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Eddie Betts

What do you think of the AFC recruiting Eddie Betts?

  • Yes, $500k is fine

    Votes: 205 61.6%

  • Yes, but we're paying too much

    Votes: 64 19.2%

  • No, not worth the money

    Votes: 45 13.5%

  • No, just do not want at any price.

    Votes: 19 5.7%
  • Total voters
    333
  • Poll closed .

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swanfan said:
Redhorse, updates ?
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They said last night that there haven't been any updates as he's focusing on finals.


redhorse said:
Eddie has agreed to ours terms and as I have said my info says North have not offered Betts a deal. Maybe talks between club and manager but Adelaide is the only "tabled" offer for Betts.

Common sense says that North don't need a Betts also as other people on here have mentioned + Wheres is this magical "bigger offer" than ours going to come from. They have an improving list with no players looking to leave.

Ill hopefully know alot more soon. Just text my souce. Waiting on a Reply...I 100% believe what Im told by him.
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redhorse said:
No new news on Betts. The finals are taking over at the Blues ATM, just waiting for the end of the season now I believe.

Ill keep annoying him for the sanity of this board :) definatly own him a Carton.
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adelaidecrows said:
I do understand it and we don't need one. hence my midfielders comment. hey, your in love with Eddie, that's fine. I couldn't care less whether we got him or not. If you guys want to argue against our goal kicking statistics that's fine. life will go on.
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How many goals did our small forwards kick this year?
If you like stats, you'll love that one.

Also you'll love our conversion rate stats too. Maybe check out Betts' consistency, accuracy and durability.

You know who has played more games or kicked more goals than Eddie for Carlton in the last 5 years?

Ill give you a clue, a guy wiht no hands can count them on his fingers.
 
adelaidecrows said:
Poor tackling alone cost us games this season combined with poor form by senior players. A forward line is as only as good as its supply. We also had Tippett last season that crashed every pack and brought it to ground. We didn't have that so much this year and we created a swarming midfield that swamped the forward line when the ball came into a pack marking situation. As I said, I couldn't care less if we got him I just think it wont be the end of the world if we don't get him.
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And how did our 'swarming midfield' work out.
Other than not kicking goals, and leaking them at the other end, it was pretty successful.
I mean we finished 10th not 3rd with this whizz-bang new strategy.
 
DangerSloane said:
I showed my friend from work the results and he almost vomited.
He is so anti-Betts its not funny. He reckons "every crows fan hes spoken to" is totally against getting him.
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I bet they're the same Crows fans who are happy that Trigg is still our CEO.
 

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headache1 said:
I bet they're the same Crows fans who are happy that Trigg is still our CEO.
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I said the same but apparently against keeping Trigg

Mattrox said:
Show him the Betts highlight packages..... then show him Petrenkos
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He doesnt get it, hes like "why not turn Grigg or one of the other youngsters into a small forward" and then spend the money elsewhere. When asking where we should be spending the money elsewhere he comes up empty. Reckons if we spend $500k on Eddie wont be able to afford anyone else. Ive tried til im blue in the face to explain the reasoning and gaps in our salary cap but to no avail.
 
spexau said:
You'll be hard pressed to find a Petrenko highlight clip :p
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There was the winning goal against North Melbourne...and there was...the time he...um...He's a nice guy though.

DangerSloane said:
I said the same but apparently against keeping Trigg

He doesnt get it, hes like "why not turn Grigg or one of the other youngsters into a small forward" and then spend the money elsewhere. When asking where we should be spending the money elsewhere he comes up empty. Reckons if we spend $500k on Eddie wont be able to afford anyone else. Ive tried til im blue in the face to explain the reasoning and gaps in our salary cap but to no avail.
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Considering there ISN'T anyone else to spend the money on (at least when it comes to free agents), I don't see the problem on spending it on Betts. Crows are priced out of the trade market due to the lack of picks, so it's not like there will be a major acquisition on that front.
 
SpaceCow said:
You guys should listen to that guy earlier in the thread that said Betts is done now that he's 26. :thumbsu:

I want to keep him but it's not panic stations if he goes. Band 2 compensation would probably be on the cards and we have some depth in the position. Is a gem of a player.
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Yea, it's silly to say he's done. Still, if you guys land Daisy Thomas, that'll remove any compensation you get for losing Betts (I believe that's the way FA works).
 
DangerSloane said:
I said the same but apparently against keeping Trigg



He doesnt get it, hes like "why not turn Grigg or one of the other youngsters into a small forward" and then spend the money elsewhere. When asking where we should be spending the money elsewhere he comes up empty. Reckons if we spend $500k on Eddie wont be able to afford anyone else. Ive tried til im blue in the face to explain the reasoning and gaps in our salary cap but to no avail.
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Even if we secure Betts and no-one else of any note, our list is immeasurably better and we can roll cap space over until next year!
 

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SpaceCow said:
Yep, fairly sure that is how will end up if both deals go through. Would mean we still have a decent chunk of free cap space though.
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And in reality, it's kinda like a trade for you guys anyway isn't it. Take out Betts, bring in Thomas, you're still not any worse off in the end and might be even better with Thomas (assuming he gets healthy).
 

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