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CibbuanoLake re-signs with Bulldogs
October 7th 2009 01:57
WESTERN BULLDOGS All-Australian defender Brian Lake has ended a protracted round of negotiations by signing a four-year deal with the Bulldogs.
The new contract ensures that the 27-year-old will finish his career at the club.
Dogs coach Rodney Eade said Lake was the club's most important player.
"Brian's the key one ... over the past three or four years he's taken his game to new levels," Eade said.
"If he didn’t sign and he went somewhere else, which Brian had said he did not want to, but in the worst case scenario, we did not know what we were going to do in that situation. There was a big hole in the side (if that happened),”
"He's more important than anyone else, certainly more important than Barry (Hall), but the fact that Barry's here as well gives is key strength at both ends."
Lake had attracted strong interest from rival clubs but said he was never interested in leaving the Western Bulldogs
"My main objective was obviously to stay here and get the best contract I could possibly with the Bulldogs, there was no intent in moving," Lake said.
Lake has played 147 games since making his debut in 2002 and is regarded as one of the AFL's elite defenders.
The new contract ensures that the 27-year-old will finish his career at the club.
Dogs coach Rodney Eade said Lake was the club's most important player.
"Brian's the key one ... over the past three or four years he's taken his game to new levels," Eade said.
"If he didn’t sign and he went somewhere else, which Brian had said he did not want to, but in the worst case scenario, we did not know what we were going to do in that situation. There was a big hole in the side (if that happened),”
"He's more important than anyone else, certainly more important than Barry (Hall), but the fact that Barry's here as well gives is key strength at both ends."
Lake had attracted strong interest from rival clubs but said he was never interested in leaving the Western Bulldogs
"My main objective was obviously to stay here and get the best contract I could possibly with the Bulldogs, there was no intent in moving," Lake said.
Lake has played 147 games since making his debut in 2002 and is regarded as one of the AFL's elite defenders.
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