Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

[The Bulldogs Bite]

It does appear that his values have changed in recent times from what I've seen.

Tend to think it's gone to his head, which isn't hard to fathom. He needs to be careful from this point forward that he doesn't turn for the worst though.

[Vred]

Wow… just *!*!*!*!ing wow

[I'm Not Bitter Anymore!]

I know. Here I was shaking my head at those brawling Demons and look what happened

[The Underdog]

Quelle surprise...might be missing more than 2. What a week for his reputation.

[Happy Days]

Personally I full on don’t give a shit about the drug use but people who show off about taking drugs are so toy, so I feel like this is a bit of a hit to his brand as a hot cool guy.

[GVGjr]

Anyway, the club has released a statement:

“The Western Bulldogs are aware of images of Bailey Smith circulating on social media,” a statement released on Saturday morning read.

“The club is investigating the legitimacy of these images and is not in a position to comment further at this time.”

Let's see how this plays out. Not going to lay into the kid too much.

Innocent until proven otherwise.

[The Underdog]

Personally I full on don’t give a shit about the drug use but people who show off about taking drugs are so toy, so I feel like this is a bit of a hit to his brand as a hot cool guy.

Agree about the use, but to flaunt it like this and expect it won't get out there is just dumb as *!*!*!*!. Suspected he was a bit of a dickhead, now confirmed.

[The Underdog]

Innocent until proven otherwise.

That's pretty damning evidence. Gonna need a pretty good explanation to get out of it.

[1eyedog]

Unless this is photoshopped who cares whether he used or not. He's a contracted AFL listed player for the Bulldogs effectively stating to his 300k followers that drugs are cool. The implications are huge. Won't see him for many many weeks I'd assume. Bye bye sponsorships and lifestyle. Prolly the best thing that could happen to him honestly.

Has he signed that contract yet?

[GVGjr]

That's pretty damning evidence. Gonna need a pretty good explanation to get out of it.

It might be a damning image but for me it's not quite evidence at the moment.

I have a different opinion to many regarding drug use but the overriding thought at the moment is that I hope he gets the support and whatever counseling he needs if this actually an issue. I'm confident the club will be a huge support for him.
At the moment footy is a somewhat secondary consideration as far as I'm concerned.

Whatever happens I hope he gets back to the basics because despite his tremendous talent at times he does appear to be getting ahead of himself.

I caught up with a number of ex colleagues last night for a meal and we mainly talked about footy (It's a super coach draft league group) and the colleague who has Smith in his team was talking positively about how good of a player Smith was and that the world was his oyster. It goes to show that things can change quickly in life.

[Grantysghost]

Yes, yes he does.

[Grantysghost]

Yes, yes he does.

Literally just popped up in my emails. Classic timing.

[GVGjr]

Edmond believes this is an image from last year.

[Scraggers]

The only person who truly knows what is going on here is Bailey (and maybe the person who took the pics/video). With the amount of trolling and face duplication technologies, I’m not 100% convinced it’s him. I think the club are right to not pass judgement until it has been investigated properly.
If it is in fact Bazlenka, then yes, his image is tarnished and it will cost him a whole heap of sponsorship. If it’s not him … well

[jeemak]

If that's not a case of cocaine tongue I've never seen one.......

Anyway, let's see how it plays out.