Bailey Smith

[Dazb86]

I must be in the minority and sure I am older than most of you on here (in my 50's). The guy makes a living on social media. He is constantly on it...half naked. Constantly promoting himself. Shirtless with abs is his brand. So this whole media pressure line is total bulltish from my perspective.

For mine (and I don't know the bloke from a bar of soap), he's an old fashioned w@nker. Do kids even use that term these days? A flog. A d1ckhead. A well paid one but nonetheless, still a w@nker.

And this whole mental health card he's played...I take extreme offence at. I assert that he got caught doing coke (or whatever) and played the mental health card. Rankine playing that card was also offensive.

I'm not saying he needs to be penalised or censured. I don't get easily offended and also understand most footballers are not role models. And I make sure my kids understand that. FFS, I played ammos for years and have seen what half the Melbourne legal community gets up to on a Saturday night. Including KC's and partners in the largest law firms. Or at least what they used to get up to when they were in their 20's. Bailey being a d1ckhead and doing "rec drugs" is neither here nor there for me. The mental health card is where he crossed the line...for mine.

He can play football though. Good player. Excellent athlete.

I think Smiths mental issues are genuine.

Bit of a fruit loop.

 

[undefined]

And this whole mental health card he's played...I take extreme offence at. I assert that he got caught doing coke (or whatever) and played the mental health card.

Totally agree with your post though will point out he has suffered from severe OCD since his teenage years. There are scars on his forearm from self-harm. Bailey absolutely struggles with life - does it justify his shit behaviour? Of course ****ing not.

 

[GoPies1]

When has he admitted he is a junkie

Have you got a quote that backs this up

A junkie is someone with a chronic physical addiction to drugs who can’t function without them. Usually heroin or ice. Smith was a sometime user of recreational drugs

You continue to tread a very fine line between the real and the imagined.

A junkie is a person addicted to any illicit drug
There are no recreational drugs, they are all illegal and addictive
Addiction is dependent of the individual person.
There are functional junkies as there are functional alcoholics
He has spoken of his issues as well as mental health
Which is wearing thin, and rightly pointed out by Gary Lyon
Dwayn Russell is the other one that has voiced disgust
Kudos to someone in the media actually calling it out

 

[geelong_crazy26]

Just watched the seven news report of the incident
They highlighted it’s the second time against this particular person and raised another incident against another female, 3rd time all up
Then mentioned a fine, which was followed by at the very very least

Coming from the major sponsor , the media will go from larrikan to something darker, they will bury him

Hopefully he gets some serious counselling and support because it’s going to get ugly for him

Lol storm in a teacup

 

[Jane Doe]

Gerard Wheatley's silence has been deafening. Could only imagine if it was another club.

 

[GoPies1]

I’m done with the back and forth on this issue
Geelong supporters are insufferable, zero accountability

Can’t wait to see the supportive rhetoric around your other problem once it’s allowed to be released to the public.
That will be some interesting reading seeing you all justify his actions

 

[StillAtLarge]

Gerard Whateley's silence has been deafening. Could only imagine if it was another club.

He's a rusted on fan. Still worships GA senior as though he's some kind of deity.
Don't expect impartiality from him

 

[Wojcinski]

I’m done with the back and forth on this issue
Geelong supporters are insufferable, zero accountability

Can’t wait to see the supportive rhetoric around your other problem once it’s allowed to be released to the public.
That will be some interesting reading seeing you all justify his actions

lmao why should Geelong supporters be held accountable for a player that plays for their club? Were you personally accountable when Jordan DeGoey SA'd those women, or when Dane Swan bashed that cabbie?

 

[Count_Zero]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-star-bailey-smith-apologises-to-photographer-after-verbal-spray/news-story/0012ccddd8c48dfb3216bf50938a1952

Real classy by Smith, couldn't muster up a face to face. Pathetic.

 

[Count_Zero]

Also, funny that Rankine gets 4 weeks for similar actions. Only difference is one was about sexuality and the other was domestic violence. I doubt Smith gets sanctioned.

 

[fpm84]

Also, funny that Rankine gets 4 weeks for similar actions. Only difference is one was about sexuality and the other was domestic violence. I doubt Smith gets sanctioned.

This story has nothing to do with DV and everything to do with how Smith regulates his emotions and deals with the media. Are you equally as angry about Smith using even more colourful language towards a male photographer recently?

 

[Wojcinski]

Also, funny that Rankine gets 4 weeks for similar actions. Only difference is one was about sexuality and the other was domestic violence. I doubt Smith gets sanctioned.

is telling someone they're doing a shit job considered domestic violence now? Like I really don't rate what Bailey has done but lets not make things up

 

[Cam Payne]

If he didn't like one photo being taken of him getting a massage, he could have just asked, but instead he chose to carry on like a pork chop. Probably needs to talk to someone about his anger management.

 

[St 07]

"after apologising for telling the photographer to **** off, I was at my lowest point"

 

[docks]

lmao why should Geelong supporters be held accountable for a player that plays for their club? Were you personally accountable when Jordan DeGoey SA'd those women, or when Dane Swan bashed that cabbie?

I can only just imagine what you’d say if it was De Goey.

 

[Corn Cobbers]

Totally agree with your post though will point out he has suffered from severe OCD since his teenage years. There are scars on his forearm from self-harm. Bailey absolutely struggles with life - does it justify his shit behaviour? Of course ****ing not.

I'm not sure how you reconcile "struggles with life" with his Instagram account infested with shirtless pics and screaming for attention

 

[PhatBoy]

A junkie is a person addicted to any illicit drug
There are no recreational drugs, they are all illegal and addictive
Addiction is dependent of the individual person.
There are functional junkies as there are functional alcoholics
He has spoken of his issues as well as mental health
Which is wearing thin, and rightly pointed out by Gary Lyon
Dwayn Russell is the other one that has voiced disgust
Kudos to someone in the media actually calling it out

Again, he has made no admission of the sort. Calling him a junkie is equally ****ing disgusting. You wouldn’t have the balls to call him that to his face and rightly so. You’re preaching about how he should be treating other people and yes you’re correct. But in doing so you’re showing a level of personal judgement way beyond your station.

He took drugs a few times 3 years ago. That doesn’t make someone a current junkie. It didn’t make him one then, either. Wake up to yourself and stop using something from years ago as a means of point scoring and condemning a totally unrelated act in the present

 

[Blackhawk42]

The absolute STINK on this season in the history books if Smith wins the Brownlow and Geelong the flag...

 

[STPer18]

So that's it, all over? Welp, back to clutching those pearls, fellas.

 

[PhatBoy]

The absolute STINK on this season in the history books if Smith wins the Brownlow and Geelong the flag...

Yes it has been boosted immeasurably by his swearing at some photographers and given us an unfair advantage

 

[Hoops]

I’m done with the back and forth on this issue
Geelong supporters are insufferable, zero accountability

Can’t wait to see the supportive rhetoric around your other problem once it’s allowed to be released to the public.
That will be some interesting reading seeing you all justify his actions

Why would Geelong supporters justify that behaviour and not justify this behaviour

 

[Sentinel]

Not surprising that the AFL would accept Smith's text message apology as sufficient and close the matter out immediately, despite the pattern of behaviour. In any other workplace...

 

[Hoops]

The absolute STINK on this season in the history books if Smith wins the Brownlow and Geelong the flag...

 

[Bald]

It's really not a big deal, I wrote "Baz doing Baz things" earlier in this thread, that's all it is.

Is he a bit of a dickhead? Yep. Is it the perfect preparation for the Cats as a club? Probably not but hardly the worst thing - Baz has shown he performs when this sort of stuff is happening.

Not a hangable offence. Apology should've probably been face to face but again, hardly a hangable offence. Time to move on.

 

[Elixuh]

Wait he did a text message apology?

Gawd how weak can you be. Show some maturity Bailey. He acts like a boy who has never needed to grow up past 16 or 17. The text was probably typed out by staff for him.