Campbell Brown - The Age - 3 July



I HAVE been watching from afar as the Callan Ward-Greater Western Sydney situation has been unfolding. I have been interested because I was in a similar situation last year, having been publicly identified as a possible Gold Coast target early in the season, and having to deal with your name being linked every time the topic gets raised.

The Bulldog mainstay will be asked if he is going or staying a dozen times a day; from the greengrocer to his close mates, everyone wants to know. It is a unique situation we have found ourselves in in the past few years and it is the one time players don't feel any need to rush in terms of their contract negotiations. However, he and I are in completely different situations and stages in our careers but I think the thought processes of potentially leaving your football club would be pretty similar.

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