Pelchen just said in regards to Thursfield, Hawthorn have decided not to go down that path. So the Hawks are out.
I must admit, with the benefit of hindsight, I'm very glad we didn't get Pelchen
absolutely, prick got lucky with North taking it up the clacka dry years ago and has been living off it ever since, is ridiculously difficult to deal with and not in a positive way for the hawks, other teams dislike him and play hardball
Pelchen had nothing to do with the Nathan Thompson trade for #10 & #26 as he didn't get to the club until 2005
He did to the Jonathan Hay trade for pick #18 & Nathan Lonie to Port Adelaide for #14 which were both daylight robbery but all clubs have wised up after trades like this
Since then he's done nothing special, traded away Spida Everitt for a 2nd rounder which was pretty much expected, nothing for 2 years then traded away their first 2 rounds of picks plus Mark Williams in 2009 for Burgoyne & Gibson.
His only decent draft early selection since arriving in 2005 was Cyril Rioli.