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  • Bornadog
    WOOF Clubhouse Leader
    • Jan 2007
    • 65832

    Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

    Originally posted by Bulldog4life
    Personally it doesn't worry me.
    Me neither. He is a Bulldog and gives us some exposure. Hopefully we sign him up sooner rather than later as I don't want to go through the whole season with the stupid speculation.
    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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    • Sedat
      Hall of Fame
      • Sep 2007
      • 11086

      Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

      Originally posted by chef
      The Bailey circus is going to be unbearable.
      The entire AFEL industry is a circus. It's all about CoNtEnT.

      Bailey is simply one of the higher profile members of the circus - the white noise around his contract speculation will have precisely nothing to do with the on-field performance of our club in 2024.

      Win a flag in 2024 and none of us will give a shit about any of it.
      "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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      • chef
        Hall of Fame
        • Nov 2008
        • 14536

        Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

        Originally posted by bornadog
        Me neither. He is a Bulldog and gives us some exposure. Hopefully we sign him up sooner rather than later as I don't want to go through the whole season with the stupid speculation.
        So it would bother you?
        The curse is dead.

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        • chef
          Hall of Fame
          • Nov 2008
          • 14536

          Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

          Originally posted by Sedat
          The entire AFEL industry is a circus. It's all about CoNtEnT.

          Bailey is simply one of the higher profile members of the circus - the white noise around his contract speculation will have precisely nothing to do with the on-field performance of our club in 2024.

          Win a flag in 2024 and none of us will give a shit about any of it.
          I guess to win a flag you need just about everything going right for you, having a Bailey sized distraction in the squad is not going to be ideal to me.
          The curse is dead.

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          • Bornadog
            WOOF Clubhouse Leader
            • Jan 2007
            • 65832

            Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

            Originally posted by chef
            So it would bother you?
            Not Bailey, the speculation side from the MSM including, English and JUH
            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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            • Happy Days
              Hall of Fame
              • May 2008
              • 10055

              Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

              I think the circus works weirdly in our favour.

              I love Baz, want to keep him and fully support him getting as many bags as possible but the facts are that he’s played pretty average footy for 2 years. Yet for hot guy instagram hard seltzer based reasons he’s still thought of as a superstar; no one ever talks about how poor his on field output has been, just that he’s a superstar who’s gonna be an even bigger one. Which might be true but also might not be?

              You’d think that clubs can usually see through this stuff but sometimes they don’t. It certainly doesn’t hurt our chances at maximising compo for him if he does leave.
              - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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              • kruder
                Coaching Staff
                • May 2011
                • 3754

                Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                If he stays or goes we just need Bailey to get back to his best, its going to be very interesting to see where we play him.

                Not just to keep him I would prioritise him as an inside mid and demand his defensive side stand up because he does have the ability to apply pressure. If that means Treloar moves around little bit then I'm happy to do so.

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                • Axe Man
                  Hall of Fame
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 10964

                  Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                  Originally posted by Happy Days
                  I love Baz, want to keep him and fully support him getting as many bags as possible
                  Ummm

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                  • Sedat
                    Hall of Fame
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 11086

                    Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                    Originally posted by chef
                    I guess to win a flag you need just about everything going right for you, having a Bailey sized distraction in the squad is not going to be ideal to me.
                    Only if he's playing shit and is non-committal in 2024 - if he plays at the optimum level he is capable of (ie: 2021 finals level) there will be no negative distractions, and the increased focus/discussion around his contract will largely be welcome for both him and the club.
                    "Look at me mate. Look at me. I'm flyin'"

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                    • The Bulldogs Bite
                      Hall of Fame
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 11090

                      Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                      So where does he play?

                      If we want him fully invested, he probably needs to be the #1 mid (i.e. Bont ideally spends some time forward).

                      To get the best out of him, I think we kind of need to feed his ego. Make him the #1 man in the middle.
                      W00F!

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                      • Happy Days
                        Hall of Fame
                        • May 2008
                        • 10055

                        Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                        Originally posted by Axe Man
                        Ummm
                        I said what I said
                        - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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                        • EasternWest
                          Bulldog Team of the Century
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 9971

                          Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                          Originally posted by Axe Man
                          Ummm
                          Originally posted by Happy Days
                          I said what I said
                          Ha ha ha.
                          "It's over. It's all over."

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                          • hujsh
                            Hall of Fame
                            • Nov 2007
                            • 11803

                            Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                            Originally posted by The Bulldogs Bite
                            So where does he play?

                            If we want him fully invested, he probably needs to be the #1 mid (i.e. Bont ideally spends some time forward).

                            To get the best out of him, I think we kind of need to feed his ego. Make him the #1 man in the middle.
                            Yeah but at what point are we prioritising what's best for him before what's best for the team? Maybe there is a way that playing Bont on a flank and giving him free license to just read the game and be wherever he things he needs to be works for us if Smith, Libba, Treloar and Macrae can pull the load in the middle.

                            Or maybe we rob Peter to pay Paul and drop about half of what we stole on the way.
                            [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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                            • The Bulldogs Bite
                              Hall of Fame
                              • Dec 2006
                              • 11090

                              Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith

                              Originally posted by hujsh
                              Yeah but at what point are we prioritising what's best for him before what's best for the team? Maybe there is a way that playing Bont on a flank and giving him free license to just read the game and be wherever he things he needs to be works for us if Smith, Libba, Treloar and Macrae can pull the load in the middle.

                              Or maybe we rob Peter to pay Paul and drop about half of what we stole on the way.
                              What's best for Smith is what's best for us in this case. We need him to be an elite midfielder, not a half forward who pushes up to the stoppage.

                              Bont needs to be managed better IMO. Clearly our best player, but I feel he often hits the wall a few weeks out from the end of the season. Preserving him is important, as is giving responsibility to others. I feel there can often be a stench of "well, Bont will do it" but if the load is shared it forces others to step up ... or out.
                              W00F!

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                              • Twodogs
                                Moderator
                                • Nov 2006
                                • 27645

                                Re: Welcome to the Bulldogs: Bailey Smith


                                Smith was involved in a contract tease last week in response to fresh rumours that he is an "80 per cent chance" of moving clubs.

                                Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth

                                -Joseph Goebbels

                                SALE ENDS SUNDAY!!!!
                                They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.

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