Swan Jordan Dawson finally became a Crow in a deal struck late on Tuesday evening. Photo: AFL MEDIA

It was very quiet on Tuesday. A little too quiet.

Not one deal took place (at least not officially) on the ninth day of the 2021 AFL trade period, which could mean the stage is set for a barnstorming finish. There was, however, an important trade clinched late evening which will see Sydney’s Jordan Dawson finally get his wish to become an Adelaide player, the deal to be signed off on Wednesday morning.

The 10-day period comes to an end at 7.30pm on Wednesday, and with so many players still yet to land at their clubs of choice, a flurry of activity potentially awaits.

The likes of Rory Lobb, Jordan Clark, Peter Ladhams and Jonathon Ceglar are still in limbo, while intrigue continues to surround star Hawthorn quartet Tom Mitchell, Jaeger O’Meara, Chad Wingard and Jack Gunston.

Will we see another offloading of established stars by the Hawks? They’re certainly no strangers to the practice, with the likes of decorated premiership heroes Sam Mitchell, Luke Hodge, Jordan Lewis and Grant Birchall all finishing their careers at different clubs in recent years.

The game of “chicken” over Dawson between the Swans and Adelaide continued until late on Tuesday night, when the two clubs finally came to an arrangement in which Sydney will receive Melbourne’s future first round pick from the Crows.

Meanwhile, on face value, Ian “Bobby” Hill’s request to join Essendon could be dead in the water based on GWS list manager Jason McCartney’s comments. “Bobby and I have spoken and I’ve said it’s highly unlikely to happen and he’d be welcome back at the club with no issues or concerns,” McCartney told AFL Media.

The GWS forward still has a year to run on his contract with the Giants, which complicates things for the speedster. Collingwood has also declared an interest in him.

But, according to the Herald Sun, the Bombers made a late offer on Tuesday of a future second-round pick for Hill, which might just change McCartney’s, and the Giants’, mind about letting him go.

Lobb hasn’t got any further in his mission to become a Giant, either, and a roadblock remains in Clark’s way to Fremantle.

The Dockers deem their pick 22 as fair enough compensation for the young midfielder, but the Cats disagree and insist a future third-rounder should also be thrown in the mix, despite the fact Clark has managed only 11 games a year in his time at Kardinia Park.

“If they want him, then they need to cough up,” new Geelong CEO Steve Hocking told Channel Nine.

Dawson isn’t Sydney’s only headache. Ladhams wants to become a Swan, but the Power insist he is worth a first-round pick and Sydney disagrees with that evaluation.

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Other players such as Sam Powell-Pepper, Mitch Wallis, Jake Melksham, Mason Cox, Trent Dumont, Jarrod Brander, Darcy Fort, Tristan Xerri and Max Lynch have also been thrown up in trade discussions.

But while Powell-Pepper will almost certainly stay at Port Adelaide, and Wallis seems like signing a new deal with the Bulldogs, Fort looks set to depart Geelong and head up to Brisbane.

Before that can happen, though, Hawthorn and Geelong have to come to an agreement over Ceglar joining the Cats, which would then pave the way for the Hawks to recruit Lynch from Collingwood.

The Cats and Lions have agreed to a value for Fort, according to Brisbane football manager Danny Daly. “We’re pretty keen to get him into the organisation as support for Oscar McInerney,” Daly told AFL Trade Radio.

Xerri’s desire to head over to St Kilda has also hit a snag, with North’s initial price for its understudy ruckman a second-round pick, a price the Saints are not willing to pay for the 12-gamer. And West Coast’s Jarrod Brander still hopes to make his way to a new club, and might do so as a delisted free agent.

As Ray Arnold, Samuel L. Jackson’s character in “Jurassic Park” said: “Hold on to your butts.” The final day of the trade period could produce some epic fireworks.

COMPLETED DEALS
1. Jake Kelly (Adelaide) joined Essendon as an unrestricted free agent. Adelaide received pick 42 (AFL) as compensation.
2. Mabior Chol (Richmond) joined Gold Coast as an unrestricted free agent. Richmond received pick 38 (AFL) as compensation.
3. George Hewett (Sydney) joined Carlton as a restricted free agent. Sydney received pick 39 (AFL) as compensation.
4. Collingwood traded a future second-round pick, a future third-round pick and a future fourth-round pick to Gold Coast in exchange for picks 22, 46, 58, 79 and a future fourth-round pick.
5. Nathan Kreuger and pick 55 (Geelong) traded to Collingwood in exchange for pick 41.
6. Jeremy Finlayson (GWS) traded to Port Adelaide in exchange for a future third-round pick.
7. Luke Dunstan (St Kilda) joined Melbourne as an unrestricted free agent.
8. St Kilda received pick 62 (Adelaide), pick 66 (Adelaide) and future fourth-round pick (Adelaide); Adelaide received pick 33 (Melbourne), future first-round pick (Melbourne) and pick 75 (Western Bulldogs); Western Bulldogs received pick 23 (Adelaide), pick 44 (Adelaide) and pick 45 (Melbourne); Melbourne received pick 17 (Western Bulldogs), pick 37 (Adelaide) and pick 49 (St Kilda).
9. Collingwood traded pick 22 to Fremantle in exchange for pick 27 and a future third-round pick.
10. Will Brodie, pick 19, pick 61 and pick 69 (Gold Coast) traded to Fremantle in exchange for a future second-round pick and a future fourth-round pick.
11. Adam Cerra (Fremantle) traded to Carlton in exchange for pick 6 and a future third-round pick.
12. Tim O’Brien (Hawthorn) joined Western Bulldogs as an unrestricted free agent.
13. Sam Petrevski-Seton (Carlton) traded to West Coast; Lewis Young (Western Bulldogs) traded to Carlton; pick 52 (West Coast) traded to Western Bulldogs.
14. Robbie Tarrant, pick 40 and a future second-round pick (North Melbourne) traded to Richmond in exchange for Callum Coleman-Jones, pick 42, pick 47 and a future fourth-round pick.
15. Patrick Lipinski (Western Bulldogs) traded to Collingwood in exchange for pick 43.