Eight announcements in eight hours

[always right]

Reckon the signing of Prudden sounds the death knell for Darley.

[Murphy'sLore]

Strike Prudden off the possible delist list then.

[Axe Man]

Dogs secure young trio

The Western Bulldogs have secured three talented young players, with Josh Prudden, Caleb Daniel and Toby McLean putting pen to paper on new contracts this week.

The trio contributed to the Club’s tally of eight debutants in 2015 and have displayed promising signs early in their careers.

Daniel and McLean both joined the Club in the 2014 AFL Draft, with McLean debuting in round 10 against Port Adelaide and Daniel round 14 against Carlton.

The pair have signed one-year extensions, keeping them at the Club until the end of 2017, beyond their existing two-year draftee contracts.

McLean said the extension was a continuation of a promising first season, and he was grateful for the chance to play his role.

“It’s really exciting, I’ve had a really good first year and I can’t wait to play again.

“I didn’t think I would even play one AFL game this year, so to play four it was good that he (Luke Beveridge) had faith in me.”

Daniel said he looked forward to continuing with the Club’s young group, after the re-signings of several other young stars throughout the year.

“It’s definitely a pretty exciting time to be around the Club, playing finals and the development of the boys this year and hopefully beyond is pretty exciting.

“Having that year extension, it’s something that we can grow together and the main core of the boys are all sticking around for a while.”

Prudden, who joined the Club with the 50th pick in the 2012 AFL Draft, made his AFL debut in round 15 and impressed with his attack on the ball, neat skills and selfless team play.

The 21-year-old has signed a one-year deal which will keep him at the Club into 2016 and Prudden said he looked forward to continuing his development alongside the Club’s talented list.

“It’s fantastic news, I thank the Club for putting their faith in me for another year and hopefully there’s more improvement like we showed this year.”

[Happy Days]

That counts as three announcements apparently.

[Ozza]

Good to see the boys all rewarded with contracts til the end of 2017.

All three showed enough during the year to suggest they have a good chance of being senior AFL players of the future (and present).

[Scraggers]

That counts as three announcements apparently.

So four in total so far ??

[Doc26]

That counts as three announcements apparently.

Where did you read that ? Does that mean that we've now announced 4 of the 8 ?

Will be a bit of an anti-climax for this 8 in 8 exercise if our remaining 4 announcements are 2 Ins and 2 Outs for Saturday's final.

[azabob]

Innes has been the assistant to Cordy for a bit hasn't he?

Yes, and took the lead role when Cordy announced his departure.

[Ozza]

The 8 announcements will come in 4 parcels.

- 9am - Matt Inness

- Noon - McLean, Daniel & Prudden

- 3pm -

- 5pm -

So we are 4 down of the 8.

[Eze Dog]

Where did you read that ? Does that mean that we've now announced 4 of the 8 ?

Will be a bit of an anti-climax for this 8 in 8 exercise if our remaining 4 announcements are 2 Ins and 2 Outs for Saturday's final.

Confirmed on twitter.

[Greystache]

If it's going to be some young player extensions they really should have drip fed them hour by hour over the course of the day.

[Ozza]

If it's going to be some young player extensions they really should have drip fed them hour by hour over the course of the day.

I think its great that they can put through so many items of news to us supporters on the one day. Putting the 3 young boys in the one video is pretty reasonable.

[Throughandthrough]

The 8 announcements will come in 4 parcels.

- 9am - Matt Inness

- Noon - McLean, Daniel & Prudden

- 3pm -

- 5pm -

So we are 4 down of the 8.

Hows this for a complete guess

3 Pm Luke Beveridge Coaching Extension

5 PM Mission Foods sponsorship extension

[whythelongface]

Surely one of the announcements will then be that Jarrad Grant has signed a new contract.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

I would guess that 3pm's announcement will be Boyd/Moz re-signing.