Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
hujsh
Wrong example. He's already out of the CBA rotations. Would have to be one of Bont, Treloar or Libba or just completely remove Daniel from them for Smith
Appreciate the clarification on Macrae (I haven't watched a lot of our games this year). The point remains that we need Smith to raise his game and take ownership of the midfield sooner rather than later - he has attributes we are in very short supply of on our list. He has his faults (we all know them) but playing him as a high half forward or on the wing actually exacerbates his weaknesses and doesn't align as well with his considerable strengths. He should be getting more meaningful minutes in our midfield rotations - for mine it is not an either/or but we need to have a bigger spread of starting mids. I actually think he also has some run-with qualities depending on the opposition match-ups akin to a Ben Keays type, but Bevo has never had this in his coaching repertoire.
I guess many of our midfield issues against the better teams start with having a non-dominant stoppage/pure clearance ruckman, so our mids can never really position themselves assertively at stoppage - so we might, through sheer talent, be able to win a lot of dirty clearances but they never seem to translate to scoreboard dominance. Collingwood had less clearances on Friday night but absolutely smashed us for scoreboard impact from clearances on the night.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
EasternWest
It's been a while since I've said this, but "this".
I'm not 100% serious when I make comments about trading him because his peak is really good but he's really only suited to one role and if he's not playing it then we're just better off (and he probably would be too) cashing out.
We have Treloar and Libba who are over 30. Smith is the ideal replacement at just 22 years old.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
bornadog
We have Treloar and Libba who are over 30. Smith is the ideal replacement at just 22 years old.
I wonder why we don't split their time? Instead of Treloar taking 90 percent of CBA's he maybe does 70/30 or 60/40 with Baz.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
bornadog
We have Treloar and Libba who are over 30. Smith is the ideal replacement at just 22 years old.
How is he developing in the mean time if he continues to not be in the role? Genuine question. If we are not developing him in the role (he barely plays there) then we not get the best out of him. He might feel a bit of that too.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
I wonder why we don't split their time? Instead of Treloar taking 90 percent of CBA's he maybe does 70/30 or 60/40 with Baz.
It's a balancing act I guess. Do we take 4-5 CBAs from Treloar, Bont and Libba each or do we take 10 from Treloar and 5 from Bont?
Not sure myself but it's clear Smith is too out of the game right now as a pure half forward. That's why I was careful to say Sedat had the wrong example but didn't disagree with the overall point.
Weird option... do we do a Hodge and try Bont as an intercepting half back on occasion? Don't want him kicking at goal tbh
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
I wonder why we don't split their time? Instead of Treloar taking 90 percent of CBA's he maybe does 70/30 or 60/40 with Baz.
Not sure what is going on there, but Adz should have not been in the centre with his performance on the night.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
bornadog
We have Treloar and Libba who are over 30. Smith is the ideal replacement at just 22 years old.
Very fair point.
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Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
How is he developing in the mean time if he continues to not be in the role? Genuine question. If we are not developing him in the role (he barely plays there) then we not get the best out of him. He might feel a bit of that too.
Very fair point.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
hujsh
It's a balancing act I guess. Do we take 4-5 CBAs from Treloar, Bont and Libba each or do we take 10 from Treloar and 5 from Bont?
Not sure myself but it's clear Smith is too out of the game right now as a pure half forward. That's why I was careful to say Sedat had the wrong example but didn't disagree with the overall point.
Weird option... do we do a Hodge and try Bont as an intercepting half back on occasion? Don't want him kicking at goal tbh
No. Bontempelli is our best midfielder and should be at the source when ever he is on the ground.
If we need to give Smith me CBA action it has to be at the expensive of Treloar and Liberatore.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Robbo has got it very wrong. We should never trade Baz Smith and it certainly shouldn't be because he's had a few quiet weeks.
Lets give him a run with role and run him back into some form.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
GVGjr
Robbo has got it very wrong. We should never trade Baz Smith and it certainly shouldn't be because he's had a few quiet weeks.
Lets give him a run with role and run him back into some form.
God I heard Cornes waxing lyrical about him this morning.
Guess what. Baz gets clicks.
I like it because we are in the conversation however it's horse you know what to consider trading our only good young mid.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
They're all lining up to take the pressure off someone with known mental illness by needlessly speculating about his mental illness and how it impacts his performance.
Footy!!!!
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
jeemak
They're all lining up to take the pressure off someone with known mental illness by needlessly speculating about his mental illness and how it impacts his performance.
Footy!!!!
Awful isn't it.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
Awful isn't it.
It's bang for buck. If they get really lucky Bevo will get shitty and lash out and then they can lay the boots into him.
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Seven rounds ago against the Crows Bailey Smith had 37 touches. That’s decent form! Treloar didn’t play that game. But what has happened since then to his form? Has been a natural erosion of confidence with less time in the middle? Is there something else going on?