Dustin Martin is Chopsticking with Richmond

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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 donā€™t they?

Lever Iā€™m taking about.

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Yep, I think on our list of priorities a KPD is pretty low on the list but apparently itā€™s Collingwood, the Dogs and us who have shown the most interest. I hope itā€™s not so

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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.

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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.

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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??

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Ditto. Theyā€™re 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 donā€™t know how they get that deal done if it comes to fruition given the picks theyā€™ve 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.

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Me too unfortunately.

Iā€™m assuming thereā€™ll be fair bit of cash freed up at the end of the year with a few expected retirements. Iā€™ll be really surprised if we donā€™t have a crack at trading in a mid this year.
We had a red hot crack at Oā€™Meara so we know the clubā€™s looking in that direction.

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Iā€™m 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 ā€˜instead ofā€™ decision over midfielder ā€˜Xā€™ -I am right on the trade/grab a young midfielder wagon. However what does fit with the story is Leverā€™s 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.

Letā€™s hope there are multiple avenues by which we are planning to upgrade and accelerate our list build, but you donā€™t turn down the opportunity to lure a long term investment of Leverā€™s class.

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I donā€™t care if heā€™s married to Woosh, we donā€™t need him at Essendon.

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The only way thatā€™s 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 donā€™t need a potential Elite footballer at Essendon? I donā€™t think it matters. He makes us a stronger side. The kid is going to be a deadset super player. Iā€™d 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 donā€™t 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.

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No. They just manage their list to suit.
They have had two older players retire for thelast three years.
Theyā€™ll have another two this year.
Then theyā€™ll 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, theyā€™ll run out of depth, but they keep topping up their best 18 with mid 20 year old players.

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Need? Maybe not.

Want? Hell yeah.

You couldnā€™t 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 Iā€™d be pretty farking disappointed it wasnā€™t a boat.

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