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HIGH PRIEST IN THE TEMPLE OF GG/SNSD
- Feb 27, 2007
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Glad to see some club chiefs view the subject of local blokes representing their local team in a similar light to me. And that throwing buckets of cash at said 18-20 year old blokes away from home to entice some sort of loyalty isn't a solution in my mind.
But Gordon did admit the Bulldogs would have "loved" to draft Western Jets local Liam Duggan last year, who the West Coast Eagles picked at No.11.
"The system needs to be fair to everyone, and one would need to be convinced the developing states were not discriminated against by such a system," Gordon told AFL.com.au.
"Having said that, I would really have loved to have picked up Liam Duggan for the Bulldogs last year.
"He came from our local area, he was a Bulldogs supporter since he was a kid, he wanted to be drafted by the Western Bulldogs, he trained with the club and now he's playing in Perth.
"For a club like ours which is really trying to develop its roots in the broader Western region of Melbourne, the club has missed out on an opportunity for a kid who comes from the region to become an icon of the club, the region and a real role model to young kids playing in the western suburbs of Melbourne."
- See more at: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-...g-zones-for-all-18-clubs#sthash.RGB6LxKT.dpuf
But Gordon did admit the Bulldogs would have "loved" to draft Western Jets local Liam Duggan last year, who the West Coast Eagles picked at No.11.
"The system needs to be fair to everyone, and one would need to be convinced the developing states were not discriminated against by such a system," Gordon told AFL.com.au.
"Having said that, I would really have loved to have picked up Liam Duggan for the Bulldogs last year.
"He came from our local area, he was a Bulldogs supporter since he was a kid, he wanted to be drafted by the Western Bulldogs, he trained with the club and now he's playing in Perth.
"For a club like ours which is really trying to develop its roots in the broader Western region of Melbourne, the club has missed out on an opportunity for a kid who comes from the region to become an icon of the club, the region and a real role model to young kids playing in the western suburbs of Melbourne."
- See more at: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-05-...g-zones-for-all-18-clubs#sthash.RGB6LxKT.dpuf