Left the club, but still a Bulldogs person??

[Go_Dogs]

So we?ve lost a couple of players this off season that I suspect we?ll still consider Bulldogs people even though they may suit up for multiple years with another side. I?m wanting to test the theory.

Who are the players who have left to play with another club during your lifetime that you still consider ?Bulldogs people? and why?

[bulldogtragic]

Liam Jones.

[Go_Dogs]

Liam Jones.

Yep. Was thinking he and Monty are good examples. They actually came back though.

[bulldogtragic]

Yep. Was thinking he and Monty are good examples. They actually came back though.

Changing the rules.

Probably anyone that didn’t really kick on after a good career with us. Maybe Cooney.

[mighty_west]

Templeton and Hawkins to name a few, both will always be Bulldogs, KT to the Dees when his knees were shot and hardly fired a shot, Dougie was no longer wanted by the club but wanted to continue on, suiting up with Fitzroy.

[jazzadogs]

Daniel Cross.

[jeemak]

Roughead.

He's Bullgod through and through. Sure it didn't end as well as it might have, but nobody gets blinded in one eye for a week and then plays a role in a premiership the next weekend and says he belongs to anyone else. He's ours. Always will be.

[GVGjr]

It's going to be a big list. :)

Kelvin Templeton - Played his best football with us and what a footballer he was.
Leon Cameron - Great player, coached with us. I'd be happy to have him back in some capacity.
Keenan Reynolds - Big mistake for him to leave. Good character
Doug Hawkins - I'm not going to let one season at Fitzroy distract from what he achieved
Daniel Cross - Can't blame him.
Ryan Griffen - I wasn't happy with his leaving but there were a few bad weeks that contributed to it.
Adam Cooney - He's just starting to win me back over. Played his best football with us and won the Brownlow.
Josh Dunkley - He's only been gone two years and perhaps in another year or two he will be a Brisbane player in my opinion.

I haven't forgiven the likes of Dempsey and Brown though

I've left a lot off the list.

[The Adelaide Connection]

For a long while post-retirement Cooney seemed to not only be Essendon, but actually quite anti-dogs. I have noticed he has softened quite a lot- maybe enough water has gone under the bridge or maybe his son getting involved in the club has helped things to heal over.

Daniel Cross was the one I was going to say. His speech when he left was a tough watch from memory. Absolutely bled for the place. He has done a fair apprenticeship elsewhere- I would love to see him come back one day.

The lists put forward stole most of the names I was thinking of.

At the risk of derailing things a little, a few bigger names that have maybe gone (or will go) the other way-

Stringer
Higgins
Tony McGuinness (he only played 4 more for the Crows than us)
Nathan Brown
Callan Ward
Lipinski
Bailey Smith (too soon?)

In their own category-

Adam Treloar will be the ultimate fence sitter post-career. I think he genuinely loves both clubs and won't play favourites.

[azabob]

Did Keenan Reynolds leave because of money or something else?

[GVGjr]

Did Keenan Reynolds leave because of money or something else?

Basically money. North offered him more than we wanted to so he left.

[Mofra]

Terry Wheeler - as a player and coach

[merantau]

George Bisset, Laurie Sandilands, Ron Stockman, Douglas Reynolds, Ray Walker, Bob Spargo, Denis Collins, Matthew Hogg, Jon Ballantyne, Greg Epulstun, Kim Koster, Jarrod Harbrow

[1eyedog]

Ben Hudson

[Rocket Science]

Zaine is ours. The Saints are just keeping him warm for us.

I'd like to think Magic McLean too, but I'd be curious to hear his take on the matter.

He played more games for us than his other mob but it's not our Hall of Fame he's in.

[Mofra]

Ben Hudson - the People's Beard

[Grantysghost]

Moz. Does coaching count?

Craig Ellis was always a doggy.

[Axe Man]

George Bisset, Laurie Sandilands, Ron Stockman, Douglas Reynolds, Ray Walker, Bob Spargo, Denis Collins, Matthew Hogg, Jon Ballantyne, Greg Epulstun, Kim Koster, Jarrod Harbrow

Your classification of a Bulldogs Person must be quite different to mine. To me it's if a player can only pick one club from his career that he most closely identifies with, it's the Bulldogs.

I'm not sure about the players on your list from before my time but Hogg, Koster and Harbrow all played far more games for their second teams and Hogg and Koster are premiership players. I don't see how they can be classified as Bulldogs people.

[Bulldog Joe]

Surely Simon Atkins belongs on the list.

Only left because Alan Joyce didn't like him but still managed a Footscray reserves premiership in his last game in our colours.

[comrade]

Everyone but Adam Cooney thinks Adam Cooney will always be a Bulldog.

[mighty_west]

Jimmy Edmond, Magic McLean and Brad Hardie will always be Bulldogs.

[GVGjr]

Everyone but Adam Cooney thinks Adam Cooney will always be a Bulldog.

He appears to changing his tune just a bit.

[chef]

He appears to changing his tune just a bit.

With his son looking likely he's going to have to hey.

[JanLorMill]

I haven't forgiven the likes of Dempsey and Brown though

I've left a lot off the list.
Why? The club was a shambles at the time!

[Doc26]

George Bisset, Laurie Sandilands, Ron Stockman, Douglas Reynolds, Ray Walker, Bob Spargo, Denis Collins, Matthew Hogg, Jon Ballantyne, Greg Epulstun, Kim Koster, Jarrod Harbrow

I’m not aware that Ray Walker left the Bulldogs for any other VFL club.

[Bulldog Joe]

I’m not aware that Ray Walker left the Bulldogs for any other VFL club.

I believe you are right.

Walker moved to Tasmania as coach of Burnie.

[1eyedog]

Jimmy Edmond, Magic McLean and Brad Hardie will always be Bulldogs.

Two B&Fs for Magic and induction into their HoF I think suggests otherwise.

[ledge]

Where do we fit Bevo in this ?
He played and coached us to success,do you think he sees himself as a bulldog and do we ?
I have this strange feeling he is a saints man, probably due to him playing there and his dad’s history there .
I get the feeling he will go back there in some capacity at one stage.

[Bulldog Revolution]

Where do we fit Bevo in this ?
He played and coached us to success,do you think he sees himself as a bulldog and do we ?
I have this strange feeling he is a saints man, probably due to him playing there and his dad’s history there .
I get the feeling he will go back there in some capacity at one stage.

He's our only living premiership coach - hes our games record holder coach

Hes spent more time at the Dogs than any other AFL club

He has family ties to the Saints but he also currently coaches our senior AFL team - Id say he's a bulldog and will always see himself as such

[Bulldog Revolution]

He appears to changing his tune just a bit.

Was he just sucking up the Bombres to set up his media career?

[Eastdog]

Zaine is ours. The Saints are just keeping him warm for us.

I'd like to think Magic McLean too, but I'd be curious to hear his take on the matter.

He played more games for us than his other mob but it's not our Hall of Fame he's in.

Zane forever a Bulldog premiership player and kicked out first goal of the 2016 GF.

[merantau]

I’m not aware that Ray Walker left the Bulldogs for any other VFL club.

Of course you are right. He had a very successful career as player and coach in Tasmania for two clubs, then went on to a successful business and media career, before taking on roles at the VFL and contributing greatly at the Bulldogs in a number of roles. So, always a Bulldog.

[Scraggers]

Everyone but Adam Cooney thinks Adam Cooney will always be a Bulldog.

I had the pleasure of meeting Adam Cooney an hour before our Elimination Final against the Eagles in 2016. I got a signed Bulldog jumper from him and he had a kick with my son. He kept asking questions like how do you think we'll go tonight? Do you think Bevo has us revved up? etc He was very much a Bulldog then even though he hadn't quite retired from footy (Essendon) at the time.

I think he still considers himself a Bulldog