Hawthorn forward Luke Breust is excited about what Jon Patton can add in 2020.
The former GWS number one draft pick joins the Hawks following a year on the sidelines recovering from a torn ACL.
The Hawks already have Mitchell Lewis and Tim O’Brien as key forward options, with the likes of Breust, Jack Gunston and Paul Puopolo alongside them.
Breust said he is fascinated to see how the Hawks balance their many forward options this season.
“It’s going to be a pretty interesting looking forward line this year and probably the most exciting thing from my point of view is how it’s going to shape up and what it’s going to look like and what the best combination is,” he told SEN Breakfast.
“Now we’ve got three pretty good key forwards there in Jon Patton, Tim O’Brien and Mitch Lewis who can all probably play together.
“I’m looking forward to getting to know how Patton leads and the things he does on the footy field and it makes it pretty easy and predictable to get to his feet and hopefully crumb off him pretty well.”
Breust is excited about how the Hawks are shaping up with the additions of Patton and Sam Frost bolstering the side at either end, coupled with the return of star midfielder Tom Mitchell.
“We saw in the back-end of last year when you get Chad Wingard up and running, Tom Scully up and running, Jaeger O’Meara playing well, a Brownlow Medallist in Tom Mitchell coming back and then you get Jon Patton as a key forward, I think Sam Frost will be important down back as a dour defender next to guys like Ben Stratton and it’s starting to look like a pretty good spine,” he said.
“Then we’ve got young guys like Mitchell Lewis and James Worpel and those sorts of guys who will really drive this group going into season 2020.”
The Hawks finished ninth in 2019, missing out on finals by only four points despite a year heavily disrupted by injuries.