Trade Requested Bailey Smith - Reportedly headed to Geelong

[Art Vandelay_]

Other than a 23 year old gun now potentially at a finals competitor.

Didn't have him so can't lose him.
Only 1 club loses out of it went to the draft, and it isn't Geelong.

Moot as it will end in an amicable trade.

 

[Mantastic]

What has Mackie done during trade period?
He's had 9 days to improve pick 17.
Picks 3, 9, 12 and 14 have all moved but Mackie has done NOTHING.

Why give up something we don't have to? There's no need to upgrade 17 we're not West Coast. Mackie's goal is to meet Geelong's objectives, not give the Bulldogs anything they want.

 

[sleep]

He probably still thinks 17 will be enough, poor guy.

Sammy P will put a bow on Smith @ 17 and send him to the cattery.

Doggies classic little man syndrome...

 

[CatToTheFuture]

What has Mackie done during trade period?
He's had 9 days to improve pick 17.
Picks 3, 9, 12 and 14 have all moved but Mackie has done NOTHING.

Why would he do anything?

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

Though 17 is on the table, I reckon Sammy P blinks first and accepts 38 only.

 

[DogDays]

Why wouldn’t Richmond take him in the draft? They’ve got a need for quality, he could be their gun midfielder with a mountain of social media fans, get paid buckets and they have the cap space to make it happen. I’m sure they could sweeten the deal with a tonne of money over what the cats can offer.


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[Libbaaaa]

Why wouldn’t Richmond take him in the draft? They’ve got a need for quality, he could be their gun midfielder with a mountain of social media fans, get paid buckets and they have the cap space to make it happen. I’m sure they could sweeten the deal with a tonne of money over what the cats can offer.


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They would definitely take him at 14, but even the official AFL website has an article saying that won’t happen because Connors would cry and the other 16 clubs would get so very angry.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Why wouldn’t Richmond take him in the draft? They’ve got a need for quality, he could be their gun midfielder with a mountain of social media fans, get paid buckets and they have the cap space to make it happen. I’m sure they could sweeten the deal with a tonne of money over what the cats can offer.


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Yze is yet to establish himself and he's about to start recruitment of his teenage playing group. He's not bringing a potentially disgruntled voice with some off field issues into that group even at pick 70.

There are clubs I would think consider it. Richmond is not one of them.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

What has Mackie done during trade period?
He's had 9 days to improve pick 17.
Picks 3, 9, 12 and 14 have all moved but Mackie has done NOTHING.

He doesn't need to.

 

[Hamingja]

What has Mackie done during trade period?
He's had 9 days to improve pick 17.
Picks 3, 9, 12 and 14 have all moved but Mackie has done NOTHING.

Because he doesn't need to. We don't have spare capital to be able to upgrade so we won't. He wouldn't have even tried.

 

[Hamingja]

There are clubs I would think consider it. Richmond is not one of them.

The Saints would be the team that might do it via the draft. Top 10 pick would be a lot to pay for someone that doesn't want to be there but they have offered cash to every last man and their dog and got turned down, Smith via the draft couldn't turn them down. It would be Ross' call 100% if it came to it.

 

[HairyO]

The Saints would be the team that might do it via the draft. Top 10 pick would be a lot to pay for someone that doesn't want to be there but they have offered cash to every last man and their dog and got turned down, Smith via the draft couldn't turn them down. It would be Ross' call 100% if it came to it.

Probably comes down to whether Smith nominates 2 years x $1m to scare away clubs, or he nominates the contract which Geelong would be paying. 5 or 6 x $900k.