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Well, it was a bit of a deflating end to a Trade Period that showed so much promise. The Hawks unable to shift Essendon’s hard stance on trading their captain to one of their bitter rivals.

Danny Prins hosted a BIG collection of Insiders — including Andrew Weiss, Brad Klibansky, Darren Levin, Simon Morawetz and Mick Cowan — as well as a cameo from Ash Browne live from Marvel. The team reflected on what was, what could have been, and what the future looks like for a Hawthorn team minus Zach Merrett.

🗣️ Key talking points:

* What happened, or in this case, what didn’t happen in the Merrett deal;

* Who’s at fault here? Or is the better question, where does the responisibility fall?

* Jai Serong being the next McGlynn or Kennedy;

* CJ the DeeJ, and the lost that he is to the club;

* Where do the Hawks go from here?

* Hitting the draft;

* and much, much more…

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