News 2017 Trade News Compendium

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Trade wrap: Dons get busy, Schache race begins (Nathan Schmook, Nick Bowen, Callum Twomey, AFL.com.au, 09/10)

Which clubs will be interested?

The Lions fielded preliminary inquiries from some Victorian clubs on Monday, but are not expecting a deal to be done until late in the trade period.

Richmond, Collingwood, Carlton and the Western Bulldogs were linked with Schache before he re-signed, each keen to bolster its height in attack.

The Tigers' interest appeared to have waned last month, when talent manager Dan Richardson said they were unlikely to pursue a trade for Schache. But could their position change now the 199cm forward is officially on the market?

Essendon and St Kilda ruled themselves out of the race on Monday.

What is Schache worth?

It's believed the Lions have yet to put an official price on Schache's head, but a late first-round pick seems around the mark.

Richmond appears well placed with picks No.15 and No.17. Other clubs could look to trade their first-round pick for Schache and one of the Lions' No.12 or No.18 picks. The Bulldogs, with pick No.9, are best placed to claim Schache by sliding down the draft order in this way.

Adelaide list manager Justin Reid reiterated on Monday the club's desire to retain Charlie Cameron despite the contracted speedster's request for a trade to the Brisbane Lions. The Lions, however, remain hopeful the Crows will eventually entertain a deal.

 

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Cameron won't ever re-sign with Crows: manager (Lee Gaskin, AFL.com.au, 09/10)

ADELAIDE speedster Charlie Cameron has made it clear he won't be re-signing with the Crows beyond 2018 if a trade can't be done with the Brisbane Lions during this year's NAB AFL Trade Period.

The Crows are intent on the 23-year-old fulfilling the final year of his contract after he requested to join the Lions to be closer to his family.

Cameron's manager Colin Young told radio station FIVEaa he still held out hope a deal could be struck.

"Andrew (McDougall) and I spoke to (Cameron) this morning and he was fairly disappointed, but we just explained it's the nature of the beast and we just move forward," Young said.

"We've got 10 days to try and get something done.

"Charlie has indicated that he won't be re-signing with Adelaide after next year.

"He has asked for a trade to Brisbane, and if that doesn't get done, he plays in Adelaide next year.

"But he certainly won't be resigning, he'll be looking to go to Brisbane the following year."

Young said Cameron would honour the final year of his contract with the Crows and hadn't considered sitting out the season.

"He'd be disappointed if the deal didn't get done for reasons to be with his family and friends in Brisbane," Young said.

"We understand Charlie is contracted and the Crows have invested in Charlie, so hopefully if they are going to do a trade, this might be the year."

Cameron has played 73 games for the Crows since being selected with the seventh pick of the 2013 rookie draft.

He kicked 29 goals in 24 games this season, including a career-best five-goal haul in the preliminary final win against Geelong.

However, he averaged only 13.9 possessions per game and didn't finish in the top-10 of the Crows' best and fairest.

"Charlie didn't have a great season," Young said.

"He played a couple good games during the year and played well in the finals.

"I suspect the thought process of going home and leaving Adelaide had an impact on him during the season, so I'd hate to suspect what would happen next year."

 

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Port Adelaide Power waiting on trade week decisions from Jack Watts, Steve Motlop (Michelangelo Rucci, The Advertiser, 09/10)

Brisbane football chief — and former Crows football leader — David Noble arrived at the trade talks refusing to publicly discuss the Lions’ move on contracted Crows speedster Charlie Cameron. And he dismissed Brisbane making a move on contracted Port Adelaide ruckman Matthew Lobbe.

Cameron quit Adelaide last week — despite having next season to serve on his contract — asking for a trade to Queensland and specifically the Lions for “compassionate” reasons.

“We know Charlie has informed Adelaide (his wish to move); we’ll respect that and negotiate behind the scenes,” Noble said. “We not (publicly) discussing anything about Charlie Cameron; he is a contracted player.”

Of Lobbe who is a long-term deal with the Power, Noble said: “I don’t know where that has come from ... that’s an interesting one.”

 

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Brisbane open to discussing trade for Josh Schache, Gold Coast to be active during trade period (Andrew Hamilton, The Courier Mail, 09/10)

BRISBANE have ended 12 months of speculation about Josh Schache’s future by officially putting him up for trade.

The No.2 draft pick told the club at the weekend he was open to a move home but also willing to stay at Brisbane if a deal could not be done.

The Lions decided the constant uncertainty over Schache would not go away if they tied him to his contract and have informed clubs they are willing to enter negotiations.

He is contracted until the end of 2019.

Football manager David Noble said the club suspected when they recontracted Schache in June that there would come a time when the lure of home would become too strong.

“We got on the front foot with Josh and his manager and had a conversation, and if things work out with both parties, we’d be interested (in trading him),” he said.

There is expected to be some interest in Schache, with Carlton said to be heading the queue, however other clubs believe Suns captain Tom Lynch will leave the Coast next year and are prepared to wait twelve months to get their next key forward.

Richmond and St Kilda have reportedly ruled themselves out.

Brisbane are also looking to deal with Adelaide on speedster Charlie Cameron but at this stage do not wish to part with draft pick No.12.

The Lions expect to receive a pick at the end of the first round as compensation for restricted free agent Tom Rockliff and hope that can satisfy Adelaide.

 

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No buyers: Josh Schache yet to receive bids from Victorian AFL clubs (Jake Niall, Fox Sports, 09/10)

HOMESICK forward Josh Schache has not attracted any significant interest yet, with the Brisbane Lions still to receive a trade proposal for the contracted youngster.

Shache and the Lions have agreed to explore a trade but none of the clubs that spoke to Brisbane on Monday — the opening day of the trade period — raised Schache as a player of interest.

But the Lions are mindful that it is early in the trade period and they have not had in-depth meetings with all the clubs and there is still several days for Schache to find a buyer in Victoria. Schache, 20, will either be traded to a Victorian club or remain in Brisbane.

Richmond, St Kilda and Collingwood have all ruled out pursuing Schache who signed a two-year contract extension in June, surprising many in the AFL community.

The Tigers had been the subject of speculation about holding an interest in Schache but they decided against pursuing him sometime ago and intend to keep their two first-round picks, 15 and 17, for the draft.

Collingwood has made its first draft selection, Pick 6, virtually untouchable and the Pies are keen to use it in the draft.

St Kilda, which is arguably best-placed of all clubs to acquire Schache given its two top-eight selections (7 and 8), ruled itself out of the Schache market on Monday prior to the opening of the trade period.

Essendon and Melbourne shape as unlikely bidders. The Dons already have three trade targets while Melbourne is committed to Jake Lever, who will cost the Demons plenty in draft terms and salary cap space.

The Lions are comfortable with Schache’s situation, regardless of whether he stays or not. They are happy to keep the youngster and work on improving his output.

The Lions understand that as a 20-year-old key forward Schache needs to be given time to develop, having had a difficult second year after the promise of his first season.

Schache has played 27 games for Brisbane since he was drafted with Pick 2 in the 2015 national draft.

 

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Trade Radio: BREAKING via @kanecornes: "The @PAFC paperwork for Tom Rockliff will be lodged today."

 

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Rocky takes the road to Port with FA offer (Nick Bowen, AFL.com.au, 10/10)

FORMER Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff has one foot inside Alberton Oval after officially accepting a free agency offer from Port Adelaide on Tuesday.

Rockliff, 27, was also hotly pursued by Carlton, with the Blues rolling out club greats Stephen Kernahan and Chris Judd in a meeting with the All Australian midfielder in an attempt to sway him to move to Ikon Park.

But Rockliff informed Carlton last week that he had opted to join Port, and the Power made it official on Tuesday when they tabled a free agency offer with the AFL.

It's believed Rockliff is set to join the Power on a deal worth about $700,000 a season.

Rockliff is a restricted free agent so the Lions can match Port's offer. But they're expected to accept a compensation pick instead, a selection that should fall at the end of the first round or at the start of the second round, either way leaving the Lions with picks Nos.18 and 19 in the national draft.

 

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Power lodge paperwork on Rockliff (Josie Fielding, lions.com.au, 10/10)

Port Adelaide have today lodged paperwork with the AFL to claim Brisbane Lions midfielder Tom Rockliff as a restricted free agent.

The Lions now have three days to consider their options in regard to the offer made by the Power, whether to match the offer and retain the 27-year-old or decline to match and allow the move to Port Adelaide.

 

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Pies not interested in Schache: Niall (SEN, 10/10)

Collingwood is not chasing Brisbane Lion forward Josh Schache, despite his desire to return home, according to Fox Footy’s Jake Niall.

Schache’s manager David Trotter declared yesterday his client would prefer to play his football in Victoria, and with the Magpies needing a key forward, it was believed they would chase the 20-year-old. However, their lack of trade assets could stop the deal from coming to fruition.

“To clarify, Collingwood are not interested in Josh Schache,” Niall told SEN Breakfast.

“I think this surprises a lot of people. They have pick six and pick six is completely off limits. Lets bear in mind, they traded two first round draft picks for Adam Treloar, so the 2015 first pick which was seven, and the 2016 first pick, they didn’t think it would be seven, but it ended up being seven because they didn’t go as high on the ladder.

“They are holding pick six, they want to pick a kid.”

 

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Port Adelaide to sign ex-Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff as restricted free agent (Jake Niall, Fox Sports, 10/10)

PORT Adelaide is set to secure former Brisbane captain Tom Rockliff on a long-term deal worth approximately $2.8 million over four seasons.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Lions were yet to officially tell relevant parties — including the Power and Rockliff — that they would match the Power’s offer, but before paperwork was lodged on Tuesday had hinted that they wouldn’t match any offer.

Rockliff, who only 12 months ago was up for trade and struggled to find a buyer, has earned a significant contract offer from Port of close to $700,000 per season over four years.

As expected, Rockliff is set to earn the Lions, effectively, an end of first-round compensation selection. As it stands, the Lions hold Pick 18 in the national draft, so will effectively receive the same selection as part of the Rockliff compensation.

Rockliff’s contract offer was helped by the competition for his services between the Power and Carlton, while Brisbane made him a more moderate offer.

 

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Tom Rockliff’s move to Port Adelaide could help Brisbane acquire Charlie Cameron (Jon Ralph, Herald Sun, 10/10)

BRISBANE will not match a four-year offer of nearly $3 million for Tom Rockliff and could use the compensation pick to acquire Charlie Cameron.

The Lions will in coming days make official their decision to pass on Rockliff, offered a deal on around $650,000 a season by Port Adelaide.

Brisbane’s offer was under $600,000 a season, with the four-year tenure making Rockliff’s decision to move easier.

The Lions already have draft picks No.1, 12 and 18 and will almost certainly secure pick No.19 as free agency compensation.

A player needs to be on a salary that puts him in the top 5 per cent of players over 25 to secure first-round free agency compensation.

But the Lions can still put the top-20 Rockliff compensation pick to good use.

They are likely to in coming days offer one of their first-round picks in exchange for Adelaide midfielder Charlie Cameron.

If Adelaide eventually relent on trading the contracted Cameron they might end up asking for pick No.12 for a player they secured as a rookie.

But Brisbane would be more likely to hand over 18 or 19 as a fair price for a player taken as a rookie.

Adelaide’s decision to hold him against his will has seen his manager Colin Young say he will never re-sign at the Crows.

Brisbane could even secure him in the pre-season draft next year for nothing if they again finish in the bottom reaches of the ladder.

Rockliff gives Port Adelaide another potent weapon as one of the best clearance players in the competition.

He is also adept as a marking forward, with Robbie Gray and Rockliff, 27, expected to swap between midfield and attack.

His manager Tom Petroro said he did expect the Lions to stand in the way of Rockliff’s move.

“After all my discussions with Brisbane, I’d be surprised if they match. Brisbane has to do its due diligence. But I don’t see any hold up.”

Brisbane could end up with an extra top-20 pick, not ruling out trading their number one overall pick for multiple top-20 picks.

The Lions denied they had attempted to subvert the AFL’s free agency compensation system by waiting until Luke Hodge was officially retired to recruit him, thereby preserving Rockliff’s compensation.

If Hodge had been a free agency acquisition his recruitment could have in theory cancelled out the pick 19 the Lions will receive as compensation for Rockliff.

But the Lions believe Hodge’s age and salary mean the Hawks would have received no compensation anyway, meaning Rockliff’s pick wouldn’t have been pushed back in the draft or cancelled even if Hodge was a free agent.

Despite speculation about ruckman Stef Martin requesting a trade to Victoria he seems happy to stay as their lead ruckman.

Rockliff played 154 games over nine years at Brisbane and served two years as Lions captain.

They will continue to push for midfielders who can run both ways and have a bevy of draft picks to acquire them.

 

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Jake Lever's switch from Adelaide to Melbourne edging closer (Michael Gleeson and Peter Ryan, The Age, 10/10)

Potentially the Demons will receive the draft pick that Adelaide receive from the Brisbane Lions as compensation for Charlie Cameron's move there. That pick is likely to be pick 18 or 19.

The Lions have pick 18 and are expecting to receive pick 19 as compensation for Tom Rockliff's move to Port Adelaide as a free agent.

 

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7 News Adelade: 7 News has been told Brisbane will offer @adelaide_fc pick 12 for @Charles__23 as early as tomorrow. https://yhoo.it/2za2DGp #AFL #7News

 

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Brisbane to offer Adelaide its compensation draft pick for loss of Tom Rockliff for Charlie Cameron (Andrew Hamilton, Courier Mail, 10/10)

BRISBANE will farewell Tom Rockliff after opting to use the compensation pick they’ll receive for the former skipper in an attempt to lure Adelaide’s Charlie Cameron to the Gabba.

The Lions had the option of matching Port Adelaide’s contract offer to Rockliff in order to retain the midfielder, but Brisbane has decided to let him leave.

Adelaide have taken a hard line stance on Cameron but may reconsider after his West Australian-based manager Colin Young on Tuesday declared he would never sign another deal with the Crows.

Brisbane are prepared to offer the compensation draft pick they receive for Rockliff, expected to be No.19, to the Crows and with Cameron out of contract next year it may be the best deal they get.

Port Adelaide on Tuesday lodged paperwork on a four-year offer to Rockliff worth about $2.6 million.

Brisbane’s longstanding offer was about $1.8 million over three years.

Rockliff rehabilitated his image in his first year under new coach Chris Fagan but this year always looked to be his last at the Lions.

The Lions were on Tuesday night waiting on an AFL ruling on where their compensation would fall.

Given the size of the deal and Rockliff’s history as an All-Australian, there was a slim chance under the AFL’s criteria it may be tied to their first round pick which would have given them the first two picks in the draft.

A player needs to be on a salary that puts him in the top five per cent of players aged over 25 to secure first-round free agency compensation.

However, Brisbane officials accepted it was more likely to be at the end of the first round.

Even if it falls there the Lions will hold picks 1, 12, 18 and 19. Either 18 or 19 will be offered to Adelaide.

Should the Crows refuse they run the risk of Brisbane getting him for nothing next year in the pre-season draft.

Rockliff’s manager Tom Petroro said on Tuesday that Brisbane had indicated they would not block his move to Alberton.

“After all my discussions with Brisbane, I’d be surprised if they match. Brisbane has to do its due diligence. But I don’t see any hold up,” Petroro said.

Rockliff played 154 games over nine years at Brisbane and was captain for two years.

 

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Ricky Nixon: On a plane bound to Bris yesterday from Melb was an Ex Hawks player with 2 current players my man is getting ID checks

Ricky Nixon: My man thinks it was Hodge, Whitecross and Hartung i dont want to say its 100% but looks close to the mark and understandable

 

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Trade wrap: Vic clubs think big Giant is gettable (Nick Bowen, Nathan Schmook and Callum Twomey, AFL.com.au, 10/10)

St Kilda chief operating officer Ameet Bains said some of the "more productive discussions" the Saints had with rival clubs at Etihad Stadium on Monday centered around potential pick swaps involving their two first-round selections, No.7 and No.8.

If such a deal can be brokered, it's understood the Saints would prefer to move up the draft order by packaging their picks for an earlier selection and, most likely, a later pick that balances the deal.

Gold Coast, which holds pick No.2, would appear a potential trade partner given it also holds pick Nos. 19, 22 and 24.

The Brisbane Lions boast this year's best draft hand with picks Nos. 1, 12 and 18, while they are also expected to receive an end-of-first-round selection (No.18, which would push their second-round pick, currently No.18, to No.19) as compensation for Tom Rockliff's free agency departure to Port Adelaide.

It's highly unlikely the Lions would consider trading pick No.1 for St Kilda's two picks.

But it's believed the Saints have been approached about trading one of their picks for two later selections. The Lions are well placed to attempt such a deal, but their pursuit of Charlie Cameron is likely to cost them at least one of their picks from No.12 onwards.

Richmond also has pick Nos. 15 and 17, but if they were packaged for one of the Saints' picks, St Kilda would have to give something else to the Tigers to ensure a fair deal.

 

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"I got no doubt they want to get rid of him” ( Jon Ralph, SEN, 11/10)

Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph is reporting the Brisbane Lions don’t want to keep disgruntled young forward Josh Schache.

Schache’s manager David Trotter has expressed his client’s desire to return to his home state Victoria, but the number two pick in the 2015 draft has attracted minimal interest.

Collingwood and Richmond were the early frontrunners to acquire Schache’s services, but have since cooled on the Seymour native, according to Ralph.

“Richmond are saying they’re not and Collingwood are saying they’re not,” he told SEN’s Hungry For Sport.

“Speaking to Brisbane again last night, I got no doubt they want to get rid of him. I think they feel like they’ll be in this situation again with Josh Schache next year, they might as well move him on now, take a pick for him and try to get a third successive draft of really quality kids.”

 

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Power play: Rockliff officially joins Port Adelaide (Nick Bowen with Travis King, AFL.com.au, 11/10)

FORMER Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff is officially a Port Adelaide player after the Queensland club chose not to match his free agency offer.

Rockliff, 27, was also hotly pursued by Carlton, with the Blues rolling out club greats Stephen Kernahan and Chris Judd in a meeting with the All Australian midfielder in an attempt to sway him to move to Ikon Park.

But Rockliff informed Carlton last week that he had opted to join Port, and the Power made it official on Wednesday that they had secured the ball-magnet.

It's believed Rockliff has joined the Power on a four-year deal worth about $650,000 a season.

Rockliff was a restricted free agent, so the Lions could have matched the South Australian club's offer.

But they will accept a compensation pick instead, a selection at the end of the first round, leaving the Lions with picks Nos.18 and 19 in the NAB AFL Draft.

Rockliff considered Carlton's offer, but eventually settled on Port Adelaide to chase finals success.

 

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Host of clubs want to bring Zac back (Marc McGowan, AFL.com.au, 11/10) [Pure speculation]

DELISTED free agent Zac Clarke has had interest from up to five AFL clubs, including one that is considering him as a No.1 ruck option.

The 27-year-old ruck-forward did not add to his 101 games and 46 goals at Fremantle this year as he recovered from two surgeries and related complications with the patella in his left knee.

Clarke's most recent operation was in February and he chose to sit out the entire season rather than make a late return for Peel Thunder's finals campaign.

But the athletic 203cm Victorian is back running and finally pain free, with interested clubs declaring him medically ready to go from the start of pre-season in November.

Among the clubs potentially on the hunt for an experienced ruckman are Greater Western Sydney, the Brisbane Lions, Carlton, Melbourne, Richmond and the Western Bulldogs.

Clarke's manager, Jason Dover, of Stride Sports, said they were taking heart from West Coast ruckman Nathan Vardy's ability to have a career-best season after a string of injuries at Geelong.

"I feel like a club that takes him is going to get something really good," Dover told AFL.com.au.

"We saw Vardy have a lot of issues over previous years, then he gets a fresh start at a new club and he had his most successful year by a mile, so we're looking at that and hoping Zac can do something similar.

"It's been tough on him, because he's played injured for the last couple of years, hence the surgery, and then the complications around the surgery pretty much wrote off his year.

"So, he's had to pony up and tough it out and now focus on the rehab and build into the season, and he is telling me he feels as good as he's ever felt."

Clarke has proven he can be an effective marking target up forward, on top of his ruck duties – a combination Dover said made him an appealing commodity.

He kicked double-digit goals in 2012 and 2014, as well as averaging almost 21 hit-outs in 2013 and more than 19 last year as a back-up to Sandilands.

"With the change of the game now, with not playing two dominant ruckmen, he can play forward, so a couple of clubs I've spoken to really like that," Dover said.

"He's going to give them flexibility, because they saw him as a marking forward when he played his best footy a few years back.

"Then, if he's the one who goes in and pinch-hits in the ruck against other guys who are not real ruckmen, they feel like they're getting a real ruckman in there as well.

"But another club I've spoken to are looking at him as potentially a No.1 ruck option. They think he's good enough to do that, with some of the real big ruckmen coming out of the game."

Clarke posted on Instagram last week that he was keen to continue his AFL career elsewhere.

"Thanks to friends and family for the support over the journey and especially all my teammates who I'll miss the most!" Clarke wrote.

"One door closes, another one opens and I'm excited for what's next #plentyleft"

The Dockers re-signed four-time All Australian Aaron Sandilands for another year and first-year big man Sean Darcy impressively led the club's ruck division down the stretch in Sandilands' injury absence.

 

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Crows, Dees, Lions three-way trade on the cards? (SEN, 11/10) [More speculation]

Could this end up being the deal that sees Jake Lever become a Demon and Charlie Cameron a Lion?

Adelaide has stood firm in its request for two first-round picks in exchange for Lever, who was named in the 40-man All-Australian squad this season, and are hesitant to send Cameron up north, but there is a deal that is being mooted that may see both players get to their preferred destinations and give the Crows the picks they are after.

In the proposed deal, Adelaide would gain Melbourne’s 1st round picks this year and next year, as well as a second round pick this year for losing Lever and Cameron. Brisbane would gain Cameron, but hand over either pick 18 or 19 this year to Melbourne, while the Demons would land their man in Lever, as well as pick 18 or 19, but cough up two first-round and one second-round pick.

SEN’s List Manager Terry Wallace said that on the surface the deal works well for all three clubs.

“It sounds like it would work,” he said on The Run Home.

“If there needs to be a back end third or fourth round (pick) just to round the points off (it could work).

“Everyone gets a win out of that. You’ve got what you want from an Adelaide point of view – you didn’t have to give ground, which was pretty important to them.

“They were going to lose Charlie Cameron in 12 months anyway, so what is the point of going through that process and Melbourne have had to step up, but at least they are getting something back as well.”

Cameron is contracted until the end of 2018.

 

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Trade wrap: Rivals set to swoop on Smith (Nathan Schmook and Nick Bowen, AFL.com.au, 11/10)

A trade sending Josh Schache to a Victorian club is yet to take shape and there is an expectation any move will be on hold until other trades start to drop. Strong suitors are yet to come forward for the 2015 No.2 draft pick.

Contracted Crows forward Charlie Cameron is no closer to his desired move to the Brisbane Lions, with talks between Adelaide and the Lions still at a stalemate.

 

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Brisbane Lions to rely on draft to find top midfielder (Andrew Hamilton, The Courier Mail, 11/10)

BRISBANE will stick true to their long-term vision and continue to build its list through the draft.

The Lions will explore the delisted free agency period to find potential mature-bodied midfielders to help ease the burden that is expected to be placed on their younger players by the departure of former skipper Tom Rockliff to Port Adelaide.

They are also working behind the scenes on another potential trade that can add to their midfield, but they have ruled out throwing high-end draft picks at clubs to try to recruit an A-grader.

The addition of Hawks great Luke Hodge and the anticipated acquisition of Crow Charlie Cameron will increase the average age of the youngest list in the competition, even with the departure of Rockliff.

They will enter this year’s draft with picks No.1 and 12, as well as 18 as a compensation pick for Rockliff, and pick 19.

One of those picks could yet be used to lure Cameron.

Football manager David Noble said the Lions were in discussions with a player, but would not reveal who, and said there was no godfather offer to a star in the pipeline.

He said if the negotiations fell over they would not start bidding on any player at the trade table.

“We have got to be true to our vision to build an elite midfield and to do that we will go back to the draft,’’ he said.

“We need to be patient, we will look to add some mature players to our list but if we can’t get the ones we have identified we won’t panic.’’

 

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Dogs-Schache link “fascinating”: Plough (SEN, 11/10)

Terry Wallace says that the Western Bulldogs’ reported interest in want-away Brisbane youngster Josh Schache is very intriguing.

While the 20-year-old forward has generated minimal interest in his native Victoria after requesting a trade home on Monday, the Bulldogs remain one of only a few clubs that haven’t ruled out making a play for the 2015 number two draft pick.

With Jake Stringer almost undoubtedly exiting the kennel this trade period, bringing in a fellow young forward like Schache would certainly be considered a logical move.

Wallace compared the potential move to that of former number one draft pick Tom Boyd’s trade from the GWS Giants to the Dogs at the end of 2014, both sharing the same desire to move back home after a short stay at an interstate club.

“It’s a really interesting one because all of a sudden then you would have a pick one from the national draft in Tom Boyd a few seasons ago and a pick two in the national draft,” the former Dogs coach told SEN’s The Run Home.

“You have two key power forwards coming to your footy club.”

However with the Bulldogs tall forward stocks also containing Jordan Roughead, Jack Redpath, Travis Cloke and newly acquired free agent Jackson Trengove, Wallace says a move for Schache by the Dogs is “not for me.”

 

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Jake Lever joins Melbourne, Demons give up two first-round picks to Adelaide Crows (Peter Ryan, The Age, 12/10)

It's understood that dialogue between the Crows and the Brisbane Lions about the future of Charlie Cameron remains open although there has been no shift in either club's position.

The Lions have picks 1, 12, 18 and 19 in this year's draft and are understood to be open to trading one of those picks if the Crows decided to let Cameron, who is contracted for next season, depart.

 

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Mitch Cleary: Understand Matthew Lobbe has been stocking up with sunscreen - Lions or Suns interest. Could trigger a merry-go-round of rucks @traderadio