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

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[Schnitzengruben]

Injuries can be a real bastard. He's exactly the type of player we need out there atm. His BnF year will be one for the archives.

Thanks Dev! All the best.

 

[The Donners]

A very selfless and classy act. Well played Dev.

Loved his 2018 season. If all our players played with the same intensity each week we’d finish top 4.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

jmoo wan does this mean that olde man McDonagh is now officially the oldest bloke on our list??

 

[ant555]

Thanks Dev. Too bad the injuries slowed you down after a great first year.

 

[CBombers17]

Smashed himself to bits. Took his chance in the middle in 2018 and played like his life depended on it. Will always respect Devon for that.

 

[nipst@r]

Classy act by Dev. Even just to free up a spot. Was great at his best, last few years make it easy to forget how good he was. body just couldn't do what it used to. Been done for a while so glad no more damage done to his post footy future.

as called at the time really should never have been given the extra year on the contract as his body was showing signs he was cooked then. Our poor list mgmt cost us couple of hundred grand paying him out on this one.

Hurley potentially next week. This extra spot now free means carrying 1 cooked bloke for leadership (Heppel) doesn't hurt our future as much.

 

[jmoo wan]

jmoo wan does this mean that olde man McDonagh is now officially the oldest bloke on our list??

honestly that selection still absolutely baffles me.

 

[carnthedons]

Absolutely divine from Devon and he knows it

Devon Smith slots through a stunning snap from a tight angle and celebrates his work

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One for the memories

 

[DapperDon]

Absolutely divine from Devon and he knows it

Devon Smith slots through a stunning snap from a tight angle and celebrates his work

www.afl.com.au

One for the memories

Shame about Hamish ruining it by existing.

 

[The Donners]

Hurley potentially next week. This extra spot now free means carrying 1 cooked bloke for leadership (Heppel) doesn't hurt our future as much.

Dev is giving us this opportunity to sweep the list. Let’s just take the opportunity.

 

[foj1]

Who gets number 5?
my vote is Sam Durham or massimo dambrossio

 

[eth-dog]

Who gets number 5?
my vote is Sam Durham or massimo dambrossio

Josh Dunkley

 

[foj1]

Fair call

 

[carnthedons]

Shame about Hamish ruining it by existing.

That and covid meaning no crowd (along with Jobe sounding like he’s got an ABI)

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Who gets number 5?
my vote is Sam Durham or massimo dambrossio

N Martin

 

[Albertross]

I'd be giving it to Hobbs personally.

 

[eth-dog]

I'd be giving it to Hobbs personally.

I doubt we'll see anyone in the top 20 change number

 

[The Devils Advocate]

Devon has stopped yelling at him.

 

[Beerfish]

I doubt we'll see anyone in the top 20 change number

Don't be like that man

 

[Squeaky]

Onya Dev.
Im glad he has his name on the honour board and also his own AFL record.
2018 season was awesome!
We will miss that intensity.
I will miss the high knee goal celebrations that channeled Timmy Watson in 1984.
Good luck and hope to see you on a golf course one day!

 

[citizen-erased]

Jeez,
I'd challenge anyone to watch that video with dry eyes.

Always seems to follow a trend.
Hurls looks like he's seeing Bambi's mum shot for the first time
Harvs sits there unmoved.

Love Dev. Was my favourite giant from watching their first match.
That SSSSS set of trades sadly never panned out, but he was a great get and did the jumper proud.

Worthy of the #5.
Go well Dev.

 

[citizen-erased]

Annoyingly the exact player the forwardline is missing, all the best for whatever the future brings Dev.

Dev and tippa would have made for an extremely good combo. Add 2021 stringer and 2022 wright.

"What could have been" fwd line mk2.

 

[naraku]

Thanks Dev! good luck to you

 

[ghostdog]

Farewell Devdog! Always tried his best to give us beastmode, even when the body couldn't respond. The players need to channel 2018 Dev.

 

[Foxx]

Won a Best and Fairest. Enough said really.