Re: Nick Stevens is scum and he deserves to go to Carlton

"BlueBaggers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Jezza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> >> >Balme could have just offered a straight swap for Didak.
> >>
> >> Thats right, he could have, and could have also offered Buckley,
> >> Tarrant, Fraser or Burns, and PA would have probably taken any of
> >> them without hesitation.
> >>
> >> The point was that Collingwood didnt want to get lose any of their
> >> best 20 players.  whats wrong with that?
> >
> > Nothing at all...but they're not being remotely realistic if they
> > expect to get a player of Stevens' calibre without giving up something
> > better than Betheras/Molloy/McGough/Leon Davis and a very late first
> > round pick.
> >
> >
> >
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> the only reason I can see that they didn't do it (which I have no problem
> with BTW) is so that Collingwood didn't get another good player, thus
> strengthening their team even more, which would make it even harder for
> Port to win next year.

That's part of it, and also Port didn't want players who are going to eat up
salary cap space, but not be regular senior players.