Please come to the Western Bulldogs: Josh Kelly

[Bornadog]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

We have the entire Western Victorian farming region as our Academy. I think the AFL are paying for some Ambassadorships for the Academy districts. That might make coming to us even a little more lucrative.

Have we got the cap?

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

Have we got the cap?

Yep. Losing Minson, Hamling, Stevens & Hrovat frees up the extra needed from Hurley's salary to Fyfe's salary. We have over $1,000,000 cap banked. Plus the cap rise. An AFL ambassadorship is extra paid by the AFL. Premierships worth a bonus $30,000 each. It's an attractive offer he's got to make a decision on.

[1eyedog]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

How much does he want to win a flag I would ask him and does he think he will seriously win one at Fremantle? Offer him 100k a year more than the Freo offer, give him 6 years and get him to tell them to trade him to the Dogs or he walks next year ala. Tom Boyd.

Give them pick 18 and next year's first rounder. It's a steal he's the best player in the comp FFS!

[Twodogs]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

We can buy him a farm in Victoria and the family can move in.

We tried something like that when we bought the lease of the Albert hotel for Dale Lewis and his brothers. Dale stayed in Sydney and his brothers moved in and managed the pub.

[1eyedog]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

Western Bulldogs, also known as, Premiers & Every Possible Option.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

We tried something like that when we bought the lease of the Albert hotel for Dale Lewis and his brothers. Dale stayed in Sydney and his brothers moved in and managed the pub.

Dale Lewis going to the dogs was bandied around for a few years

[Cyberdoggie]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

Fyfe was sitting 2 rows behind me at the GF in what was a bulldog member seated area on level 1 in the GSS.
There were no other footballers near him he was going alone or with friends.

Omen? I'll let you guys be the judge.

[choconmientay]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

... growing legs ...

[ratsmac]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

Keep the rumours coming. Where there is smoke there is fire.

[ratsmac]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

Get those jungle drums beating!

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

I know someone with a best mate linked into a certain Uni sports science facility. Fyfe is medically fit for a monster offer.

[kruder]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

We have to be careful what we offer Fyfe if there is a possibility in getting him. Just looking at the Franklin deal its killing the Swans with Mitchell, Richards Mumford gone and Heeney after big money also. In 18 and 19 all our gun young Premiership players come out of contract and we need some extra room in the cap no doubt.We have to remember he will be getting a chance to join a premiership club with one of the youngest winning sides in history.

I'm thinking do we actually need Fyfe? Yes best player in the comp but we already have the best midfield in the comp. Its an interesting one but i'd prefer top concentrate on a key defender to replace Adams( absolute A grader in my opinion) and of course Hamling.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

We have to be careful what we offer Fyfe if there is a possibility in getting him. Just looking at the Franklin deal its killing the Swans with Mitchell, Richards Mumford gone and Heeney after big money also. In 18 and 19 all our gun young Premiership players come out of contract and we need some extra room in the cap no doubt.We have to remember he will be getting a chance to join a premiership club with one of the youngest winning sides in history.

I'm thinking do we actually need Fyfe? Yes best player in the comp but we already have the best midfield in the comp. Its an interesting one but i'd prefer top concentrate on a key defender to replace Adams( absolute A grader in my opinion) and of course Hamling.

By my maths, we have around $1,500,000 banked in salary cap payments. If we offered him the rumoured $6,000,000 for 6 years, we can pump that bank into that contract. Then we are talking $4,500,000 over 6 years which averages out to only $750,000 which is a dead set steal (Deledio is on $800,000). Tom Boyd's contract was front loaded this year. The cap savings from Minson, Hamling, Stevens & Hrovat offset it even more. The rise in the salary cap will help to cover recontracting our guns, and retirements next year will further help a bit.

In short, our very good management means we can have our cake and eat it too.

[azabob]

Re: Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Nat Fyfe

BT, I like cake and I like eating it to.

What about re-signing Bont - He deserves surely $700 - $800 per season on his new deal? Or how much is Bont worth?

Less risk to a degree with Fyfe compared to JOM.