Player Watch #8: Bailey Scott - signs until end 2026

[hilly]

Out: B. Scott, 22, 40

In: 8, 28, F4th

No chance pick 8 is involved.

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[Disco Dew]

I toured Ballarat once. Didn’t move there though.

 

[chubbspeterson]

27 isn't enough imo.

I think 20 is unrealistic without a contract to hold the player to. He may well sign with us anyway so we'll see.

 

[ChairmanZia]

Him going to queensland, does he have any suitors out there?

 

[hilly]

Him going to queensland, does he have any suitors out there?

Southport keen. Believe he has had a tour of the facilities at Marty Funkhauser Oval.

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[Nylex]

Fingers x Bailey doesn’t get injured in the next couple of weeks, means he’ll play his against the Dogs at Marvel in our last game of the year!!!
Would be an outstanding effort, considering the last few years we’ve endured

 

[Samsquanch]

Always gets me in when I read 'toured the facilities'. Why? What do they expect to find? Surely it's a given that all AFL clubs have quality facilities. maybe he was checking on the availability of a coffee cart or double checking the availability of towels and how many issued per player. FFS.

He sure as hell wasn't checking the contents of the trophy cabinet.

 

[Hotham FC]

Fingers x Bailey doesn’t get injured in the next couple of weeks, means he’ll play his against the Dogs at Marvel in our last game of the year!!!
Would be an outstanding effort, considering the last few years we’ve endured

Great effort! Has been very durable over the past 3-4 seasons. Sure, competition for his spot hasn’t hasn’t been great, but he’s fronted up week after week and presented himself in the best shape.

 

[Augustine]

Scott is a good player and I'll be very happy to keep him if we do. However, I'm not too worried if he goes. Firstly, he is a good player so we will get something decent in return. Secondly, wing / half back flank is a position we have a decent bit of depth:

• McErcher
• Hardeman
• Tucker
• Bergman
• Goater
• Stephens
• Fisher
• Lazarro
• George

Some of those are more half back flankers, others more wingers. Some are very good or very promising. Others are limited, or have injury issues. But the point is. It's not like losing Larkey which would just cook us.

 

[Shermanator]

No chance pick 8 is involved.

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It’s the GC bro.. they throw away first rounders like a Gigolo and his used frangas..

 

[perplexed]

Scott is a good player and I'll be very happy to keep him if we do. However, I'm not too worried if he goes. Firstly, he is a good player so we will get something decent in return. Secondly, wing / half back flank is a position we have a decent bit of depth:

• McErcher
• Hardeman
• Tucker
• Bergman
• Goater
• Stephens
• Fisher
• Lazarro
• George

Some of those are more half back flankers, others more wingers. Some are very good or very promising. Others are limited, or have injury issues. But the point is. It's not like losing Larkey which would just cook us.

That is one ugly list. Other than McKercher, the rest either have a line through their name or a question mark next to it. Keeping Scott should be a priority.

 

[chubbspeterson]

It’s the GC bro.. they throw away first rounders like a Gigolo and his used frangas..

They'd probably be looking for future 1sts for pick 8 but the potential bidding system changes will impact what they do.

 

[ChairmanZia]

That is one ugly list. Other than McKercher, the rest either have a line through their name or a question mark next to it. Keeping Scott should be a priority.

If he wants go, we maximize the trade and we rework the system to get the right player.

 

[Ura]

Last 2 contracts he hasnt signed until September. He will resign.

 

[the big lebowski]

I hope he stays

But if he goes to Gold Coast I think we are odds on to be splitting 2/3

 

[Horizons_00]

That was like 2022 right

Ahhh yep

 

[Gumble Frankieton]

I toured Ballarat once. Didn’t move there though.

My mate once got rolling drunk in a pub in Ballarat, he then proceeded to eat a white onion from the salad bar and then accidentally locked himself in the pub toilet cubicle.
He also didn’t move there.

 

[Colby Cheer Squad]

That is one ugly list. Other than McKercher, the rest either have a line through their name or a question mark next to it. Keeping Scott should be a priority.

Yep and while McKercher can obviously play, we've seen no evidence that he can play the wing position in its current strategic and multi-faceted form at AFL level. Out of that list, the only ones who come close are Tucker and Stephens, and even then, it would take a combination of their combined attributes to make a top level wing. Every other name on the list is a hypothetical, as in, they might be able to become a passable wing if they spent an entire pre-season learning how to play the position.

 

[hilly]

It’s the GC bro.. they throw away first rounders like a Gigolo and his used frangas..

Yes. Usually not at us though.

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[Dan]

There hasn't really been any noise of him leaving and he likes to re-sign towards the pointing end of the season.

Not concerned.

 

[King Corey]

Yep and while McKercher can obviously play, we've seen no evidence that he can play the wing position in its current strategic and multi-faceted form at AFL level. Out of that list, the only ones who come close are Tucker and Stephens, and even then, it would take a combination of their combined attributes to make a top level wing. Every other name on the list is a hypothetical, as in, they might be able to become a passable wing if they spent an entire pre-season learning how to play the position.

If only the club had invested in a player fusion device back when they were going cheap.

Welcome Dylan Tucker - Hard as **** winger who runs all day and has a lovely long left foot kick.

Just make sure you find a trade quickly for his twin Darcy Stephens - ball butcher who doesn't like contact.

 

[Horizons_00]

2 year contract on the table for him, so maybe hes deciding whether he could get more elsewhere

 

[tazaa]

Did he play half back again? Cause if he did, I swear Clarko really does have some shit changes up his sleeve.

I thought he was tagging or being tagged, as had 6 touches at half time and when he did go near it, was very mehh.
Ordinary game after a good two or three weeks.
I really hate the sides inconsistencies.

 

[koshari]

Did he play half back again? Cause if he did, I swear Clarko really does have some shit changes up his sleeve.

I thought he was tagging or being tagged, as had 6 touches at half time and when he did go near it, was very mehh.
Ordinary game after a good two or three weeks.
I really hate the sides inconsistencies.

Shoulda taken the set shot from 50, that 10m sideward pass wasnt on, went coast to coast and geelong goaled.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

If they let Scott leave without a fight and throw too much money at Zurhaar, I’ll be ropable.