Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

[CarnTheScray]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

I agree with D Mitchell that Weightman injury is sort of his own doing. Why he flew against Lobb I have no idea?

About the JUH stuff, I agree with that significantly less.

[Happy Days]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Cody is a better chance to actually mark the ball than Lobb anyway, maybe Lobb should’ve got out of his way and also got off the ground and also out of the AFL?

[Happy Days]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

And “yeah but he’s not comparable to the literal best player of all time” is a dumb argument. There is plenty of actual stuff to be upset by at the moment.

[Scorlibo]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Really like that Jamarra's re-signed, and the figure doesn't bother me at all, he's good, young, he's one of ours and that's the market rate to keep him.

The shorter term deal is smart as well, it would have been easy to buckle and throw him a long term big money contract like Naughton but the reality is that he's not a proven star. We can all make comparisons to big name forwards at the same point in their careers but there is really no knowing what trajectory he ends up on. He might be ahead of Hawkins but he's behind Jack Anthony.

There are a few areas where I'd like to see improvement from Jamarra in the back half of this year:

- Conversion
- Awareness of when to stay down or protect Aaron in the marking contest
- Taking the first option more often with ball in hand
- Second efforts once the ball hits the ground (which includes avoiding losing his feet in the marking contest)

[hujsh]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Really like that Jamarra's re-signed, and the figure doesn't bother me at all, he's good, young, he's one of ours and that's the market rate to keep him.

The shorter term deal is smart as well, it would have been easy to buckle and throw him a long term big money contract like Naughton but the reality is that he's not a proven star. We can all make comparisons to big name forwards at the same point in their careers but there is really no knowing what trajectory he ends up on. He might be ahead of Hawkins but he's behind Jack Anthony.

There are a few areas where I'd like to see improvement from Jamarra in the back half of this year:

- Conversion
- Awareness of when to stay down or protect Aaron in the marking contest
- Taking the first option more often with ball in hand
- Second efforts once the ball hits the ground (which includes avoiding losing his feet in the marking contest)

Do we have any idea what that is by the way?

[Grantysghost]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Do we have any idea what that is by the way?

[jeemak]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Maybe if the coaches get together and stop teaching the players to run into each other and actually lead in different directions he will kick 50 plus but if Naughton Darcy, Lobb and English keep leading together like a pack, crowding him and jumping all over him he won’t and that’s not from his lack of trying.

You really think the coaches can?t see what we see and coach the players to run into each other?

[jeemak]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Franklin isn't just elite, he was a generational talent. I'm sure there are numerous elite key forwards Jamarra would compare favorably to. One example Curnow in his first 4 years had less goals from more games.

Call for better efforts or whatever but don't attack him for not being as good as Franklin as quickly as Franklin was.

A generational talent playing a different sport to what AFL is today. He got drafted almost twenty years before JUH.

[Bullies]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Do we have any idea what that is by the way?

they said $1m per year.

[ledge]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

You really think the coaches can?t see what we see and coach the players to run into each other?

Blind Freddie can see it we can all see it and it hasn’t changed in any form. So why haven’t they done anything about it?
Cody’s injury probably points to it getting worse not better .

[Bornadog]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Ugle-Hagan remains in red, white and blue

Emerging key forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension.


It means the 22-year-old will remain at the Kennel until at least the end of 2026, committing his future to the red, white and blue.


Having played 51 games for the Dogs thus far, Ugle-Hagan is quickly cementing himself as one of the league?s up and coming forwards, demonstrated by his overhead aerial abilities and creativity inside 50.


Ugle-Hagan said he was thrilled to be remaining a Bulldog.


?I?m really excited to be staying here,? Ugle-Hagan said.


?The Western Bulldogs have looked after me since I was 15 years old with the Next Generation Academy. Ever since then, I have just fallen in love with the Club and it just feels like I?m at home.


?The boys make me feel like we?re a big family ? everyone has been amazing since I walked in the doors. The best thing about our job is that we get to go into work every day with our best mates and train and compete with them.?


Bulldogs? General Manager of List and Recruiting Sam Power couldn?t have been more pleased to secure the signature of the forward.


?We?re really excited as a football club that Jamarra has re-signed,? Power said.


?Having been a part of the Bulldogs since the age of 15, Jamarra has built a strong affiliation with the red, white and blue and is seen as a huge part of our future.


?His exciting attributes in the air and ability to impact games at such a young age are qualities that should excite our fans during the next stage of his career.


?Jamarra committing his next two years to the Club is a positive show of faith in what we?re continuing to build and the environment we?re creating.?


Ugle-Hagan, of Gunditjmara, Balardong Noongar and Whadjuk Noongar country, was the No.1 draft pick in 2020 when the Bulldogs matched Adelaide?s bid on the Next Generation Academy prospect.


He became just the second Indigenous player to top the draft - following Des Headland in 1998 - and the Bulldogs? first number one selection since Adam Cooney in 2003.


Ugle-Hagan joins the likes of Tom Liberatore in re-committing to the club this season.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Best news ever.

[weltschmerz]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

but I thought he was already signed on the line at Essendon, Sydney, Geelong, and Collingwood, all of whom can afford him when we can't because salary caps don't apply to big teams

[chef]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Would liked longer than 2 years.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Welcome Jamarra Ugle-Hagan to the Western Bulldogs

Would liked longer than 2 years.

He's not going anywhere.