List Mgmt. Weak Flog Jake Lever Requests Trade to Melbourne, Causes Player Revolt

Where will Jake Lever end up?


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Rory Walkerfield

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I saw that.

He means well, but is a dope that almost ruined the club with his coaching appointment of Mark Neeld.


Thankfully, he has no say.

I know you guys won't see it, but Lever is not worth two first round draft picks.

He can't defend 1 v 1, he's slow, and is only a third tall and will never be a key defender. He's not what you guys thought you were drafting. :thumbsu:
Why is your club offering him $900k pa then?
 

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I saw that.

He means well, but is a dope that almost ruined the club with his coaching appointment of Mark Neeld.


Thankfully, he has no say.

I know you guys won't see it, but Lever is not worth two first round draft picks.

He can't defend 1 v 1, he's slow, and is only a third tall and will never be a key defender. He's not what you guys thought you were drafting. :thumbsu:
And yet you're apparently offering him close to a million dollars per year to play for your club.
 

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I saw that.

He means well, but is a dope that almost ruined the club with his coaching appointment of Mark Neeld.


Thankfully, he has no say.

I know you guys won't see it, but Lever is not worth two first round draft picks.

He can't defend 1 v 1, he's slow, and will never be a key defender. He's not what you guys thought you were drafting. :thumbsu:
That's what we've all been saying the last...well...ever since we knew he was leaving us. Before that he was a freakin' superstar!
 

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I saw that.

He means well, but is a dope that almost ruined the club with his coaching appointment of Mark Neeld.


Thankfully, he has no say.

I know you guys won't see it, but Lever is not worth two first round draft picks.

He can't defend 1 v 1, he's slow, and is only a third tall and will never be a key defender. He's not what you guys thought you were drafting. :thumbsu:
Helping keeping you informed

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I saw that.

He means well, but is a dope that almost ruined the club with his coaching appointment of Mark Neeld.


Thankfully, he has no say.

I know you guys won't see it, but Lever is not worth two first round draft picks.

He can't defend 1 v 1, he's slow, and is only a third tall and will never be a key defender. He's not what you guys thought you were drafting. :thumbsu:
Wow, you really don't want him, do you.
 

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Isn't this why players pay the big bucks to their player agents?

Player agent receives contract that's way below value, has a good laugh about it with Justin Reid and says "alright Reid, go away and come back with a serious offer..." and at the same time leaks that unnamed Melbourne club has offered $1M a year.

He then says to Jake "their offer was low, but no worries it's Adelaide, they always do this and will come back with more. You worry about your football, I'll get you a good deal."

Adelaide are clearly taking a very professional, business type approach to contracts and essentially forcing the player agents to earn their keep. Now is this the right way? Perhaps not, but if Jakes not staying because of this, then he's better off leaving. Similar to talks that he spat the chewie about having to come back from injury through the SANFL. IF any of these things are true, he needs to harden up a little.

Personally I think it's all about Jake receiving a stupidly high offer which allows him to return home.
No. That's nothing like how serious negotiations take place

There has to be trust that all parties are working in good faith to try to reach a deal

What you just described was a disrespectful waste of people's time
 

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He can't defend 1 v 1, he's slow, and is only a third tall and will never be a key defender. He's not what you guys thought you were drafting. :thumbsu:
You're right, he's even better than we could have imagined

Shame his character and his word don't match his talent

Why is your club offering him $900k pa then?
Chicken goes BANG. Toot. Toot
 

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Why is your club offering him $900k pa then?
Lol Trav20. "He can't defend 1v1, can't kick, isn't quick...he's not as good as you guys thought he would be"

Nek minnit AA squad at 21 and Trav's club is offering $1m per year. Lol stop sniffing glue Trav.
If you'd been reading the thread perhaps you'd see the joke before you.

Those quotes are from your own supporters. It was levity on my part to highlight his deficiencies as noted by Adelaide supporters in this rather interesting thread.
 

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If you'd been reading the thread perhaps you'd see the joke before you.

Those quotes are from your own supporters. It was levity on my part to highlight his deficiencies as noted by Adelaide supporters in this rather interesting thread.
We can all see the joke before us...
 

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If you'd been reading the thread perhaps you'd see the joke before you.

Those quotes are from your own supporters. It was levity on my part to highlight his deficiencies as noted by Adelaide supporters in this rather interesting thread.
Not necessarily the same posters though. It's easy to put together an incoherent argument when you're randomly adding together comments from different people.
 
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Not necessarily the same posters though. It's easy to put together an incoherent argument when you're randomly adding together comments from different people.
TBF - as time has gone by since the CBA was signed and Jake hasn't, there has been a consistent narrative building that pretty much incorporates all he has said by Adelaide posters on Jake's short comings.

Jake's a great player now. I think most people would expect his development to continue on an upward trajectory. Let's not beat around the bush, if/when he leaves, he will be missed. People are diminishing his worth to deal with their own disappointment should he leave.

Trav 20 has merely turned that around on us. Que cera, it doesn't mean anything.
 
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