Player Watch #8: Bailey Scott

[giantroo]

Cats bid for Bailey at 49 and we match it.

 

[muttley45]

Welcome to North Bailey, absolute bargain, picks 61 and 101 i think, well done to our recruiting staff.

 

[marklovesbeer]

Extremely happy with this one.

Welcome to the NMFC Bails!

 

[Rockstar6]

Welcome Bailey! Good to officially say it

 

[R00StaR]

 

[Billy Not Really]

Drifted way further than I thought, he comes at an absolute bargain for a player who was rated in the top 15-30 range.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Welcome home Scotty.

 

[The Dingrel]

Biggest bargain in this years draft.

 

[giantroo]

 

[Snake_Baker]

200+ game bargain

 

[ferball]

49!!!

You are tripping rest of the AFL!!!

Should be in the top 20 players. Could be considered top ten of this draft by 2022 if he hits every strap he can.

 

[Firestarter]

I only pot Geelong in this post because it's easy, but suck on that. You guys got all the FS picks before the system got gimped.

Welcome Bails. I apologise again.

 

[roomagic1984]

Can someone please explain why we needed to use pick 61 AND 101?

- pick 101 doesnt have any points value
- pick 61 (worth 135 points) should have covered pick 49 (287 points) with discount of 197 - only needed 90 points (which is pick 65)?

 

[shinboner magic]

Bailey getting picked so late got Curtis Taylor - win/win.

 

[ozzyoslo]

Too much positive press about him lately. Reckon his bid will be around 20.

After yesterday's stommphing by the crows, I was happy to read that you were wrong. I hope in years to come that Scott and Crocks gets stuck into Blakey.

 

[Snake_Baker]

Very classy Gold Coast.

 

[Heaps of fun]

After yesterday's stommphing by the crows, I was happy to read that you were wrong. I hope in years to come that Scott and Crocks gets stuck into Blakey.

Got that call arse backwards. About the same result as them both going where they were most expected to (Tarryn around 12, Bailey 30).

 

[RobZombie]

Can someone please explain why we needed to use pick 61 AND 101?

- pick 101 doesnt have any points value
- pick 61 (worth 135 points) should have covered pick 49 (287 points) with discount of 197 - only needed 90 points (which is pick 65)?

101 represented our last available list spot. 61 had leftover points that created 70 so 101 has no reason to exist any more.

 

[Snake_Baker]

THE campaignerS STOLE MY ****ING HIGHLIGHTS PACKAGE!

 

[benbanjo]

Looks like he will become a nie strong player in a few years once he fills out.Very nice pickup so late in the draft.

 

[Shermanator]

Very classy Gold Coast.

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[The Warlord]

Very classy Gold Coast.

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Good news is in such short supply up there they have to take what they can.

 

[Snake_Baker]

BARGAIN BUYS

To some, Bailey Scott had the potential to go in the first round. Instead, he had to wait until the third round to eventually land at his preferred destination.

As a Gold Coast academy member and father-son eligible to both North Melbourne and Geelong, Scott had a choice of three clubs to nominate last month. He chose the Roos.

Come draft day though, it was the Cats that tried to throw a curve ball, bidding on Scott at Pick 49. The Kangaroos, however, were quick to match.

“I can’t believe he got that far down the draft,” Ablett said.

“He’s a natural reader of the ball off hands, great goal sense, got elite running patterns, an outstanding person with leadership traits … he’s got a bright AFL future.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/af...s/news-story/8caf82f186f30e0855d48d694a43a98e

 

[ozzyoslo]

We got Kyron back...

 

[Snake_Baker]

Swings and roundabouts for Roos with bidding system
Nick Bowen
Nov 23, 2018 5:13PM

Bailey Scott in action for the Allies during the U18 champs

IF NORTH Melbourne paid a slightly inflated price for Tasmanian academy member Tarryn Thomas, the bidding system swung back in its favour when an unexpectedly late call for father-son recruit Bailey Scott allowed it to trade up the draft order and claim mercurial forward Curtis Taylor.

Thomas had been widely tipped to be a first-round pick, but most were expecting him to fall later than pick No.8, the bid by Adelaide that the Kangaroos were forced to match on the opening night of the NAB AFL Draft.

However, Scott, the son of 1996 premiership Kangaroo Robert Scott, slid to No.49 on Friday despite being widely tipped to attract a rival bid in the second round of the draft, perhaps even as soon as the early 30s.

The rival bid came from Geelong, which also had father-son rights to Scott before the Gold Coast academy member nominated North as his preferred AFL club ahead of the Cats and Suns.

Scott is a medium forward/midfielder who averaged 23.8 possessions as captain of the Allies in the 2018 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships to win All Australian honours.

Finnigan admitted the late bid for Scott took the Roos by surprise and unexpectedly opened the door for them to pounce on Taylor.

"We rate Bailey really highly and were surprised where that bid came in, so to have the ability to trade out and get Curtis in was a great result for us," Finnigan said.