If Ireland had conceded so much ground the deal would be done and Noble wouldn't have spoken today. That's fairly obvious and why what he has said has been taken at face value. Your interpretation doesn't make sense at all.
Now for the fourth time, what is a fair trade?
Lets simplify
What are the actual confirmed facts of this trade that are undisputed fact, not what peopleread into or a source says
I will start
1. Tippett has said he will not sign with the crows
2. The swans and tippett have agreed to terms subject to trade and tippets manager says some agreement existed to tade tippett, the details of which are unknown but crows confirm is not in play and swans agree is not
3. The crows have said they will try to trade him to the swans
4. The crows and swans have met at least two times
5. Andrew ireland confirms tom mitchell is not available in trade
6. David noble confirms they are only talking to sydney so far
7. Both parties have stated confidence a trade can be done
8. Sydney are hopeful no flag players will go but refused to rule out for certain
9. Noble says he will look at offers from other clubs if the swans trade doesnt happen.
10. The crows say they will let tippett go for nothing n the psd rather than bringing tippett back
What other actual thngs do we know, we dont know offers we dont know what was on the table or who asked what or if others ar inolved or nythng else. We dont know if one party is fair or anything like that
For all we knw the trade is done , not sure how noble speaking equals negotiations bad, or any of the other crap we all have discussed