Past #24: Levi Greenwood - officially traded to Collingwood FC for pick 25 (2014) - retires rd16 2021 due to concussion symptoms - go well Pig

[Marksup]

Just out of interest, if we get lowballed by Collingwood and don't get a trade done in time. What would the chances of Levi turning around and going "OK I'll stay" instead of going into the PSD.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Dumont, Bastinac or Jacobs

None of them come close to Levi.

There is no one on our list that will come close to filling his boots.

 

[GarnerSmash]

Didn't realise we just lost our best player.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

Just out of interest, if we get lowballed by Collingwood and don't get a trade done in time. What would the chances of Levi turning around and going "OK I'll stay" instead of going into the PSD.

This is best case scenario. Hopefully we play hard ball and he decides he doesn't want to risk the PSD.

I don't care or blame him for choosing Collingwood as we have ****ed him around for 3 years, but I would happily have him back with open arms if he decided otherwise.

 

[koshari]

Average disposal you mean?

Showed a bit of swagger in the game against Levis new mob i saw him play.

 

[Rooboy 96]

Look at our list. We have lots of middle 20 year olds who will be coming off contract. If we offer a bloke who played one good year more than he was worth and the other players know it, it hamstrings us when other players come off contract and we might lose a really important player.

And I remind myself of Phil Baker who in 1975 played 5 games and left for Geelong in 1976.

In 1977 he returned to NM, lesson learned.

Or Stuart Anderson, 1996 NM premiership player, who in 1997 left for the cash at Fremantle and was soon out of the league to be replaced by Winston Abraham, premiership player in 1999.

Pretty sure Snake was heart broken to be traded, and after a year made sure he got back home. whatever it took he wanted to play for North Melbourne.

 

[koshari]

Didn't realise we just lost our best player.

= 2nd best

 

[scooby1279]

Didn't realise we just lost our best player.

We did lose our third best player

 

[Only Forwards]

Didn't realise we just lost our best player.

Nah mate our best players all turned down extra coin from elsewhere to stay.

Just about to a man IIRC.

 

[Stifler's mom]

I think we should try and get them to entertain Levi + 16 for pick 5.

Not trying to sound like a smart Alec DP, but surely you know there is zero chance of that happening.

A pick in the low 20's is the best pick you'll get from us.
Keefe is an interesting one.
204cm key back with pace and a neat kick and solid mark.
If Roos were interested I think that we would deal on him.

 

[Deadeyeroo]

I'm not filthy at the club at all i'm filthy on Levi. Goodbye and good riddance to an average footballer who basically only put together one good year in 7 years. What we dont need are selfish team members who put themselves first before the team. He was on good money for predominantly a VFL player for years and as soon as he if offered more money and 1 year extra he high tales it out of here.

Here's hoping we get a decent player or pick for compo. I look forward to seeing him around the traps or at the footy next year because he is going to cop it.

 

[Rooboy 96]

Wasn't the story he may have done the hanky panky with someone's significant other?

May or may not be true.

yeah I've heard that but you would doubt very much she'd be that sort of a girl.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Didn't realise we just lost our best player.

Who Lachie?

 

[scooby1279]

Not trying to sound like a smart Alec DP, but surely you know there is zero chance of that happening.

A pick in the low 20's is the best pick you'll get from us.
Keefe is an interesting one.
204cm key back with pace and a neat kick and solid mark.
If Roos were interested I think that we would deal on him.

Keefe? No thanks.

 

[the big dog 23]

Didn't realise we just lost our best player.

I'm not saying we did, I'm just frustrated cos I feel like Levi was a scapegoat for a couple of years, he finally gets a decent crack at it and shows what he can do, which was pretty bloody serviceable and we can't retain him whilst resigning underachieving plodders and offering 4 year deals to a bloke who is very brittle...

 

[Roadrunner]

Dumont or Garner to replace Levi. Who knows, they may fit in perfectly.
Just give them a chance. You will never know what they have to offer if you don't give them a chance.. Lesson learned

 

[DarkPhoenix]

I'm not saying we did, I'm just frustrated cos I feel like Levi was a scapegoat for a couple of years, he finally gets a decent crack at it and shows what he can do, which was pretty bloody serviceable and we can't retain him whilst resigning underachieving plodders and offering 4 year deals to a bloke who is very brittle...

Do you think some of the reason that we couldn't retain him may have been... you know... levi's doing?

 

[Deadeyeroo]

Get over it ffs it was his decision and he chose to go to the ferals.

 

[Kanga1996]

= 2nd best

According to the coaches he was our second best but what would they know? Didn't Black finish in the top 10 or very close to it.

 

[Tas]

Just out of interest, if we get lowballed by Collingwood and don't get a trade done in time. What would the chances of Levi turning around and going "OK I'll stay" instead of going into the PSD.

I don't think so.

I am not expecting Collingwood to make an offer that would make us want to flush Greenwood down the toilet, I just severely doubt they will be generous. Clubs aren't required to trade to where a player wants to go, player isn't required to accept a trade to somewhere where he doesn't want to go either.

We will obviously look at what they are offering him as a basis for what his value is, at the end of the day a player requests a trade, they rarely demand a trade. We would lose bargaining power if they were on the bottom of the ladder but they are not and there are clubs between them and the bottom who would take him ahead of Collingwood so given those factors I think something will get done.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

Not trying to sound like a smart Alec DP, but surely you know there is zero chance of that happening.

A pick in the low 20's is the best pick you'll get from us.
Keefe is an interesting one.
204cm key back with pace and a neat kick and solid mark.
If Roos were interested I think that we would deal on him.

Keefe is interesting, but in the sense that his potential value is hard to read. He looks like he'll make it and then looks terrible, and it's hard to see where he will play best. And he should never ever be allowed to kick in.

I watch the Pies every week and keep a bit of an eye on their reserves team. Unfortunately I don't think they will want to trade anyone with anywhere near the runs on the board that Levi has, even if we don't just look at this outstanding year.

 

[GarnerSmash]

I'd put Levi behind Harvey, Wells, Dal Santo, Cunnington, Thomas, Petrie, Thompson, Hansen, Swallow, Ziebell and Goldstein. Sure, he had a great year, but all these guys are better and more important. So we do lose a best 22 player but is he worth the $450k a year? Not if it means breaking our pay structure.

Tough. He's gone. We move on.

I expect that come the next 24 months Atley, McDonald, Macmillan, Dumont, Black and a few others will likely go past Levi anyway. He obviously though that too given his ongoing concern about his place in the side.

 

[Kanga1996]

According to the coaches he was our second best but what would they know? Didn't Black finish in the top 10 or very close to it.

Forget that statement Black finished with 20 votes

 

[the big dog 23]

W

Do you think some of the reason that we couldn't retain him may have been... you know... levi's doing?[/

No doubt, I still feel he has been under rated by the coaches and my guess is the initial offers were insulting which lead to this situation..

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Didn't realise we just lost our best player.

That's trade season for you B Tron.

Over rate your players, under rate the opposition. Trade week 101.