We’ve all thought about chopping out leg off when faced with the prospect of having to go to Launceston but most people wuss out before the saw breaks the skin. Matthew Pavlich has taken things up a notch and hired a bloke to cut his leg up for him - under the guise of ‘Achilles” surgery. Not to go to things in half measures, he’ll not only miss the Hawks match this week he’ll see the charade through and miss another month of footy afterwards. Lachie Neale is at the stage of his career where he doesn’t know any better so he’ll come in to either hold down centre half forward or sit on the bench until the game is won and then kick a few percentage boosting goals. The Hawks have brought in Michael Osborne, who is apparently still playing football, in exchange for Jed Anderson who hurt himself accepting the Rising Star nomination for Round 3.