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The AFL website has posted an article on the Dimmatina - Smorgon challenge.
Very interesting timing this is. I wonder if this will have any effect on coaching apointments etc.
Smorgon Leadership Challenge
By Ashley Browne 10:40 AM Wed 31 Aug, 2011
Western Bulldogs president David Smorgon may face a challenge
THE AGE sets its sights on the Western Bulldogs on Wednesday with two bits of news.
The first was the most definitive report yet that that emerging midfield star Callan Ward was off to Greater Western Sydney.
This wasn't just informed speculation. Jake Niall's piece was written as if the deal was done and it will be worth between $750,000 and $800,000 per year.
The Bulldogs, long resigned to losing Ward it must be added, gave him their final pitch last week but the offer fell well short of what he could expect to receive from the AFL's newest club.
The formal announcement is expected next week and at this stage Ward will play for the Bulldogs in their final game of the season against Fremantle at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Also out west comes news that a ticket to challenge long-standing Western Bulldogs president David Smorgon is being formed and will be in shape in the next two weeks.
Former player now restaurateur Paul Dimattina is the powerbroker behind the challenge and while he has no intention of seeking the presidency, it is reported the new ticket wants director Susan Alberti to assume the top job at the Whitten Oval.
''The key is the money," a source told The Age. "We reckon we have put enough together. David has put out the challenge to put up or shut up, so hopefully we will be in a position to come out in the next week or two, which will please every Bulldogs' member.''
Talk of a ticket to challenge Smorgon has been in the air for a couple of years and the Bulldog president has long called for any would-be challengers to declare themselves so that the members of the club can best decide who should take the club forward. That day might now be not far away.
Very interesting timing this is. I wonder if this will have any effect on coaching apointments etc.
Smorgon Leadership Challenge
By Ashley Browne 10:40 AM Wed 31 Aug, 2011
Western Bulldogs president David Smorgon may face a challenge
THE AGE sets its sights on the Western Bulldogs on Wednesday with two bits of news.
The first was the most definitive report yet that that emerging midfield star Callan Ward was off to Greater Western Sydney.
This wasn't just informed speculation. Jake Niall's piece was written as if the deal was done and it will be worth between $750,000 and $800,000 per year.
The Bulldogs, long resigned to losing Ward it must be added, gave him their final pitch last week but the offer fell well short of what he could expect to receive from the AFL's newest club.
The formal announcement is expected next week and at this stage Ward will play for the Bulldogs in their final game of the season against Fremantle at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Also out west comes news that a ticket to challenge long-standing Western Bulldogs president David Smorgon is being formed and will be in shape in the next two weeks.
Former player now restaurateur Paul Dimattina is the powerbroker behind the challenge and while he has no intention of seeking the presidency, it is reported the new ticket wants director Susan Alberti to assume the top job at the Whitten Oval.
''The key is the money," a source told The Age. "We reckon we have put enough together. David has put out the challenge to put up or shut up, so hopefully we will be in a position to come out in the next week or two, which will please every Bulldogs' member.''
Talk of a ticket to challenge Smorgon has been in the air for a couple of years and the Bulldog president has long called for any would-be challengers to declare themselves so that the members of the club can best decide who should take the club forward. That day might now be not far away.
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