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it'll be interesting to see what happens to the three recent signees: - whitfield: signed til 2020 - kelly: signed til 2019 - hopper: signed til 2019 of all their 'in-demand' players only toby greene is signed on til end of next season, and he won't be a free agent - a year short - but he'll absolutely be in-demand but 2019 could be a bounty: - tomlinson: restricted free agent - shiel: rfa - buntine: rfa - haynes: rfa - coniglio: rfa - lobb - himmelberg - hopper - kelly all either rfa's or simply out of contract

2014 preseason - thyroid issue 2015 - injuries to both hamstrings, second one pretty severe 2016 - thyroid issue 2017 preseason - brick to the head 2017 - hamstring again played more games this year than any other year and as long as we're on top of the thyroid issue he's vital to our future imo

2017 pick 10, 2018 first round for lever and a second rounder (either 17 or preferably 18) is fine imo

hibberd was relatively 'big trade' - all australian defender quality for a second round pick! - and worked out exactly as foretold

if you equate it to lever being paid $670k or so across 5 years - which is what $850k under the new cba equates to, under the old cba - does that make those who are worried about his price feel any better? i'm of the opinion that if we can get it done, we get it done crows' supporting mates think it'll happen, just a matter for what - they think he's absolutely worth two first rounders, the only way i can see that happening is if something comes back the other way we were spitballing and came up with the following: lever plus rory atkins FOR melbourne pick 10, 2017 and melbourne's 2018 first rounder OR lever plus brisbane's 2nd round pick 2017 (pick 18-20, traded to the crows for charlie cameron) FOR melbourne pick 10, 2017 and melbourne's 2018 first rounder the one i would love to take off their hands is hugh greenwood, but crows fans are adamant he ain't leaving

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21 - doesn't turn 22 til the start of next season kid is a pretty rare talent go get him dees!

will luke beveridge choke him at the brownlow again?

where's this rumour sprung from? cannot see dogs letting him go

i'm presuming something akin to: crows: get pick 5, lose lever + something else freo: get pick 10, a second round pick + something else (no idea what, obviously not mcgovern), lose pick 5, balic melbourne: get lever and balic, lose pick 10, something else (kent to freo?) i don't know how it would work at all i'd rather just pick 10 for lever

well, blue is the new orange and charcoal, so...

Would love Gaff and Lever this offseason

God you'd hope not If he's there at our second pick I'd love us to take him

this is pretty much my thoughts on this kid he's a far better kick than most on here are giving him credit for being, and coupled with his intercept prowess - which went to another level again in the back half of the year, as he started marking rather than simply spoiling (and boy, when he spoils, he KILLS the contest) - he's the ideal man to have as part of a zone defence i would suspect if he is contemplating coming to us (and i really, really hope he is) then part of the appeal would be that the zone he's asked to play is pretty much tailor-made for his natural abilities

what i was told is that a significant party at adelaide has declared that it's a "done deal" in so much as he's picked the club he wants to play for and the salary he wants to receive - but like everything, i take it with a grain of salt

All the talk at the moment is that it's btw Dees and Footscray; Crows would prefer he went to Pies cos they're prepared to give up pick 6, but Lever's preference is Melbourne The $$ have been pushed up by Footscray's offer, as to whether or not we are matching that valuation is another matter I was told yesterday it's a "done deal" but we shall see

Worth it 21 year old key defenders who read the ball in flight and kick it well are a rare commodity

$850k a year is the rumour...

He is absolutely integral to our growth as a side

no, martin was always going pick 1 to gc17 we were choosing btw hogan and kelly

don't forget, it was a toss-up at the time as to whether it was hogan or kelly we were taking in the mini-draft

If you were to rank the KPPs in terms of sheer quality, would Frost even be in the top half dozen btw the two clubs? Talia, Lever, T Mac, O Mac, Kelly, Keath, Frost, Hartigan, Garland, Keilty, Dear... If Frost was the make weight to get the deal done, I'd take it in a heartbeat

from a crows mate - apparently the wobbles have been told the same as dogs

H is for Hansen...not Heritier... Sheahan was bang on the money about Lewis leaving the Hawks, and was pilloried before it came out as true Here's hoping he's on the money re Lever too