News Leon Davis

[pext]

No because a) we are building a list with a specific age profile and a 30 year old is not what we are looking to bring in - see Kane Cornes, and b) we don't have a spare $300k in the cap.

 

[Lawrst]

 

[1970crow]

i don't understand how he can even be a chance for adelaide. pies are saying each year it's been getting harder and harder to get him back from perth due to his closeness to family. now he's decided he won't be getting on a plane and going back to melbourne. but he will get on a plane and go to adelaide. so, i can't see how it has anything to do with his family at all. i suspect it's all about money, but he can't be seen to be saying that. in any case, he's far too old for crows/power, but not for freo/eagles who could challenge. and yet they've both come out saying definately no and highly unlikely.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

As was Collingwoods ruck and midfield who let Geelongs midfield get the ball...

Davis was one of Collingwoods better players that game...

We will agree to disagree on that one, there was a reason he ended up in a forward spot in that GF.

 

[dylan123]

To be the added spark they needed down forward?

 

[Deaneus!]

BTW, for all the people on here going on about LD going missing, show me your AFL careers. KNOBS. Tall poppy syndrome. Oh yeah, MickM rated him so what does that say about all your opinions.

Ha ha ha, on that basis BigFooty would shut down. I don't get it, are you saying the fact I never made it to the AFL means I am not qualified to rate LD's absolutely terrible GF returns? Isn't he 1/4 for GF usefullness? Or was MM really rating him when he dropped him from the GF rematch last year? As if he's going to say, "pretty good player but rubbish when the heat is on". As for Tall Poppy Syndrome, leave the big words to the adults mate. I'm happy to talk up players I think are good, and I'll happily discourage us from players i think are of zero value to us.

Just on that Darren Jarmen was accused of going missing in ALL the big ones when at Hawthorn, and went on to be a star in our flags. Just got enough opportunities to prove it.

So... on his fifth try in a GF, he might do okay? I hope he signs up for a team that makes the GF this year!

 

[the distributer]

Davis played his first GF as a skinny 19 yr old in wet conditions, just wasn't his cup of tea, his second was obviously a year later and he wasn't the only one who went missing that day, forget about last years GF, he was injured and didn't play well for most of the season, his overall finals record isn't anywhere near as bad as people make out, personally i thought he was ok in this years GF, certainly wasn't our worst.

FWIW he doesn't suit you with your window where it is though, would suit one of the WA clubs though IMO.

 

[headache1]

I'd be surprised if one of the WA clubs didn't take him. If the Eagles are looking to make a run at the flag this year, they'd be crazy not to at least try and grab him via the PSD.

 

[KUNG FU]

How is picking up Leon any different to picking up Callinan?

Leon is actually an AA player.* $300k is only about $50k more than the average payment for a player, and that includes your first and second year players on a base rate.

Hell, I'd consider it. I think sometimes you can cut too close to the bone employing the Pelchen method of only playing players who will be around for your next premiership. He's certainly cheaper than Tambling was!

But its a moot point anyway. Freo or WCE will pick him up for sure.

*imo, nearly all top 4 team defenders who get AAs don't deserve them, but anyway

 

[Niximus]

What does the cat think?

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[Lawrst]

How is picking up Leon any different to picking up Callinan?

About 250 thousand.

 

[WALL-e]

That cat's off its nut.

 

[the distributer]

Just one more thing, every premiership team in history has had players who under performed in GFs, same as every premiership team has players who have over performed, yet, without those players who under performed those teams probably never would've made the GF to begin with, the thing about winning premierships is 9/10ths of the battle is actually getting there. IMO (Insert Collingwood jokes here)

 

[KUNG FU]

About 250 thousand.

We don't have space for an average AFL player's wage?

 

[Mad Fan of AFL]

A quick fix hey?? Gun player, no question. What is wrong with developing the players we already have off half back? If we pick him up there goes an opportunity for a player we want to see given ago cross half back. We are not challenging for the flag, and he would have what 2 years max left? No, thanks, not where we are at of profile of our squad.

 

[brucetiki]

Definately not worth a national draft pick, even with a shallow draft this year.

However, as a pre-season draft pick. Why not? What would we have to lose?

 

[Lawrst]

We don't have space for an average AFL player's wage?

I'd rather that money be saved for when we have a player (one of our many half backs) get good enough to demand that sort of money.

 

[KUNG FU]

I'd rather that money be saved for when we have a player (one of our many half backs) get good enough to demand that sort of money.

Fair enough.

I'm not an advocate for this, nor do I think it is a genuine possibility, I just think the negative reaction was disproportionate to the merit of the idea.

 

[dude316]

At the risk of sounding like a judge from So You Think You Can Dance.... It's a NO from me i'm afraid.

 

[Lawrst]

Fair enough.

I'm not an advocate for this, nor do I think it is a genuine possibility, I just think the negative reaction was disproportionate to the merit of the idea.

Oh look if we were at the same place Freo is, I would be up for it. He is a bloody good player and has proved he is worth that much.

I just don't think he will make that much difference to our side that it is worth stopping a youngster who is playing well.

 

[Johnny Rutten]

Love Leon as player, but realistically we're not going to be challenging for a flag till around 2015, at which point he will be 34 years of age.

Would be seriously tempted to get him (especially if it didn't cost us much), but he seems a much better fit for the Eagles or Freo who are much closer to Top-4 status than us.

 

[PyroCrow]

I'd rather that money be saved for when we have a player (one of our many half backs) get good enough to demand that sort of money.

There are also a few other names on our list that come out of contract next year, keep some money aside for their probably pay increases. I'm sure Tippett and Danger won't be looking for a pay cut in 2013...

 

[Hank93]

Love Leon as player, but realistically we're not going to be challenging for a flag till around 2015, at which point he will be 34 years of age.

Would be seriously tempted to get him (especially if it didn't cost us much), but he seems a much better fit for the Eagles or Freo who are much closer to Top-4 status than us.

i hope we are in contention before 2015. thats another 4 seasons.

 

[King Elvis]

Too old, no value for us.

 

[SugarShane]

Wouldn't want him even if we were in flag contention. History shows he's useless in Grannys.