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ha! Not only am i right with my assumptions made last October, but i am also slightly creeped out as i do own a pink selfie stick, as i got it from xmas. Which means my cover/anonymity has either been blown on here and you know me personally, or it was a lucky guess by you.

Nah, you're safe...for now...
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Well Mr Shadow they do have an odd coach now so anything is possible.

A friend from Adelaide remarked to me the other day that he thought he might be their "MN"

OD it's pleasing to see that we don't own the marketplace for coaching, captaining and CEO blunders, but fortunately we've moved past that now.

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What would people pay and how many years? Front loading on the cards. Pies are meant to be making massive play as well.

Where the f is a club club like Coll (or Haw and the Swans in the past for that matter) getting the money in their cap to poach a player like Danger? FMD we'd have to offer him half our cap just to get him to think about it. The rich get richer...

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Swans no, Hawks do have an ageing list. Young players like Hill and Langford would be on bugger all, Hale, Lake and Frawley took less to play there. Hodge veteran?? Their big money earners now would be Rough and Lewis. Pies have lost Beams, H, Daisy, Shaw plus Travis Joke is in year 3 or 4 of his overpriced contract.

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Tex was asked on SEN last night when he'd speak to Dangerfield about re-signing. His response was to say that Dangerfield is just as important as the other 40 players on the list and that he'll make his decision in due course. In other words, gone.

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Crows should've agreed to trade Danger for picks 2 and 3 (or whatever else was offered, eg, pick 3 and Toumpas) last year. No brainer for them.

Geez I'm glad we didn't give away the farm to get him last year though.

At that point they had to get his agreement RB.

He was always playing the long game IMO.

End of 2015 he can go to where he wants to be without much hassle.

Stay for 2015 and he walks to Geelong and there is nothing Adelaide can do about it.

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At that point they had to get his agreement RB.

He was always playing the long game IMO.

End of 2015 he can go to where he wants to be without much hassle.

Stay for 2015 and he walks to Geelong and there is nothing Adelaide can do about it.

yes there is; all the Crows have to do is match Geelong’s offer, then he has to stay, and with Geelong on record stating that they will not pay overs (or even market price) to the detriment of their list, then the crows should easily be able to accomplish this. Progressing this logic further, Adelaide would then say to Patrick, your options are
play with us, or
play with someone we can't match i.e. Melbourne, or
we organise a trade to get you to Geelong.
I would much rather be in Adelaide’s position than Geelong’s when it comes to P Dangerfield. Though Melbourne could as easily be in a stronger position than both.
In reality Adelaide could probably match nearly all other club offers except for something outrageous from starless/marquee (player) free teams such as Melbourne, St Kilda, Kangaroos and perhaps West Coast. Even Bulldogs, GWS and Gold Coast have players soaking up large portions of salary cup space; the crows only have Tex.
This is based on my understanding that Dangerfield will only be a RFA next year.
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This is based on my understanding that Dangerfield will only be a RFA next year.

I don't think they will match. We are still waiting for the first club to do that... I think we will still be waiting...

In terms of team planning - it would be a massive headache to have a contract on your books designed by another club, it would be easier to take the top 10 pick and move on.

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OD it's pleasing to see that we don't own the marketplace for coaching, captaining and CEO blunders, but fortunately we've moved past that now.

Agreed.

It also struck me that this Captaincy decision has the hallmarks of MN's first Captaincy decision and we all know how that worked out.

This decision has to be based on the politics of making a statement about who is showing the most loyalty not who is the best man for the job. That might be worth considering this year but next year and beyond they need best available and I highly doubt that is Tex.

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