{"id":14612,"date":"2017-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bicks-hasn-t-held-back-about-what-s-wrong-at-the-adelaide-crows\/"},"modified":"2017-07-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T00:00:00","slug":"bicks-hasn-t-held-back-about-what-s-wrong-at-the-adelaide-crows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/bicks-hasn-t-held-back-about-what-s-wrong-at-the-adelaide-crows\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicks hasn\u2019t held back about what\u2019s wrong at the Adelaide Crows"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Mark Bickley says the hold up in re-signing Jake Lever highlights a problem with how Adelaide negotiates player contracts.<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe one thing I reckon Adelaide are pretty poor at, they play the ambit claim game,&#8221; Bicks said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They come well unders and expect you to come in at overs and then they keep moving towards it\u2026 I don&#8217;t think that endears them at all to managers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But he remained confident Adelaide would re-sign the key defender who says he is still weighing up his future.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Lever was really rapt the club took him despite having a knee reconstruction and he feels indebted to them,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one thing that will happen &#8212; Adelaide will have to get somewhere close. 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He is the future captain of this joint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the moment, he is playing well, and they (Lever and his management) are fielding offers from everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/Adelaide-Crows-teammate-gets-Jake-Lever-to-sign\">TEAMMATE FINALLY GETS LEVER TO RE-SIGN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/lever-stays-prank.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/Adelaide-media-identity-takes-a-job-with-Nick-Xenophon\"><strong>ADELAIDE MEDIA IDENTITY TAKES A JOB WITH NICK XENOPHON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/Adelaide-will-bear-the-brunt-of-temperature-drop-this-weekend\"><strong>WEATHER CHANGE ON THE WAY, AND ADELAIDE WILL \u201cBEAR THE BRUNT\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Bickley says the hold up in re-signing Jake Lever highlights a problem with how Adelaide negotiates player contracts. \u201cThe one thing I reckon Adelaide are pretty poor at, they play the ambit claim game,&#8221; 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