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hawks21 wrote:

MW wrote:The likes of Damian Barrett are now running with it and reckon Crows will roll over. To be honest it would not surprise me. Until we actually develop a spine and do something like match an offer or whatever, I expect the worst.

Is this just their opinion or have they spoken to someone?

I'd rather see us lose him for nothing in the PSD than take the compo!

That is dumb

hawks21 wrote:

MW wrote:The likes of Damian Barrett are now running with it and reckon Crows will roll over. To be honest it would not surprise me. Until we actually develop a spine and do something like match an offer or whatever, I expect the worst.

Is this just their opinion or have they spoken to someone?

I'd rather see us lose him for nothing in the PSD than take the compo!

He would go into the ND, and most likely end up at Essendon, Saints or Melbourne

Connors seemed pretty confident that if he goes into the national draft he will get to Geelong anyway.

Think that was his reasoning on why Adelaide should just take the compo.

jakovasaurus wrote:Connors seemed pretty confident that if he goes into the national draft he will get to Geelong anyway.

Think that was his reasoning on why Adelaide should just take the compo.

Because Connors has called the other clubs before Geelong and told them Danger wont go there if they select him.
Id love the Crows to call his bluff and see if he sits out for 2 years

Jim05 wrote:

jakovasaurus wrote:Connors seemed pretty confident that if he goes into the national draft he will get to Geelong anyway.

Think that was his reasoning on why Adelaide should just take the compo.

Because Connors has called the other clubs before Geelong and told them Danger wont go there if they select him.
Id love the Crows to call his bluff and see if he sits out for 2 years

Conners is just doing what he does best. You said it yourself he is a snake and that was good description.

Jim05 wrote:

jakovasaurus wrote:Connors seemed pretty confident that if he goes into the national draft he will get to Geelong anyway.

Think that was his reasoning on why Adelaide should just take the compo.

Because Connors has called the other clubs before Geelong and told them Danger wont go there if they select him.
Id love the Crows to call his bluff and see if he sits out for 2 years

I'd love to see the Crows match the offer & keep him on the list for 4 more years. Then he can walk for nothing but would be on the downward slope of his footy life anyway.

it pisses me off when conners et al say that the crows should just let him walk - thats the whole ******* point of restricted free agency, that we still have some right to attempt to recontract him

cracka wrote:

Jim05 wrote:

jakovasaurus wrote:Connors seemed pretty confident that if he goes into the national draft he will get to Geelong anyway.

Think that was his reasoning on why Adelaide should just take the compo.

Because Connors has called the other clubs before Geelong and told them Danger wont go there if they select him.
Id love the Crows to call his bluff and see if he sits out for 2 years

I'd love to see the Crows match the offer & keep him on the list for 4 more years. Then he can walk for nothing but would be on the downward slope of his footy life anyway.

It doesnt work that way though. If the Crows match the offer Danger loses his FA status. He then has 3 options.
1- Stay at the Crows
2- Force Geelong into a decent trade
3- Head into the National draft.

Jim05 wrote:

cracka wrote:

Jim05 wrote:Because Connors has called the other clubs before Geelong and told them Danger wont go there if they select him.
Id love the Crows to call his bluff and see if he sits out for 2 years

I'd love to see the Crows match the offer & keep him on the list for 4 more years. Then he can walk for nothing but would be on the downward slope of his footy life anyway.

It doesnt work that way though. If the Crows match the offer Danger loses his FA status. He then has 3 options.
1- Stay at the Crows
2- Force Geelong into a decent trade
3- Head into the National draft.

Yeah I know, I'm hoping staying at the Crows is more appealing than going into the draft.

cracka wrote:

Jim05 wrote:

cracka wrote:

Jim05 wrote:Because Connors has called the other clubs before Geelong and told them Danger wont go there if they select him.
Id love the Crows to call his bluff and see if he sits out for 2 years

I'd love to see the Crows match the offer & keep him on the list for 4 more years. Then he can walk for nothing but would be on the downward slope of his footy life anyway.

It doesnt work that way though. If the Crows match the offer Danger loses his FA status. He then has 3 options.
1- Stay at the Crows
2- Force Geelong into a decent trade
3- Head into the National draft.

Yeah I know, I'm hoping staying at the Crows is more appealing than going into the draft.

No, it isn't. Not at all.

cracka wrote:

Jim05 wrote:

cracka wrote:

Jim05 wrote:Because Connors has called the other clubs before Geelong and told them Danger wont go there if they select him.
Id love the Crows to call his bluff and see if he sits out for 2 years

I'd love to see the Crows match the offer & keep him on the list for 4 more years. Then he can walk for nothing but would be on the downward slope of his footy life anyway.

It doesnt work that way though. If the Crows match the offer Danger loses his FA status. He then has 3 options.
1- Stay at the Crows
2- Force Geelong into a decent trade
3- Head into the National draft.

Yeah I know, I'm hoping staying at the Crows is more appealing than going into the draft.

He wants to go home.
If he goes into the draft there is a huge chance he will land at a Melbourne based club. He would do 2 years there and then get to Geelong via a trade

I think he'll look good in this jumper.

So would people think of the Crows as badly as they do of Kurt Tippett, for making Danger go somewhere besides where he comes from?

People say they dont like Tippett because he went to Sydney instead of the Gold Coast.

Would they not like the Crows because they make Danger go to a Melbourne club instead of Geelong.

Is this another "if the player does it, he's a dog, but it's ok for the club to do it" thing.

Can't compare those situations. In Tippetts instance, either Gold Coast or Sydney would have gotten us a decent trade (had we not done the wrong thing with the side deal etc and lost him for nothing in the end). In Dangers deal, we are looking at the best trade we can get and if that means matching the offer and forcing their hand to go into the draft, that is completely different to Tippett.

MW wrote:Can't compare those situations. In Tippetts instance, either Gold Coast or Sydney would have gotten us a decent trade (had we not done the wrong thing with the side deal etc and lost him for nothing in the end). In Dangers deal, we are looking at the best trade we can get and if that means matching the offer and forcing their hand to go into the draft, that is completely different to Tippett.

Agreed. Can't compare the two at all. Unless, of course, we find out that Dangerfield has a secret clause in his contract too.

Anything is possible

Let us all take a moment and pray.

Amen, although something tells me we are praying for the same thing but not the same result

HH3 wrote:So would people think of the Crows as badly as they do of Kurt Tippett, for making Danger go somewhere besides where he comes from?

People say they dont like Tippett because he went to Sydney instead of the Gold Coast.

Would they not like the Crows because they make Danger go to a Melbourne club instead of Geelong.

Is this another "if the player does it, he's a dog, but it's ok for the club to do it" thing.

Surely the Crows are well within their rights to trade with whoever does them the best deal

Much like Tippett was well within his rights to go to Sydney

Free Agency is a dog eat dog world

whufc wrote:

HH3 wrote:So would people think of the Crows as badly as they do of Kurt Tippett, for making Danger go somewhere besides where he comes from?

People say they dont like Tippett because he went to Sydney instead of the Gold Coast.

Would they not like the Crows because they make Danger go to a Melbourne club instead of Geelong.

Is this another "if the player does it, he's a dog, but it's ok for the club to do it" thing.

Surely the Crows are well within their rights to trade with whoever does them the best deal

Much like Tippett was well within his rights to go to Sydney

Free Agency is a dog eat dog world

Thats pretty much my point. Tippett got crucified for what he did. The Crows will be praised by their fans if they make him go elsewhere.

Geelong should do whats in the best interests of their club too. Get Danger and keep their own draft picks.