I'm of the belief that Our CEO, Des and the board aren't making knee jerk reactions here and have thought long and hard of a plan to bring a premiership or 2 to the Bulldogs within the next couple of years. Here's the pattern so far. Des extends his contract, next we start wrapping up current players in their plans, we sign arguably the hottest forward in the game which also sends a beacon out to other players ie fullbacks, saying that the bulldogs is the place to be for the future and don't miss out on the opportunity of playing behind the greatest pack of the modern era. Premierships are on the horizon folks, our squad ain't far off it. Which is why I put together a hypothetical 2015 squad thread so we can try to look through the eyes of our coach and board to determine a way to keep the best of our squad together going forward. There are a mile of fringe players taking up pieces of our cap which I think we should start there and keep a couple and set the rest free. That's got to help for starters.