Player Contract Status

[Happy Days]

Good god no. Say it ain't so.

Yeah I felt way better before reading it but if I had to see it so do all of you.

[EasternWest]

Yeah I felt way better before reading it but if I had to see it so do all of you.

Cruel and unusual punishment.

[Grantysghost]

Tom Browne reporting English is certain to stay.

Argh crap. Hope we can get a good trade.

[bornadog]

Argh crap. Hope we can get a good trade.

For Tom Browne?

[Grantysghost]

For Tom Browne?

Struggle to give him away

[angelopetraglia]

Jon Ralph also running with it.

Bulldogs ruckman Tim English has rubbed salt in the wounds of West Coast by resisting the lure of home and stating his intention to remain at Whitten Oval.

Tim English has committed his future to the Western Bulldogs despite strong interest from West Coast in luring the 24-year-old back home.

English has told his management group he is happy and settled in Melbourne despite the pull of home and his partner Rudi living in Perth as a professional netballer.

As revealed by the Herald Sun on Saturday, English was intent on rebuffing the Eagles when his management group flew into Melbourne on Monday for a series of talks with AFL clubs.

They have spoken to Western Bulldogs list boss Sam Power twice in recent weeks when the Dogs were in Perth and again this week.

While both parties will need to haggle on a deal — either a two-year deal to free agency or a long-term deal of up to five seasons — he is intent on remaining with the Dogs.

At his age and with his ability he would likely command a deal of over $700,000 per season.

Luke Beveridge wasn’t able to select English again this week as he misses again with a hamstring injury but his early season form has been stellar.

The Dogs have always been confident of retaining Josh Dunkley, Caleb Daniel and Bailey Smith but English had officially put off talks in the early rounds of the season to assess his future.

English’s manager Andrew McDougall, of Corporate Sports Australia, said in the pre-season: “He loves the club and he loves his teammates but he won’t be rushing into an early decision.”

The Dogs chose not to add another established ruckman in the off-season and have been rewarded with more consistency from English, who battled in the decisive third quarter of the Grand Final.

[Go_Dogs]

Good news. Let’s get the deal done and move forward. Important player for us, and we have a great future together I suspect.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Can you imagine actually doing this to a player of Daniel's quality? He would rightly walk straight out the door. It would be ludicrous list management to withdraw a contract offer because of a couple of games perhaps not at his absolute best.

Reminds me of the Ward contract negotiations

[jeemak]

This is a fantastic resource. Where has it been hiding?

I still think we lose Dunkley, but of course I would. However, if he's the only casualty of this crunch and we get some high draft capital for him then so be it.

[Mantis]

This is a fantastic resource. Where has it been hiding?

I still think we lose Dunkley, but of course I would. However, if he's the only casualty of this crunch and we get some high draft capital for him then so be it.

I’m becoming more comfortable with that outcome… we’re absolutely loaded in one area of the ground for talent with limitations elsewhere and something has to give. If the advantage we had in the midfield meant we were certain to win the battle in that area of the ground, and it meant more wins then we continue to keep rolling, but there’s shortcomings in there which mean other areas of the ground are negatively impacted and we lose more games than we should.

Of course we want to keep our ‘A’ graders together, but we’re also in the business of winning… and we need to give ourselves the best opportunity to do so, so freeing up some capital wins out.

[azabob]

I’m becoming more comfortable with that outcome… we’re absolutely loaded in one area of the ground for talent with limitations elsewhere and something has to give. If the advantage we had in the midfield meant we were certain to win the battle in that area of the ground, and it meant more wins then we continue to keep rolling, but there’s shortcomings in there which mean other areas of the ground are negatively impacted and we lose more games than we should.

Of course we want to keep our ‘A’ graders together, but we’re also in the business of winning… and we need to give ourselves the best opportunity to do so, so freeing up some capital wins out.

Spot on with your summary.

We are loaded with individual talent in the midfield but as a collective we are not getting the required outcomes often enough.

[Grantysghost]

This is a fantastic resource. Where has it been hiding?

I still think we lose Dunkley, but of course I would. However, if he's the only casualty of this crunch and we get some high draft capital for him then so be it.

Everything I've seen/read indicate he's close to staying?

I wouldn't be at all surprised if we lock him away on a long term (5 years?) deal.

With Libba towards the end I think it's important Dunks stays.

[bornadog]

Everything I've seen/read indicate he's close to staying?

I wouldn't be at all surprised if we lock him away on a long term (5 years?) deal.

With Libba towards the end I think it's important Dunks stays.

Totally agree

[azabob]

Young players will only sign short term deals to get them to free agency and then cash in.

[Grantysghost]

Young players will only sign short term deals to get them to free agency and then cash in.

When is Dunkley eligible do we have some sort of guide or thread that has this info?

Edit actually that joke didn't work.

He's eligible in 2024 I believe. (restricted) 2026 full.

So maybe he signs until 2026? (3 yr deal).