faultydet

Lever was not a free agent of any kind. He was simply uncontracted.

NEVER trust Colonwood. Surely past history has taught us that. Yeah, the Pies graciously offer to play us in the first round, then twice a year. Wow, wonderful. Then, they make the request that if they play us twice, that we should share the massive gate of Queens Birthday with them year on year. Then, having obtained that, they drop the gracious request to play us twice, but demand to keep rotating the Queens birthday clash. No. No way No way, F*&k off you prciks.

Smart move Junk draft pick for a bloke who was highly rated in his junior years, and the flexibility to offload after 1 year if his supposed issues continue. It's an extremely low risk pick that could pay off handsomely. I approve of this trade.....?

I saw it. It's a video of his mum with Josh Mahoney in a headlock at the trade table.

The guy was clearly just having a bit of fun Saty Loosen up and live a little.

Watch out everyone, Saty is 24hrs away from getting another star into the club. Get your criticisms in before he puts our colours on, and becomes untouchable.

I'm on your side Eth, but I do ask myself how I would feel if our wheels fell off next year, and it turns out to be pick 8 It would be very Melbourne for that to happen. I think it is an indication that our coaching group thinks we are about to hit the big time. That alone is worth at least some excitement. Jared Rivers was made for todays zoning game. I think we just traded for a modern upgrade with solid kicking skills.

Some people are never happy. We paid a fair price for a supposed top tier talent, and left ourselves with good relations, which may very well benefit us at a later date. The picks are gone now, but we have Jake Lever at our club. Just set your alarm so you only turn your TV on at the second round of the draft. Maybe you could while away the time watching Levers highlights package. Actually, have a look at the player ratings from the Grand Final, taken from the AFL site. Then try to crack a smile

I was hoping it was bs, as we have lots of young talent who will be looking for a pay rise in the next few years. We are certainly in "go for broke" mode now. Load up on top tier talent, and have a crack at a flag. Spend every salary cap dollar we have to land people such as Sloane. Now or never.

If the word in other threads is true, and we are stretched salary cap wise, then you can forget about going after a Sloane, who would be worth huge coin, unless we had high profile departures.

This is NOT a mediocre trade. We just picked up a bloke who is the most highly regarded tall defender in the league. It allows T.Mac to play forward all year in the absence of the departing Watts. Crows wanted 2 x 1st rd picks We gave up 2 x first rd plus 4th rd We gained Lever, 2nd rd, and 3rd rd It's not at all a terrible trade. In fact, I love it. Open your eyes everyone. We did ok here. Get on the Crows supporter site. I will bet some of them are whining that they gave us back far too much. That's a good indication of a fair deal.

Just incredible that people can still find something to moan about when we land the most highly rated young defender in the game. You guys will forget all about draft numbers, when we are playing finals. And remember, players families read these threads. Show a bit of excitement for the guy. This is bloody wonderful news. (Oh, and Jake, watch out for the bearded guy on a scooter)

We must have some other stuff in the wings for this to be completed so fast. Welcome Jake, great to have you on board.

Hmmm, can you imagine how stupid the Crows would look if the Tigs agreed to swap their 2 x late 1st picks for pick 10, and we kept our second round pick? Why wouldnt they have their own meeting with the tigers, swap 10, and keep our pick 27 to themselves? Strange.

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Wonder what 20 & 27 would get us? Interesting. Thanks evil.

Cannot believe anyone actually thinks that clubs do not negotiate outside of the trade window. Staggering.

If predictions like that came true, the league would consist entirely of Scott Pendleburys.

Says to me it's a sideshow to placate the moronic masses of their supporter base.

Wasn't it 12, and we sent that to Geelong for Moloney?

If it's the 750k rumoured, our young blokes need to suck it up, and play their asses off to justify the comparison at their next contract. If we are losing games for a finals spot against a garbage side decimated by injury, we clearly do not have lots of players worth more than 750k in it. I'm excited by the potential of many of our youngsters, but it remains Potential, not realised. Only the loss of Oliver would make me weep, as I believe he is a generational talent. Everyone knows you pay more for external talent when you are at our level. Everyone. Our footy department has decided we are entering a premiership window, and as such we can put the medium term on hold, and trade away the early picks. If that doesn't excite the playing list, they are playing for the wrong reasons. Goodwin thinks he can coach us to a flag with the addition of Lever, and other targeted talent. I'm bloody excited about that, and the playing list should be too.

And I have no doubt at all that is the case. It's always a huge concern about out of joint noses when attracting new talent. But it flies in the face of what Lewis was saying, and that's my point.

Thats not the point at all. Lewis tells players to accept LESS, in order to attract outside players who will be best 22 Then you suggest players will be ANGRY, if said new best 22 player takes the money Lewis has been telling them to sacrifice. makes Zero sense at all. We have no defender who is better than Lever at what he does. None. So why the concern?

you contradict your own post D167 Lewis gives a speech saying existing players should accept less, in order to attract more "best 22" players from other clubs, then you wonder if the existing players will be p****ed off, because of the arrival of a new "best 22" player from another club, on good coin? Rethink, and re-post

With all of the supposed high end young talent on the list, we have finally arrived at the point of topping up with the finishing touches to have a dip at a flag. Developing another batch of 18yr olds probably wont get us into a grand final in the next 2 or 3 years, whereas adding 2 or 3 very high end talents in areas of weakness just may do that. We were always going to end up having a dip, and sell the longer term future for a solid crack at the now. I'm comfortable with paying a reasonable price if it means a flag. We would all quickly forget the price while enjoying a month long bender following that flag win. If our young blokes develop the way we hope, the time to go after the best is now.