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Apologies if this has been posted:  Bugg's cheeky tweet to Jordan (a reference to us beating the Hawks late in the season!):

If you can't beat them, join them hey ? Welcome! ??

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Had a good yarn to Lewis at the Sorrento pub last night, with a mutual friend. Tried not to bother him at too much length about footy but he's EXTREMELY excited about starting with the club and  

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Lewis was my neighbour until a few years ago.  A top fella, who has an extremely sharp football brain.  Even in our darkest hours, he insisted that I stick fat as he was sure there were good times to

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A couple of new Emoticons.

:goody:

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:mahoney:

 

8 hours ago, billy2803 said:

Can't find better?  I think what I love about the Roos and Jackson ones are the utter smugness on their face.  The Goody and JM ones don't have that impact on me.

Sorry! :)

 

 

8 hours ago, Demonland said:

I do have a full time job you know. Find me better ones. :P

heres one for you, of the list manager.

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I believe him when he said he and Clarko are still good friends. They are going to have a few premiership reunions together. Anyway he is ours now . Wonder what number he will wear. 

But its great to see a player of that caliber and skill and also leadership want to come to our club. Also this is the first free agency period where we havent lost a player. In the past we have had howe, frawley sylvia which wasnt a big loss but now players are re-signing with us. 

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I have been posting on DL for about 5 years now, perhaps 6 (or more?). We have some good trades in that time, with the best of them being Vince and Tyson. But even with those there were some posters who questioned the decision to trade them in. I don't think i have read one dissenting voice about the Lewis trade which must be DL first. This is why:

http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/video/2016-10-18/farewell-jordan-lewis

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I have been posting on DL for about 5 years now, perhaps 6 (or more?). We have some good trades in that time, with the best of them being Vince and Tyson. But even with those there were some posters who questioned the decision to trade them in. I don't think i have read one dissenting voice about the Lewis trade which must be DL first. This is why:

http://www.hawthornfc.com.au/video/2016-10-18/farewell-jordan-lewis

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3 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Tricks? As in loading up from outside fitty of one step?

Replacing the stutter shuffle run-up with a 'natural arc'.

... I can hear Bruce McAvaney calling it now "Hogan lining up from outside fifty, wheels around to the left to use his natural arc - GOAL, Demons open the gap on the Bulldogs to five goals!'

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5 minutes ago, DemonAndrew said:

Apparently Mark Stevens on 7 said he's now one of our top five paid players?

I personally see him as a top 5 player immediately, so no dramas there...

I thought he said Lewis is not one of our top 5 paid players but in the top 10. Could be wrong....

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Glad we have help for Jones.

Looks a great fit. And price is more than acceptable.

It is very comforting that at no point was I worried that we would give up anything more than we gave up - essentially nothing.

We had all the leverage, and the Hawks did the right thing by the person involved.

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Great news for the club.

His leadership should help show Jones, Vince, Gawn and Viney how it's done. 

And we essentially gave up nothing for him.

As an aside, I hope this helps us secure a Friday night game next year vs Hawthorn. We already beat them this year, now Channel 7 has the "Lewis vs Hawthorn" story to make out of it.

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/melbourne/paul-roos-says-melbournes-recruitment-of-jordan-lewis-brings-vital-experience-leadership/news-story/e9dd96d503ad37947e27b12f197a0db9

Roos, commenting from sunny Hawaii, thinks it is a great get for the Demons and will accelerate our charge for the finals.  He can't believe Hawks let Mitchell and Lewis go in the same year. 

He went on to say:  “They’re a great club Hawthorn, we have got the greatest respect for them, but to lose Mitchell for pick No.88, there’s got to be something more to it that we don’t know that’s going in.”  

...a not too oblique reference to there being something else in the background of the trade...interesting from Roos as he never gives that sort of comment...maybe the Hawaii sun has got to him a little bit...:cool:

Anyway, good to see him taking an interest.

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8 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Last week:  Hodge to Mitchell: so mate you went for pick 88!

This week: Mitchell to Hodge:  better than Lewis - he went for peanuts!   And, you will go for...?

No, Lewis went for two picks and they were both lower than the 88 that Mitchell went for.

... Forget the part about the Hawks giving us back two more to go along with the deal, Lewi's one of ours now so we can defend his honor.

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Had to go back and watch JL again (also trying to remember the episode where he gives MFC props. Robbo invited him back to 360 and I think with this trade its almost assured. The only reason not to is balance, too much MFC after Roos, from someone else's POV (not mine of course).

 

AFL 360 (26 Min) onward from Aug 9, 2016 

 

 

 

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So we got Lewis just for downgrading two picks. Who, if anyone could have imagined such a pickup before the trade period started, would have suggested that? Maybe giving up a player and a pick. But who'd be mad enough to suggest we'd get him just by downgrading two picks?

 

That's what all of us are still wrapping our heads around... What makes me more stunned is this. Ask yourself how many of the other clubs would trade Lewis in for a grand total of 11 lost spots in third and fourth round picks? The answer is 17 clubs would take that deal in a heartbeat, be they in a window now like Cats, or growing and needing the leadership, like Gold Coast. So faced with a genuine gun of the comp walking from his club (or being pushed), he chose one club OUT OF 17 to go to. Not 3 or 4 and let them fight it out so I can get paid more. 1 club. Even if you argue that he couldn't leave Victorian clubs because of family and TV commitments, that's still 9 other clubs all of whom would have taken him with open arms. The whole thing boggles my mind.

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