Mail i got was his salary would double
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Big commitment too by Essendon putting his brother on the list when the lists will be smaller next year and he hasn't exactly shown he can play.
If this is all true, why wouldn't a 23 year old take $4.5 million. It is not lack of good management by our club as some are alluding to, it is a tough decision for the kid. We hold the aces though with the contract.
PS: Rhylee West suddenly gets more games in midfield.
We can just lengthen his contract, it’s not like we wouldn’t anyway, I don’t think that’s a risk at all, maybe add some more dollars to it and bombers are done.
I don't blame him if that is what they're offering him. Pack ya bag Dunks and good luck. All that said it's about time the AFL did something about clubs talking players out of contracts. If this shit continues then clubs should have the power to pull the trigger on trades without players consent.
Understand if Dunks wants to leave for staggering $. Would not begrudge him.
What would club accept? We have upper hand. Could be a club defining moment - a bit like us gaining TBoyd in 2015. We need leg speed & class in the middle & forward half, a good mobile ruck to help Tim and a decent full back. Not so sure we need a small forward - hopefully Cavarra or Weightman fills that role.
Dunks can’t leave for more dough just because. If we refuse to move him, what’s he going to do? Sit out for 2 years?
If Essendon are offering the coin being mentioned, then their offer to us simply must be going to be amazing. I mean 900k a year... that's top echelon coin, so can hardly wait for Dodo's offer...
Sorry, I would begrudge him.
He is 23 and by all accounts a great kid, but why should he be able to break a contract... one based on a calculated decision, made jointly by the clUb, and with which he obviously felt comfortable at the time, as to his value and whatever else was on the table.
Can any of the rest of us back out of a contract we no longer like so easily? Hasn’t the balance in favour of player power gone too far? If Dunkley slips on a banana peel during his current holiday time in Noosa tomorrow and does his knee, he’ll get fully paid for the next 12 months. He could do his knee again a week into 2022 and we will continue to pay him. Clubs aren’t able to say, we’d like to break your contract as we’re not getting value for money.
Many families have made sacrifices, in tough times, to keep up their memberships this year. Players who benefit from our unqualified and unconditional support are living in a bubble in more ways than one. I hope this story is complete crap, but if it’s not and we lose Dunkley in this fashion, I will be totally disillusioned.
Lake wasn't 23 yo, he wasn't part of the leadership group but he wanted to go to a contending team to chase a flag or 2 not to a team who hasn't won a final for years and years.
Dunks is well paid with his best football still in front of him, he's won a flag with us already and has not one but two years to go on his contract.
All we have to do is address the nonsense of using him in the ruck and he will remain a Bulldog for many years to come
I can't stomach bad mouthing of the club as if people's half baked opinions are more important than the club.
Even the notion of lets trade Dunkley is repulsive.
I thought we were supporters not just people who think they know better than the club. If you think you know better than the club why advertise it? Who are you supporting, the club or yourself?
To show you are smarter than other posters?
To me it just shows
people putting their ego before their loyalty.
Support the cub do not bag it.
This site has been precious to me because I love the club and its supporters. I get information from those close to the club.
The opinions that predominate, indeed any that is alternative for the club I could not care less for except two or three, certainly not the big egos of the site, which are just like that in same old committees with egos dominating.
That big experienced Tigers ruckman was handy in the finals.
We have spoken during the season about his lack of midfield time. I think it's a factor. He's probably fifth in line now? As others have said though hopefully this changes with longer quarters and he can rotate more with Libba.
I'm with you, he really doesn't seem the type to burn his bridges and he's so highly regarded I can't see this relationship breaking down. It might at least give the coaches some food for thought regarding his usage going forward.
I think they’re currently banned from trading early picks next year. Could be wrong.
I get your point about this year but maybe if we can rake them over the coals enough we can make it worth it.
Alternatively Merrett, Tippa and a first. I know that’s way overs but hey, *!*!*!*! em.
I still prefer to play hardball and hold onto him, but this over the top ask is where we need to go if they try to buy him off with 2 years left on a contract.
Precisely. You can't offer top tier money to a player with 2 yrs on his contract and offer anything other than an offer to good to turn down to the club. Given JUH eats up points any deal will need to be one that unlocks other trade deals that addresses some strategic deficiencies we have.
That's the only way we even pick up Dodo's phone call.
I think this is close to being correct but I believe there are some consideration about trading a first round pick this year. They can trade their first round pick providing they acquire another in the first round.
They should be able to trade their 2021 pick though
This is what was reported last month
ESSENDON and Hawthorn will be unable to offload their first-round draft picks in trade deals this year unless they can obtain a second prized selection. And West Coast will also be blocked from trading its 2021 future first-round pick unless it can acquire an early choice this year.
Let's not be too worried till we hear from the man himself, Dunks?
Hmmm
Speaking on Fox Footy, Herald Sun reporter Jon Ralph said Dunkley was likely to request a trade, but the move coming to fruition remains unlikely.
“They (Essendon) believe that Josh Dunkley is very keen to cross to the Dogs. They believe that they will certainly receive a trade request,” he said.
“The Bulldogs as we speak today are saying nothing is doing, there is no way we will trade a player who has two yeas on his contract.
“As I was told today, Essendon is saying he wants to come to us. He doesn’t want to be a ruckman as he’s had to be at times. He was certainly pushed out of the midfield late in the season including in that critical final, he was not thrilled with that.
“He has been up in Noosa considering his future - I think he’ll request the trade, the question is whether they get that done.”
He was in the AA squad of 40 last year, when he played as an inside mid. When he got moved into an inside mid role, he had 11 of 16 games over 30 touches including a 39 disposal, 2 goal, 15 tackle, 9 clearance game in round 18.
I think he is definitely elite when playing inside mid, and if he got to play in a starting mid role at another club he would definitely be in AA and Brownlow contention. Unfortunately we have Bont, Macrae, Libba, Smith ahead of him - will he be happy to be a Cam Guthrie waiting on the wings/HFF for injuries, or will he chase more money and opportunity?
I really hope we hold on to Dunks.
I think if Dunks has half a brain in his head the last place he would go would be the Bombers. Why not Carlton? Brisbane? The Cats even......The Bombers are 5 to 8 years away from a top 4 position. He would be wasting his career. I get the money and if that is really important to him then maybe he's not what we need, but I think he is better off passing himself around a number of clubs.
I'd expect a better article than how this reads from Ralphy but lets assume an offer has been made. Dunkley's only bone of contention might be that he is missing time in the midfield and doing a bit of ruck work. That is an easy remedy for us if we are keen to keep him at the club. Two years to run on a contract is an easy option for us to insist on him meeting.
Too many things are in the positive column for us for me to get concerned