Trade Requested Bailey Smith

[bzparkes]

Smith likely to end up at Richmond via the PSD if Geelong don't get their act together and offer something reasonable.

He shouldn't have an issue with it, seeming ad he wants to play for the cats.

 

[STPer18]

Smith likely to end up at Richmond via the PSD if Geelong don't get their act together and offer something reasonable.

Trade period hasn't even opened yet. Some clubs are still playing footy believe it or not.

 

[FootyLad0]

Smith likely to end up at Richmond via the PSD if Geelong don't get their act together and offer something reasonable.

He shouldn't have an issue with it, seeming ad he wants to play for the cats.

Yawn We still going with the empty threat route?

 

[bzparkes]

Yawn We still going with the empty threat route?

What empty thread? He supposedly wants to play for a cat team. There's 3 of them and he hasn't nominated one yet.

 

[FootyLad0]

What empty thread? He supposedly wants to play for a cat team. There's 3 of them and he hasn't nominated one yet.

I'd imagine if he hasn't nominated it's cause the team he is going to is still playing Finals mate...bit of tact here.

Cats or hawks are the two.

 

[Doggy]

I'd imagine if he hasn't nominated it's cause the team he is going to is still playing Finals mate...bit of tact here.

Cats or hawks are the two.

Macrae hasn't and he's not going to Geelong

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Most in here need to chill and go and touch grass.
Patience needed. In time things will move along.

 

[Ashman23]

Sooooooooo, Smith nominates the Hawks on Monday?

 

[FootyLad0]

Sooooooooo, Smith nominates the Hawks on Monday?

If Hawks can pull off trading for Smith, Barrass AND Battle this offseason they deserve their flowers.
I personally can’t imagine Bailey would have purchased a house down the Surf Coast where he studies and also is the star of a local business if he wasn’t planning on moving there but stranger things have happened.

Whoever gets him will be very lucky.

 

[Bald]

If Hawks can pull off trading for Smith, Barrass AND Battle this offseason they deserve their flowers.
I personally can’t imagine Bailey would have purchased a house down the Surf Coast where he studies and also is the star of a local business if he wasn’t planning on moving there but stranger things have happened.

Whoever gets him will be very lucky.

It wouldn’t be that hard. Battle is a free agent and apparently Smith is only worth one first round pick in the teens, which leaves a future first for Barrass.

 

[Rob R]

Sooooooooo, Smith nominates the Hawks on Monday?

Nope,. signed with Cotton On and Bellarine real estate oops.sorry Geelong a while back.

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[Xtreme]

Too risky very much like a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.

Only takes another long term injury lay off for previous "demons" to reappear.

The flipside to that is of course he plays out of his skin and becomes the next gen GOAT.

 

[The 747]

Nope,. signed with Cotton On and Bellarine real estate oops.sorry Geelong a while back.

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Guess Dingley's not that attractive a destination. It's a shame the Hawks couldn't afford to stay in Hawthorn.

 

[4Seasons]

They really just compared All Australian and Top 5 Brownlow Finish Tim Kelly to post ACL tear Bailey Smith who hasn’t played in 12 months….how many All Australian gigs? How many times has he gone close to winning the freaking Brownlow?

Laughable, there’s levels to this.

Our fans have abused Bailey Smith in the past, now he's a great.
I do think we'll get a late first and future second though.
He's a good player, but if he was so awesome, he would have forced Macrae out of the midfield, not Richards.

 

[Rob R]

Guess Dingley's not that attractive a destination. It's a shame the Hawks couldn't afford to stay in Hawthorn.

I was saying it in jest in reality, Geelong and surrounds are a way better place to live than the crap heap Melbourne has become due to over population. That helps Geelong get and keep players cheaper.

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[FootyLad0]

Our fans have abused Bailey Smith in the past, now he's a great.
I do think we'll get a late first and future second though.
He's a good player, but if he was so awesome, he would have forced Macrae out of the midfield, not Richards.

Someone speaking with a clear head, thank you!
First and 2nd is plenty for an OOC very good player.

 

[Doggy]

Someone speaking with a clear head, thank you!
First and 2nd is plenty for an OOC very good player.

That's not the problem. The problem is a "first rounder" in the 20s.

That's not the same as a first rounder around 10 - 12 which is likely what would get it done.

Geelong Chased him for 18 months so it's on them to trade up, it isn't on the dogs.

Not all first rounders are equal, especially when this one in most years is a second rounder.

 

[Xtreme]

That's not the same as a first rounder around 10 - 12 which is likely what would get it done.

Geelong Chased him for 18 months so it's on them to trade up, it isn't on the dogs.

Boom

Geelong need to pay the Bulldogs asking price or its good night nurse.

 

[FootyLad0]

Boom

Geelong need to pay the Bulldogs asking price or its good night nurse.

I’d keep an eye on live trading.
Very likely Cats will go after Lions or Suns first to help them with points for father/son and/or academy picks

I have a feeling that pick 12 from Gold Coast that was originally Doggies first would be a good target.

 

[Xtreme]

I’d keep an eye on live trading.
Very likely Cats will go after Lions or Suns first to help them with points for father/son and/or academy picks

I have a feeling that pick 12 from Gold Coast that was originally Doggies first would be a good target.

Yeah kinda sucks going back up the ladder, needing to readjust plans (in this case satisfying rival clubs with trade compensation).

 

[westhawk]

If Hawks can pull off trading for Smith, Barrass AND Battle this offseason they deserve their flowers.
I personally can’t imagine Bailey would have purchased a house down the Surf Coast where he studies and also is the star of a local business if he wasn’t planning on moving there but stranger things have happened.

Whoever gets him will be very lucky.

Studies, please, what’s he repeating school from kindergarten again. He is thick as bricks.

 

[FootyLad0]

Studies, please, what’s he repeating school from kindergarten again. He is thick as bricks.

He attends Deakin University and studies Bachelor of Business.
Don’t judge a book by its cover, he’s pretty astute for a guy his age.
He knows marketing

 

[TY24]

Studies, please, what’s he repeating school from kindergarten again. He is thick as bricks.

And yet you’re the one slinging mud at him on an internet forum while he weighs up a multi-million dollar career move

 

[sleep]

He attends Deakin University and studies Bachelor of Business.
Don’t judge a book by its cover, he’s pretty astute for a guy his age.
He knows marketing

I hear he's sleeping with the professors to get his degree...

 

[The 747]

I was saying it in jest in reality, Geelong and surrounds are a way better place to live than the crap heap Melbourne has become due to over population. That helps Geelong get and keep players cheaper.

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Yes it is a big advantage for us now - it used to be a big disadvantage when nobody wanted to live in the area.