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i expect he'll stay and be made their captain i'd have him, absolutely, but i think in order to entice him to leave you'd be paying big $$ and quite frankly we have other priorities

from all reports sloane is headed to the saints and tom lynch is on his way collingwood, both for huge money it'll be interesting to see what happens with gaff...we've chased him a couple of times, haven't we?

First Shaun, now Mitch Everything is coming up Marshes

Honestly, there is no need for umpires whatsoever anymore Invest in the technology and get rid of the glorified cost racks

it'll be interesting to see where he sits - seems like a player that has rocketed into the top 5, with brisbane and freo (both interstate sides) seemingly keen for underage watchers, is he better than gus? my biggest criticism of gus (other than his unfortunate inability to stay on the park) is that he misses those 'dolly' kicks from 35m that should scythe through the air to a teammate - too often they go wide, high or short it's funny really, cos he seems fine kicking it long

Jack Trengove has signed a one-year deal with Port Adelaide. He joins the club as a delisted free agent.

16 disposals @ 81.2% efficiency, 6 marks, 3.5 rebound 50s, and 6.1 1%ers a game... can't wait to see this kid in a dees guernsey next season

gibbs could easily play another 6 or 7 seasons he's never had massive fitness issues and has never been 'quick' so is unlikely to lose his pace both lever and gibbs are win-win deals for mine

wasn't he originally touted as a potential midfield option when coming through the draft?

If you were to rate them now I’d actually go: Lever Marchbank Petracca Miller Maynard The maturity of Miller and Maynard as youngsters in (relatively) struggling sides has been super impressive And people who are down on Trac shouldn’t be - his consistency and approach to his football has, I think, been terrific

Rationalize it as 7 first round picks over 7 years and you might feel better (2012-18) Lever is a jet; can’t wsit to see him run out for us in round 1

gone! out for 152!! what an innings for a 21 year old...the sort of player you can build a side around not flashy, but just gets the job done very happy with the deal personally - kid is a jet and it was beholden on us to get it done

i have absolutely no issues giving 2017 and 2018 first rounder for lever and X, whatever X may be (late 2017 first / early 2017 second, or 2018 second) the kid is a jet it makes me think of what paul roos said, which is that the biggest battle with these sorts of deals is getting the player across the line - from there, it's beholden upon the trading in club (that is us in this instance) to get the deal done i'm confident we will, and we won't look back in 2018 and beyond

shot! been a slow and steady innings for jake, but he brings up the 150

my favourite bit was when he talked about all the players crows have brought in from other clubs who basically form the nucleus of their side: - jenkins - lynch - betts (free agency acquisition, no less) - jacobs he forgot about seedsman, hampton, cheney and the retiring thompson too... it really was a 'we want to have our cake and eat it too' moment

how about we 'settle' (and don'tcha just love that notion) with a fluke flag, and then four in a row two or three years later?

converted wife into a demon when she was 15 and i was 17...21 years and three junior dees later and all i want now is some fricken success - and i'm talking hawthorn-like twenty year dynasty not some willy nilly one-off fluke premiership - to justify my selection... (and only really posting this to keep the lever run rate ahead of the watts' innings)

his first game back and first half against tigers were really strong then we found a way to play essentially without a ruckman his form in the vfl would have appeared to have not been compelling enough to get back into the senior side, and it's amazing really that he got nine years on a senior list i can't really see him getting picked up by another club to be honest

lever's season was better than tex, lynch, and arguably betts pick 27 might get the deal done now eh

shoutout from toot toot! i don't care if he's our highest paid player, personally he's a very, very good player

clearly so do their players sloane to leave as a free agent at the end of next year?

afc saying vic-based club, every reporter confirming it as the dees

Lever is believed to have informed the Crows of his wish on Tuesday and is certain to nominate Melbourne as his preferred destination. jake niall confirms he's requesting a trade: https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/jake-lever-officially-tells-adelaide-that-he-wants-to-be-traded-to-victorianbased-afl-club/news-story/18ed1449aba092ba0cc8661635f295cc

hits more targets by foot than danger and is seven years younger

ch7 adelaide was reporting the very same last night and the minute he does we would seemingly hold the whip hand in negotiations