Callan Ward - Staying or going?

[GVGjr]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Has the club given Callan a deadline to make the decision? To me it should be this week and the sooner the better.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Sorry, so will we get one or two first round picks for Ward?

[Doc26]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Sorry, so will we get one or two first round picks for Ward?

GD, this has yet to be ratified by the AFL. I assume they might just hand it over to Kevin Sheahan to determine with his mates.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

GD, this has yet to be ratified by the AFL. I assume they might just hand it over to Kevin Sheahan to determine with his mates.

Thanks Doc.
...is it just that we don't whine as much as other clubs and thus, get a better deal??
The squeaky wheel gets oiled.

[LongWait]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Thanks Doc.
...is it just that we don't whine as much as other clubs and thus, get a better deal??
The squeaky wheel gets oiled.

Maybe the time to "squeak" will be after he announces he is going and the details of his contract is known. Until then we are speculating and asking for a ruling based upon a rumor. The club should do all it can within reason to keep Ward and, if he decides to go to GWS, then squeak loud and long.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Maybe the time to "squeak" will be after he announces he is going and the details of his contract is known. Until then we are speculating and asking for a ruling based upon a rumor. The club should do all it can within reason to keep Ward and, if he decides to go to GWS, then squeak loud and long.

You speak the truth.

[divvydan]

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http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/ward-jumps-bulldog-ship-to-join-gws-20110830-1jk5s.html

CALLAN Ward will be a Greater Western Sydney player next year, with the emerging young midfielder having decided to leave the Western Bulldogs to take up a massive five-year offer with the AFL's expansion team.

Ward will join GWS on a five-year contract believed to be worth $750,000-$800,000 a year, or between $3.75 million and $4 million over the life of the contract. This is expected to be front-ended in the manner of Gary Ablett's five-year deal with Gold Coast.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/ward-jumps-bulldog-ship-to-join-gws-20110830-1jk5s.html

[Greystache]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

What a surprise!

After wrestling with the decsion for a gut wrenching 12 months he'll finally decide to take the money the week after the season finishes. What a *!*!*!*!ing joke!

[LostDoggy]

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I remember hearing the exact same deal offered to Callan in the first few rounds of the season. Coincidence?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Signed. A. Long. Time. Ago. Just. Like. Harbrow.

Remember how our management met with Harbrow late last year to 'put one last pitch to him'? It was just as pointless as the charade Wardy's management (and Wardy himself, and his nearest and dearest -- selling your soul isn't as cheap as it seems at first) have been carrying out with the Dogs.

The only way the media have a 100% record on picking who's going to GC and GWS is because all the players signed on the dotted line on the quiet 12 months ago.

[Mofra]

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The only way the media have a 100% record on picking who's going to GC and GWS is because all the players signed on the dotted line on the quiet 12 months ago.

Taylor Walker was signed, sealed and delivered months ago too according to the media.
That's why the Phil Davis signing was such a shock.

[Greystache]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Signed. A. Long. Time. Ago. Just. Like. Harbrow.

Remember how our management met with Harbrow late last year to 'put one last pitch to him'? It was just as pointless as the charade Wardy's management (and Wardy himself, and his nearest and dearest -- selling your soul isn't as cheap as it seems at first) have been carrying out with the Dogs.

The only way the media have a 100% record on picking who's going to GC and GWS is because all the players signed on the dotted line on the quiet 12 months ago.

Of course he did, and the past few months have been a massive waste of the clubs time in an attempt to make it look like he didn't jump at a big $$ offer.

[Ghost Dog]

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Of course he did, and the past few months have been a massive waste of the clubs time in an attempt to make it look like he didn't jump at a big $$ offer.

Rather than pot callan before he has made his choice. get behind him and encourage him that we love his work and want him around.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Callan Ward - Staying or going?

Signed. A. Long. Time. Ago. Just. Like. Harbrow.

Remember how our management met with Harbrow late last year to 'put one last pitch to him'? It was just as pointless as the charade Wardy's management (and Wardy himself, and his nearest and dearest -- selling your soul isn't as cheap as it seems at first) have been carrying out with the Dogs.

The only way the media have a 100% record on picking who's going to GC and GWS is because all the players signed on the dotted line on the quiet 12 months ago.

You dont know that for certain Lantern. Do you?

[LostDoggy]

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You dont know that for certain Lantern. Do you?

Sorry missed this earlier.

Look, if you're asking if I've seen the paper that his signature is on, no of course not. But if you're asking if I've spoken peripherally to people who are paid to know these things behind closed doors, then yes -- there are players that are 'speculated' briefly about in the media due to whisperings or circumstantial evidence: these rumours are a dime a dozen and can be dismissed as coffee shop talk.

Then there are the ones that made commitments on the down-low to the expansion clubs, and these 'lists' (not real lists, but you know what I mean) circulate in football circles and are 'known' months before the end of the season, and these stories never go away because they're based on substance.

The industry gossip trail 'knew' -- but couldn't actually confirm without actual physical proof -- GC's list two months into last season, which turned out to be absolutely 100% accurate. In the same way, everyone knew Scully and Wardy was pretty much gone 4 months ago... information leaks in a cottage industry like football. This is why there was little to no speculation about a whole range of other out-of-contract players. If it was just 'guesswork', Daisy Thomas would be the top of the 'speculated about' list, but any buzz there quickly died down because there was no substance to the guesswork. Phil Davis was a surprise, but only because he HADN'T signed and won't until the end of the season, so there was no 'smoking gun' per se to follow. With Scully and Ward, it was irrelevant what any club's 'key messages' to the media were, it was what was being said in the corridors that told you everything you needed to know, and because there was an evidence trail, it's nearly impossible to keep a lid on it.