Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Absolutely. That last minute Chris Grant brain fart hurt. As I’ve said history says on the actual draft picks taken it was:
Schache & Richards - for - Sam Taylor, De Koning (Carl), Balta & delisted WCE player.
Stringer was not too bad all things considered. But Schache was a disaster.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Silver linings - Stringer trade got us Richards (it got us more than that but we flushed the remaining draft collateral down the toilet with Schache). It also helped that Richards was driving a shit-box at the time which made him late for his draft interview with Carlton, so they ended up taking Lochie O'Brien with their pick 10 that year instead."Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Absolutely. That last minute Chris Grant brain fart hurt. As I’ve said history says on the actual draft picks taken it was:
Schache & Richards - for - Sam Taylor, De Koning (Carl), Balta & delisted WCE player.
Stringer was not too bad all things considered. But Schache was a disaster.
Are you saying that if we?d kept the draft picks essendon gave us and not brought in schache we would have been able to (not necessarily would have) drafted Sam Taylor or Noah Balta?The dam wall has busted!Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
So taking out Schache & WCE Guy.
The players playing regular footy now:
Us: Richards
Others: Taylor, De Koning, Balta (Stringer)
Schache alone was Balta with 25 and Wooler with 40.Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
If we didn’t do Schache & Carlton (Richards). If we kept the picks and selected the same players other clubs did. We would’ve drafted Taylor, Balta & De Koning plus a WCE guy who got delisted last year.
So taking out Schache & WCE Guy.
The players playing regular footy now:
Us: Richards
Others: Taylor, De Koning, Balta (Stringer)
Schache alone was Balta with 25 and Wooler with 40.
Who knows what players we?d have taken yada yada but still?The dam wall has busted!Comment
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