I'm starting to honestly think this
could be the club saying to Dawes that we don't require him anymore, but instead of saying that to the media/other clubs (and making his trade value 0) we are making it look like he himself is leaving for opportunity elsewhere. It gets us a better trade, gets him a bigger deal and pay cheque and it cuts him off our payroll. Win for both parties.
But with that said, there's surely no way that we're already going to put faith in Paine (or someone like Keefe who arguably isn't a forward) to fill his role and thus exclude potential depth for one or two roles. Paine has hardly proven to make a proper impact and hold his spot... yet. We must surely have a Dawes replacement up our sleeves?
Tippett! Come on down!
P.S Gee it would be weird on this forum if Fevola was still a potential target!