Pick 10 should be enough. Maybe also throw in pick 45 if the Crows moan like stuck pigs

57 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

his dad should really keep out of it. not helping anyone

Agreed, I know it’s his instinct to stick up for his son but what’s done is done. Adelaide have chosen to act like petulant idiots, let’s move on to the real business.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/teams/adelaide/wife-of-crows-ceo-says-it-was-jake-levers-decision-to-skip-the-bestandfairest-on-friday-night/news-story/3416d45d796551573a171204128d15aa

Let the saga continue

23 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I hate the saying first in last out. I hhad a staff member that always left 10 minds or so late and usually early... Did less work than most....

Did you work with George Costanza?

Crows really are acting like flogs about this.

5 hours ago, Skuit said:

I'm guessing that your new film is an update of the Manchurian Candidate through an MFC lens with Matt Damon playing Jack Watts in the role of 'Queen of Diamonds'. Close?

We tried to get Damon but could only get Jones. Still, more MFC elements the better as Joe is bankrolling us. ?

So this Lever bloke. Let's hope we can get him to the club early in the week, in order to land one or two others.

1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

his dad should really keep out of it. not helping anyone

Agreed. Especially talking to the media. Leave the talking to the clubs or maybe Jake

2 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Agreed. Especially talking to the media. Leave the talking to the clubs or maybe Jake

as should crow ceo's wife

next it will be biffo's dog being interviewed

1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

as should crow ceo's wife

next it will be biffo's dog being interviewed

Your barking up the wrong tree there dc

What time does the show start tonight, have to add the hour, anyone?

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

as should crow ceo's wife

next it will be biffo's dog being interviewed

interesting choice there. ...  Biffo's barking mad and his dog bark's madly 

Crow's CEO's Wife...got to be a font football knowledge there !!  My god...the crud they dredge from the Torrens these days 

“From my understanding ( so subjective ! ), and I’m not a club spokesperson ( but I'm going to pretend I am now ) but I do hear a bit, and from my understanding  ( see previous ) theclub is pretty bemused (read..mightily plssed off ) byall those reports,” Alana Fagan 

Stick to the Chardonay  Alana.

Melbourne reportedly getting the job done. Crows returning to earth !!

Age reporting they've asked for 2 first round picks.

This is taken directly from the trade radio/afl trade news feed:

The future is looking brighter for wantaway Adelaide defender Jake Lever, with Melbourne confirming productive talks with the Crows on Monday. 

 

It's been reported all has not been rosy with Crows after the third-year backman declared he wanted out of his first AFL club to return home to Victoria. 

 

But, Melbourne football manager Josh Mahoney said talks were "amicable" on Monday, with both parties working to get it done. 

 

The Crows then confirmed via list manager Justin Reid there had been some "good dialogue" between the parties regarding the 21-year-old's wishes. 

 

They still want two first rounders, but will speak ‘only to us’ for now (how nice of them...).  These pricks have no idea.  I was hoping this would be done quick so we could get on with other things, but it looks like this one may drag over the two weeks. 

Edited October 9, 20178 yr by buck_nekkid

You mean they've shelved the Birdman? Dang.

7 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

They still want two first rounders, but will speak ‘only to us’ for now (how nice of them...).  These pricks have no idea.  I was hoping this would be done quick so we could get on with other things, but it looks like this one may drag over the two weeks. 

Which is stupid because the Cows could use 10 and 2nd rounder to trade for a nifty mid or maybe draft Gus' bro. Seems dumb to slow the boat to a halt when Lever is pizzed off and has said he will go into the draft

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Edited October 9, 20178 yr by faultydet

The more hypothetical other players we tie up to this Trade, the more piddled off the AFL will get with the pending quagmire,,,,ha ha.... 

at the back end......ha ha.....

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

interesting choice there. ...  Biffo's barking mad and his dog bark's madly 

Crow's CEO's Wife...got to be a font football knowledge there !!  My god...the crud they dredge from the Torrens these days 

“From my understanding ( so subjective ! ), and I’m not a club spokesperson ( but I'm going to pretend I am now ) but I do hear a bit, and from my understanding  ( see previous ) theclub is pretty bemused (read..mightily plssed off ) byall those reports,” Alana Fagan 

Stick to the Chardonay  Alana.

Melbourne reportedly getting the job done. Crows returning to earth !!

Agreed. It was hard not to notice this bit ...

"There are an incredible number of rumours and untruths being thrown around at this point in time, it’s the silly season, we know that happens, but for the fans it’s very difficult to decipher what is real and what’s not, so to clear that up, it was Jake’s decision.”

She was on the money until the final few words ... non, let me introduce you to sequitur ...

 

An update on the lever deal. The crows won’t budge on the two first round picks deal so the club will be having a meeting with Richmond to discuss an exchange involving their two late first round picks and our pick 10. 

The crows have indicated that those two picks would satisfy the deal if the tigers are willing to trade them. 

Despite earlier confusion the watts race is still on with Geelong and port slightly leading Sydney and interestingly his chances of staying with us slightly better than they were. Don’t rule that out. 

We have told the cats pick 20 or no deal if he chooses them. 

Freo want to look after balic so pick 64 is the best pick we’d have to give up to secure him. 

Dean kent has been shopped around but has gained very little interest at this early stage. 

17 minutes ago, Dr evil said:

An update on the lever deal. The crows won’t budge on the two first round picks deal so the club will be having a meeting with Richmond to discuss an exchange involving their two late first round picks and our pick 10. 

The crows have indicated that those two picks would satisfy the deal if the tigers are willing to trade them. 

Despite earlier confusion the watts race is still on with Geelong and port slightly leading Sydney and interestingly his chances of staying with us slightly better than they were. Don’t rule that out. 

We have told the cats pick 20 or no deal if he chooses them. 

Freo want to look after balic so pick 64 is the best pick we’d have to give up to secure him. 

Dean kent has been shopped around but has gained very little interest at this early stage. 

We might want to move this to the Trade Rumours thread?

33 minutes ago, Dr evil said:

An update on the lever deal. The crows won’t budge on the two first round picks deal so the club will be having a meeting with Richmond to discuss an exchange involving their two late first round picks and our pick 10. 

The crows have indicated that those two picks would satisfy the deal if the tigers are willing to trade them. 

Despite earlier confusion the watts race is still on with Geelong and port slightly leading Sydney and interestingly his chances of staying with us slightly better than they were. Don’t rule that out. 

We have told the cats pick 20 or no deal if he chooses them. 

Freo want to look after balic so pick 64 is the best pick we’d have to give up to secure him. 

Dean kent has been shopped around but has gained very little interest at this early stage. 

Hmmm, can you imagine how stupid the Crows would look if the Tigs agreed to swap their 2 x late 1st picks for pick 10, and we kept our second round pick?

 

Why wouldnt they have their own meeting with the tigers, swap 10, and keep our pick 27 to themselves?

Strange.

Edited October 9, 20178 yr by faultydet

I appreciate that Mahoney probably wants to be seen as reasonable person to deal with during trade period but the Crows have done themselves no favours in reflecting a value of two first round picks for Lever.

 

So i had a look at pick 10's in the last 10 years of national drafts, this is who clubs got:

Chris Egan
Marcus Drum
Nathan Brown
Dangerfield
Phil Davis
Melksham
Gorringe
Sumner
Cockatoo
Nathan Freeman

Makes me feel a bit more at ease knowing that only 2 of those players  (Danger and Davis) justified their drat position. So if we have to cough up more, so be it. Lever is a ready made gun for the next 9 years

1 hour ago, Dr evil said:

An update on the lever deal. The crows won’t budge on the two first round picks deal so the club will be having a meeting with Richmond to discuss an exchange involving their two late first round picks and our pick 10. 

This is absolute rubbish.

No way do the Tigers swap "their two late first round picks and our pick 10." They may have just won a premiership but they are not a charity. 

If they want our 2017 & 18 first round picks, fine. But we want their 2018 first round pick included in the Lever deal.

Out: 2017 FIRST & SECOND PICK, 2018 FIRST ROUND PICK.

In: LEVER & ADELAIDE 2018 FIRST ROUND PICK.

Edited October 9, 20178 yr by KingDingAling