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[The Underdog]

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Really enjoying seeing Ferg out there doing his thing for the Hawks. So glad he got another chance.

[JanLorMill]

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Really enjoying seeing Ferg out there doing his thing for the Hawks. So glad he got another chance.

Come on, we have got Hannan.

[Grantysghost]

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This actually looks funny, Libba is a classic :

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqpdClJh66A/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[ledge]

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Richard Osborne on front bar. God he was a great footballer and bloke .
Has hardly changed and is 60 .
Loved it when he did the famous huge arc , once he got into it he would never miss and sometimes from about 65 metres out . I will never understand why any club let him go. Absolute gun.

[jeemak]

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He kicked a barrel at the Barkley street end one day, from the grandstand flank and I was directly behind it in the pocket at the other end of the ground and it was magic to see it sail through. It was against either Geelong or Melbourne circa 94/95.

Amazing that he managed 283 games, given some of the challenges he had with injuries etc. Absolute freak of a footballer and one who doesn't get the kudos he should given he didn't play for successful teams for the most part.

[KT31]

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Richard Osborne on front bar. God he was a great footballer and bloke .
Has hardly changed and is 60 .
Loved it when he did the famous huge arc , once he got into it he would never miss and sometimes from about 65 metres out . I will never understand why any club let him go. Absolute gun.

When he came over to us, he quickly became one of my favorites, was disappointed when he left.

[ledge]

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When he came over to us, he quickly became one of my favorites, was disappointed when he left.

I think he was a favourite to all fans clubs he played for, had that aura about him. He was actually too nice , never got booed at all when he changed clubs.

[Mofra]

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He kicked a barrel at the Barkley street end one day, from the grandstand flank and I was directly behind it in the pocket at the other end of the ground and it was magic to see it sail through. It was against either Geelong or Melbourne circa 94/95.

Amazing that he managed 283 games, given some of the challenges he had with injuries etc. Absolute freak of a footballer and one who doesn't get the kudos he should given he didn't play for successful teams for the most part.

I think that was right in front of me, I swear it was from close to the Bulldog players' race where I used to stand. Biggest kick I ever saw at Whitten Oval.

[Hotdog60]

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The fascinating story behind Dog's secret move to Hawks

Player agent Marty Pask retells how Brian Lake's trade from the Western Bulldogs to Hawthorn went down



T WAS the 'dead of night' meeting that turned Brian Lake into a triple-premiership Hawk.

Already a two-time All-Australian and a best and fairest winner at the Western Bulldogs, Lake's career was at a crossroads at the end of the 2012 season. Set to turn 31 in a couple of months and with the Dogs hoping to undergo a list rebuild, the question was posed as to what would come next in his career.

Retelling his favourite trade story on AFL.com.au's new trade and draft podcast Gettable this week, Lake's manager Marty Pask explained why he felt the defender's subsequent switch to Hawthorn was the first step towards the more active and mature player movement space we have now.

"That was probably one of the significant moments I felt where (list management) started to change," Pask said.

"I remember having a chat with (then-Western Bulldogs list manager) Jason McCartney, the coach was Brendan McCartney at the time, and they wanted to go down the youth aspect.

"If Brian was just going to be the old guy that sits in the forward line because you want to develop a backman, and he's going to sit there and basically limp to 200 games and then retirement, why don't we have a mature conversation where you could get something and I could find something? Jason, to his credit, said he saw it that way.

"He said, 'Let's keep it between us but let's have a chat about it'. We had that chat. He wanted me to do the right thing ? he didn't want it in the papers ? and he wanted to see what I could find."

So Pask began working the phones. Hawthorn, which just days earlier had lost the 2012 Grand Final to Sydney, was in need of a key defender and Lake fitted the bill. A call was made to the Hawks' list manager at the time, Graham Wright, about the prospect of a deal.

A midnight meeting at the club's Waverley headquarters followed and the rest is history. Lake won premierships with Hawthorn in 2013, 2014 and 2015, famously taking home the Norm Smith Medal as the Grand Final's best player in his first season at the club.

"Graham Wright was my first call," Pask said.

"I told 'Wrighty' how I saw it and how I thought he could help and asked what he thought. He could see this happening. We ended up meeting Alastair Clarkson and Graham Wright in the dead of night at Waverley, and it really was the dead of night.

"We had a really good, honest conversation about where Brian needed to get to. He was 31, he needed to lose a bit, slim down, play differently. Brian accepted it all, then I put Jason and Graham together.

"We all kept it quiet. Hawthorn played a Grand Final that year, so if anything got out then we were out. No one could talk about it, no one could say anything. I think the Trade Period started the week after the Grand Final and it literally just dropped. Brian was now at Hawthorn and everyone was like, 'Where did that come from?'"

LINK

[Happy Days]

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Kinda unfair of Marty to not acknowledge how clever we were to get it done for unders as quickly as possible so we could focus on other trades like Matthew Bate and Chris Dawes.

[jeemak]

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I think Marty's account probably doesn't articulate how much we wanted Lake out of the club rather than have him sook at FF until the end of his contract.

[Bornadog]

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I think Marty's account probably doesn't articulate how much we wanted Lake out of the club rather than have him sook at FF until the end of his contract.

I have mentioned this before, - BMacc told my friend in the rooms after the last match of the year that Lake will never player at full Back again. He was right.

[GVGjr]

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I think Marty's account probably doesn't articulate how much we wanted Lake out of the club rather than have him sook at FF until the end of his contract.

I always felt sorry for Lake especially after the way Eade incorrectly publicly shamed him for faking an injury.
He might have had a tough time with us.

[macca]

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I have mentioned this before, - BMacc told mt friend in the rooms after the last match of the year that Lake will never player at full Back again. He was right.

I feel really bad for Lake that has happened. He was one of our best full backs we ever had, Hawks saw that and maximised with the 3 premierships and a Norm Smith.

I think Marty's account probably doesn't articulate how much we wanted Lake out of the club rather than have him sook at FF until the end of his contract.

I worry may have contributed to his negativity with the club and his mental state. Its honestly sad such a great player has left like this.

Honestly to his credit he managed to play with the Hawks to get such an amazing return. Hawthorn were the true winners of his demise with us.

[Axe Man]

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Robbie 'Bones' McGhie was Richmond's homecoming hero for round 4.



It's a good concept, I wish we would do something similar.