Barry Hall to GWS

[Maddog37]

Watching AFL teams on fox and Parkin suggesting Baz will not be part of the retired players parade at the GF as GWS are very into him and he may have second thoughts about retiring.

Thoughts? Do we get a comp pick?

[AndrewP6]

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God I hope this isn't true. Surely Baz won't do it.
He's on the Grand Final Footy Show tonight, wonder if anything will come up in conversation?

[BulldogBelle]

Re: Barry Hall to GWS

Watching AFL teams on fox and Parkin suggesting Baz will not be part of the retired players parade at the GF as GWS are very into him and he may have second thoughts about retiring.

Thoughts? Do we get a comp pick?

Even if he does go, I wouldn't think we would get anything. He retired. Mal Michael type scenario, except Baz didn't bullshit the Club, I hope!

[Sedat]

Re: Barry Hall to GWS

Even if he does go, I wouldn't think we would get anything. He retired. Mal Michael type scenario, except Baz didn't bullshit the Club, I hope!

He's still on our list until October 31st, or until such a time as GWS and the Dogs orchestrate a suitable trade during trade week. Same thing happened between us and Sydney 2 years ago to get him to the kennel.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Barry Hall to GWS

nothing on footy show

[dadsgirl16]

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Had Brekky with him this morning(well I attended the function) and he was asked the question,he said probably no but IF he did it would be simply be for the money.

[Bornadog]

Re: Barry Hall to GWS

Had Brekky with him this morning(well I attended the function) and he was asked the question,he said probably no but IF he did it would be simply be for the money.

Well he could have got another contract with us?

[Rocco Jones]

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Well he could have got another contract with us?

I don't doubt Hall's sincerity when he calls himself a Bulldog. The difference is that GWS are trying to make an offer he can't refuse, basically buying him out of retirement. If Hunt is worth $1 m a year to GC then what is Hall worth to GWS? They would have cap space and I think it would be a marketly sound decision to offer him $1 m for next year + a lucrative, long term assistant coach/marketing deal.

[Topdog]

Re: Barry Hall to GWS

Well he could have got another contract with us?

doubt we could offer 40% of what GWS can

[Remi Moses]

Re: Barry Hall to GWS

That old crackpot Sheedy's going to ruin this side.
Complete and utter madness, I'm starting to get more and more confident we can get this Sam Reid deal done. He'll be looking at Matty Allen and Salmon for a ruck spot.

[MrMahatma]

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That old crackpot Sheedy's going to ruin this side.
Complete and utter madness, I'm starting to get more and more confident we can get this Sam Reid deal done. He'll be looking at Matty Allen and Salmon for a ruck spot.

Fair to say Hall would be being recruited largely for marketability in Sydney.

It may seem a bit silly, but in the end Sheedy has a pretty tough job. I don't think anyone should underestimate how hard it will be to make the club work from a business perspective. They need to build a fan base - and quickly.

[LostDoggy]

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Hall at the NthMelbourne breakfast was asked by Mike Sheahan. Says he is mentally tired of footy, doing the same thing day after day. Said money could entice but wouldn't overcome the mental tiredness.

[GVGjr]

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Am I the only one who would find this adding even further to my disillusionment with footy?

[LostDoggy]

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I can imagine Hall going for one last big pay day. Who wouldn't? The thing with Hall is that having rebuilt his reputation with us, he has a lucrative post footy career in whatever he chooses.
Will he undo all his good work with some brain snaps playing in a team that will get belted every week full of kids he would want to look after? If so, whatever money he makes next year will be at the detriment to his post career earnings.
From a selfish Bulldogs supporter point of view, I hope he does play on and we get a juicy trade or compensation pick for him. Even better, I would gun for one of the 17 year olds for him.

Hall will be massive for GWS on marketability alone and I would play hardball BIG time. I would not hesitate to send Hall to retirement unless GWS gave me exactly what I wanted. I hope our trading team are ruthless with him.

[Bornadog]

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Am I the only one who would find this adding even further to my disillusionment with footy?

I am with you, especially after the send off we gave him