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Re: Clay Smith calls time on career
He was incredible in 2016, and we've missed him terribly ever since.
Go well Clay
Seriously emotional at this news.
Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
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Always be a bulldog , thanks for the action packed short career and the flag!
Bring back the biff
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Good luck Clay. We will miss you and your toughness. The prelim is my fave doggies match and I thankyou for your Herculean efforts in that game, and indeed all the other games you played in the RWB. You are the gold standard of quality of output, attitude and effort not quantity, albeit we all wish we could see you play more. Still remember your first game at docklands when you blitzed opposition with ?4? Or was it ?3? Goals and that miraculous one where you rolled over and got back on you feet like a cat then kicked it through the big sticks. It was electrifying.
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Damn, gonna miss him.
He had brutal tenacity, an ability to kick goals and stand up in big moments. Hell of a 2026 and glad he’s forever a premiership hero. All the best Clay.
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So sad to see him go out like this. Loved watching him play. One of my favourites.
What a warrior. From his first game his attack at the contest has been ferocious. If could only bottle that and spread it around.
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Stood up in a prelim when previously more vaunted players of ours haven’t .
Tragically cut short . Thank you clay
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Thank you Clay.
Thank you for the incredible September, thank you for throwing everything you had into football for the red, white and blue. I'm so sorry to see you leave not on your terms.
Wake me up when we get to heaven, let me sleep if we're going to hell
Good luck, for your sake I hope heaven and hell are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath
And we all found heaven - 2016 Premiers!
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Absolute legend Clay
He went to war for us in 2016 and we would never have won the flag without him.
Bulldog Hero Forever
Listening to Brahm's 3rd Racket
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Some great moments from Clay:
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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Farewell Clay. BOG in the best game I've been to.
Watch his 4 goals
http://www.afl.com.au/video/2016-09-...uge-first-half
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY 2.1 5.2 9.7 12.11 (83)
WESTERN BULLDOGS 2.3 6.5 9.6 13.11 (89)
GOALS
Greater Western Sydney: Patton 4, Greene 3, Lobb 3, D. Smith, Shaw
Western Bulldogs: C. Smith 4, Dickson 4,Cordy 2, Daniel, Bontempelli, Macrae
BEST
Greater Western Sydney: Kelly, Scully, Patton, Coniglio, Wilson, Greene
Western Bulldogs: C. Smith, Dahlhaus, Dickson, Morris, Wood, Johannisen, Macrae, Picken
INJURIES
Greater Western Sydney: Ward (concussion)
Western Bulldogs: Roughead (eye)
Reports: Nil
Umpires: Nicholls, Schmitt, Meredith
Official crowd: 21,790 at Spotless Stadium
The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.
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Even though the PF was his best, I also remember him kicking a vital goal v Hawthorn when we were on the ropes. I remember thinking/saying: come on Clay, this is what you worked so hard for. He didn’t disappoint.
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That'll do Clay, that'll do.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.
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Originally Posted by
The bulldog tragician
Even though the PF was his best, I also remember him kicking a vital goal v Hawthorn when we were on the ropes. I remember thinking/saying: come on Clay, this is what you worked so hard for. He didn’t disappoint.
Kicked 2 goals just before half tine when we were on the ropes. Massive in the scheme of things.
"Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"
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Loved him as a Bulldog player - always gave 100%. Very saddened but understand why he is retiring. All the very best for the future Clay.
Anyone can support a team that is winning, it takes no courage. But to stand behind a team, to defend a team when it is down and really needs you, that takes a lot of courage, so lets always be behind our boys and girls in red, white and blue.
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Originally Posted by
Dry Rot
I honestly think his best prelim moment wasn't any of his four goals - it was the contest with Griffen where he just gave it everything to stop Griff getting the ball.
It spills to Daniel who goals to give us a sniff going into 3/4 time. I shudder to think what happens if Clay was even 1% less of a contested beast.
Western Bulldogs: 2016 Premiers
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