Clay Smith

[ledge]

Just signed until the end of 2014

[Go_Dogs]

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Great news to get him extended now, thanks ledge.

[ledge]

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Be in his prime when it finishes bit of a worry

[Bornadog]

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Clay looks a beauty. I think as the season has gone on his kicking has improved. Hopefully he can improve more over the pre-season and make it a weapon

[Mofra]

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Excellent news

[Maddog37]

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Love the way his kid goes about things. Would be fantastic to have him and Ward in the same team. Sigh....

[Greystache]

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It says a bit about what the club thinks of him that they give him a contact extension with a year left in his current contract. Really looking forward to seeing the young bull develop over the years, I'm hoping he can become a Lenny Hayes type of player for us.

[Desipura]

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Clubs are all about getting competitive beasts on their lists, we have well and truly got one here!

[Bulldog Revolution]

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The kid is a winner. Some talk about wanting to be AFL players and others do the work to make it happen.

I feel he will leave no proverbial stone unturned.

[Eastdog]

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Great News.

[Sedat]

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I'm hoping he can become a Lenny Hayes type of player for us.

It would be nice to return the favour to St Kilda for all the repeated reamings we've copped from Lenny over the years.

Apart from Toby Greene, I can't think of another 18yo who has such a strong appetite for the contest as Smith does - it's a great attribute to have and one that will only get better as he adjusts to the rigours of AFL year-in-year-out. Now to get to work on his kicking - Jobe improved his to the point of adequacy and I hope Clay can do the same.

[Greystache]

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It would be nice to return the favour to St Kilda for all the repeated reamings we've copped from Lenny over the years.

Apart from Toby Greene, I can't think of another 18yo who has such a strong appetite for the contest as Smith does - it's a great attribute to have and one that will only get better as he adjusts to the rigours of AFL year-in-year-out. Now to get to work on his kicking - Jobe improved his to the point of adequacy and I hope Clay can do the same.

Let's hope so, Hayes used to sleep in the change rooms in anticipation of tearing us apart yet again.

Smith certainly makes a nice change from our previous first round draft picks of nice athletes who are skinny, lacking intensity, with no real defined role. Much easier to teach a competitor to become an adequate kick, than to teach an athlete to become an adequate competitor.

[ledge]

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I heard somewhere Clays training is full on even took out King in one session , Macca would love him and who wouldn't? I remember him being picked and the doubt that was shed over taking him I think Maccas got this one right.

[Eastdog]

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I heard somewhere Clays training is full on even took out King in one session , Macca would love him and who wouldn't? I remember him being picked and the doubt that was shed over taking him I think Maccas got this one right.

From what you have said ledge from training he is focused and committed which is great. He is going to be a very good player.

[Greystache]

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I heard somewhere Clays training is full on even took out King in one session , Macca would love him and who wouldn't? I remember him being picked and the doubt that was shed over taking him I think Maccas got this one right.

I saw him man handling Boyd in a wrestling drill during the preseason and thought the kid had something special. Nothing I've seen since has changed that view.

It's early days, but I haven't seen anyone so far I wished we picked up instead of Clay.