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Sasuke said:
Completely hypothetical, if letting go of Dawes somehow got us Reid from the swans through some kind of deal, would you let him go? I was a big fan of his but feel like he needs to improve on his marking. Main thing for me is there seems to be a few young quality forwards going around at the moment.
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Tough call, because Sam Reid really needs to work on his kicking.

CANNOT see Dawes being traded however so all this talk is a little pointless IMO.
 
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We want Kreuzer. Dawes and who or what?

Why would we strengthen your team and weaken ours? Both clubs have a need. We need a back up Ruck (you already have 3) and you need a power forward. We'll trade for Kreuzer. You want Dawes and what else?
 
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Ed D said:
CANNOT see Dawes being traded however so all this talk is a little pointless IMO.
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Spot On Ed D:thumbsu:
 
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Malifice said:
Thats way OTT.

Effectively 2 first rounders for Dawes?
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Compromised draft and Dawes has already proven he can play at this level. Don't forget the five years of development we have put into him as well. Much easier to find a good mid than KPP.

It's all irrelevant anyway as I don't think Dawes will be going anywhere.
 
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soreplums said:
We want Kreuzer. Dawes and who or what?
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Kruezer isnt going anywhere.

Why would we strengthen your team and weaken ours? Both clubs have a need. We need a back up Ruck (you already have 3) and you need a power forward. We'll trade for Kreuzer. You want Dawes and what else?
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Kruezer is a bit more than just a back up Ruck.

Also, beyond any other questions, he is needed - good chance Hampson might be looking elsewhere this year or next.

Atheist said:
Compromised draft and Dawes has already proven he can play at this level.
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So have both Lucas and Hampson.

Seriously, pick 22(ish) and Lucas or Hampson for Dawes?

Thats a little like asking Freo for Morabito and a first rounder for him.
 
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Hasn't Lucas been in your VFL side all year? He's a fringe player at your club, he'd essentially be the steak knives in the deal. Losing Dawes would make our 2012 side much worse, since we don't have an obvious replacement for him it'd just be Cloke, which would lead to him getting double and triple teamed all year long. Dawes is mobile enough that he can play the CHF role no problemmo, he'd take Carlton to being a top 2 side. If Carlton want him they'll have to pay a big price, I'd say their first round pick + Lucas would be acceptable from our perspective.

Simply put a first rounder wouldn't be enough, he's a young promising key forward, something no club has an abundance of let alone us. We need him, if Carlton need him more they'll offer up something good.
 
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Zahki said:
Hasn't Lucas been in your VFL side all year? He's a fringe player at your club, he'd essentially be the steak knives in the deal.
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Far from a fringe player.

Well regarded at the club, pick 11 from the 2009 draft.

Had issues with a string of serious hamstring injuries, but has not looked out of place in the senior side, despite it being a tough midfield to break into.

Looks every bit a 200 game player.

Simply put a first rounder wouldn't be enough, he's a young promising key forward, something no club has an abundance of let alone us. We need him, if Carlton need him more they'll offer up something good.
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Unless he actually puts his hand up and requests a trade. Then you dont exactly hold all the cards. Im not going into a 'PSD or nothing/ Luke Ball' circular debate, but at that point its largely ducks and drakes as to value.

If he was leaving, the Pies could do a lot worse than a top quality young midfeilder with ten years and a lot of footy ahead of him.
 

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I rate Lucas, has a bright future especially if he improves his inside game but him alone won't be enough to close that highly unlikely trade.
 
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Thats cool.

Its just in line with Ratten and Swans comments that we are looking to target a 'blue chip' marking forward target, and with Dawes possibly at least feilding enquiries from other clubs (and potentially some salary cap restrictions now that you guys have signed all your big guns), he (and you) might be open to trade suggestions.

Id actually prefer us to go after an older established marking forward.

And no, not Fev.

He wont be coming back to the Blues.

Ever.

Although im personally not opposed to the idea out of hand, Ratten (and the heirarchy) wont go near him with a ten foot pole.

That bridge is burnt.
 
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Carlton would pay overs after what they did in the Fev trade with Collingwood. Lucas is very vanilla, he has no elite traits.
 
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I would rather lose him for nothing then trading him to Carlton. I dont rate him as a gun goal kicking forward, he is more of a player that you need in your team for the structure. I dont think he will go.
 

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Terex8 said:
Carlton would pay overs after what they did in the Fev trade with Collingwood. Lucas is very vanilla, he has no elite traits.
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This! I will never forget that even after Fev nominated us as the club he wants to go to. I never wanna see us trade with that team ever again. I dont care if they are getting ripped off or anything like that. I dont want a person with Carlton blood representing Collingwood.
 
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If they wanted Dawes, they could've asked for him when we tried for Fev. Not that it ended badly though! :D

Dawes won't go anywhere, bookmark it.
 
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daics_35 said:
This! I will never forget that even after Fev nominated us as the club he wants to go to. I never wanna see us trade with that team ever again. I dont care if they are getting ripped off or anything like that. I dont want a person with Carlton blood representing Collingwood.
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You should be thanking us (and Vossy)!

You really dodged a bullet there.

TradeDraft said:
Going to be a Big Story on this in the Age Tommorow
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Oh come on, dont tease... more info?
 
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Yep front page in the Age tomorrow.

He would have a very big value, if we had other prospects in the VFL I wouldn't be opposed to hearing offers and seeing if something extraordinary came up.

However behind Dawes there is daylight in our KPF ranks, we cannot afford to lose him, hopefully we tie him up ASAP!
 
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What indication have you guys got as to his preference? Has he said he's keen to stay or what?

I'd definitely be interested however as has been said in this thread, you guys would (understandably) expect a lot in return. Kreuzer is obviously untouchable - I know you don't want to trade Dawes a great deal but seriously...

I think Lucas + pick 22 could be a possible, although I don't know if either side would take it. Structurally weakens you guys and costs us 1 very talented mid (Lucas) and 1 potentially very talented draftee.
 

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