List Mgmt. Re-Signing Jake Lever

[jo172]

I'm not really sympathetic to the Otten side of things -that's the trade off for making your living in an industry which makes its money from public interest. That interest is what fuels the wage level of players.

Except I can go and do the same thing North of the Murray river in relative anonymity where I get to make the same money.

 

[BACCS]

Nah, you've said the players we lost made no difference, I'm saying they might have. Spot the difference?

You're too smart for me

 

[Southerntakeover]

Except I can go and do the same thing North of the Murray river in relative anonymity where I get to make the same money.

Good luck Andy.

 

[plugger59]

Annnnnd the 673 "pupil free days"...

pupil free days are just that. I have had to go to work on my 673 pupil free days. I think it's called 'professional development' days or something now.... don't really know 'coz I am usually asleep by 9:05am.

 

[Sloane4pm]

Tom brown reporting pies now could be willing to offer a mil a year.
Can't blame him for leaving, can't blame the crows for letting him leave

 

[Cleric]

"
AFL million-dollar-defender-in-waiting Jake Lever has indicated cash won’t shape his decision on where he plays in 2018, and says the delay in his contract talks with Adelaide should not be cause for alarm at West Lakes.

Lever, heir to Richmond’s Alex Rance’s throne as the league’s premier key defender and intercept king, has an approximate market value of $800,000 a year.

Melbourne, Western Bulldogs, Collingwood and Hawthorn are understood to be lining up with five-year deals as clubs prepare to pay big money for stars.

Richmond’s Dustin Martin could earn up to $6m in a six year deal at Punt Rd as club coffers are swelled by a 20 per cent increase in the salary cap following completion of the AFL’s pay deal.

But Lever says no negotiations will be ramped up until manager Ned Guy returns from holidays and is in “no hurry” to commit to the Crows, who selected the 195cm defender with pick 14 at the 2014 national draft.

Not signing by finals eve shouldn’t spook Crows fans, who have seen stars Patrick Dangerfield, Kurt Tippett and Jack Gunston leave in recent years.

“Don’t believe all the stats,” said Lever in relation to players leaving clubs when not signed by Round 18.

Melbourne legend Garry Lyon rates Lever a $1 million commodity.

Adding the 21-yyear-old would arguably launch the Demons to frontline premiership favouritism in 2018.

Lever’s father also is a friend of Bulldogs list manager Jason McCartney.

Adelaide list manager Justin Reid is under pressure find salary cap space to allow him to pay the defender’s price but Lever says it will be a two way discussion

Adelaide skipper Taylor Walker refrained from pursuing a pay increase in committing to the club until 2021 in the hope off-contract pair Mitch McGovern and Lever can be retained at West Lakes.

“I don’t think it is that. We just have to work through a few things and the big thing is when my manager gets back we will be able to talk,” Lever told Radio FiveAA, having previously pointed to collective bargaining agreement negotiations as delaying contract negotiations.

“It’s basically in the same position that it was two weeks ago. My manager is away and gets back in the coming weeks and we will work through things.”

Whether Lever — averaging 16.4 touches per game this season — leaves or remains at West Lakes, he’s indebted to 308-game club stalwart and locker neighbour Scott Thompson, who will retire at season’s end.

“I was privileged to sit next to him nearly every day since I have been here. He is such a loveable character. You look at his preparation and the way he attacks training,” said Lever.

“He has played 308 games and I have played 40, so (I’m) just amazed at how resilient he has been.”

Notice there is nothing from Jake about working with the club, or wanting to stay here.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Tom brown reporting pies now could be willing to offer a mil a year.
Can't blame him for leaving, can't blame the crows for letting him leave

So that makes it Bulldogs, Melbourne and Collingwood who were speculated about going for Lever all in the week leading up to us playing them.

Only Geelong missed out in the past 4 weeks! lulz

 

[BrissyCrow]

I still believe that what happens at the bottom of the table will influence what transpires with Lever. We don't know for sure what is happening. Does Lever have a specific club in mind (we assume so) or would he be happy going to the highest bidding Vic club. If the answer is yes then to ensure that we receive the best possible trade we need Brisbane to end up bottom. Right now the way they are playing North or Carlton might end up bottom and if that happens then we run the chance of getting screwed in any trade negotiations. So right now Iam placing a some focus on watching how Brisbane perform and I praying that Lever wants to go to only one club in Vic.

 

[Cleric]

Tom brown reporting pies now could be willing to offer a mil a year.
Can't blame him for leaving, can't blame the crows for letting him leave

I said a number of weeks ago that Collingwood was going hard for him. He is seen a a missing peice of the puzzle.

 

[ams4crows]

If Collingwood are seriously offering 1 mill that has to be two 1st rounders minimum for him.

 

[Scorpus]

$1m for Lever? That's way overs.

 

[BLS World Wide]

Sorry for the intrusion (I'm not but I see it's common practise to say when entering another board) Anyway the mail I have is Lever headed to the saints

 

[Cleric]

Sorry for the intrusion (I'm not but I see it's common practise to say when entering another board) Anyway the mail I have is Lever headed to the saints

Lol.

 

[MRB37]

$1m for Lever? That's way overs.

Desperate and when he has so many teams chasing him you have to overpay to overpay.

 

[BLS World Wide]

Lol.

Kelly and Lever will be at the Saints in 2018. I have had confirmation of this today. Thank your Mother for the rabbits. This means that not only Rooey and Joey retire but Gilbo is gone as well. Bookmark this post.

 

[Scorpus]

Is this the same as when St Kilda were definitely getting Fyfe, and before that Sloane?

 

[pjcrows]

Lever can leave for a million.

 

[BLS World Wide]

Is this the same as when St Kilda were definitely getting Fyfe, and before that Sloane?

Third times the charm unless your talking about my 3rd wife she was a b!+€h just like the other 2

 

[Scorpus]

Did the Saints realize Nathan Brown is a spud and Jake Carlisle isn't much better?

 

[CrowinNT]

Third times the charm unless your talking about my 3rd wife she was a b!+€h just like the other 2

You must be a lousy communicating spousy

 

[BLS World Wide]

You must be a lousy communicating spousy

Premature Ejaculation can be a serious strain on any relationship

 

[Scorpus]

Premature Ejaculation can be a serious strain on any relationship

Luckily it's treatable

 

[GreyCrow]

Tom brown reporting pies now could be willing to offer a mil a year.
Can't blame him for leaving, can't blame the crows for letting him leave

We play Bullies

Lever offered $$$ to move to Bullies

We play Melbourne

Lever offered $$$ to play for Demons

We play Collingwood

Stop me if youve seen this already

 

[ams4crows]

How will the saints afford to trade in both Kelly and Lever when both clubs would be asking for 2 first rounders minimum?

 

[Sloane4pm]

We play Bullies

Lever offered $$$ to move to Bullies

We play Melbourne

Lever offered $$$ to play for Demons

We play Collingwood

Stop me if youve seen this already

can we play an intra club trial in the bye week