A couple of very influential people at the Crows reckon we are one of the main clubs interested in Lever
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What the actual ā ā ā ā
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They keep suggesting he has a relationship with Woosh donāt they?
Lever Iām taking about.
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Yep, I think on our list of priorities a KPD is pretty low on the list but apparently itās Collingwood, the Dogs and us who have shown the most interest. I hope itās not so
Aceman has his ear to the ground in SA. FWIW I have no idea but generally he gets good mail. I heard the Hopper/Geelong situation is bang on the money.
Can categorically tell you Dogs preparing to throw the kitchen sink at Lever. They had some other contracts to attend to first, namely JJ, Daniel & Clay Smith as well as assessing their 2018 OOC players and whether Murphy goes on or not etc.
I am so over that every second player who leaves their club wants to go to Geelong.
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Yes, likewise.
Do they have a bottomless salary cap??
Ditto. Theyāre a strong club & have really turned it around from 15-20 years ago when the likes of Kent Kingsley were the only players they could attract.
I donāt know how they get that deal done if it comes to fruition given the picks theyāve given up for Touhy, Henderson, Danger, Smith etc not to mention cap space. Motlop is UFA & apparently has Port interested, so his decent contract likely to be off the books. I do wonder how they manage to get both Gary Jr & Hopper deals done but if anyone can, they can. Gotta give them this, they get deals done.
Me too unfortunately.
Iām assuming thereāll be fair bit of cash freed up at the end of the year with a few expected retirements. Iāll be really surprised if we donāt have a crack at trading in a mid this year.
We had a red hot crack at OāMeara so we know the clubās looking in that direction.
Iām pretty sure Brett Anderson has been saying we are a smoky for Lever.
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I could understand the resistance to Lever being targeted if it was seen as an āinstead ofā decision over midfielder āXā -I am right on the trade/grab a young midfielder wagon. However what does fit with the story is Leverās age demographic. If the club are playing at a long game in terms of sustained success, well he gives us valuable time post Hooker (and maybe Hurley?) to keep an A-grade spine around Daniher and the cluster of youth below him.
Letās hope there are multiple avenues by which we are planning to upgrade and accelerate our list build, but you donāt turn down the opportunity to lure a long term investment of Leverās class.
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I donāt care if heās married to Woosh, we donāt need him at Essendon.
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The only way thatās happening is if one of our other kpd getting traded.
Perhaps west Sydney boy Hartley to GWS
Lever would be a big upgrade on him, barely loses a 1 on 1 and is a great intercept marker (which is what Hartley got dropped for Brown for earlier in season)
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SHOW ME THE KELLY
(the Josh Kelly, ya smart arses)
(the one at GWS)
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We donāt need a potential Elite footballer at Essendon? I donāt think it matters. He makes us a stronger side. The kid is going to be a deadset super player. Iād have him in a heart beat
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Lever would be great to replace someone like Kelly or Baguley in the very near future because he is going to be a Superstar.
But it will all be for naught if we donāt end up adding a Dusty/Josh Kelly along with him as our midfield is still utterly shambolic and no amount of 3rd tall backs are going to fix that.
No. They just manage their list to suit.
They have had two older players retire for thelast three years.
Theyāll have another two this year.
Then theyāll trade players away too (they got rid of a few younger guys) and replace them with cheap 50+ draft picks like Buzza and Menegola.
Eventually, theyāll run out of depth, but they keep topping up their best 18 with mid 20 year old players.
Need? Maybe not.
Want? Hell yeah.
You couldnāt be mad if we managed to attract a talent like Lever to the club.
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If I were starving to death on a desert island that housed 4 cars and another one washed ashore Iād be pretty farking disappointed it wasnāt a boat.
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