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    Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    THE Western Bulldogs are demanding two first-round draft picks as compensation after Callan Ward walked away for a "winning lottery ticket".

    Hours after Ward told club officials he was leaving for Greater Western Sydney, the Dogs declared the 21-year-old was worth the same as Gary Ablett.

    Bulldogs chief executive Simon Garlick said the key criteria - age and remuneration - pointed to "top echelon" compensation.

    "We think a minimum of two first-rounders is appropriate from our perspective," he said.

    "We used a first-rounder on him and then put four years of solid development into him.

    "He's a 21-year-old who's had a breakout year. He is a 10-year, 200-game player minimum."



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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Stick to your guns Garlick.
    The curse is dead.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Quote Originally Posted by chef View Post
    Stick to your guns Garlick.
    Agreed. Great to see us pushing this hard, and early. If the AFL is true to the formula, it should be what we get.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    At last we are on the front foot. Great stuff.
    But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    You go Garlo! Sic 'em.......

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    If Scully is on a similar salary to Ward, we should be compensated the same way. If we get 2 first round picks, I would be over the moon!
    Cal in 5 years time still wont ever be worth that much. His rating is high now based on what he may become, but honestly I dont think he will be much more than a depth midfielder.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Quote Originally Posted by Desipura View Post
    If Scully is on a similar salary to Ward, we should be compensated the same way. If we get 2 first round picks, I would be over the moon!
    Cal in 5 years time still wont ever be worth that much. His rating is high now based on what he may become, but honestly I dont think he will be much more than a depth midfielder.
    Don't fully agree with you there Desi. Ward has at times this year been a shining light and the reason we were competitive is some games. If he can improve his consistency by the time he is 24 he may well be top class.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Our friend Thommo from that footy classified show basically said we're dreaming if we think we will get 2x first round picks. ie comparing Ward to Ablett.

    The others seemed to agree but what they are not considering is that Ablett isn't 21 years old. Regardless it's not about how good you think the player is it's his value in terms of dollars and also his age as a footballer that matters.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Quote Originally Posted by Cyberdoggie View Post
    Our friend Thommo from that footy classified show basically said we're dreaming if we think we will get 2x first round picks. ie comparing Ward to Ablett.

    The others seemed to agree but what they are not considering is that Ablett isn't 21 years old. Regardless it's not about how good you think the player is it's his value in terms of dollars and also his age as a footballer that matters.
    Tim Watson was banging on this morning about the same thing ie: Ablett being the benchmark to be measured against for compensation.
    85, 92, 97, 98, 08, 09, 10... Break the curse!

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    All of these football people seem to be missing the point completely don't they? I thought the AFL changed the criteria to be more about age and contract offered than accomplishments thus far.....

    By the rationale they are using Boomer Harvey would be worth more than Cotchin in compensation terms.....

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Malthouse on SEN making the same claims, Ablett the benchmark and he is greater than Ward so we shouldn't receive the same compensation.

    It will be interesting the outcome of both the Scully & Ward compensations.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    If Garlick, Smorgon and Fantasia haven’t been knocking on AFL HQs door for weeks demanding that we are provided with Tier 1 compensation for Ward then they are negligent in their duties, given what we received for Harbrow last week.

    Ourselves and Adelaide have been royally shafted in the last 2 seasons.

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Quote Originally Posted by Dog House View Post
    If Garlick, Smorgon and Fantasia haven’t been knocking on AFL HQs door for weeks demanding that we are provided with Tier 1 compensation for Ward then they are negligent in their duties, given what we received for Harbrow last week.

    Ourselves and Adelaide have been royally shafted in the last 2 seasons.
    Did we get something for Harbrow last week?
    Bring back the biff

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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    Did we get something for Harbrow last week?
    Certainly the advent of the iphone has caused a sudden increase in forum gaffes.
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    Re: Dogs howling as Ward leaves for GWS

    My bad

    I'm hoping Apple release a woof.net.au iphone app

    ;-)

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