Nick's Collingwood Bulletin Board

Piesnchess wrote:Lever will go to the Deeeees, and we likely could get Watts. Happy ?

Not even a little bit.... Id take almost anyone over that prima donna.

Gone to the Dees for the 2017 qnd 2018 first round picks. Bloody expensive price to me.

masoncox wrote:Gone to the Dees for the 2017 qnd 2018 first round picks. Bloody expensive price to me.

Agree 100%. We did the same with Treloar and whist I think it was a better deal for us I feel it was a very high price to pay. Imagine if we had traded away Pendelbury and Daisy for a single player. At the same time there are been some real dud first round picks over the years without even considering those who failed due to injury.

masoncox wrote:Gone to the Dees for the 2017 qnd 2018 first round picks. Bloody expensive price to me.

Lever valued at between Pick 1 + Pick 29 and Pick 11 depending on 2018 ladder finishes.

E wrote:

Piesnchess wrote:Lever will go to the Deeeees, and we likely could get Watts. Happy ?

i thought watts was going to Sydney.

Watts has been primarily linked with Geelong and Port Adelaide.

Oh well, watts and lever are gawn, so back to ze drawing board I guess.

Watts hasn't been traded yet.

The salary we're spending on Mayne has prevented us from going after any top line player.

RudeBoy wrote:The salary we're spending on Mayne has prevented us from going after any top line player.

So do you think we should do what's suggested in the article MM gave a link to in the "My Mayne question" thread?

K wrote:

RudeBoy wrote:The salary we're spending on Mayne has prevented us from going after any top line player.

So do you think we should do what's suggested in the article MM gave a link to in the "My Mayne question" thread?

No-one would want him.

RudeBoy wrote:

K wrote:

RudeBoy wrote:The salary we're spending on Mayne has prevented us from going after any top line player.

So do you think we should do what's suggested in the article MM gave a link to in the "My Mayne question" thread?

No-one would want him.

He would not be the attractive part of the deal in the proposal. It'd be the draft pick(s) that came along with him.

sixpoints wrote:Mark Robinson stated on AFL 360 that tomorrow (August 3) a back page story would be in the Herald Sun about the Pies and Jake Lever of Adelaide.
He's a very good player - 21 years of age, tall, pretty agile, goes in hard and a good mark. Originally from Calder Cannons. Cemented his spot as Adelaide's number one CHB.
I say YES !

So sixpoints, any comments on the quality of Mark Robinson's opinions and views?

I ask this as an associate professor of hindsight

I get a bit bemused when people are already saying that the Dees have paid overs for Lever. They certainly won't have paid overs if the Crows stuff those two first rounders up.
In reality, draft selections are only worth the value of hindsight.
We won't know the winner of this trade for a few years yet.

Pies2016 wrote:I get a bit bemused when people are already saying that the Dees have paid overs for Lever. They certainly won't have paid overs if the Crows stuff those two first rounders up.
In reality, draft selections are only worth the value of hindsight.
We won't know the winner of this trade for a few years yet.

Hindsight won't give you an answer to the question of whether Melbourne overpaid either, unless you can say that Adelaide used those picks to select the players that Melbourne would have selected. All we will know is whether Lever played well at Melbourne and whether Adelaide obtained a good return on their picks.