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Ricciuto on Lever

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Lever left Adelaide to sign a lucrative contract with Melbourne in the wake of the Crows’ defeat to Richmond in the 2017 grand final.

But Ricciuto believes the club has never had regrets over agreeing to trade the defender to the Dees.

“Jake Lever got a five-year deal on $800,000 to $850,000 (per season), very comfortable that we let him go on that money,” he said on Triple M radio.

“He’s probably a $500,000 player.”

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    Well it obviously all worked out for adelaide, and they are flying now. 

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    Adelaide = AAA farm team

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    Yeah Recuiito would say that.... By the way Mark, Why not put your players on PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS 

    Gee, you won't need to shell out more than a couple of Hundred per game!! IMAGINE your saving!!

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    Love it. 
    Bound to fire Lever up...

    Bring on the Dons! 

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    Mark Ricciuto is the crazy ex-girlfriend we cross the road to avoid.

     

     

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    19 minutes ago, PaulRB said:

    Love it. 
    Bound to fire Lever up...

    Bring on the Dons! 

    Knowing our luck all that will mean is him flying for marks he should stay down on 

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    Lever needs to start earning that money, the $500k isn’t far off what he has produced for us.

     

    $800-$850k is for a superstar, we’re paying that to 2 defenders.  Plus We don’t have dominate forward to help us win games.

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    There are guys at his club that would walk over hot coals for that sort of coin. Or maybe not. 

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    He’s right. Lever is not worth 800k. We overpaid massively. His next contract won’t be half that.

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    800k and two 1st round draft picks for Lever...

    Only at Melbourne.

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    4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    and two 1st round draft picks for Lever...

    I can live with the money although five years was perhaps excessive but the draft picks....grrrr

    Much the same can be said about May

    Anyway ... we will know the answers by seasons end

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    Right at this moment his comment is fact. Whether it remains so is entirely up to Jake. We wait and see.

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    18 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    I can live with the money although five years was perhaps excessive but the draft picks....grrrr

    Much the same can be said about May

    Anyway ... we will know the answers by seasons end

    Lever, Pick 37 and Pick 47.

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    Pick 10 (2017), pick 19 (2018) and Pick 59 (2018)

     


    So, it ended up being...

    Jack Lever, Harrison Petty and Matthew Parker (StKilda)

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    Lochie O'brien (Carlton), Liam Stocker (Carlton) and Brett Bewley (Fremantle).

     

    Looks fine to me.

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    1 hour ago, PaulRB said:

    Love it. 
    Bound to fire Lever up...

    Bring on the Dons! 

    I think that is why he did it.

    I reckon Roo wants to ensure the crows finish below the Blues and the Dees.

     

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    Leaver is a smart footballer in his prime, a safe pair of hands. We generally over pay and lose out on trades. May is a worse example. We gave up pick 6 for him as well. Over priced and a really dumb footballer. At his age not much future, I would rather develop other younger players. We have a few of not very good return on investment, Like Pruess, Vandenberg and Kolodjashnij

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    Wasn't Lever nearly BOG when we smashed the Crows in the Alice by 90 pts?

    Mark?

    Hello?

    ?

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    Says the bloke that runs the club where arguably their greatest ever player doesn’t feel welcome. Fix up your own backyard you goose!

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    5 minutes ago, Mental Demons said:

    Leaver is a smart footballer in his prime, a safe pair of hands. We generally over pay and lose out on trades. May is a worse example. We gave up pick 6 for him as well. Over priced and a really dumb footballer. At his age not much future, I would rather develop other younger players. We have a few of not very good return on investment, Like Pruess, Vandenberg and Kolodjashnij

    May a “really dumb footballer”. Really? HUGE get for us IMHO. Any other club in the comp would take him in a heartbeat.

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    16 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said:

    Lever, Pick 37 and Pick 47.

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    Pick 10 (2017), pick 19 (2018) and Pick 59 (2018)

     


    So, it ended up being...

    Jack Lever, Harrison Petty and Matthew Parker (StKilda)

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    Lochie O'brien (Carlton), Liam Stocker (Carlton) and Brett Bewley (Fremantle).

     

    Looks fine to me.

    They are not necessarily who we would have picked.  Or we may have traded one.?

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    fact or not mark, that's no way to make friends and influence people. karma has a good record. enjoy those grapes

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    Pretty average comment whether it true or not. I think we need to judge Lever after a full season. Sample size is to small at the moment. 

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