Let's talk about... Bailey Smith

[BulldogMuscle]

Pretty sure we’re now guaranteed to be non the wiser about contract until late in the year and any chance of resigning is out the window until then.

Other way around I'd think. Clear up the contract s**t now so he can focus on rehab

 

[revo333]

Just comes across like the kind of guy that will eventually leave for a bigger club.

 

[PocketRocket08]

Just comes across like the kind of guy that will eventually leave for a bigger club.

How do you come to that conclusion?

 

[grassman75]

Shattered for Baz….as he was leaving the ground, Sanders apparently came up to console him and Baz was heard to say “shut up and take my midfield spot”

 

[stefoid]

Shattered for Baz….as he was leaving the ground, Sanders apparently came up to console him and Baz was heard to say “shut up and take my midfield spot”

quite the assumption there by Smith, given last year

 

[Bramax]

If any Collingwood nuff comes to our board suggesting this injury means he will/should cost less for a trade, they should be permabanned

My first instinct is to feel extremely sorry for Bailey Smith (and feel for the Doggies too). Any of that other crap is of secondary importance.

 

[theAthenian]

I feel for the kid rest terrible luck
still young hopefully his speed isn't impacted too much after rehab
this will be a very positive year for bailey's growth mentally

 

[Chicago1]

Did I just see Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

8.5

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

3.8

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

19.8

5star

K

9.6

4star

HB

10.2

5star

M

1.8

2star

T

3.2

4star

CL

3.2

4star

D

14.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

3.4

5star

CL

1.6

4star

on TV at the Whitten Oval carrying a Coles paper bag? Doesn't Cotton On make carrying bags?

If you see 16 year old girls this summer carrying their stuff in Coles paper bags, you'll know why.

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[The Inbetweener]

Lots of rambling here when asked about his future, doesn’t sound ideal

 

[brmi]

Lots of rambling here when asked about his future, doesn’t sound ideal

Yeah I thought the same. Not a great response but time will tell. Hope he stays on in the red white & blue.

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Lots of rambling here when asked about his future, doesn’t sound ideal

He's about to head into a pre Christmas surgery and was door stopped. He's also just had a good deal of the leverage that he had in contract negotiations collapse out from underneath him.

Of course he's going to remain noncommittal. He'd be a fool to mumble anything beyond what he said at this point.

As an aside, If we were going to take the words attributed to him by Cleary literally. Then "the daily 12 month commitment to teammates" takes his contract extension well beyond the trade period.

One thing is certain though. With Smith out of the game for up to 12 months we won't have to put up with as much media discussion of his form bookended by leading questions about his contract status whenever he's fronted by a media hack looking for a soundbite.

Something that then gets ported into here and parsed into whatever people want to read into them.

Thankfully we still have a resolution of JUH and English's contracts for that.

So, Good times ahead.

 

[Libbaaaa]

Lots of rambling here when asked about his future, doesn’t sound ideal

Meh, media training 101 answer.

 

[bobs head soup]

Lots of rambling here when asked about his future, doesn’t sound ideal

Aside from the above valid points, Baz has a level of internet fame where attention = money.

The more media attention he gets, the more social media clicks, Instagram followers etc, which in turn leads to more influencer cache, corporate sponsors, brand ambassadorships etc.

By giving a clear indication of his future and quelling media brouhaha, he is literally costing himself a lot of money.

 

[grassman75]

Did I just see Bailey Smith on TV at the Whitten Oval carrying a Coles paper bag? Doesn't Cotton On make carrying bags?

If you see 16 year old girls this summer carrying their stuff in Coles paper bags, you'll know why.

On SM-A135F using BigFooty.com mobile app

You’ve got it wrong mate…Bailey Smith is ripped and those paper Coles bags just rip….thats the only comparison

 

[BrisDog]

If we cannot afford any of our expensive young guns I am happy for Smith to be the one moved on. First year after an ACL is usually unproductive and I have not been impressed, to the point of paying the farm, since 2021. Keep English, JUH, etc etc. Who know’s, we may have drafted his equivalent player of Smith this pre season?

 

[Doggy]

If we cannot afford any of our expensive young guns I am happy for Smith to be the one moved on. First year after an ACL is usually unproductive and I have not been impressed, to the point of paying the farm, since 2021. Keep English, JUH, etc etc. Who know’s, we may have drafted his equivalent player of Smith this pre season?

Smith is a ruckman

You mean Sanders? We need a couple of young midfielders so both would be ideal.

 

[Bulldogs85]

 

[BrisDog]

Smith is a ruckman

You mean Sanders? We need a couple of young midfielders so both would be ideal.

Correction - yes Sanders. I’m hoping he can fill the hole that Smith leaves with midfield rotations. Westy as well who I have always rated highly.

 

[TiAn_]

Correction - yes Sanders. I’m hoping he can fill the hole that Smith leaves with midfield rotations. Westy as well who I have always rated highly.

Drafting Sanders certainly cushions the blow if Smith leaves. If not for that our midfield pipeline would be nonexistent.

 

[dogwatch]

Drafting Sanders certainly cushions the blow if Smith leaves. If not for that our midfield pipeline would be nonexistent.

That may have been a big part of the thinking behind cashing in 3 first rounders in the trade period.

I was concerned that we may have overpaid, even allowing for the defensive strategies we had to have in matching a Croft bid. I'm still not totally sold on Croft. However I'm now much more relaxed about that after hearing these early reports of Sanders' impressive track form.

So I now need to move onto something else to fret about...

Maybe it can be the prospect of Sanders becoming a genuine superstar and then losing him to Scrag's mob (the Tassy Devils) just as he nears the peak of his powers. And then getting piss-poor compo for him.

Or if I need something in the shorter term, maybe it's the risk that we go into the 2024 draft with no first rounders.
Do I need to fret that Baz might end up staying?

 

[stefoid]

Maybe it can be the prospect of Sanders becoming a genuine superstar and then losing him to Scrag's mob (the Tassy Devils) just as he nears the peak of his powers. And then getting piss-poor compo for him.

In true doggies fashion, I have not only fretted about this -- I have accepted it and moved on.

 

[geoffjennings79]

That may have been a big part of the thinking behind cashing in 3 first rounders in the trade period.

I was concerned that we may have overpaid, even allowing for the defensive strategies we had to have in matching a Croft bid. I'm still not totally sold on Croft. However I'm now much more relaxed about that after hearing these early reports of Sanders' impressive track form.

So I now need to move onto something else to fret about...

Maybe it can be the prospect of Sanders becoming a genuine superstar and then losing him to Scrag's mob (the Tassy Devils) just as he nears the peak of his powers. And then getting piss-poor compo for him.

Or if I need something in the shorter term, maybe it's the risk that we go into the 2024 draft with no first rounders.
Do I need to fret that Baz might end up staying?

Imagine if Baz and Sanders end up both being one-club players!

It's too hard imagining that tbh - as Bulldogs supporters it's ingrained to be pessimistic, borderline fatalistic.

Maybe 'Cede Nullis' should be changed to 'Spe Semper'? (I tried translating Optimism Forever, but I keep getting Always Hope when I translate it back - not exactly what I'm after!)

 

[dogwatch]

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It's too hard imagining that tbh - as Bulldogs supporters it's ingrained to be pessimistic, borderline fatalistic.

Maybe 'Cede Nullis' should be changed to 'Spe Semper'? (I tried translating Optimism Forever, but I keep getting Always Hope when I translate it back - not exactly what I'm after!)

Well yes there is always hope. It has sustained generations of Bulldog fans. And footy fans generally.

In the case of the Bulldog fans, hanging onto hope has defined us. Those spineless types who can’t or won’t hang onto hope typically head off to support Carlton, Geelong, Essendon or whoever is winning premierships at the time.

Meh … we don’t want their sort anyway. Who needs ‘em? They are the type that define clubs like Carlton, Geelong, Essendon etc.

 

[bobs head soup]

Well yes there is always hope. It has sustained generations of Bulldog fans. And footy fans generally.

In the case of the Bulldog fans, hanging onto hope has defined us. Those spineless types who can’t or won’t hang onto hope typically head off to support Carlton, Geelong, Essendon or whoever is winning premierships at the time.

Meh … we don’t want their sort anyway. Who needs ‘em? They are the type that define clubs like Carlton, Geelong, Essendon etc.

Doubt we've lost too many fair weather supporters to Essendon or Carlton in the past 20 years. May have drawn a couple.

 

[dogwatch]

Doubt we've lost too many fair weather supporters to Essendon or Carlton in the past 20 years. May have drawn a couple.

True but I love sticking the boot in because of all their past corporate sins. Mostly pre-21st century. I find it harder to get stuck into Hawthorn who along with Geelong would be the most successful club of the last 20 years.