In fairness he was asked about all those players and didn't bring them up. Having said that I have no doubt that Tomlinson and Langdon will be Dees next week. Elliott I'm not so convinced. Think he'll end up caving and staying with the Pies.
Not that it's any indication of Best and Fairest result but he was Top 5 in Brownlow votes.
23 - Brodie Grundy
18 - Adam Treloar
14 - Scott Pendlebury
7 - Steele Sidebottom
5 - Jamie Elliott
4 - Jordan De Goey
4 - Brodie Mihocek
2 - Dayne Beams
1 - Jack Crisp
1 - Brayden Maynard
1 - Darcy Moore
1 - Jaidyn Stephenson
Hawthorn now claiming they never spoke with Elliott.
“I heard us linked with Jamie Elliott but we haven’t spoken to him and his management,” he told hawthornfc.com.au’s trade podcast.
“Rumours go all over the place at this time of year and you can’t control it and if you try to answer them all it becomes a nightmare as well.”
He sounded guarded or even cagey about that answer almost like he was going to say "We're not going to discuss potential contracts on the air" and then just muttered the answer out anyway.
My gut feel re: the 3 year deal is that it is 3 years plus option for 4th.
I still think we're the pawn in trying to get a longer contract at the Pies, which I'm fine with as that's what I would do in his situation. If Collingwood can't or don't blink he might take the Demons up on the offer but it's certainly not his preference.
Do we have any further information as to why the Hawks pulled out.
Possible reasons:
Told by Elliott & Co. that they are not in the running (Between Pies & Dees)
Know he will re-sign with Pies
No longer want him for <insert reason here>
Can't afford him with <insert player names here> potentially coming into the team