Confirmed Bailey Smith: 4-way trade: B. Smith (WB) & pick 45 to Geel / pick 38 to Carl / Macrae (WB) to StK / pick 17 & Kennedy (Carl) to WB

[bzparkes]

AFL also feed this sense of entitlement to be fair. For too long its been a sense of "If I nominate a club and im out of contract, you must accept any offer given no matter what"

AFL need to get in the face of the AFLPA and start to enforce not only contracts but being on a list. If Smith doesnt get to Geelong make him enter the PSD with a price on his head that Bulldogs can match and accept. If he refuses to play deregister him as a player and send him to a early retirement. He will have plenty of time to focus on his mental health when he isnt a AFL footballer

Only issue there is look who the president of the AFLPA is.

This same bloke that's tried pulling the 'mental health' card to devalue trades for players coming to Geelong before.

 

[Foxman98]

That's pointless, because no one will pick him in the first round..

He's 23 not 33 plenty of years left in him for St Kilda Richmond GWS heck even the Bombers

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Only issue there is look who the president of the AFLPA is.

This same bloke that's tried pulling the 'mental health' card to devalue trades for players coming to Geelong before.

Let him make a dick of himself. Tell the players to all go on strike to protect Bailey Smiths ego and see how far that gets them

 

[Pencil case]

Only issue there is look who the president of the AFLPA is.

This same bloke that's tried pulling the 'mental health' card to devalue trades for players coming to Geelong before.

Can’t wait until that nugget retires. A genuine blight on the game.

 

[STPer18]

A very heated morning from our friends from West Coast and Western Bulldogs.

 

[Tristan34]

He's 23 not 33 plenty of years left in him for St Kilda Richmond GWS heck even the Bomber

With his issues no one will risk it.. Of someone uses a top end pick, then i say good luck to them..

 

[CatToTheFuture]

With his issues no one will risk it..

I would just leave it. It actually doesn't matter what dogs fans think

 

[Tristan34]

I would just leave it. It actually doesn't matter what dogs fans think

I just want this ND scenario to pan out, so we can split 17 for two seconds and get an extra second to use in the draft..

 

[Foxman98]

With his issues no one will risk it.. Of someone uses a top end pick, then i say good luck to them..

What issues? Worst case for them is they can trade him to you lot the year after for your first rounder

 

[Dazb86]

First & and 2nd gets it done Id say. Wonderbif were asking for 2 firsts + and f2nd going back

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I just want this ND scenario to pan out, so we can split 17 for two seconds and get an extra second to use..

I would prefer we weren't d***s about it.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Dear Eagles blow ins

Thanks for the laugh.
That was utter dribble you both were talking there.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

Dear Eagles blow ins

Thanks for the laugh.
That was utter dribble you both were talking there.

Hey. Im here out of respect to the hustle, not any issues with Geelong

 

[bobs head soup]

I would just leave it. It actually doesn't matter what dogs fans think

Strange comment from a bloke who's posted 470 times in this thread. Don't give up now mate, we'll get your point.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Hey. Im here out of respect to the hustle, not any issues with Geelong

That's fine.

Clubs losing OOC players will nearly always get unders. The threat of sending to the draft is a game of chicken only one club can lose on. The club with the OOC player. Everyone else is either no worse off or gets the player.

Players in the system don't have to choose the PSD. They can choose the ND, and their manager can stop any other club talking to them. What club would pick Smith in the draft without the due diligence on his knee or mental health?

 

[Gee Class Loco]

A very heated morning from our friends from West Coast and Western Bulldogs.

No wonder the players voted him into the head role...again.
LEGEND!!!
The melts on Danger have given me a great old belly laugh this morning.
PISSER!!

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Strange comment from a bloke who's posted 470 times in this thread. Don't give up now mate, we'll get your point.

I've never claimed my comments mattered either

 

[Trent the flight Steward]

I would prefer we weren't d***s about it.

I thought the same thing last year with esava. However the later pick we got back was used on Lawson Humphrey who's a star. I'd think the dogs would prefer the first round to be in the top 10, smith was pick 6 or 7, and apart from 2023, he's played like a top 10 pick. I'm not sure why Collingwood or Carlton aren't keen, he's a better fit there than houston, and they've got pick 13. Even Melbourne I'd be saying we've got pick 5, I'm sure that would please drago petracca and Oliver too.

I agree this nominating clubs is bullshit and needs to go. That's what free agency is, the player chooses, the club should get more say in these situations.

I'm not sold on smith and how he fits with bruhn, Holmes, Clark and Bowes in our midfield. I think this is a Mackie move and not a wellsy one

 

[Charlie Bucket]

Still unsure of the appeal Geelong has for someone like Sniff. He’s a rockstar wannabe who thrives on social media likes.

How does he stroke the ego in a country town type setting??

 

[Tristan34]

Still unsure of the appeal Geelong has for someone like Sniff. He’s a rockstar wannabe who thrives on social media likes.

How does he stroke the ego in a country town type setting??

Do you know him on a personal level??

 

[Ash1337]

That's fine.

Clubs losing OOC players will nearly always get unders. The threat of sending to the draft is a game of chicken only one club can lose on. The club with the OOC player. Everyone else is either no worse off or gets the player.

Players in the system don't have to choose the PSD. They can choose the ND, and their manager can stop any other club talking to them. What club would pick Smith in the draft without the due diligence on his knee or mental health?

Both lose not just the club withe the OoC player. Actually the manager loses most of all because he's the one with his job on the line to get him to the club of choice. Also what stops the dogs from giving the info their manager wont.

 

[Tristan34]

Both lose not just the club withe the OoC player. Actually the manager loses most of all because he's the one with his job on the line to get him to the club of choice. Also what stops the dogs from giving the info their manager wont.

Smith could just refuse to get interviewed by any other club that has interest..

 

[Barrybran]

First & and 2nd gets it done Id say. Wonderbif were asking for 2 firsts + and f2nd going back

That would be fair

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Geelong fans still haven't answered the question

"Why is it agreed that a player is a free agent after eight years after being drafted, and not being six"

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

That's fine.

Clubs losing OOC players will nearly always get unders. The threat of sending to the draft is a game of chicken only one club can lose on. The club with the OOC player. Everyone else is either no worse off or gets the player.

Players in the system don't have to choose the PSD. They can choose the ND, and their manager can stop any other club talking to them. What club would pick Smith in the draft without the due diligence on his knee or mental health?

Unless your West Coast Eagles

Then according to Jay Clark you gotta give Richmond Pick 3 for Liam Baker in order to satisfy Richmond (a literal comment he made)