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Just give the Bont whatever he asks for , im sure he wouldnt try to extort the club so his asking price would be reasonable .
Give the best player this club has ever known what he deserves pure and simple .
While they are at it extend Bevo for another 2 years and be done with the distractions , god only knows we deserve some clear flying space .Leave a comment:
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ALL EYES ON BONT
MARCUS Bontempelli's contract talks are set to heat up as the next key domino to fall into place at the Western Bulldogs.
The Dogs champion has so far resisted entering contract discussions, but talks are expected to be kickstarted soon – potentially by the end of this month – as the club looks to lock in its captain and coach.
Luke Beveridge's admission this week that his own talks around an extension at the club was edging closer will leave Bontempelli with the full picture of the future at the Bulldogs, following big re-signings Ed Richards and Sam Darcy in recent months and a strong start to the season despite injury and personnel challenges at the club.
The 2016 premiership coach has made clear in recent weeks his keenness to get into extending his time at Mission Whitten Oval. The Dogs' upcoming bye in round 12 is shaping as a pivotal period for both key figures in their contract discussions.
With Beveridge's tenure – be it two or three more seasons – to be worked through, the length of Bontempelli's next deal is also a fascination given his unrestricted free agency status in a year he turns 30.
After signing a four-year deal last time he was out of contract as a free agent, and since then the eight- and nine-year deals and offers becoming more common in the market, clubs are looking at his major free agency contract as being split in two.
A 'double up' deal seeing Bontempelli land a four- or five-year extension to stay at the Dogs until his mid-30s is considered the likely length according to rival clubs. – Callum Twomey
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DOC’S PAY BUMP
‘Doc’ Davidson is the Western Bulldogs’ cheap-as-chips star in an era when players are offered $1.7 million per season contracts but some also play as relative paupers.
No.51 draft pick Sam Davidson has played exceptional football after deferring his medical studies which could one day make him a very rich doctor.
Davidson is in the lowest pay category for AFL players apart from rookie-listed players.
Under the AFL’s CBA, players taken at picks 1-10 this year are awarded a base contract of $140,000.
Players taken at pick 11-20 are on a base of $130,000, those taken at 21 to 50 are on a base of $120,000 and those 51 and onwards are on $115,000.
The senior match payment for first and second-year players is $4000 a game.
So if Davidson plays 20 games he will earn $195,000 for the season, a quarter of the wage of the departed Bailey Smith.
If he plays over 18 games a year he can earn a $60,000 bonus this year, and $55,000 would be added to his base deal for 2026.
So he will still earn plenty – just on $250,000 – compared to the average Australian wage but he’s no AFL rich lister yet.
Hawks star Nick Watson earned a $130,000 base as a top ten pick last year, then earned $72,000 in match payments and a $60,000 raise in his 2026 deal.
So this year he will earn a $190,000 base and $60,000 if he plays 18 or more games, but then gets $110,000 extra on his 2026 salary as a result of those games played.
He will sign a new deal midway through the season and while he is already locked into a mandatory three-year deal he will eventually cash in from his fourth year onwards.
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I'm not worried in the slightest about Bont, but the longer is goes the more ..... weird it gets? What's he waiting for I wonder.Leave a comment:
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It’s not going to happen but if Butters is a no go I’d throw a huge deal at Ollie Dempsey. Looks like he loves it down there but he’s coming off his rookie deal this year so hasn’t exactly been paid overly well yet and we know Geelong don’t like to give out huge contracts in the past so maybe he could be tempted by a large over the top deal? At the very least it’ll disrupt the cats into paying more than they want.
Imagine Dempsey & Davo on our wings for the next 10 years, with Williams rotating wing, HF, HB as required.
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BULLDOGS' BIG QUESTION
WHO SIGNS first at the Western Bulldogs – Marcus Bontempelli or Luke Beveridge?
It is an unusual position for one of the genuine premiership contenders to be midway through the season and have their captain and coach both out of contract.
Bontempelli has delayed starting talks so far. He wanted to get the season started first, but then got injured. Then he wanted to get back to playing and playing well. Tick tick. If he has wanted to wait for the Dogs to get other signings done – like Sam Darcy and then Ed Richards – that's a double tick too.
Beveridge has made enough noises that he is ready to get the ball rolling on contract talks and has said he won't be coaching anywhere else in 2026 if it's not at the Dogs. He has worked through myriad injury and other challenges this year and the Bulldogs only look more in sync as a team.
Champion Data shows how the Dogs' profile is humming: they are No.1 in disposals, disposal efficiency, points from clearances (and differential), points from centre bounces (and differential), clearance to score percentage, centre clearance differential, clearance differential, time in forward half differential and defensive 50 to inside 50 percentage. They are also the best scoring team in the competition.
Is Bontempelli wanting to see what happens with Beveridge? And how long will that take to unfold? The Dogs have their mid-season bye in round 12 – it seems the opportune time to get signing business done, or at least started, on both fronts.
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Here's our current list by age:
No Name Games Age Date of Birth 19 Jones, Liam 204 34yr 2mth 24-Feb-91 15 Duryea, Taylor R 217 34yr 24-Apr-91 21 Liberatore, Thomas 244 33yr 16-May-92 39 Johannisen, Jason 202 32yr 6mth 8-Nov-92 7 Lobb, Rory 186 32yr 3mth 9-Feb-93 1 Treloar, Adam 255 32yr 2mth 9-Mar-93 28 Scott, Anthony 59 30yr 2mth 28-Feb-95 22 Harmes, James 170 29yr 7mth 5-Oct-95 4 Bontempelli, Marcus 245 29yr 5mth 24-Nov-95 31 Dale, Bailey 165 28yr 9mth 22-Jul-96 8 Kennedy, Matthew 128 28yr 1mth 6-Apr-97 43 Gardner, Ryan 53 27yr 11mth 1-Jun-97 44 English, Timothy 141 27yr 9mth 10-Aug-97 34 Williams, Bailey 161 27yr 7mth 10-Oct-97 29 Bramble, Lachlan R 64 27yr 19-Apr-98 13 Baker, Oskar R 42 26yr 11mth 25-May-98 23 Vandermeer, Laitham 76 26yr 3mth 3-Feb-99 20 Richards, Ed 135 25yr 10mth 3-Jul-99 17 Coffield, Nicholas 60 25yr 6mth 23-Oct-99 33 Naughton, Aaron 153 25yr 5mth 30-Nov-99 24 Khamis, Buku 36 25yr 1mth 24-Mar-00 14 West, Rhylee 68 24yr 10mth 12-Jul-00 3 Weightman, Cody 76 24yr 4mth 15-Jan-01 38 Garcia, Riley 31 24yr 3mth 30-Jan-01 30 McNeil, Lachlan R 63 23yr 8mth 2-Sep-01 42 Davidson, Sam 10 23yr 5mth 13-Dec-01 36 Cleary, Luke 14 23yr 2mth 5-Mar-02 2 Ugle-Hagan, Jamarra 67 23yr 1mth 4-Apr-02 18 O'Donnell, James R 35 22yr 8mth 31-Aug-02 25 Poulter, Caleb R 29 22yr 7mth 12-Oct-02 10 Darcy, Sam 34 21yr 9mth 19-Jul-03 32 Jones, Arthur 17 21yr 10mth 18-Jul-03 12 Gallagher, Harvey 25 21yr 7mth 26-Sep-03 5 Busslinger, Jedd 2 21yr 2mth 11-Mar-04 9 Sanders, Ryley 24 20yr 3mth 21-Jan-05 16 Croft, Jordan 0 20yr 12-May-05 40 Smith, Lachlan 0 19yr 7mth 5-Oct-05 27 Freijah, Joel 23 19yr 6mth 14-Nov-05 6 Hynes, Cooper 3 19yr 2mth 28-Feb-06 11 Jaques, Lachie 0 18yr 11mth 1-Jun-06 35 Kennedy, Luke 0 18yr 7mth 11-Oct-06 26 Dolan, Josh 7 18yr 6mth 11-Nov-06 Leave a comment:
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