That was always Colin Young's strategy re: the Hills. Stephen's injuries may mean he never gets back to a stage where he might command a multiyear contract. So you leak it out that B. Hill wants a trade and now B. Hill's partner has gone back to Melbourne alone (Karl Langdon's Sunday Times column) all in an attempt to force Freo's hand on a multiyear deal for an older, injured player. Much as I love S. Hill, given his past history of injuries, he doesn't warrant a multiyear deal ATM. B. Hill has one year to go on his contract, so Freo hold the upper hand there, but Young ramps it up daily.