Ted Lasso

works at the club, he told me Dom Tyson was in talks for a new 3 year deal about 3 months ago @Lucifer's Hero and others will confirm i was well ahead of time with that, he found out because the Hawks made a call. same guy has just told me this.

Was just told by a source who has multiple connections inside Hawthorn said to me the only party against this move is the Hawks board who are concerned about the supporter/media backlash of losing two legends for virtually nothing in one trade period. it's 99.9% going to happen, he's already requested a trade.

Brian Taylor: " Lewis is 100% gone from Hawthorn" Mark Stevens: "Door not only ajar, but wide open.... massive chance for fresh trade request"

I suspect we'd need to upgrade later picks or something as well but word is they want a big bodied inside mid which is why they chased and ultimately missed out on Koby Stevens

Interestingly one of the teams i've heard is keen is the Bombers so perhaps there is more to play out there regarding Hibberd.

ball is in the Hawks court, ramps up the pressure on them to do a deal.

Also Hodge, Gibson, Burgoyne and so on watching guys they've been through a lot with getting treated quite poorly would be really dissapointing for them, obviously a lot of this is assumption though, would be very interesting to be inside the inner sanctum to really know how this is all playing out.

Yup, but i strongly suspect Pickering and Lewis are leaking quite a lot of this to put pressure on the club, clearly there is quite a lot of bad blood starting to emerge which is a shame when you consider Lewis is nothing short of a Hawthorn legend.

pure desperation.

Pressure definitely building on them to perform a second backflip, not sure you can keep a player who doesn't want to be there.

Huge risk from the Hawks if they get a couple of injuries and drop off Freo style and misss out on say a pick 5-6

1. No, the Suns want pick 6 straight up, the Tigers want Dion and a pick in the 20's for pick 6 and aren't budging. i think eventually it will get done for pick 6 and maybe a later pick. our offer was well below theirs so he'll be desperate for that deal to get done

Any idea what gets the deal done GNF? will the Hawks budge if he requests a trade officially?

Says it all really doesn't it.

Christain Petracca for Lewis, Rioli, McEvoy, Birchall, Bruest and all their first rounders for the next 14 years hahahahahahaha this page is nearly as bad as the Whisperer Hawthorn chased Christian hard before he re-signed and he knocked them back

On a negative ish note i've heard there has been some interest in Aaron VandenBerg

Now is the time when Lewis and his management team leak to the media to put the pressure on the Hawks, make them look bad so they agree to trade him.

I doubt he's going to the Suns, probably just doesn't want media on his door step.

This is a huge PR battle we've won and the Hawks have lost either way suddenly Melbourne is a "Destination club" Hawthorn is publicly under the microscope for disrespecting and pushing it's most loyal veterans out the door in order to bring in a player on massive overs with an injury history. reckon Hodge, Gibson and Burgoyne would be nervous now.

Yes, but i think Vince is falling down the order of our mids a bit, he's still good enough to be very dangerous on the outside and a long way off falling out of the best 22, but geez he's handy as a 4-5th midfielder

Just imagine the benefits to Nathan Jones captaincy and our leadership across the board, lewis would just offer so much on so many levels, the on field leader/coach we've desperately lacked.

very interesting times, if Pickering or Lewis declares his intentions publicly it will seriously ramp up the pressure on the Hawks and make Wright look like a world class [censored]

But if he 100% wants to leave and the Hawks 100% refuse to deal we might have to pay overs

Is it to much to offer pick 47 for Lewis?

The most obvious part of this is the lack of talk from Lewis or his manager, if he wasn't keen on a move he'd simply say that's the case and end the speculation