Retired # 5: Devon Smith - Hanging up the boots - Thanks for everything Devon! - 12/8

[Beerfish]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2023
Last Game Played: Round 11, 2022 (inj)
Injury Status: Mid-season knee surgery no time frame yet - 15/6

My Boy Draft 2022: Claim here

 

[Pweter]

Do we have anyone to bring in for Dev as he's been putrid tonight and deserves to be dropped

 

[VelvetSledge]

Had a shocker tonight.

 

[JayJ20]

If it's a development year, then his spot in the side has to come into question.
Zaharakis isn't an automatic lock and neither is he.

 

[Squid Squadron]

Drop him

 

[citizen-erased]

Do we have anyone to bring in for Dev as he's been putrid tonight and deserves to be dropped

Come MSD we may.
has until then or Caldwell being ready to come back in to sort out the lack of impact
Headless chicken out there at the moment.

 

[The Devils Advocate]

******* awful.

 

[yaco55]

Reckon he's been a bit off this year and tonight was his poorest game - He can do better.

 

[Megabattimus]

Drop him for Zaharakis.

 

[CBombers17]

CLM by whoever signed off on this one. Plenty have been retired with more to offer than Dev at this stage. A real head scratcher.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Not 100% sure what role he’s meant to be playing.

 

[ghostdog]

Not 100% sure what role he’s meant to be playing.

I feel like he's been disenfranchised by Snelling.

 

[Seb78]

Drop him for Zaharakis.

Same s**t different player

 

[Nifft]

I feel like he's been disenfranchised by Snelling.

Imagine if he was playing as well as Snelling though, two tackling machines in the forward line would be enormous. Not to mention adding Tippa to that as well with his pressure.

Hope he can get back near to his best.

 

[srobbo]

Drop him for Zaharakis.

let’s not.

 

[Nicholas61]

CLM by whoever signed off on this one. Plenty have been retired with more to offer than Dev at this stage. A real head scratcher.

It’s these decisions and lack of ruthlessness that is worrying.

 

[The Donners]

Nothing has changed after a big loss against a quality list. One good game this year (when we had 21 other players who had a good game) and we extended his contract. It’s comically typical Essendon.

I’d like to know if it was a really cheap deal and he was ok to be dropped to the reserves and/or whether Rutten was asked for his opinion.

 

[Lore]

Brisbane was his 50th game for Essendon unless I'm much mistaken.

 

[The Donners]

Brisbane was his 50th game for Essendon unless I'm much mistaken.

Walk him to 100 for his kin?

 

[eth-dog]

Brisbane was his 50th game for Essendon unless I'm much mistaken.

Yep.

 

[Lore]

Walk him to 100 for his kin?

Well, two healthy seasons is almost enough games to make that happen... still a while away though.

 

[The Donners]

Well, two healthy seasons is almost enough games to make that happen... still a while away though.

The dream would be he returns to his best but it rarely happens when players bodies are rooted. I’ve given up on getting more than 2-3 good games in a season. I don’t think his body can back it up week after week.

 

[EnolaGay]

The dream would be he returns to his best but it rarely happens when players bodies are rooted. I’ve given up on getting more than 2-3 good games in a season. I don’t think his body can back it up week after week.

Which begs the question why he got two more years.

I think he was meant to be the defensive forward on Rich last night, which was a monumental fail.

He did manage to intercept the pass that was heading straight to Stringer's chest.

 

[The Donners]

Which begs the question why he got two more years.

I think he was meant to be the defensive forward on Rich last night, which was a monumental fail.

He did manage to intercept the pass that was heading straight to Stringer's chest.

Who is responsible for the list management?

 

[Old Campaigner]

Which begs the question why he got two more years.

I think he was meant to be the defensive forward on Rich last night, which was a monumental fail.

He did manage to intercept the pass that was heading straight to Stringer's chest.

Because we're not going to have anyone to take his spot regularly in the next two years.

Who is he keeping out of the team?

 

[EnolaGay]

Because we're not going to have anyone to take his spot regularly in the next two years.

Who is he keeping out of the team?

In 2022 and 23? Any number of recruits/draftees.