Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Ward plays with his heart before his head, no reason to think he might make decisions the same way. Does anyone on the board have a very pretty daughter?

Western Sydney is not the nicest area to live in.

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

He needs to have a word to Harbrow about whether leaving was worth it. Remember though Harbrow went for family reasons, Wardy would be going for the cash. Its a lonely life in West Sydney

[Dazza]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

The Harbrow situation is completely different.

[Jasper]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

He needs to have a word to Harbrow about whether leaving was worth it. Remember though Harbrow went for family reasons, Wardy would be going for the cash. Its a lonely life in West Sydney

Harbrow is happy as a pig in poo. Recall an article where he said Melbourne was 'doing his head in'.

Ward is different. But then if he is offered $800k a year for five years when in fact he is probably worth less than half this...we can't compete. Neither can Melbourne with Scully. The compo stinks, the whole thing stinks. We are all being smashed by the Karma bus when many clubs sent their rubbish to the Bears. No doubt we'll get an end of first round pick or early second round which translates to about Pick 25-30 in compensation which is BS.

One concept, and I am not sure if its workable. If Ward wants to go (but has a big soft spot for us) why doesn't he do a Judd and demand a fair trade for the Dogs - to do this he would have to sign a one year extension with us and then a trade is done by mutual consent at years end. GWS then get to do one of their compulsory trades and keep an uncontracted player up their sleeve, while we get a better deal.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Ah well. lay your bets gentlemen and ladies ( theoretical of course)

For mine, he will stay.

[AndrewP6]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Ah well. lay your bets gentlemen and ladies ( theoretical of course)

For mine, he will stay.

Gooorn. Already agreed to go.*

* I really, really, really, really want to be wrong on this.

[jeemak]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

I think he's going to go, unfortunately. It's just too much money to turn down, and it's a great opportunity for a young man to take and see if he can make a fist of a new life in unfamiliar surroundings.

I don't think he's worth the money though, in fact there's only a few players in the league that are, in Buddy, Ablett or Judd for instance. Maybe a younger player like Martin could be justified in being offered that much but Ward isn't of the same quality.

I know it's a start up side and they need to be competitive but it sickens me to think how easily the AFL will let GWS over pay a player like Ward to the tune of $300-400K. As a club we have to fight tooth and nail to get this sort of money out of the AFL to remain competitive through equalisation funding (I know we get more than that annually), and it rubs salt in to the wound having to lose a solid player we've blooded that was supposed to be a reason to keep our supporters coming to games over the next few years.

I just hope he raises his output for us this season to ensure we get the best compensation possible for his loss.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Gooorn. Already agreed to go.*

Agreed if the suggested offer is correct. He'd be a fool not to.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Western Sydney is not the nicest area to live in.

He'd probably live in a lovely northern beaches location and then commute out to that shit hole.

[jeemak]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

He'd probably live in a lovely northern beaches location and then commute out to that shit hole.

It will be a massive shock to the system for him if he does, and a lot of down time not being able to head home over the pre-season when he'll be required to do multiple sessions and meetings in a day.

[Dry Rot]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

It will be a massive shock to the system for him if he does, and a lot of down time not being able to head home over the pre-season when he'll be required to do multiple sessions and meetings in a day.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars will cushion that, just like all the poor bastards who are forced to commute to multinational IT and pharmaceutical companies out in the north west.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

He'd probably live in a lovely northern beaches location and then commute out to that shit hole.

Fair way to commute . The sport is unfortunately going the way of the world game. The have's have not's, silly wages. Hostile environment, hostile local media . AFL's Vietnam

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Agreed if the suggested offer is correct. He'd be a fool not to.

Why is he a fool? Social capital! He's a richer man if he stays.

[chef]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Why is he a fool? Social capital! He's a richer man if he stays.

I guess that depends on what's most important to him and we will soon find out.

[Jasper]

Re: Callan Ward - Should he stay or should he go?

Fair way to commute . The sport is unfortunately going the way of the world game. The have's have not's, silly wages. Hostile environment, hostile local media . AFL's Vietnam

Interesting to note how many Bulldogs live in Footscray (or some would call it Little Vietnam/Somalia)??

I regularly see Minson, Murphy and Hudson in Carlton...don't reckon its that relevant. If you are in your early twenties and on $800k a year, a commute doesn't matter.