Rodney (Balls) Grinter

34 minutes ago, CBDees said:

Melbourne should pay pick 10 (2017) and our second round (2018) for Lever and no more!

Why should we be trying creative packaging to obtain another first round pick, when Lever was:

1) Not in their top 10 B&F; and 

2) Scored 1 vote in the Brownlow (same as O. Mac)?

Absolutely.

I'm sure that it's been said before, but where do Adelaide get off thinking that two first rounders for Lever is anything like market value?  Two first rounders is what they parted with for Dangerfield and good as he may be, Lever is no Dangerfield.

Granted the Crows had a weaker hand with Dangerfield being a FA, but with Lever being out of contract, they don't exactly have a strong hand either.

Adelaide themselves were not prepared to part with two first round picks for that Carlton bloke (Bryce Gibbs was it) last year either.

Get real Crows, take it or Lever leaves for nothing.

Jeff is exibit A in why Jack Watts shouldn't be let go for peanuts.

1 hour ago, DemonAndrew said:

21 games, 42.28 goals is a great result...but would it be selfish to want it to be 21 games, 55.15 goals?

some of his misses in front are inexplicable - his set shot work needs a lot of work

love his ability to outbody bigger defenders and use his footballing 'nous' to control the space around the drop of the ball and put himself in an advantageous position to make the most of his opportunity

his football definitely became more subdued as a result of off-field circumstances, but he still looked threatening

he's a massively important part of our forward line

 

Thought his set shots this year we're a vast improvement on last year.  42.28 is pretty good really.

If I recall correctly a bad and particularly critical exception to his steadiness in front of goal was the final round against the Pies.  Missed at least one, if not more set shots that he would have gobbled up earlier in the season... was not alone in that though.

1 hour ago, fndee said:

Just out of interest if you were in charge of the Watts deal is there any point - 3rd round pick for Watts, 4th round, 5th? - where you would say that we are better off keeping him? 

I wouldn't accept anything less than a mid second round pick for Jack.

Pleanty of baggers on his lack of intensity and physicallity, but the facts are this guy also has elite feild kicking, decision making and goal kicking skills.  His 2016 season was outstanding and he was one of our key contributors on half a dozen occasions this season.

I'd rather play him in the side for half season next year than trade him for peanuts.   When he plays enough twos he will find that hunger and would be a match winner on the occasions he did play.

Has always been tallent and like the way he goes about his business with a minimum of fuss.

Was a little dicky in front of goals in his first few forays forward, but it's pretty clear that once he was given the task on a more permanent basis, he put some time into his set shot routine and was excellent in front of goals..

I recon our permanent forwards are gelous of the free kicks he was able to attract and I'm sure he was much happier to be receiving them in front of our goals than giving them away in front of the oppositions - a bit of karma.

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.

21 minutes ago, america de cali said:

Adelaide are not too happy.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/adelaides-jake-lever-officially-requests-trade-to-victorian-club-20171003-gytemt.html

Assuming we get this deal done and Lever goes on to have a distinguished career with the MFC , it would be very sweet revenge for loosing Scott Tompson to them all thoset years ago.

36 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

The premiership was there for the taking this season, the most even ever.

Richmond took their chances, which is more than can be said for our club. 

They deserve the flag. 

Yeah, I half get you here, but FFS you would expect Adelaide to at least put up a fight though.

To be honest, I thought we really should have won the flag in 2000, but Swartz Neitz and others were weak as Pissss.

Just now, Akum said:

Adelaide from 1/4 time on played stupid. Then kept playing stupid. Then played stupid some more.

You meant they were there was an Adelaide side out there?

5 minutes ago, america de cali said:

I’m glad we didn’t win the flag. Hird giving the NS medal to Oliver is a deal breaker.

Tainted.

Well, can  someone please tell me how the F that just happened?

22 minutes ago, Demonland said:

It took a few weeks but this could be the karma for throwing the round 23 game. 

The way they are playing today, I don't think they thew it.  Tex has done nothing, just like 3/4 of the rest of their side.  Adelaide would have to be one of the flakiest minor premiours in a number of years.

Seriously, how did Brian Taylor get a gig as a comentator on grandfinal day?

Holding the ball against Richmond, no excuses.

Gee wiz, if only the MFC got half of the BS free kicks the Tigers are getting, we would be in the GF too.

Good first up season for the red and blue.  No out and out superstar, but solid, workman like and capable at the top level.  Exactly the type of player we can move foward with, having more of in the team, plays his role and gets on with the job.  Silenced some of the critics in the back half of the season.

Will be good to see what this bloke and Hibbard can do for us backing up next year, with the benifits of comming off a solid year of footy rather thana year in exile.

14 minutes ago, btdemon said:

It is now such a midfielders' medal. Everyone raves about how good Jake Lever is and he received 1 vote.  In the old days we had ruckmen, defenders, wingers, forwards all winning the medal. It's a shame.

Agreed.  They should consider taking the voting off the umpires and or give the goal umpires a vote.  It's a little hard to understand how it has become so midfielder dominated when there are so many umpires off the ball.

1 minute ago, pineapple dee said:

I've turned it off now. I've had a gut full !!!!!! I am addicted to gambling. If I get told again by some goose to have a bet and then in the next breath to " bet responsibly " , I'll friggin well scream !!!   Go and get stuffed  Brown or whatever your name is. 

So he hasn't only been giving me the shiiitS all night.  Bookmaker sum of the earth... only one step down from a drug dealer.

Well, it has been 2 hrs of the most riviting TV I have watched all year and I can't handle any more excitement in one night, so nighty nights good people's of Demonland.  Wake me up if Clarry wins it.

I tell you what, Martin is sure lucky he's a pretty handy footballer, because just listening to him talk, he was always going to struggle to make it as a rocket scientist.

How much does channel Seven suck up to Selwood.

It takes me a whole year to forget how bloody boring this coverage of Brownlow night really is.  I do wish I had a better memory and didn't bother to turn it on.

1 hour ago, picket fence said:

Not up to it! Trade

Would like to trade you on that basis Picket.

5 hours ago, jane02 said:

He's a favourite at our place too. My daughter is devastated that he's about to get married.

That girl had better hurry up and marry him, before I do!  Got a serious man crush on Bernie.  Absolutely top bloke. 

To think that he came to us when we were on our knees, when had he stayed at the Crows, he could be just about to play off in a GF.  He deserves to be at the MFC when we finally have some decent success again.

I know they were missing a few players, but how the heck did the Crows loose to those Meth Coast Fkers.