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Wouldn’t have thought, with the picks they had they basically would have had at best a 50-50 chance of landing someone as good as Lever, plus he’s only 21 so they’re still getting someone who should play 200+ games for them. However, I do think if the Dees want him to be they’re number one...

Arguing about who the worst team to win a flag is all a bit pointless don’t you think, doesn’t matter what we think of that team their name is still on the cup. On iPhone using BigFooty.com mobile app

Ah I see what you mean. My idea was the club can choose to give a one, two, three or four year contract with the two year team option. So I think what you would see is the early draftees with obvious upside will be signed to four year deals, lower ones that are less certain could get a one or...

I disagree, the rookie list is a great way for perhaps less physically gifted players or late bloomers to find their way onto a list. Cox, Milne, Kirk, Boyd, Jack, Sewell, Sandilands, Gibson, Morris and Priddis all probably wouldn’t have made it without it. I still think that the four+two model...

That’s a brand new stadium though, Adelaide Oval always has and probably always will be a long and skinny ground. It was hard enough getting the changes to pass as it was. You also forget that Adelaide Oval and the SCG are still cricket grounds first, football stadiums second. I’m not sure why...

If the Crows were just sooking about him leaving, where is the animosity towards Cameron, why is he attending the best and fairest? Why was the club perfectly cordial to Danger, and allowed him to accept his best and fairest. There is clearly more to this story.

Firstly, being a good ruckman involves a lot more than just ruckwork. I haven’t been able to find his hitout to advantage percentage, however I suspect it is high. People seem to think that raw hit out numbers are irrelevant, this isn’t the case, even if your hitout to advantage percentage is...

Fair, but of that list the player with around the same contested ball numbers was Gawn, who had the same efficiency percentage. Jacobs also has a higher kick-handball ratio then a lot of other ruckman, this would bring DE% down.

Yes, but Lever has had three years in an AFL system, and a relatively strong one at that and has improved each year to the point where he is on the cusp of being an out and out star. Barring injuries, or some complete change in attitude, if he doesn’t become a star it would be the Dees fault...

And playing hardball was clearly the wrong move, the Blues held strong, did the right thing, and I suspect that a deal will be done this year much more to the Blues liking. It’s not hypocritical to try and get the best deal possible for your side, it’s just what every team does. Was the way we...

We’d already gotten three all Australian seasons out of Danger, Lever is leaving before with really been able to get much out of him.

Pick 10: Patrick Dangerfield, Phil Davis, Jake Melksham, Daniel Gorringe, Liam Sumner, Joe Daniher, Nathan Freeman, Nakia Cockatoo, Harry McKay and Jack Bowes Pick 27: Andy Otten, Sam Wright, Callum Bartlett, Kieran Harper, Sam Kerridge, James Stewart, Sean Lemmens, Lukas Webb, Darcy Tucker and...

I’d definitely disagree there, but you’d at least agree he’s in that category, suggesting you’d expect an early first round pick, Melbourne don’t have that so two mid to late first rounders will have to do.

Not now, give him another five years and he probably will be.

I’d give up two number one picks for him frankly. The last 10 no 1 picks are Andrew McGrath, Jacob Weitering, Paddy McCartin, Tom Boyd, Jonathon Patton, David Swallow, Tom Scully, Jack Watts, Matthew Kruezer and Bryce Gibbs. Let’s say all of those are three year players, if you were the clubs...

My rough idea would be: When a player is selected in a draft the team has the option to sign a player to a deal for 1-4 years, all of these contracts come with a two year team option (team has the option to extend the contract another two years). When this contract expires a player becomes a...

We offered less than what Melbourne did for several reasons: 1. We’ve just made a GF, we are in a position to win now, we can’t have salary cap space used up on potential. 2. We have Crouch and Sloane coming out of contract next year, if we give Lever 900k those guys are going to rightfully ask...

Jacobs averages 69% disposal efficiency, Gawn is at 69%, Ryder at 63%, Grundy at 66%, Kruezer is at 58%, so he’s actually right up there for ball use as an elite ruckman. Look at the two showdowns this year, he at minimum drew even with the AA ruckman in their first meeting, and dead set...

It’s actually quite logical. Currently he is probably our second best key defender, and about 4th or 5th best overall, for a team that is in premiership contention, and needing to pay the salaries of a premiership contending list, we simply cannot afford to do this, off the top of my head there...

I guess then we'll have to agree to disagree. Personally I think honesty and integrity is a big part of professionalism. If people want to say it is a business and all layer movements are "business decisions" then they also need to act professionally. Lying to the people who employ you as well...

Like any position, if the players around you don't back you up, you can be made to look average, Jacobs won the hit outs but when the midfielders are being dominated as clearly as they were on Saturday there is little he could do. Look at the qualifying and prelim finals, the mids came to the...

That is for the most part what Crows supporters are upset about, obviously lying to Stynes is worse however. Leaving clubs now is fine, it bloody stings every time because most supporters get emotionally attached to their clubs players, but we move on. But if you are going to leave, just handle...

Actually no, your lesser home ground advantage is evened out by having a lesser away game disadvantage. I made this point in another thread, every year the Crows get 10 home games, 2 neutral and 10 away. The Tigers had 2017: 5 home, 11 neutral, 6 away 2016: 5 home, 12 neutral, 5 away 2015: 4...

The reports are, pretty much the same reports about Tex's anger, that Lever was extremely upset and angry with the offer. And I don't recall saying it was funny

I was referring to before then, when he was telling everyone he was “just waiting for the CBA” which we now know is code for “waiting for a better offer”. It’s interesting that people are criticising Tex for spitting the dummy about being lied to, but no one is pointing out that Lever basically...

The Crows wouldn’t be the first, and won’t be the last losing grand final team to have premiership celebrations go unused.

There were a lot of people who also backed Henderson’s decision, myself included. For a club in the Blues’ position I think it was the best thing to do so that they didn’t waste time developing him when he’d only be around for a year. I also don’t think anyone would expect him to admit he’s...

I sense there’s more to it though then them just being mad at him for leaving, why has Cameron not copped the same heat if that is the case?

Once again, I feel like a broken record here, there are some people that are screaming disloyalty, but the majority of Crows fans are just annoyed about being consistently lied to by Lever. And who knows what was really said between Tex and Lever, and who knows why either is angry at the other...

Currently the best SA talent going around would probably be Jacobs, Laird, Smith, Betts, Gibbs, Grundy, Fantasia, Neale, Mackie, Menzel, Davis, Burgoyne, Puopolo, Viney could be considered part SA, Ebert, Wingard, Grundy, Hurn and Daniel. Of that list that aren’t at or we’re at Adelaide...