little.... 

Yuk

No offence.

 

1 minute ago, DeeSpencer said:

HE'S NEARLY 31 FFS. 

The idea of a quality pick for 2 years of a guys career is bananas. 

Sam Mitchell - captain, 5 time B+F, All Australian, Brownlow winner - pick 81. Come on.

Youre dreaming mate.

Hawks moving mitchell on was for salary cap space. For them to let Lewis go they'll want a good deal. Unfortunately if the lewis deal was done first we could have gotten a bargain, but i fear that the hawks have the cards now - their board doesnt want to loose both players so we'd have to do a good deal to make it happen now

9 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees to grab pick 21 off the Lions but offering pick 30 and either Dunn, Dawes, JKH or even  Spencer (can grab 1-2 rucks in the draft).

Lewis for pick 21 is fair ... a steal but the Hawks need to deal now.

Hibberd for MFC 2nd round pick in 2017 draft.  

Gets us Lewis, Hibberd and keeps 2017 1st rounder.

Ummm. I'm speechless at that trade scenario. Just Wow. Surely trolling.

Edited October 14, 20168 yr by Scooter
Stupid keyboard

If they told Lewis that they might get rid of him and he only had a year left - then that is not a player I would give - nor they expect - Pick 21 for.

Happy to get him - it would be great but the club is not going to give up anything of value.

9 hours ago, Chris said:

One thing I am happy about with this potential trade is that once again we didn't leak. There were clearly talks yet not one word from the club until the leak came from the Hawks.

Makes me wonder what else we are up to that we have no idea about!

Indeed   

There are a few here who keep whining that they have heard nothing from the club Don't think we did last year before our round 1 coups  

2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

We've all been here before.

We had to learn how to get over our hatred of Gary Moorcroft during his memorable 4 game stint at the club, circa 2003.

Not all of us   Never thought that he offered us anything, and for once I was right  

2 hours ago, Grand New Flag said:

There is a agreed trade should Jordan walk to us.  We are not paying overs. 

Yep. Ryan Ferguson coming out of retirement just to do the trade he could have (?) 15 years ago?

SEN reporting that because if the statement by Mfc, the deal more likely to go ahead than not..

1 minute ago, DemonWA said:

Youre dreaming mate.

Hawks moving mitchell on was for salary cap space. For them to let Lewis go they'll want a good deal. Unfortunately if the lewis deal was done first we could have gotten a bargain, but i fear that the hawks have the cards now - their board doesnt want to loose both players so we'd have to do a good deal to make it happen now

This is rubbish. The Hawks have told Lewis he won't be contracted past next season. That tells me the Hawks value him a one season player. Why would we give up a pick of any value for a player wth one year left? We hold all the cards here including the player wanting to come here. Hawthorn have just allowed their b&f winner to move to the Eagles for free almost, this situation is hardly any different. How could the Hawks treat Mitchell differently to Lewis? This is a PR nightmare for them if they don't agree to let Lewis leave & would show blatant disrespect to a 4 time premiership player. 

Brian Taylor: " Lewis is 100% gone from Hawthorn"

Mark Stevens: "Door not only ajar, but wide open.... massive chance for fresh trade request"

Just now, Stretch Johnson said:

And they can't very well enforce a contract that they initially were trying to back out of.

The hawks hold no cards.  If Lewis wants to go he goes.  Any pick traded for him will be 4th round plus

I would be happy to pay a third rounder, but im a drunk internet idiot with no professional reputation to uphold.

I like your idea better.

 

Hated him in those [censored] colours but would embrace him in the red and blue.

6 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees to grab pick 21 off the Lions but offering pick 30 and either Dunn, Dawes, JKH or even  Spencer (can grab 1-2 rucks in the draft).

Lewis for pick 21 is fair ... a steal but the Hawks need to deal now.

Hibberd for MFC 2nd round pick in 2017 draft.  

Gets us Lewis, Hibberd and keeps 2017 1st rounder.

21 for Lewis - jesus, stick to your day job pal

2 minutes ago, ding said:

I would be happy to pay a third rounder, but im a drunk internet idiot with no professional reputation to uphold.

I like your idea better.

 

Welcome to Demonland,  slobbo 

10 minutes ago, rpfc said:

If they told Lewis that they might get rid of him and he only had a year left - then that is not a player I would give - nor they expect - Pick 21 for.

Happy to get him - it would be great but the club is not going to give up anything of value.

And they can't very well enforce a contract that they initially were trying to back out of.

The hawks hold no cards.  If Lewis wants to go he goes.  Any pick traded for him will be 4th round plus

Just saying -  I would bloody love Jordan Lewis to come to Dees -  he maybe on his last legs but he's still leadership and footy smarts personified -  someone you'd always want in the trenches.

5 minutes ago, Canplay said:

21 for Lewis - jesus, stick to your day job pal

That's no way to speak to Jason T!!!!

Hawthorn were 18th for contested possessions 

Lewis was their  No. 1 contested ball winner

Mitchell was their No. 2 contested ball winner

Now I know that the Hawks don't rely on contested possessions as much as other teams and they are getting the Sydney Mitchell but it isn't too difficult to envisage a scenario where they Freo like fall off the twig next year and then go into next years draft without a first round pick as they just gave that to the Saints

That would be a shame

The jungle drums are beating.

Jordan Lewis in a Dees jumper will be bloody hard to get my head around. It would be akin to Jack Watts shaving his head, getting a sleeve tatt and wearing a Collingwood jumper. Just... weird. I'm all for it though if he comes cheap.

Some dude actually reported this on here several days before the media caught wind of it. It was in the Trade Whispers thread and was considered so ludicrous that it barely got a reply. Can't be bothered sifting through all the pages to find it, but that poster has serious credits in the bank now.

After we land Lewis, I'd be getting in Jaeger's ear.  Ask him if he wants to play in a hawthorn midfield less Mitchell and Lewis, for a club in disarray, or come and play with Lewis in a midfield ready to challenge.  

Next year's first round with a 2nd rounder this year or next, or maybe an ANB type, wouldn't be far off making it happen. How good would it be to screw the Hawks like that...

Lewis is 30. 4 time premiership player. 

Runner up in Hawks b&f. 

Most contested possessions for Hawks 2015 & 2016.

Jordan Lewis has 4 years good footy left.

Sam Mitchell deal was a sweetheart deal for a 34yo with 12 mths left. 

Dees to get the Hawks interested again. They will want to keep Lewis.

4 hours ago, Demon Jack said:

Never thought I'd ever say this, but gee Hawthorn have handled this badly.

I'll say it again. This all happened after the little man's minder got the Brisbane job. It's going to be fun watching Clarko implode over the next few years. And I don't mind being smug about it.

4 hours ago, SaberFang said:

Not a word from Melbourne either, interestingly. The only camp commenting is Hawthorn.

If I was working at the MFC FD, I'd be staying tight-lipped until the deal is done, so as nothing can blow back in our face if a deal doesn't go down.

3 hours ago, Fifty-5 said:

Hawks without S.Mitchell and probably Lewis.  No Roughead back.  Hodge, Burgoyne and Gibson another year older.  They miss the eight for me.

Agreed. And O'Meara struggles to get on the park.

28 minutes ago, Canplay said:

21 for Lewis - jesus, stick to your day job pal

If we obtained 21 by offloading Dunn, Garland, Dawes, ANB etc and on traded it for Lewis we'd come out massive winners.

10 minutes ago, Sylvia Saint said:

The jungle drums are beating.

Jordan Lewis in a Dees jumper will be bloody hard to get my head around. It would be akin to Jack Watts shaving his head, getting a sleeve tatt and wearing a Collingwood jumper. Just... weird. I'm all for it though if he comes cheap.

Some dude actually reported this on here several days before the media caught wind of it. It was in the Trade Whispers thread and was considered so ludicrous that it barely got a reply. Can't be bothered sifting through all the pages to find it, but that poster has serious credits in the bank now.

You will find the rumour was floating for a couple of days but some considered it too ludicrous to spread, shows the "whole game" has changed