One-year deal for Johnson

[Cyberdoggie]

By Jennifer Witham
1:37 PM Wed 07 October, 2009
WESTERN Bulldogs captain Brad Johnson will be offered a one-year deal to play on in 2010, however, the fate of Jason Akermanis and Nathan Eagleton remains undecided.
Johnson, 33, is the only one of the veterans to have had his future confirmed before the end of the AFL exchange period.
He will be presented with the new contract once the club completes its list changes this week.

"It's fair to say Johnno will be offered a contract, sooner rather than later I would say, following today's work [in re-signing Brian Lake]," football operations manager James Fantasia told afl.com.au on Wednesday.

"There are still things that need to be ticked off. The rule of thumb is that you only offer one-year contracts once you get past 30, so that's what we're pitching.

"There's no actual timeframe to it, apart from having list lodgement completed before October 31. So we have time up our sleeve, but we'd like to get it finalised sooner rather than later."

Akermanis, 32, and Eagleton, 30, have told the club they wish to play on next year.

Fantasia said both players would have to wait until the end of this week before official word on their futures.

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[Go_Dogs]

Great news, can't help but smile.

Will be interesting to see what happens with both Akermanis and Eagleton now.

[Desipura]

So basically that is it for us in regards to trading unless an offer comes through for one of our soon to be delisted players.
Looks most likely that Aker & Eagle will stay unless something out of left field happens between now and 2.00pm Friday.

Quote from Fantasia:
"There are still things that need to be ticked off. The rule of thumb is that you only offer one-year contracts once you get past 30, so that's what we're pitching".

What the.........how about Barry Hall?

[neodog]

I wonder if he will still retain his Captaincy?

[Throughandthrough]

My gut is that Eagle will get the DCM and Acka will get 1 more year.

[Throughandthrough]

I hope so (for both)

[Hotdog60]

How many player can the club have on the veterans list?

[Desipura]

How many player can the club have on the veterans list?

Your answer lies in the veterans list post I sent about a month ago.

[ledge]

Quote from Fantasia:
"There are still things that need to be ticked off. The rule of thumb is that you only offer one-year contracts once you get past 30, so that's what we're pitching".

What the.........how about Barry Hall?

Sometimes the mouth opens before the brain kicks in.

[Topdog]

Quote from Fantasia:
"There are still things that need to be ticked off. The rule of thumb is that you only offer one-year contracts once you get past 30, so that's what we're pitching".

What the.........how about Barry Hall?

It's only a rule of thumb not something that must be adhered to in every single contract discussion.

[Desipura]

It's only a rule of thumb not something that must be adhered to in every single contract discussion.

ahh the fine print

[ledge]

Well Johnnos reply would be I am captain , played here for years have still got what it takes.

Personally Johnno I think has a way better arguement for 2 years than Barry.

Rule of thumb for a club legend who is still up with the rest but not for an outsider who has a shaky past?

Sometimes off the cuff remarks like this could be a bit of an insult to others.

[LostDoggy]

Well Johnnos reply would be I am captain , played here for years have still got what it takes.

Personally Johnno I think has a way better arguement for 2 years than Barry.

Rule of thumb for a club legend who is still up with the rest but not for an outsider who has a shaky past?

Sometimes off the cuff remarks like this could be a bit of an insult to others.

Yea, I agree, I think it's a shame that Fantasia's remark reflects on the Barry Hall deal. I'm sure Johnno has a thick skin (I hope so) but it was a pretty dumb thing to say the day after the Hall deal was done

[AndrewP6]

Happy days...the bit about the over-30s did sound a bit weird, given they just got the deal done for Bazza

[alwaysadog]

Quote from Fantasia:
"There are still things that need to be ticked off. The rule of thumb is that you only offer one-year contracts once you get past 30, so that's what we're pitching".

What the.........how about Barry Hall?

Sometimes the mouth opens before the brain kicks in.

Not the first in the recent past either.