LIVE: AFL rival makes surprise bid for gun Hawk

Jaegar O'Meara's imaginable determination to GWS has been fixed a cautious tick of support from Matthew Lloyd, who noted Hawthorn would beryllium blessed to escaped up immoderate cash.

But helium warned the Hawks could beryllium abbreviated of acquisition if they suffer O'Meara arsenic good arsenic Jack Gunston and Tom Mitchell, who person besides been linked to a imaginable trade.

"O'Meara has been bully but they'd astir apt beryllium blessed to person his wealth out," Lloyd told Trade Radio.

"Sam (Mitchell) seems beauteous comfy successful his ain tegument and adjacent if they spell backwards a small bit, it's astir gathering towards the aboriginal for them.

"But if they mislaid Gunston arsenic good that would beryllium highly young. If you suffer 3 elder players that could beryllium toppling implicit excessively far.

"If you're O'Meara, bash you privation to determination to Sydney to spell to different bottom-four club, which they (the Giants) perchance could beryllium adjacent year, unless you widen your declaration by an other 2 oregon 3 years?

"That's the lone crushed I'd go."