Official Message from the Club Chairman

[spiritofaslan]

For those who didn't get the email:

With the new Board having met for the first time I thought that it was an opportune moment to update you on some really positive news around the club.

Last week was fantastic for the Bulldogs.

We were able to announce the signing of an outstanding young half in Kyle Flanagan for the next three years, former All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen came on board as a High Performance Consultant and local junior Jake Averillo, extended his contract with the club until the end of the 2023 season.

Each of these moves are significant as they are part of what we are terming a ‘new beginning’ where we are putting the building blocks in place for future success.

Kyle Flanagan, is the first part of that in terms of the game management and all-round skills he will bring to our halves, while Steve Hansen will be a terrific ‘sounding board’ for incoming coach Trent Barrett, with whom he already has a strong relationship.

The Jake Averillo extension is also significant as it is exactly the type of signing we want to make around keeping quality local talent at Belmore as we return to being a club that develops its own players.

In regard to other updates :

• Our three new Board Directors in Jim Koutsouklakis, Andrew Gifford and Peter McMahon have now joined the Bulldogs Football Club Board and each will bring valuable experience and expertise at a time leading into an exciting pre-season period for the club

• Trent Barrett and his new staff will officially start at Belmore on Monday 9th of November, but each of them has already been in to put plans in place for the pre-season. Part of that has been a complete re-vamp of our weights room and wrestling area as they look to create a whole new feel for the squad when they return on Monday 16th November

• Apart from Nic Cotric, who is with the NSW team preparing for State of Origin, our full squad will be back on the 16th working hard all the way through to Christmas

• As part of our Football Dept re-vamp we also wish Steve Price the very best for the future in the knowledge that he will always be a major part of the Bulldogs Family

• In regard to Stadia for the future we are also very keen to work with Government regarding potential options for the club and we have already had preliminary meetings to make sure that our case for funding is being heard

It’s a really exciting time for the club and there is a real sense of anticipation as we near what we see as the start of that ‘new beginning’ when Trent Barrett and his staff join us here for the first time next Monday.

I hope that you are feeling the same excitement as us and as always we thank you for your continued support as we look forward to season 2021.

#ProudtobeaBulldog

John Khoury - Chairman

 

[spiritofaslan]

Very direct message from our new Chairman, without the fluff or the excuses for failure.

Excited to see what the future brings, and how much success we can have in 12 months.

 

[Captain Ibis]

Wasn't Khoury the one who said the Laundy's can walk if they weren't happy about Lynn and co having to step down? Sounds like he ain't here to f*ck around... I expect that the club is going to act a lot more professionally going forward.

 

[spiritofaslan]

Not 100% sure on that one. He's involved heavily with juniors though.

 

[Old Woof Woof]

Not 100% sure on that one. He's involved heavily with juniors though.

Thing is the place is humming at last with loads of positives and this will flow down from the board to staff and the players and the supporters and hopefully the media so there is a lot to look forward to in the future.
Beware all those knockers from other teams, the dogs are on their way back big time. The dogs are about to bark again. We must keep this good feeling going through the next few months and follow closely for news of more signings and happenings in training pre season. We all need to get our excitement back. Go the Doggies!!

 

[Sleeky]

I like this guy