List Mgmt. Welcome Bailey Smith - officially (and finally) traded to Geelong

[catempire]

BTW - I took your post as taking the piss out of others

I didn't think you were being serious with it

You’re close! Good try. But yes not serious.

 

[Bunnings]

 

[year of the cat]

Met him the other day with one of my sons. More than happy to have a quick chat and photo with my boy. As we walked off my 13 year old said, “he even smells good”.

 

[OzeSparky]

Met him the other day with one of my sons. More than happy to have a quick chat and photo with my boy. As we walked off my 13 year old said, “he even smells good”.

Did Bailey Sniff him?

 

[Strange Cat]

Bevo in a presser last year after a loss basically blamed the loss on the fact he hadn't made any changes for 3 weeks and i was WTF

The man can't coach without constantly shuffling players around.

It just goes to show that Bevo has no accountability if he’s looking for reasons for a loss and pinning it on stuff like this

 

[CharacterFirst]

Did Bailey Sniff him?

No. He sniffed Bailey.

This sort of thing will decrease in time.

It's more a Dog thing than a Cat behaviour.

 

[Hinkley29]

I think there’s a good chance Geelong supporters will be a bit disappointed with Smith, at least in 2025.

That’s because (a) he’s not the superstar some think he is and (b) the ACL will be a drag.

That kind of thinking is not welcome around here

 

[Hinkley29]

I think everyone has a realistic expectation of a player coming off a long term injury and having to adapt to a new gameplan…I think he will be fine at the very least it takes some pressure and opposition attention away from the kids to allow them to delvelop at their own pace and frees them up.

I must have interpreted the expectations on here differently to you.

Based on the reactions to the trade, some people on here think we have pulled off the heist of the century.

 

[My Tilly]

Based on the reactions to the trade, some people on here think we have pulled off the heist of the century.

Gave up pick 17 & 38 for a player who will play over 250 games for the club and we also get back pick 45 (probably comes down to 40 after all is said and done.

Obviously, if, and it's a big if, but if we turn pick 45 into a player who is in our best 22 by 2026, it is a masterstroke.

 

[Turkey Tom]

On the long hair thing, I do remember Tommy Alvin from Carlton being dragged to the ground by his hair. Umpire paid a free for holding the ball against him. Tommy was not happy!

 

[Mangy Carl]

I must have interpreted the expectations on here differently to you.

Based on the reactions to the trade, some people on here think we have pulled off the heist of the century.

By RD 13 2023, Smith was probably the 2nd best midfielder selected from the 2018 draft (behind Sam Walsh)

That draft contained -

1 - Walsh
5 - Rozee
7 - Smith
8 - T Thomas
9 - C Jones
11 - Caldwell
12 - Butters
14 - Hately
16 - McHenry
17 - Sturt
18 - Duursma

The second half of that season saw a pretty major drop off in performance from him (RD 1-13 ave 26.9 possessions 14-23 ave 18.9 possessions), and he was overtaken by both Rozee and Butters.

Then, obviously, 2024 was a wipe out..

 

[catempire]

That kind of thinking is not welcome around here

Look I’m 20 years into not drinking bath water and I’m not about to start now. You make a few enemies along the way.

 

[Munich]

On the long hair thing, I do remember Tommy Alvin from Carlton being dragged to the ground by his hair. Umpire paid a free for holding the ball against him. Tommy was not happy!

Cripps got a fine for pulling Baz's hair once.

 

[Cat Addict]

So what number does Baz get 2, 3 or 23?

 

[Tony Barber]

Gee he comes across as a smug bugger. Let's see how quickly we can get him to pull his head in.

 

[Cat Addict]

Gee he comes across as a smug bugger. Let's see how quickly we can get him to pull his head in.

just need to get him to wear a top first, before any head pulling in happens.

 

[My Tilly]

Gee he comes across as a smug bugger. Let's see how quickly we can get him to pull his head in.

We can't.
He is who he is.

As long as he remains level-headed off field, that's all we can ask for.

 

[Oisin_the_Goat]

help me get this thread going

Harley Reid disgruntled with the eagles and wants out to the Cattery to join Bazlenka

Disgruntled, previously a Cats supporter, wants to join Bazlenka. Discuss in this forum.

www.bigfooty.com

 

[Tony Barber]

We can't.
He is who he is.

As long as he remains level-headed off field, that's all we can ask for.

Look, I dont mean that we try to make him.
And to be honest, if he kicks 40 and has 30 goal assists I really won't care.

But by being around others like Danger, Stewart, Cameron that may just make him re-adjust on his own.
Thats where Selwood and Hawkins were so important I think.

I did like how he said he likes the idea of training and then hitting the beach.
Because we know Geelong run a completely different training regime. i.e. 'do what you want but get your training done'.

And if he sees others working their butt off and then hitting the golf course (for example) then I hope he falls into that mantra.

 

[noclashjumpers]

Dan menzel did his acl 3 times.

From what I understand there's been a lot of progress/change in the way players rehab from an ACL. I think the procedure itself has also evolved. But then, yes, there's always an element of luck, or lack of it.

 

[Tony Barber]

From what I understand there's been a lot of progress/change in the way players rehab from an ACL. I think the procedure itself has also evolved. But then, yes, there's always an element of luck, or lack of it.

Menzel was a different ball game.
It wasn't 3 ACL's on the one knee.

We went to the extraordinary lengths of scraping out one replacement. Letting him go to Europe so the leg could recover and then they replaced the ACL traditionally.

And then we sent him to the USA so that he could be taught how to change his gait.
We threw everything at that.

Some people obviously just have natural body flaws. For example, he never did a PCL.

 

[Strange Cat]

I must have interpreted the expectations on here differently to you.

Based on the reactions to the trade, some people on here think we have pulled off the heist of the century.

Pick 17 for a far better player than what we would had got in the draft which would had blown out to mid 20’s …give it a rest posters are allowed to be excited about the ****ing future

 

[My Tilly]

Menzel was a different ball game.
It wasn't 3 ACL's on the one knee.

We went to the extraordinary lengths of scraping out one replacement. Letting him go to Europe so the leg could recover and then they replaced the ACL traditionally.

And then we sent him to the USA so that he could be taught how to change his gait.
We threw everything at that.

Some people obviously just have natural body flaws. For example, he never did a PCL.

I thought Menzel ended up having LARS on multiple occasions and it turns out this procedure was not the right way to go in hindsight.

 

[cats_09]

 

[Spearman]

We can't.
He is who he is.

As long as he remains level-headed off field, that's all we can ask for.

This, footy must be his priority. He can't let his influencer fame, revenue, and content creation affect that.