Demonland 74,431 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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.” 1 Quote
deanox 10,070 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Well it obviously all worked out for adelaide, and they are flying now. 6 1 14 Quote
picket fence 18,184 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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!! 3 Quote
PaulRB 6,435 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Love it. Bound to fire Lever up... Bring on the Dons! 8 Quote
TeamPlayedFine39 8,525 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Mark Ricciuto is the crazy ex-girlfriend we cross the road to avoid. 4 1 10 Quote
binman 44,824 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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 1 1 Quote
BrisbaneDemon 1,575 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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. 3 Quote
Rab D Nesbitt 8,955 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 There are guys at his club that would walk over hot coals for that sort of coin. Or maybe not. 2 2 Quote
GawnWithTheWind 604 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 He’s right. Lever is not worth 800k. We overpaid massively. His next contract won’t be half that. 3 Quote
dazzledavey36 56,334 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 800k and two 1st round draft picks for Lever... Only at Melbourne. 2 Quote
Diamond_Jim 12,773 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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 1 Quote
bobby1554 1,275 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Right at this moment his comment is fact. Whether it remains so is entirely up to Jake. We wait and see. 3 1 Quote
TeamPlayedFine39 8,525 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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. FOR Pick 10 (2017), pick 19 (2018) and Pick 59 (2018) So, it ended up being... Jack Lever, Harrison Petty and Matthew Parker (StKilda) FOR Lochie O'brien (Carlton), Liam Stocker (Carlton) and Brett Bewley (Fremantle). Looks fine to me. 13 Quote
MyFavouriteMartian 572 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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. 1 Quote
Mental Demons 136 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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 Quote
McQueen 17,867 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Wasn't Lever nearly BOG when we smashed the Crows in the Alice by 90 pts? Mark? Hello? ? 2 4 Quote
The Swimming Dee 1,907 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Says the bloke that runs the club where arguably their greatest ever player doesn’t feel welcome. Fix up your own backyard you goose! 1 Quote
ProperDee 1,698 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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. 8 Quote
george_on_the_outer 7,875 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Betts, Jenkins, Jacobs, Keath, Greenwood ....all wanted out of the club in 2019 alone. Must be a great place. 8 Quote
MyFavouriteMartian 572 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, TeamPlayedFine39 said: Lever, Pick 37 and Pick 47. FOR Pick 10 (2017), pick 19 (2018) and Pick 59 (2018) So, it ended up being... Jack Lever, Harrison Petty and Matthew Parker (StKilda) FOR 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.? Quote
daisycutter 30,021 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 fact or not mark, that's no way to make friends and influence people. karma has a good record. enjoy those grapes 4 Quote
Deesprate 1,324 Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 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. 1 Quote
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