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6 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

$4 million over 4 years seems way too high for him. Didn't Lewis give a speech earlier in the year that the players should be willing to play for less money to get more, best 22 players in, in order to win a flag?

If the MFC have offered Lever that much, doesn't that pretty much throw all of that out the window? Thats gonna p*** off a lot of the playing group 

Generally agree, but $1M per season isn't what it use to be and won't be in 3 seasons time at the end of his contract.  Lever waited until the new EBA was out for a good reason.

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    MFC could have bot Stringer and Watts for the price of Lever

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    Just now, Dee Dee Ramone said:

    MFC could have bot Stringer and Watts for the price of Lever

    And not improved at all

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    8 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

    $4 million over 4 years seems way too high for him. Didn't Lewis give a speech earlier in the year that the players should be willing to play for less money to get more, best 22 players in, in order to win a flag?

    If the MFC have offered Lever that much, doesn't that pretty much throw all of that out the window? Thats gonna p*** off a lot of the playing group 

    It will be much more than that if he is forces to go into the draft.

    He'll put a massive price on his head for years 1 and 2 and then get paid under's for years 3 and 4 when he reaches the MFC

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    11 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

    $4 million over 4 years seems way too high for him. Didn't Lewis give a speech earlier in the year that the players should be willing to play for less money to get more, best 22 players in, in order to win a flag?

    If the MFC have offered Lever that much, doesn't that pretty much throw all of that out the window? Thats gonna p*** off a lot of the playing group 

    Woo ahh big fella... we don't want to hear that especially with your bro at the club.. are they shitty?! Lever will be immense for us, worth it.

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    13 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

    $4 million over 4 years seems way too high for him.

    Wouldnt be on that, or even close.

    Dont believe the media lies.

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    16 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

    $4 million over 4 years seems way too high for him. Didn't Lewis give a speech earlier in the year that the players should be willing to play for less money to get more, best 22 players in, in order to win a flag?

    If the MFC have offered Lever that much, doesn't that pretty much throw all of that out the window? Thats gonna p*** off a lot of the playing group 

    you contradict your own post D167

     

    Lewis gives a speech saying existing players should accept less, in order to attract more "best 22" players from other clubs, then you wonder if the existing players will be p****ed off, because of the arrival of a new "best 22" player from another club, on good coin?

     

    Rethink, and re-post

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    7 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    you contradict your own post D167

     

    Lewis gives a speech saying existing players should accept less, in order to attract more "best 22" players from other clubs, then you wonder if the existing players will be p****ed off, because of the arrival of a new "best 22" player from another club, on good coin?

     

    Rethink, and re-post

    You're missing the point dude.

    There are a number of players currently on the list who are better then Lever on a helluva of a lot of less money, that's what would create animosity within the group.

    Don't get me wrong all, Lever would be a great catch for Melbourne no doubt, and it'd be awesome to see him dominate in our backline.

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    11 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

    Wouldnt be on that, or even close.

    Dont believe the media lies.

    Agreed.  Hadn't heard $mill mentioned.  Wouldn't be surprised if Adelaide would throw that around though.  Hell hath no fury as a Crow scorned.

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    Just now, Drunkn167 said:

    You're missing the point dude.

    There are a number of players currently on the list who are better then Lever on a helluva of a lot of less money, that's what would create animosity within the group.

    Thats not the point at all.

    Lewis tells players to accept LESS, in order to attract outside players who will be best 22

    Then you suggest players will be ANGRY, if said new best 22 player takes the money Lewis has been telling them to sacrifice.

     

    makes Zero sense at all.

     

    We have no defender who is better than Lever at what he does. None. So why the concern?

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    1 hour ago, kurtneverdied said:

    2/2 Told you guys. Stuff you doubters. Listen next time.

    What was the first one Kurt?

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    Just now, faultydet said:

    Thats not the point at all.

    Lewis tells players to accept LESS, in order to attract outside players who will be best 22

    Then you suggest players will be ANGRY, if said new best 22 player takes the money Lewis has been telling them to sacrifice.

     

    makes Zero sense at all.

     

    We have no defender who is better than Lever at what he does. None. So why the concern?

    Coz I can tell you for a fact that the players would definitely be pretty angry about.

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    I heard from the 7 news piece it was 750k a year for 4 years. In 4 years time i bet you another increase in the cap will happen. Also considering some clubs have multiple players on close to 1mil a year, where is all our money?

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    Just now, Drunkn167 said:

    Coz I can tell you for a fact that the players would definitely be pretty angry about.

    And I have no doubt at all that is the case. It's always a huge concern about out of joint noses when attracting new talent.

    But it flies in the face of what Lewis was saying, and that's my point.

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    Too many seduced by Lever.

    He is good....but no so good that you risk animosity

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    Just now, Drunkn167 said:

    Coz I can tell you for a fact that the players would definitely be pretty angry about.

    Players have to earn the coin, also remember Nathan Jones, Bernie Vince and Lewis are all close to the end, huge cap room available if guys like Oliver and Petracca earn it. It's also one of those things in which you hope they buy in to the product, not the coin. I could see guys like Petracca and Oliver wanting big bucks and being tempted by different clubs. I don't see guys like Hunt or Gawn demanding big money, because i think they're really invested in the club. 

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    2 minutes ago, MurDoc516 said:

    I heard from the 7 news piece it was 750k a year for 4 years. In 4 years time i bet you another increase in the cap will happen. Also considering some clubs have multiple players on close to 1mil a year, where is all our money?

    That's what i heard also, and that sounds reasonable to me.

    Adelaide are obviously training to paint it as a financial move to save their own skin, so don't be surprised if they throw some numbers out there.

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    23 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

    Wouldnt be on that, or even close.

    Dont believe the media lies.

    I'd hope so

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    Has everybody seen the interview Kane Cornes did? Shows you how out of touch the crows are.
     

     

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    4 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

    Coz I can tell you for a fact that the players would definitely be pretty angry about.

    Who's on heaps less D that thinks they have more value?

    Lever is being paid on form and potential to drive us to the next step, hopefully the playing group can give it time to see how it works out and not get their noses out of joint. 

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    4 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

    Coz I can tell you for a fact that the players would definitely be pretty angry about.

    Yeah, lets stick with our plan of the past 53 years.  That will work!

    People are speculating the amount anyway.  The bigger the amount, the bigger the reaction. Don't get sucked in.

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    All Melbourne media and 7 news reporting 4x 750k But Adelaide 7 news say 4x 1mil I would say Adelaide media pumping it up to get a better deal or to tell the Adelaide members why they wouldn’t match it

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    1 minute ago, Cards13 said:

    Who's on heaps less D that thinks they have more value?

    Lever is being paid on form and potential to drive us to the next step, hopefully the playing group can give it time to see how it works out and not get their noses out of joint. 

    I'd be angry if the club was incompetent and not thinking about the future of the playing group with this deal. However, since Jackson has been incharge i think the club has become rather stable.

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    3 minutes ago, MurDoc516 said:

    Has everybody seen the interview Kane Cornes did? Shows you how out of touch the crows are.
     

     

    Thats so unprofessional, wow.

    Hope we get him for nothing in the draft.

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