Following our exes...................

[bornadog]

I'd love that. But we've got Hooker, Hurley and Heppell to fit in too.

Do that and we must lose some great potential coming through. Although Bob, Will, Morris and Boyd are nearing the end. Come to think of it, lets do the lot.

PS Cement head comes back to Willi every now and then and last year my mates son (wearing his WB kit) was kicking the ball around in the park, and guess who comes along and joins in.

[Twodogs]

Do that and we must lose some great potential coming through. Although Bob, Will, Morris and Boyd are nearing the end. Come to think of it, lets do the lot.

PS Cement head comes back to Willi every now and then and last year my mates son (wearing his WB kit) was kicking the ball around in the park, and guess who comes along and joins in.

Cement Head still hangs out with quite a few of the bulldog boys. He told a few of them in 2014 that he wanted to come back to the Bulldogs. Or that he never should have left. One of those. He was pretty pissed at the time.

[Axe Man]

Rumour on Big Footy (so take it with a large grain of salt) that Carlton has offered Ward a 6 year deal.

[Webby]

I'd love Ward to come home and bear him no ill will. However, hopefully Hunter, Wallis, Dahlhaus, JJ, Webb, Cordy etc are such stars by the end of this season that we can't fit Ward in our salary cap. That's plan A, anyway.

Failing that, plan B is pretty tempting! He'll get offered the world elsewhere if he holds out, though.

[Ghost Dog]

Rumour on Big Footy (so take it with a large grain of salt) that Carlton has offered Ward a 6 year deal.

I liked this response from a Dogs supporter.

"It's not like he'd leave his club for a huge contract elsewhere.

Oh wait..."

Carlton will be the whipping boys of the comp for the next 1-2 years I'd say. Can't see Callan Ward changing that. GWS are likely to play finals long before them. Does he want success? or to come home with his pocket's full of cash.

I haven't watched any Giants footy. No idea how he's going.

Hey you guys are a bit too softly accepting of this bloke. He turned his back on us for cash. Not interested and look forward to the Dogs reminding him of what he's missing out as we smash the Giants.

[GVGjr]

It's all well to say yes to a return of Ward too the Dogs but it does open up a question about what we would be prepared to give up to get him? It's not like we have a weak midfield.

[chef]

No thanks for me. Will cost the earth and i really don't want him back.

Doubt we'll be in the picture though, as our cap wont be able to fit him in

[LostDoggy]

I liked this response from a Dogs supporter.

"It's not like he'd leave his club for a huge contract elsewhere.

Oh wait..."

Carlton will be the whipping boys of the comp for the next 1-2 years I'd say. Can't see Callan Ward changing that. GWS are likely to play finals long before them. Does he want success? or to come home with his pocket's full of cash.

I haven't watched any Giants footy. No idea how he's going.

Hey you guys are a bit too softly accepting of this bloke. He turned his back on us for cash. Not interested and look forward to the Dogs reminding him of what he's missing out as we smash the Giants.

I'm with you GD.

Left us for more cash and the promise that he would be captain of a pissant club.

He can choke on all of his grubby cash as far as I'm cocerned.

[Ghost Dog]

It's all well to say yes to a return of Ward too the Dogs but it does open up a question about what we would be prepared to give up to get him? It's not like we have a weak midfield.

He was a good player for us at a time when we didn't have too many guys standing up as he could, but now we are better poised, he might not shine so brightly.

[LostDoggy]

He was a good player for us at a time when we didn't have too many guys standing up as he could, but now we are better poised, he might not shine so brightly.

Fair query, but I'd take the opposing point of view. If he could do well hard at it as a kid in those Macca teams, imagine him as a seasoned player with the support he'd get now. I'm not saying we should throw everything at him, but if he's still got a soft spot for us and would come for a little under open market price, we'd have to have a nibble I'd reckon.

[soupman]

Not particularly keen on us trying to lure him back after he turned his back on his hometown club for GWS' pile of cash. If it was a reasonable deal maybe but I wouldn't want to see someone else squeezed out of the cap for him. Happy to see him go to Carlton where he can play with ex teammates Tutt and Jones.

[Greystache]

Fair query, but I'd take the opposing point of view. If he could do well hard at it as a kid in those Macca teams, imagine him as a seasoned player with the support he'd get now. I'm not saying we should throw everything at him, but if he's still got a soft spot for us and would come for a little under open market price, we'd have to have a nibble I'd reckon.

Ward never played under BMac, he left before we'd even started interviewing.

As for whether we should chase him, I suspect he'll go to the highest bidder back in Melbourne if he decides to leave GWS, and I don't see us needing to sell the farm for his skill set.

[Sedat]

Left us for more cash and the promise that he would be captain of a pissant club.

He can choke on all of his grubby cash as far as I'm cocerned.

When you're offered $800k a season for 5 years as a 21yo, and given the chance of a lifetime to set yourself up for life while still playing the game you love, I find it hard to believe that anyone else wouldn't have done the same thing. Unfortunately for us, it was a perfect storm of circumstances that will never be repeated - and even then we can only blame our incompetence for Ward still being out of contract at the time GWS swooped.

It was a golden ticket for him, and by the sounds of it he might be offered another golden ticket next year.

[LostDoggy]

Ward never played under BMac, he left before we'd even started interviewing.

As for whether we should chase him, I suspect he'll go to the highest bidder back in Melbourne if he decides to leave GWS, and I don't see us needing to sell the farm for his skill set.

Wow. Doesn't seem that long ago that he left. I stand corrected.

[bornadog]

Ward never played under BMac, he left before we'd even started interviewing.

As for whether we should chase him, I suspect he'll go to the highest bidder back in Melbourne if he decides to leave GWS, and I don't see us needing to sell the farm for his skill set.

Not worth paying overs.