Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

[MrMahatma]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

I don't want either. Cash in on both.

I mean? it?s cool that Daicos kicked that goal to beat the Blues last night? but how about the hit out that made it happen!?

Ruck work and actual hit outs matter. English doesn?t ruck. I?m cashing him in too.

[jeemak]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

I'm all for letting English go if we can get a tap ruckman who can win more taps than he does and also at least register as many taps to advantage as he does. But at a lower price, because in doing so we'll lose what English can give us around the ground and at secondary contests in general play.

What I'm not for is going backwards by losing any around the ground or secondary contest capability, and not improving in tap work and taps to advantage. Just to save a few bucks.

Not sure I understand the concept of being worse in a position to make us better overall. If we do let English walk we better find someone better at at least one of the things he does.

[Mofra]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

I'm all for letting English go if we can get a tap ruckman who can win more taps than he does and also at least register as many taps to advantage as he does. But at a lower price, because in doing so we'll lose what English can give us around the ground and at secondary contests in general play.

What I'm not for is going backwards by losing any around the ground or secondary contest capability, and not improving in tap work and taps to advantage. Just to save a few bucks.

Not sure I understand the concept of being worse in a position to make us better overall. If we do let English walk we better find someone better at at least one of the things he does.

2026 Sam Darcy? Ideal 50/50 type
We need a player to plug that gap. I'd be all for keeping Lobb and letting English go but I don;t think that's what we're looking at.

[westbulldog]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

Jordon Sweet is good enough to be first ruck for the 6th placed team but not good enough to get a game with the dogs placed 10th/11th according to the match committee and our expert posters who are content with list cloggers such as Vandermeer. Against the Crows he had 13 possessions 3 marks 5 tackles 29 hit outs and 4 clearances. Ironic.

[EasternWest]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

Jordon Sweet is good enough to be first ruck for the 6th placed team but not good enough to get a game with the dogs placed 10th/11th according to the match committee and our expert posters who are content with list cloggers such as Vandermeer. Against the Crows he had 13 possessions 3 marks 5 tackles 29 hit outs and 4 clearances. Ironic.

Woop woop woop

How about the Lipinski guy, hey?

[westbulldog]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

Woop woop woop

How about the Lipinski guy, hey?

Just a lazy 24 possessions, 2 marks 5 tackles 4 clearances and a goal in the match of the round, not good enough for the mighty dogs, but hey we have Harmes

[soupman]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

Jordon Sweet is good enough to be first ruck for the 6th placed team but not good enough to get a game with the dogs placed 10th/11th according to the match committee and our expert posters who are content with list cloggers such as Vandermeer. Against the Crows he had 13 possessions 3 marks 5 tackles 29 hit outs and 4 clearances. Ironic.

Um he's only getting a game because their first ruck (who was the team that finished 13ths ruck last year) is out injured.

Sweet is hardly the main guy in a team that is coming 6th.

[westbulldog]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

Um he's only getting a game because their first ruck (who was the team that finished 13ths ruck last year) is out injured.

Sweet is hardly the main guy in a team that is coming 6th.

But the fact is Port rate him as good enough to be selected, we did not and never did and we do not have anything like a tap ruckman. In comparison, English had 28 hit outs 6 clearances against the Dockers, 25 and 2 v StKilda and 16 and 1 v Essendon.

[GVGjr]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

But the fact is Port rate him as good enough to be selected, we did not and we do not have anything like a tap ruckman.

We would have played him if English was injured. Playing both of them in the same game was a bit more problematic.

[soupman]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

But the fact is Port rate him as good enough to be selected, we did not and we do not have anything like a tap ruckman.

We picked him everytime our first ruck was out. Just like Port do.

Notice how when Soldo was playing they never picked Sweet?

[Dazza]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

I feel like the only way Sweet got games with us is if we never recruited Lobb and English was ok playing as 2nd ruck

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

You think Bailey wants to fix this club or increase his brand exposure at last years premiers? (While we get bent over in a trade)

[azabob]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

You think Bailey wants to fix this club or increase his brand exposure at last years premiers? (While we get bent over in a trade)

Isn’t this the Tim English thread?

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

You think Bailey wants to fix this club or increase his brand exposure at last years premiers? (While we get bent over in a trade)

Simple.

I would sit Bailey down now.

You are either sign up or you look for a club where we can be fairly compensated.

Otherwise you can see how it feels off broadway and flog your Barry drinks down at Arden street. Straight to NMFC you go.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

Simple.

I would sit Bailey down now.

You are either sign up or you look for a club where we can be fairly compensated.

Otherwise you can see how it feels off broadway and flog your Barry drinks down at Arden street. Straight to NMFC you go.

He’s gone. His brand is the most important thing to him and our brand won’t help his. But I reckon he picks Collingwood or maybe Geelong and we are screwed. I threaten the PSD but there’s only so much those clubs can and will offer.