Brian Lake

[Mr.Craig]

I'm not that thrilled about it, but then again I thought the same thing when we got Gibson and that turned out peachy.

[Hawka]

Im very happy :)
Great deal for both clubs

[monstrum]

Josh gibsons scores will benefit huge from thin i think ;)

[Cicjose]

The Hawks gave the Bulldogs their first two selections (currently No. 21 and No. 41)

and the Hawks get the gorilla backman to take on Hawkins they were looking for plus pick 27

win win IMO

[monstrum]

Too right cic

My thoughts as well

[MajorLazer]

I feel that we have really won out of this trade. We only lost 6 draft spots from our first round pick and we now have a bigger backman to help out our defence. I don't care about the age because if all goes well, Shoey will be able to take the reins from Lake when he retires.

[Hawka]

Im gonna go out on a Limb and say the geelong curse should be over next year!

[Cicjose]

i'm going out on a limb and reckon lake will get injured the week before the Hawks play the Cats

[henry]

Yeah I really like the move too, fair to both parties I reckon. Bullies would be equally as happy as they are in a development phase and they get 2 pretty high picks for someone who if they kept next year would have been a free agent next year meaning they would not be in control of what they got for him. We'll only need him for 2 years max imo, and as long as he helps Shoey develop and doesn't do too many stupid things it will have been a good trade.

i'm going out on a limb and reckon lake will get injured the week before the Hawks play the Cats

Well that's a risk obviously drafting someone on the wrong side of 30. We'll beat the Cats without Lake anyway  :P

[JBs-Hawks]

The Hawks gave the Bulldogs their first two selections (currently No. 21 and No. 41)

and the Hawks get the gorilla backman to take on Hawkins they were looking for plus pick 27

win win IMO

Cats will struggle for finals so Hawkins isn't what where afraid of.

Tippett and cloke would be the two he was drafted for

[Cicjose]

Hawkins is the one player who has improved out of sight whilst Hawthorn were struggling for backs since 2008

[JBs-Hawks]

Your point?

[Cicjose]

suggesting that Geelong will slide out of the 8 is premature IMO

i still think they will make the 8 but will depend highly on Hawkins getting more goals of which his 2 favourite clubs over his career are the Hawks and Lions.....

but he certainly hasn't struggled against the Bulldogs either which as a one on one contest has been able to expose Lake

[meow meow]

Lake will do his knee.

[the flying hawk]

good pick up hawks only need him for a couple of years he will free up gibson.