Contract talks have already begun
Only the most ardent Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs fans stop these two rookie in the street and, regardless of whether they are victorious on Sunday, that will soon change.
Josh Jackson and Dale Finucane might not have any gas in the barbecue or time to take out the garbage bags that have found a home on their third-story verandah but at least they have bright futures as footballers.
The 21-year-old former Junior Kangaroos from country NSW, who live together in a Menai apartment, have been touted as the future of the club. Plans are already in place to ensure the pair remain at the Bulldogs beyond their 2014 contract expiry date.
”I was sitting there with Des [Hasler, coach] and Todd [Greenberg, CEO] last week, and they obviously want to start discussing the boys’ longer-term future,” their manager, Andrew Purcell, said. ”They obviously see them hopefully playing a role at the club for a long time. We’ve started that process about extending them.”
I heard that there are other clubs offering more
What clubs have offered Jackson and Finucane more, name them genius. Jackson and finucane contracted till end of 2014. BTW enjoyed the dogs beating Manly and then Melbourne knocking you out of the GF qualifyer. Nice work by your club in not re-signing hasler and cleal. Genius
See how smart you are after sunday dildo
Doesn’t worry me if Melbourne win. Des Hasler will still be coach, jackson and finucane will still be Bulldogs. Unlike Toovey and the geniuses on the Manly board who let Hasler and cleal walk a dildo is useful. Obviously you haven’t gotten over the dogs beating you in the GF you were never suppose to lose in 1995
just buy more people,that is the dogs way,they used to develop there own but all they do is buy others talent…. i would call you a halfwit but that would be insulting to all the halfwits out there
Who do you support let me guess Manly. And if you are a Manly supporter I find your comment about Canterbury buying players and not developing their own richer than chocolate sauce given how Manly constantly raided clubs like Souths, North Sydney and Western Suburbs in the 70′s and 80′s. If there was a salary cap back then you can’t tell Manly wouldn’t have busted the cap. People like yourself and seaeagle4life seem to like dishing out but don’t like taking. Bulldogs have never been angels and they have made msitakes I am the first to admit that but before you mouth off about canterbury spending habits look Manly’s record in recruiting and developing their own juniors (if that’s who support)
Name 1 club you muppet that hasnt gone on a spending spree to get players. They all do it until they get a good bunch of juniors to come through. Look at the juniors now. Barba, Reynolds, Kasiano, Jackson, Finucane, Tapau, Klemmer. couple more years and the dogs will still be winning comps with the juniors they have.
Bloody bulldogs fans. Both finucane and Jackson = useless crap. Bulldogs fans just like to think their whole roster shits gold. Wouldn’t be surprised if there were zero other teams chasing these wastes of space
Hey hope storm wins I never said there were clubs chasing Jackson and finucane seaeagle4life made that claim I just said for him or her to name those clubs. This dogs roster may not shit gold however although you beat us by six the first time we did come back and beat you in Mackay. So if you want to use the word shit don’t shit yourself if the dogs beat you sunday.
‘useless crap’ , you have got to be kidding me there both better then any of the storms forwards nd there only 21
“Hope the Storm Win”. You my friend are a wanker.
PLs stay under the cap
they are the future of the club
For the last 20 years the Broncos have had the off field & premiership capable aura to attract the best on field for less money… Lets hope Todd and Des are able to build such a dynasty at the doggies to keep them under the cap and flourishing!
No thanks thats boring. Ive had enough of the Broncos but that dont mean we need another team to dominate for another 20 years and what good does that do.
It doesnt really benefit the league for a Sydney club to dominate. Remember when Roosters were dominating we had high crowds and everything but everyone hated it, Souths fans hated it everyone was disinterested.
Big cities dominating benefits the league. Broncos success brings in revenue, Storms success brings talent and excitement. Bulldogs are also entertaining but it will only be a burden for league for any club to dominate. No thank you domination is boring
It’s not about domination, it’s about being a consistent top 8 team that players want to join. It’s about creating the right environment away from football. I believe it’s happening right now out Belmore way…
You give josh and dale 1more year in first grade and they will be absolute marquee players. They are already guns I hope the dogs can keep them des will do wonders for their game.
Sure they can fit them under their $45 million salary cap
With all due respect That crack about the dogs salary cap is really becoming quite tiresome. Time to change the record
Not really when you cheated before once a cheater always a cheater not to mention other things you are guilty of.
Eels suck. I know your an Eels fan because once i critisized them and you talked bout making the 8 because of Stuart Eels will still get bottom 3 finish
Cant wait for sunday night for when the storm make me rich
Hey genius What are u going to do if the dogs beat Melbourne. Just keep remembering 1995.
The difference between a good cheat and a bad one?
The bad one’s get caught.
almost every nrl club has been fined for salary cap breaches including manly. Whether you are $1 over or a million over you still are over & then technicially you are a cheat
Hey Rooster Rob who was deemed one of architects behind the storm salary Cap rort. Isn’t he your clubs recruitment manager still I think his name is peter Sullivan.
Learn the rules jerfoff RoosterBob.Its not cheating to use more players than your roster.It’s within the rules that is why the fines if you go over your roster to stop teams using it too much.Thats the difference with legal and cheats like melb. and the bullfrogs.
@seagull4life…. your a wanker….Storm showed your team up for what they are, second rate, its not hard to kick a football 10 metres, had two goes well done CDE
Well put not a fashion model let’s not forget their deliberate efforts to start a fight in their games against the dogs and storm when they were behind. Seems waterboy and Manly had no strategy except trying to bash their way to win.
Nice reply to NRL4EVA, thats why the salery cap was brought in to the NRL to stop Manly raping other clubs, I remember the Western Suburbs Eagles they were a great team, BTW I started following the Berries when they lost the 1974 grand final, Together For Ever, Seagulls for life is Bucket Boys Bucket Boy
hahahahahah get in the future….living in the 70′s guys,manly develop more of their own players than your dumb bunch of mugs,last big signing was lyon years and years ago,feeling a little guilty because you now all spend big and blame manly for doing it 30 years ago….dogs supporters,you are a bunch of jokes,you come out of the woodwork like termites as soon as they have a good season
No Lyons wasn’t manly’s last big signing the silver asses would later go onto also sign craig innes, kevin Iro, Kevin Ward, Craig field, Mark Carroll, jimmy Serdaris, Matthew Ridge, David Gillespie, just to name a few. Also you Manly in the closet supporter I have and continue to support the Bulldogs no matter what good or bad. So get off your high horse. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black
There strategy was to chuck a temper tantrum….boo hoo
Hey I like your style. Your a doggie supporter to boot you rock
Damn Straight
mate you are so ignorant…. jamie lyon ! wtf get out of the past and stop having flashbacks,cliffy was picked up from reserve grade from norths because he was not wanted and they made him an international,you do know that the comp is now the nrl and not the arl……hahahahahahhaahah jeez mate i support the sea eagles i have never denied it…. no one asked
hmmm interesting, two future stars, follow your dreams kids not the money
i can see Josh Jackson playing an Andrew Ryan role at this club if he stays long. good player.
Dogs are smart, signing them up now for longer term. Before cap rises past 13 is known and before they comand a huge salary.
Dogs aren’t over the cap. Last year everyone would have said they were under by far. One marquee signing and two cheap mid season signings..
Hey Western Sharkey what some people also convieniently forget is that the doggies had released a swag of players including Idris and before him SBW’s departure freed up a lot of cash. Mullholland was quoted in one of the Sundays papers prior to signing Graham. Both Jackson and finucane along with Josh reynolds I imagine are still on what is called second tier contracts.
2nd Tier? not for long!, Listen to the whingers next year when 11 Doggies are off contract, (going by zero tackle info). I can hear Des now, Boys your playing for a contract and a Premership, Jackson, Finucane and Reynolds are the foundation of the next generation.
Water Boy will still be blubbering, all donations to Kleenex, send no flowers
You go girl.
How aint the dogs over the cap??? Especially next year with T rex signing on for 500k plus a year and also keeping every other player that they had off contract including Turner. They had about 9 off contract and atm have keept 6 or so including Halatou!!! Stagg will be one that surely goes also Goodwin if not somethings def wrong. Getting Perret mid season didnt seem right. His worth 250k (at least a few clubs would have payed that for him) Inu also next year increases his contract to over 200k. Resigning Kasiano aswell………. I could name all the high earners in Ennis Morris Pritchard Graham Tolman Trex and Eastwood (should be on abit by now) all next year including Barber that must want a pay rise also Reynolds would want a big one.
Dogs will have this year and maybe next to win after that they should lose half their big names. To have a team you need more than 17 players you need around 28????
Hey Jennings fan I had no idea you had all the information on canterbury players contracts. Wasn’t it your now general manager who made the statement that the panthers had salary cap issues but prior to releasing gordon and co signed players like sika manu, Dean whare, Lewis Brown, segeyaro, Wes Naqama.
That was for this year, Matthew. That problem has now been rectified.
Geeez…when will they get it. Hasler was the buy of the year, We’re you whinging last year when Canterbury were running 12th, no you wern’t, with basically the same roster, we got INU and PERRETT cheap mid season as their clubs paid out their contracts, and they will be paid what they are worth next year both 200K +
Maybe you should go to NRL.COM.AU and search Salary Cap, I know there are some big words in there but it might increase your IQ, But I doubt it.
Now think, under the new billion dollar deal, all clubs will get aprox 1.1 milllion increase in the salary cap, making the first tier about 5.1 milllion per club
Hasler has cut the squad from 30 {first tier players to at the moment 24, so their will be another signing for next year, and I think it will be a back, as the forwards are settled}
oops, hope that didn’t hurt your brain to much
I dont think Dogs are over the cap either but im just going to explain why people think you are.
Remember how people said you were over the cap after signing T-Rex. Well everyone said that 17 players were off contract. But then most of the players were resigned and the rest were no names(apart from Wright who left). So if youve resigned everyone have names like Barba, Ennis, Morris, Tolman, Pritchard etc it looks like your over the cap.
But at the end of the day its just all good management. Paying the players what theyre worth. Badly managed clubs like Eels lr Tigers would pay Morris 400k at Dogs somewhere like 350k. Pritchard is a great second rower now but most clubs would pay 600k to have him you guys would have him on 300k. Barba on 400k etc.
And I know this because Souths fans and nearly everyone accused us of being over the cap during our success period in the early 2000′s. People said that a player like Ryan Cross who back then was the second best centre should be getting 500k as he was like a Justin Hodges equivalent we payed him 370k all plYers took a pay cut because they loved being the benchmark.
Successful clubs pay the players what theyre worth like Bulldogs under good management by Greenberg and the new TV rights deal adds up but its not like your way under you wouldve at least used up lets say 78% of the cap
Easts your kidding you muppet saying teigers and eels are bad managed clubs thats a bit ripe how much did your loser club pay mason,omeley,anasta,etc not to mention what they will pay sonny bill.Also great management at the roosters hey when you allow sonny bill to rock up in january what massage does that sent the rest of the squad.My advice to to you is before you knock other teams have a look at your own first.
How are the dogs over the cap you loser when no one thought they were last year. Dog lost 3 or players last year and picked up 1. Graham. In case you missed the last few months you muppet, the cap has been raised for next year by a minimum on $500k. thats T-Rex paid for. Plus most of these guys will be on back ended deals. thats how Dessie does his contracts. GRaham will go back after 2014 to England. Plenty of space then. All clubs are spending more inthe hope that the Cap will be raised to $6m.
Know what you are talking about before you open ya mouth. Wanker
Your all very very stupid. I was talking mainly about next year!!!! The dogs signed Perret Inu T rex resigned Halatou Turner and others. Plus would have boosted contracts (barbers Reynolds or else they would walk out)
No team can afford to keep 3/4 of the players in your side.
So your telling me players would take 300k off their asking price (Pritchrad worth 600km but signing for 300k) to play in a side with no coach at the time (I think you had moore and use were terrible).
You didnt sign big names like Tolman Ennis Pritchard Stagg Morris whilst Hasler was in charge two years ago. Hasler has only let go of hardly anyone and signed Trex Perret and Inu.
So once again you think players would sign cheap contracts to play in a struggling side????? Hate to say it but NOOOOOOOO THEY DONT LOSERS
Also the Panthers had lost of back ended deals set up by Elliot the doosh bag. We have lost more big names in the past 3 years than the dogs have. Lewis Gordon Pricthard Petro Waterhouse Priddis Putrell etc Use have lost Idris (which wouldnt have been on that much at the time) Ryan ummmmmmmmmmm??
Jennings fan: From memory here are just some of the players we have lost since 2004: Jonathan Thurston, willie Mason, Brent Sherwin, Nigel Vagana, O’Meley, Steve Price, Asostasi, Jamie Feeney, Reni Maitua, Isaac Luke, Luke Patten, Dennis Scott, Andrew Ryan, Sonny Bill Williams,Grant Millington, Brett Kimmorly, Ben Hannant, Matt Utai, Brett Howland, Jamal Idris. Ben Roberts
The players we recruited and are still with us: Greg Eastwood, Micheal Ennis David Stagg, Frank Pritchard, Chris Keating, Jono Wright, Aiden Tolman, Corey Payne, dene Halatau, Drury low, Inu, Perrett, Hodkinson, Turner, Goodwin, Graham and recently Graham
Young kids we have blooded: Josh Reynolds, Ben Barba, Josh Jackson, sam kasiano, dale finucane
Jennings fan do your homwork before you speak
Ummm again I said 3 years ago not 8 years!!! Most rep players have left Penrith of recent years than pretty much any other club so we will always be under the cap.
@ Matthew moschou
Well said pal there’s just plenty of haters on this site! Don’t waste your breath on them!! Jackson n finucane are contracted to the dogs till the end of 2014!! GO THE DOGGIES 2012!
Two future test representatives with a force of a team next year. If you think we are over the cap you obviously can’t do math. We have 24 players contracted for next year and you need 25. Cheap players are Jackson, Finucane, Turner(was offered more money than we gave him by rival clubs), Dene Halatau (Same as Turner), Lafai, Perret, Inu, Keating, Payne. Thats like half our team that’s played half their season in NSW cup except perret that are on less than 250k, some are on less than 150.
Ummm Perret and Inu would be on 200k plus next year. Inu signed for hardly any thing this year but his contract goes sky high next year.
Turner is the worst winger and most over rated in the Nrl and he wouldnt be that cheap he played city country. Halatau would be on 200k also.
So thats 4 players out of 24 that ypu can name under 200k
yeah Inu’s contract goes sky high to 225k and perret would be on 250k (around the same as Inu) and Halatau and Turner are both cheap aswell as the bulldogs provide them with jobs after their football careers thats why players stay here. But i guess haters will hate, so you can’t really bag a team out if they are come first and are in the final and yours came 15th, but hopefully next year you guys can at least be competitive.
Gee I wonder if jennings fan would be melting her rollers if inu, perrett and williams had signed with the panthers to go along with the 600.000 for jennings
Uhh im a guy not a girl ya cok jockey. Wecant afford Inu Perret or Willams because we stay under the cap. Penrith will be dangerous next year but in 2014 we will be near impossible to beat. All our young signings and under 20s are looking good. i think our average age in the side next year is 24??? Wait till VTK who won the under 20s player of the year gets a crack. He will be better than T rex you heard it here first.
Mate your side bought players with potential i agree on that, however likewise bulldogs NYC and NSW cup team came minor premiers and as i can see David Klemmer was the u20′s player of the year. Bulldogs will be force for the next 5 years at least with the juniors coming in.
Let’s just get on with the telstra. ///// sorry got that wrong I ment to say salary cap cup
that was just sad mate.
CHEATERS!!!!
CHEATERS!!!!
For the last time the Dogs arent over the cap. They have used at least 80% of it but arent over. I hate these cap arguments because I know how it feels like. I hate the Bullscum but I experienced rorting paranoia by other clubs when we were successful. We did have minor breaches though in 2002 but they were only like an excess of 20,000 dollars and we paid our fines. The Storm and Dog rorts were more severe but Dogs built a bridge and so have the Storm
Funny how people think only successful clubs rort the cap no one is suspicious if Eels. Hopoate on 800k now theyre linked to SBW and Farah, Hayne on 500k Lussick 370k Sandow 550k Tonga 350k Sio got a massive bonus on his resigning.
Panthers sign a few players everyone goes where is the money coming from????? TV rights deal, loosing Lewis and Gordon all adds up and notice there are about 8-9 players not resinged yet who will probably be released.
Does every article about player signings have to turn into a whinge-fest about teams being over the cap?
Yeah exaactly. So if penrith make the GF next year does that automatically mean they are over the cap and will people like jennings faN and penrith Girl complain and bitch no of coUrse not. Because its Penrith. Funny the last club to have their player contract not accepted by the Comission and Salary Cap auditor was Brett Stewarts.
No of course we wont becausewe will only have one expensive player in Jennings not 6 or so
Again jennings fan why don’t you tell us doggies supporters where you got your bulldog contract information from so us dogs supporters can read it seems you act like your our ceo or recruitment officer and you know so much. As far as your panthers are if you don’t cap why are Penrith looking to off load Jennings and shopped him around clubs like the dogs and co. Who does the likes of lachlan Coote, sika Manu tim grant sam Mckendry play for.
Well I have read on Nrl pages how much players from the dogs had signed for when the first signed dating back to Tolman signing for big money. You were trying to offload him last year i think!!!????
Yeah Jennings wasnt getting on well with Cleary but he woke up! Coots on 300k max Mckendry I got told was on 400k which is a rip off but his a kiwi international. Grants on 250k when he signed a 3 or 4 year deal he was a nobody,
Manu would be on 400k at least buts thats the money we were going to offer Gordon before he made up his mind and wanted out.
Penrith have lost petro 500k Waterhouse 500k Purtell (knowing Elliot would have signed him on for big money) 300k min… and bell on 100k thats 1.4 million probably more. We signed Newton 300k Galea 100k Weston 80k Armit 80k Mansour 70k thats roughly around 630k ill say 750k if they signed them for bigger money. So Penrith would have had roughly 650k in the kitty for next year so they signed Brown Whare and Segyaro all on around 250k so that was their contracts. We let go of burns (knowing Elliot) 300k ( plus i ran in Travis and he said he went their because of the money) Seluini Earl a forward is off to the super league. Lewis 450k Gordon was on 250k add all that up and that would be 1.6 million roughly plus the 650k from last year and thats how we afford to pay the new signings 2.25 Million roughly.
I savour, lead to I found exactly what I used to be having a look for. You have ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a great day. Bye
@Jennings fan the gronk of gronks. If you consider INU on 240k per year SKY HIGH what do you consider Jennings 600k a year out of this world do you even know what they cap is???? The reason Halatau, Turner and Keating signed 1yr deals was beacuase they knew the cap will go up this is called GOOD MANAGEMENT i know you dont see that much at Penrith and inu is 5 times the player jennings the joke is and we could buy three of him for Jenning price
Inu 5 times better than Jennings is the biggest Bullsh1t statement ive ever heard in my life. Inu was a nobody up untill half way through this year. The bulldogs big guys win it for the dogs. Imagin how Jennings would play with offloading second rowers O WAIT HE DID BACK WHEN WATERHOUSE GOT HIM TO TOP TRY SCORER A FEW YEARS AGO!!!! Inu if he plays consistent will one day want 600k. Look at Inglas 1 Million a year next year you could by 4 Inus for that. Btw your Maths sucks unless you want 2 and abit Inus running around which would be physically impossible becuase he would be missing alot of his body parts.
Hey Jennings girl maybe you should check the players canterbury have lost or let go in the last three years and then factor in SBW’s contract money. It might but I doubt it give you an insight into where the dogs are getting the cash. Until schubert or the commission says the dogs are over the cap enjoy the panthers who by the way are one favourite teams not being in the GF. As far as your Juniors go pritchard was one until your club sat on their asses and did nothing (don’t say it was salary cap cause you just said the panthers had the money) and let him walk. Year u couldn’t afford inu, perrett, and Williams cause Jennings is on whhat 600.000. I wouldn’t mind betting the reason why jennings was being shopped around has nothing to do with clearly but Salary Cap.
Hey Jennings girl during the course of your lengthy investigation into your sick fascination with the Bulldogs Salary cap did you bother to also read who we have coming off contract next year. The same year tony williams contract starts, probably not. Jennings girl I also wonder if you will apologise if its announced by schubert or the commission that the dogs are under the cap.
Dogs are cheats. Full stop.
Hey closet manly supporter That will be up to the comission and schubert to decide. Until then you, seaeagle4life and jennings girl can cry over your club not being in the GF. Now this entry is definitely a full stop
Hey cesare, your just an idiot. Another one who obviously shares all the player contract information with Ian Schubert.
your a goose easts lussick 370k pfft what are easts paying sonny bill 1 mill a season get your head out of your arse.We all no the roosters will never get caught rorting the cap with politis and former rooster schuburt the salary cap auditor
I knew I would find all the losers here bagging out the dogs on this thread. Hahahaha..gotta love all the sea eggs supporters. Are you still hurt ladies? I can hear the throbbing sound all the way from Manly to my house….hahaha. Don’t worry ladies, you will get over it….one day!
In relation to Finucane and Jackson, they won’t be going anywhere. I read in Big League yesterday that Finucane received an invite from Bellamy to come to Melbourne for a talk and tour. Apparently, he went to Melbourne and did all that but told the Storm “Thanks but no thanks”. Melbourne were looking to sign him up for the departing Lowrie, but he doesn’t want to go as he loves it where he is. Doggies supporters, rest assured that these two boys will be with us for years to come.
PS: Still loving the “salary cap cheats” stories….keep them coming! Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha….bwahahahahahahaha.
@Jennings fan and “how we are not over the cap”?
Well, the answer is pretty simple. We don’t have your management. The dogs don’t pay $650K for ONE centre who is out injured half of the games, and then goes and plays NSW cup. We have two great centres (one voted best centre at the Dally M’s) that play every game in the NRL, and STILL cost less combined than your injured NSW Cup player. Your team sound like a club that would pay $200,00 for a Hyundai Getz and say no to two Ferrari’s for $150K.
Titans 2012
1. W. Zillman (350K)
2. K. Gordon (150K)
3. B Champion (250K)
4. J Idris (500K)
6. A Sezer (80K)
7. S Prince (350K)
8. N Myles (350K)
9. M Srama (150K)
10. L Bailey (300K)
11. G Bird (250K)
12. D Taylor (350K)
13. A Harrison (300K)
14. L Douglas (300K)
15. M Minichello (250K)
16. M White (150k)
17. L O’Dwyer (150K)
Plus an additional 10 players on 100K
Total 4.88 Million
We’re 210’000 Under the cap, and that’s essentially another decent first grader. Now that’s good management.
5. D Mead 200’000
Okay so we’re 10’000 Under the cap, but still those 10 other players wouldn’t be all receiving 100k. Still another 200’000 left I would assume, still great management!
Nrl4eva seriously are for real unless there are two manly’s and I hope not lyons, gillespie, Innes, Iro, field, serdaris and the other players mentioned all played for your self righteous seaeagles and to use the excuse that it was ARL and not NRL back then not only shows your ignorance but it is also only highlights the fact that manly more than other club brought players. As far your claim to me having flashbacks the players I mentioned are listed in the record books as having played for manly wether it was ARL or NRL. Ignorant your the only one showing your ignorance regarding this matter. Clearly the truth is something that’s painfull for you to deal with