Past #24: Levi Greenwood - officially traded to Collingwood FC for pick 25 (2014)

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Pies have come in with 4 x 400. Levi would be insane not to seriously consider it.
The problem with Collingwood is that they will pay the coin, but be scumbags on the trade value.

That coin is hard to knock back if we are only at 300 over 3 years. For 350K over 3 years you would think we would keep him? Maybe performance based triggers for the 4th year?
 
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If he's resigned to leaving, that would be under the assumption that a deal has already been agreed or close to agreed to that would see him leave North. And a deal that would greatly benefit NM.

Would totally contradict what Walsh said today and Richmond on likelihood of him leaving.
 

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I would love for Pig to stay - just wonder how much space we have left under the salary cap. I'm sure that Anthony's leaving has already been factored in. I'm not sure who else we can shed if we wanted to make the space to keep Pig.
 

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I would love for Pig to stay - just wonder how much space we have left under the salary cap. I'm sure that Anthony's leaving has already been factored in. I'm not sure who else we can shed if we wanted to make the space to keep Pig.
Jacobs isnt signed on, surely if push came to shove....we could delist jacobs to keep greenwood...
 

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******* hell. Knew we shouldn't have signed Bastinac for 5 years or whatever it was...this is all Bastinac's fault! I prefer Jacobs than Bastinac. Hope we make some room for Levi. Trade Mullet out.
Card this f***er.......the club met all of the requirements that came from Pickering and Greenwood, and if they still continue to say no then, I will be to wish him all the best elsewhere. Like what was said 5 yrs ago you're either with us or against us. It'll steel our players even more seeing Levi in an another guernsey if it doesn't then this group has wasted our time.
 
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If it is purely about money then just go. Have to buy in and have to want to be part of club, culture, future success. I could understand if it was Port knocking at the door but the doggies or pies? No argument about making hay whilst sun shines, but if that is the only motivator then I'd prer we don't play the game. Great year from Levi, I wish him luck. Good luck with the bucks, (coach or money)
 

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It's been great this week having North as a club players want to come to. But Geelong and Hawthorn have also been clubs where in-house players needed to accept a bit less to be part of the success they helped build. I know they lost important players when they were offered ridiculous amounts to leave - but those guys had experienced the flags they had worked for first.

Clubs that are more desperate than North are offering Levi more cash and more years. If those are more important to him, North can't outbid. We have to hope that a reasonable offer, combined with the wish to go higher with the guys he had played with from the start, would keep him for another contract.
 

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It's been great this week having North as a club players want to come to. But Geelong and Hawthorn have also been clubs where in-house players needed to accept a bit less to be part of the success they helped build. I know they lost important players when they were offered ridiculous amounts to leave - but those guys had experienced the flags they had worked for first.

Clubs that are more desperate than North are offering Levi more cash and more years. If those are more important to him, North can't outbid. We have to hope that a reasonable offer, combined with the wish to go higher with the guys he had played with from the start, would keep him for another contract.
So what your saying is its OK to pay 400 for Higgins (who IMO is well below Levi) but Levi has to be happy with 300-350?

sounds like a crock to me, Higgins should be paying US to come.....
 

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So what your saying is its OK to pay 400 for Higgins (who IMO is well below Levi) but Levi has to be happy with 300-350?

sounds like a crock to me, Higgins should be paying US to come.....
You don't actually know Higgins is on $400k. You don't know that Greenwood hasn't already been offered the same but knocked it back.

H2H's point is at the successful clubs player accept under all the time. Our players are going to have to accept unders too if they want to stay together and be successful. If Greenwood would rather take the money then we can't really compete with that.
 
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