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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
I half respect Bailey for going full scorched earth. Certainly could leverage a rivalry out of this.
Also : he reads the comments?!Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
I was just thinking about Geelong's approach to out of contract players, and how they seem to target them because it reduces the opposition's bargaining power - but when Tim Kelly was out of contract at the end of 2019 and requested a trade they demanded an absolute ransom for him. West Coast dealt in good faith to support the guy who had openly committed to them.
The cats are hypocritical pricks.Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Geelong media going into overdrive painting us as the bad guys
‘I’d be shocked’: Calls for Cats and Dogs to avoid sending Smith to draft amid trade impasse
The Cats and Western Bulldogs have been urged to avoid walking Bailey Smith to the national draft as they haggle over a deal for the gun midfielder.
Talks are set to drag into the second week of the trade period after the Dogs have been reluctant to move the 23-year old for Geelong’s first-round pick — the No. 17 selection — which is set to move back a few spots.
Reports say the Cats are willing to risk Smith getting dragged to the national draft, which would be less than ideal for the on-baller, as they stand firm on their offer of Pick 17.
The former Pick 7’s value has dipped after he missed the entire 2024 season due to an ACL injury following an underwhelming 2023 campaign.
Smith has also previously opened up on his overthinking and mental health struggles.
“Geelong has offered its first-round pick, I think we all think that’s about right — when we talk about (Liam) Baker (costing) Pick 14, (Dan) Houston Pick 12 or 13 — Bailey Smith at Pick 17 isn’t too far away from those guys,” Herald Sun’s Scott Gullan said on Fox Footy’s Trading Day.
“Yes, he’s had a knee (injury) and didn’t play great two years ago. But before that, the 21-year old version was outstanding. You’re taking a risk ... we know about his anxiety. This is not a layup. So that’s why I think Geelong is going: ‘We’re giving you a first-round pick in this draft everyone is talking about.’
“I think it’ll eventually get done.”
Smith is out of contract, but as he’s not yet eligible for free agency, can only be moved via trade in a deal expected to go down to the wire ahead of Wednesday’s deadline.
“There’s always ‘ifs’ attached to this ... I just think if his body is right, his best footy is worth more than Pick 17,” Hawks legend Dermott Brereton added.
“But I think where he’s been for the last two years, Pick 17 is about right ... they’re only an ice cream cup away from getting this done.”
Bulldogs list boss Sam Power wasn’t willing to specify what the Dogs were wanting back in the deal but said they “expect a lot,” while Geelong counterpart Andrew Mackie was hopeful of striking a deal that “lands well for both clubs.”
The Cats currently hold picks 17, 38 and 57 in this draft and the Dogs own selections 35 and 48.
“Geelong has a history of not doing that (making a player go to the national draft), they get these deals done and understand the human side of it — (list guru) Stephen Wells is the best negotiator in the business and Andrew Mackie has shown he’s very good at it,” Gullan added.
“And (Smith’s manager) Paul Connors ... they won’t let that happen, they’ll manipulate the whole set up.
“I think it’ll go down to the wire, I don’t know what steak knives will be thrown in. But I would be shocked if he went with the draft.”
Fellow Herald Sun journalist Jon Ralph agreed you “can’t put him through” the nervous wait of the national draft.
And Ralph suggested Geelong’s shrewd track record in recruiting late gems means it can afford to give slightly overs in the Smith deal.
“Stephen Wells came back from a Harvard Business course ... they said if everyone wins from a deal, that’s OK. And so that’s the way they did the Jeremy Cameron deal,” he added.“The reason you can get Ollie Dempsey Pick 15 in the rookie draft, (Lawson) Humphries Pick 63 in the National Draft — you bring those kids and you can allow yourself to hand over a future second, which will be Pick 50 next year.
“You get the deal done, you don’t put him through the national draft.”
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
Genuinely the carry on from the AFL media is getting nauseating, we're the villains for wanting fair value for a player that Geelong has been chasing for 18 months.Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
They just need something to fill the void of actual news. He won’t go to the draft and we will get suitably more than 17. Let them bullshit all they like and then see if the story is we got fair value or Geelong overpaid. I think it won’t be the latter…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
In the article it talks about how you can unearth players like Dempsey and Humphries with later picks. So if it's that easy for them, given they have some runs on the board, how about offering pick 17, a 3rd rounder and Humphries? I'd give that some consideration.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
They make a statement and then use it as a headline.
Bulldogs urged... BY US!Comment
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Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith
The squealing today. Good lord.
Almost as bad as the commentary on the AFLW game last night.Time and Tide Waits For No ManComment
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