Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

[Bornadog]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

Fair enough, I guess. So you can assume no extra leverage/benefit to churning through your own cash reserves then?

Won't be surprised if we have to ask for our own hand out if the lockdown goes on long enough.

One positive from the PG interview is that it sounds like he has the ear of Gil, so we're not going to be blindsided at any point.

PG is on a special committee for the Coronavirus, along with Eddie and two others (can't remember who)

[GVGjr]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

You can have a listen

Dwaynes World

[Eastdog]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

How times have changed. Great to be so ahead now on the financial front. Challenging times at the moment but our club is in a great position.

[jeemak]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

How times have changed. Great to be so ahead now on the financial front. Challenging times at the moment but our club is in a great position.

Damn you and your overly political rhetoric Eastdog!

[jeemak]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

You can have a listen

Dwaynes World

Very pragmatic response from the Pres in reference to the options faced by clubs with respect to borrowing from the AFL in this instance. Possibly the best PR to come out of the club in years was him suggesting that we weren't eligible for assistance from the AFL at this time. I'm pretty confident a few adjustments to the sheet would have changed that if we thought it was to our benefit, but we'll never know.

[Eastdog]

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Damn you and your overly political rhetoric Eastdog!

Politics is very interesting but don’t like to get too political on woof as woof is not that type of forum.

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

Just a thought. Yes its commendable that the bulldogs are cashed up and thus don't need to rely on the AFL and can use their existing cash reserves to fund their operations. Is that necessarily the right move? If the AFL is offering finance and relatively good terms, wouldn't it be better to hang onto the cash and take the AFL loan. Once corona is over the loan could be restructured and paid down over time.

The problem with relying on cash reserves is that once depleted they are gone. So if there is another crisis in the enxt couple of years what then? You go from being a strong self sufficient club to a club begging for a hand out.

[Hotdog60]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

You can have a listen

Dwaynes World

Is there a way of taking the Dwayne out of world before I listen.
I have sensitive hearing.

[Bornadog]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

Just a thought. Yes its commendable that the bulldogs are cashed up and thus don't need to rely on the AFL and can use their existing cash reserves to fund their operations. Is that necessarily the right move? If the AFL is offering finance and relatively good terms, wouldn't it be better to hang onto the cash and take the AFL loan. Once corona is over the loan could be restructured and paid down over time.

The problem with relying on cash reserves is that once depleted they are gone. So if there is another crisis in the enxt couple of years what then? You go from being a strong self sufficient club to a club begging for a hand out.

You have to be eligible to get the loan, ie no cash reserves.

[Bornadog]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

Essendon to go it alone financially - they have decided if they don't their independence will be compromised.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

Essendon to go it alone financially - they have decided if they don't their independence will be compromised.

Well i guess they have to protect something, it surely hasn't been their integrity!

[Axe Man]

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Essendon to go it alone financially - they have decided if they don't their independence will be compromised.

Paul Little bailing them out again?

[Bornadog]

Re: Western Bulldogs among the six clubs to go it alone

Paul Little bailing them out again?

Why not he is loaded.

[Dry Rot]

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I, for one, am sick of how we and the other big clubs, have to prop up the small impoverished clubs like Carlton, Essendon & Geelong.

I'm not sure that the Victorian market can support having all of these poor clubs.

Post of the century.

**** them.