View Full Version : Picking up smith next year possible?
Just wondering, he's getting quite old. You would not expect more than 2-3 years from him. But then again sydney got everit last year, and he's about 3 years older!
I hate the AFL for doing this to us, I mean its not like we did not try to keep him on the senior list. You can't have a guy sitting on the list and then being out for 2 seasons. Just does not work.
Hopefully there is a shot, but its very unlikely that he will ever play an AFL game in the blue and gold.
Even if cones is presenting nicely, you have got to have a soft spot for Brad, he topped goal scoring in consecutive years, and yet still has not been able to get a game.
Possible? :confused:
SOSBenny
12 Jun 2007, 11:40
Yeh...he definately would deserve another chance I reckon, maybe at another club if young Chad Jones turns out to be a good find in the heat of the AFL.
Smiths already half way to the tonne in the WAFL, and he still has 10/11 games to play in the regular season. Obviously the defenders in the WAFL are second rate, and Smith could just about line up in any AFL forward line!
Nobody could have predicted him getting picked up by the Eagles and then doing his knee twice in two seasons! That's just down right rotten luck! :thumbsd:
flyinghi64
12 Jun 2007, 11:45
100% behind drafting Smith next year. The 2 yrs out of action would only prolong his playing days and the way he's played this year tells me he hasn't lost his touch or skills.
Even if he does only play for a couple of years he would be very good for us and also give us time to draft or groom a true forward positional player. At the moment we don't really have any.
Lynch is not an AFL full forward, he's an AFL player but not full forward.
GET BRAD SMITH NEXT YEAR
sydney eagle
12 Jun 2007, 12:44
Reports from "Eagles Flying High" imply that he is still hampered by his knee problems and can't turn very well at all. I think that we may never see Brad Smith play AFL. Such a shame.
Mr Eagle
12 Jun 2007, 15:47
So very risky... Troy Wilson proved that no amount of top performances in the WAFL guarantees becoming a powerhouse in the AFL.
yeahnar
12 Jun 2007, 16:15
I was really keen to see Smitty in action a couple of years ago and still wonder to this day how he would have gone in the afl fit and playing. I feel bad for the bloke but thems the breaks
eagles06
12 Jun 2007, 16:47
How would we get him? Through the draft or rookie draft? How does that side of it work?
Yeh...he definately would deserve another chance I reckon, maybe at another club if young Chad Jones turns out to be a good find in the heat of the AFL.
Smiths already half way to the tonne in the WAFL, and he still has 10/11 games to play in the regular season. Obviously the defenders in the WAFL are second rate, and Smith could just about line up in any AFL forward line!
Nobody could have predicted him getting picked up by the Eagles and then doing his knee twice in two seasons! That's just down right rotten luck! :thumbsd:
I wouldn't put a lot of faith in Chad Jones. Hit the draft...
Stenglein's a Champ!
12 Jun 2007, 20:08
How would we get him? Through the draft or rookie draft? How does that side of it work?
Pick him up with probably our last pick in the draft.
For me it's a no brainer, it's worth taking the risk if he's there with our last pick.
It's not like you can get a James Hird with your last pick these days.
eagles06
12 Jun 2007, 21:03
Pick him up with probably our last pick in the draft.
For me it's a no brainer, it's worth taking the risk if he's there with our last pick.
It's not like you can get a James Hird with your last pick these days.
Well look who we got with our last pick this year, Thompson isn't showing any hope, hes only in the WAFL reserves or something, I would much rather a guy who is Leading the goal kicking than him. We should be able to get 3 to 4 years out of him and thats probably the time frame when we will be very successful.
wce4premiership
12 Jun 2007, 21:21
it's interesting thinking about how we would have gone if he ws in the team.
Some things are just meant to be i guess.. Gardiner was the number one ruckman in the comp for a year, until he started getting his run of injuries. I hope they pick him up next year, It would definately be the feel good story of the AFL. He really deserves a go. And someone with the resilience to get two season ending injuries and then come back (even to wafl level) is really a person you want near your younger fellas.
A++ smithy :thumbsu:
Smith wouldn't do as good as people think IMO.
I think we'd be guaranteed 60 goals a year with his inclusion. Its all hypothetical i guess, hopefully we'll see him next year though. Fingers crossed.
stewpyd2
12 Jun 2007, 23:41
60 goals? No way. 45 at the most. I like him, but don't see him ever playing AFL.
larrikin
12 Jun 2007, 23:59
He can't even train fully for Subi. No way he'd be fit enough for AFL.
And he also wouldn't be able to lead straight up the guts as he does in the WAFL.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan and was as dissapointed as anyone when he went down the secodnd time - but if the bloke was any chance to play he'd still be on the list (or re-drafted). The club knows what it's doing in these areas.
94_Eagles
13 Jun 2007, 00:39
Is it more risky to list Smith than someone like Spangher? Sanity must prevail here, surely!
larrikin
13 Jun 2007, 00:44
Is it more risky to list Smith than someone like Spangher? Sanity must prevail here, surely!
He simply ain't fit enough.
We have to make at leat three changes at season's end - Spanderman (sp?) looks good to be promoted, and I would think that the club will look at Jones and McNamara. We'll also obviously be looking at the best young talent available at our picks.
How many players do you think will leave our list?
thefamilyguy
13 Jun 2007, 11:46
I guess it all comes down to how many games you thought he could play. If he could play ever second week, why wouldn't we pick him up? or even if he only played 7 or 8 games. He's going to straighten us up and give lynch a chance to play a bit further up the ground. His tank is good enough for afl as well. I keep hearing that he doesn't finishe training sessions with subi, that has to be because of injury surely? it couldn't be because he's unfit, he runs miles during a game.
Better a match winner at waft level than someone who isn't shining at waft level.
I think we'd be guaranteed 60 goals a year with his inclusion. Its all hypothetical i guess, hopefully we'll see him next year though. Fingers crossed.
That's hype for sure.....
He was a mature age player when we picked him up - he'd be three years older, and have two knee recos behind him at the end of this year; it would be highly unlikely that he'd be more than casually considered.
greennick
14 Jun 2007, 02:04
He can't even train fully for Subi. No way he'd be fit enough for AFL.
And he also wouldn't be able to lead straight up the guts as he does in the WAFL.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan and was as dissapointed as anyone when he went down the secodnd time - but if the bloke was any chance to play he'd still be on the list (or re-drafted). The club knows what it's doing in these areas.
I agree, from watching the WAFL, he seems to lead straight up the middle most of the time. He doesn't seem to be able to turn as well as he used to. He won't be able to cut it in the AFL with his current fitness, although he may be OK by the end of the year. If he has any chance WC will pick him up with their last pick. Although, that means a young bloke needs to be dropped. Plus all the others that will need to be dropped to make room for the new draftees and it is not looking good for Smithy.
With the amount of ball that comes into our 50 (no matter how bad.. you still some great entries), smith would easily get atleast a couple marks per season. And given his ability to kick goals (deadly accurate), that is pretty much all he'd have to do. Ofcourse he would get an AFL backman on him, but i'm sure he'd managed.
The fact that he's not fit and injury prone, will just be made worse by playing in the AFL. Therefore, it will probably not happen. But if it did, I still think he'd be able to kick over 40 easily.
wce4premiership
16 Jun 2007, 15:26
With the amount of ball that comes into our 50 (no matter how bad.. you still some great entries), smith would easily get atleast a couple marks per season. And given his ability to kick goals (deadly accurate), that is pretty much all he'd have to do. Ofcourse he would get an AFL backman on him, but i'm sure he'd managed.
The fact that he's not fit and injury prone, will just be made worse by playing in the AFL. Therefore, it will probably not happen. But if it did, I still think he'd be able to kick over 40 easily.
hahahaha he is a given then, get him in now!!!111
hahahaha he is a given then, get him in now!!!111
haha, my bad. Nice of you to pick up on that :p
The_Eagles
17 Jun 2007, 19:32
forget smith
He's 28 now, hard to forget him but I guess cones timing has been exquisite.
It seems that we have an adequate replacement brooding. However we must not forget that he played for kangaz (I think) and never made it. So we'll see what happens. :thumbsu:
I havnt spoken to him in ages but I do know he is yet to actually train since the knee op. Hes absolutely crocked to say the least and the fact hes kicked 70 odd goals really says alot about his skills. Id hope the Eagles put in another application to get him on the rookie list. It couldnt hurt.
sydney eagle
3 Jul 2007, 13:32
I havnt spoken to him in ages but I do know he is yet to actually train since the knee op. Hes absolutely crocked to say the least and the fact hes kicked 70 odd goals really says alot about his skills. Id hope the Eagles put in another application to get him on the rookie list. It couldnt hurt. Does it also say something about the standard of the WAFL ?
flyinghi64
3 Jul 2007, 17:54
Unfortuneatly Smith has already said in an interview he has made two attempts at AFL and it wasn't meant to be so that's that and all he want's to do is play WAFL and help Subi to another GF and kick 100 goals in the home and away games.
I would have loved to see him play with the Eagles but after that interview I have given up on that hope.
Boy from the West
3 Jul 2007, 18:02
I sat quietly at the Subi v Perth game (what was I thinking) just to see Smith.
IMHO he has no AFL future. It is a pity because before the knee blow outs I thought he was going to be a very useful player for us.
He will never regain the agility and ability to twist and turn. He is limited to running straight, marking it and kicking straight. At WAFL his sheer class and the good Subi delivery sets it up but his body no longer can allow him to play at the top.
As I said - it is a pity but his limitations now preclude him from being at his best which he needed to be at.
Will kick as many goals as he wants in WAFL because he is that good.