Was Fabio Smith a good pickup for the cats??

[Kickit2brown]

Good player but seems like the type that likes to play low pressure, low contact look at me football.

Cats picked him up and he was good in the season but he went missing and lost his headband to cam rayner when he took a rare venture into the midfield.

is this guy actually any good?. Seems like a bit of a cheap ball show pony. Not sure hes worth the $$'s and the home geelong have paid him.

 

[soafraid]

I liked when he tried mouthing off to Harris Andrews

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when they were 10 goals down with 5 minutes left. Really shows competitive drive and spirit

 

[Lando_]

Not sure where the "low contact" call came from. While his beloved cats are getting smashed, here we see him give the lions skipper an almighty shove. To the amusement of Andrews, and to whoever was watching.



An angry little boy yesterday.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Good player but seems like the type that likes to play low pressure, low contact look at me football.

Cats picked him up and he was good in the season but he went missing and lost his headband to cam rayner when he took a rare venture into the midfield.

is this guy actually any good?. Seems like a bit of a cheap ball show pony. Not sure hes worth the $$'s and the home geelong have paid him.

He's a better player than what he was at the Bulldogs, but as I said years ago in this thread when I suggested he should be trade bait - he has limitations that the really, really good players don't have.

Would You Trade Bailey Smith?

I don't think Smith has all that much upside. In terms of limitations, he's small, and an outside player. He's not very creative, and pretty much kicks long down the line almost every time he gets it. For an AFL footballer, he's very timid when the heat is on. Upside is he's super fit, and an...

www.bigfooty.com

 

[theprospector]

Mouthing off to Harris Andrews

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was a really poor look. This is a man who has done exceptional work advocating for women’s rights . Bailey mistook him for a female photographer

 

[Bald]

He’s a decent player. He’s also a prick.

If his football ability starts to fade or he isn’t able to deliver, then who he is off field will become even more problematic than it has already.

 

[HairyO]

Very good but not great player, cant be depended on when the chips are down.

The mouthing off to Andrews was ****ing hilarious. Yappy little campaigner.

 

[branedotorg]

Gives me the ick.

Hate how much the media and even the AFL executive fawn over him

 

[HairyO]

Gives me the ick.

Hate how much the media and even the AFL executive fawn over him

Dillon driving to his house begging him to stop the nose candies was just pathetic.

Summon him to AFL House, you simp.

 

[THECHIEFTON]

Good for the price they paid. Decent player, works hard and usually gets plenty of it. Disposal has always been questionable. That hasn't changed.

 

[Knight82]

I think if his footballing ability starts to fade then he will be out the door pretty quickly. I’m not sure he exactly brings any other qualities like leadership or culture building to Geelong or any other sort of off field positives

 

[Xtreme]

Good player but seems like the type that likes to play low pressure, low contact look at me football.

Cats picked him up and he was good in the season but he went missing and lost his headband to cam rayner when he took a rare venture into the midfield.

is this guy actually any good?. Seems like a bit of a cheap ball show pony. Not sure hes worth the $$'s and the home geelong have paid him.

And the Cotton On franchises!!

IF I was Geelong I'd be feeling hoodwinked by the Bulldogs, despite it being their own intuition in wanting him. Goes missing when the heat is on (granted that's a Geelong character trait so a big tick I guess ?). The attention he gets off the footy ground would not be pleasing them much either. Basically a Nathan Buckley type, without the football pedigree.

 

[PerthBoy86]

He was criticised at the Bulldogs for his hack kicking and turnovers, and when the pressure was on and the whips were cracking today that showed. Looks a million bucks under low pressure, not so much when it's on.

 

[MF]

He was probably one of Geelongs best on the day, had a good season and barely cost them anything in the trade so I'd say he was a decent pickup.

 

[shaqsuns]

I like him, because he is not a typical AFL media trained shrill.

As for being a role model: I will make it very clear to my kids that footballers are not heros to look up too, they are just really good at football. One you look at it like that, their off field antics becomes less of a distraction (unless they do something unspeakable).

As for being a superstar on the field: He is not there, but he is bloody good and I think I would rather him than not.

 

[Elixuh]

The cats put on a brave face the last few weeks and defended Bailey but you can’t tell me his antics didn’t cause a massive distraction and sap energy from a club which is renowned for being stable and professional.

And then for Bailey to be completely ineffective in the grand final.

They’re going to lose patience with him and get Bailey Smith

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Bailey Smith

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19.8

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10.2

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1.8

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3.2

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3.2

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14.8

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7.6

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2.0

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fatigue pretty quickly.

 

[Freshwater]

The AFL protected him this season by making the only Geelong v Bulldogs game at their sheltered workshop down the highway. Dogs fans seen him go off the rails after a grand final defeat in 2021.
I’m sure every footy fan has had the pleasure of seeing a certain ‘so and so’ have a poor game and get destroyed. It has taken a bit more than 12 months (remember Bailey sitting with the cats in last years finals, whilst still a bulldog) well yesterday was that day for us. And it was very pleasurable indeed.

 

[W W Biscuit]

Bulldogs supporters are shaking their heads and smiling at this. Nothing has changed, except that now he has the Geelong media mafia blowing smoke up his backside. Besides Danger in a walking frame, there is nobody at the Cats to take away his spotlight in the midfield. Let's face it, in a team containing the Bont, he was never going to be the main man at the Dogs - something that would have rankled him no end.

You will find almost universal magnanimity on the Bulldogs board towards Josh Dunkley

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Josh Dunkley

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20.7

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2.3

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and Patty Lipinski. We are pleased for their success and would welcome them back any time. But Smith is such a classless act, he can get stuffed. We can complain about not getting sufficient trade value, but there is a reason why the Dogs lowballed him on his last contract offer. Good player, but not great, and certainly - when combined with his toxic, egomaniacal attitude - seen as the most expendable of our midfielders by the length of the straight. His absence created an opportunity for Ed Richards

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Ed Richards

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to step into the midfield, and I'd take Ed over Smith every day of the week (twice on Sundays).

 

[Kickit2brown]

Bulldogs supporters are shaking their heads and smiling at this. Nothing has changed, except that now he has the Geelong media mafia blowing smoke up his backside. Besides Danger in a walking frame, there is nobody at the Cats to take away his spotlight in the midfield. Let's face it, in a team containing the Bont, he was never going to be the main man at the Dogs - something that would have rankled him no end.

You will find almost universal magnanimity on the Bulldogs board towards Josh Dunkley and Patty Lipinski. We are pleased for their success and would welcome them back any time. But Smith is such a classless act, he can get stuffed. We can complain about not getting sufficient trade value, but there is a reason why the Dogs lowballed him on his last contract offer. Good player, but not great, and certainly - when combined with his toxic, egomaniacal attitude - seen as the most expendable of our midfielders by the length of the straight. His absence created an opportunity for Ed Richards to step into the midfield, and I'd take Ed over Smith every day of the week (twice on Sundays).

Some of the comments he was making about the dogs after he left were extremely poor. Shows the character of the bloke.

He seems to think about the bulldogs a lot more than they think about him. Would be great to see the dogs get a flag before him.

 

[Madblue]

Went missing yesterday on the big stage

 

[blackey]

The contest on the wing with 51 seconds to go in the third quarter shows what Smith is all about.

 

[Handsuper47]

Poor man's Akermanis!

 

[Dazb86]

You just can't rely on this guy to be the main man on the big stage when you also play 2 taggers.

His trademark move is to get the ball and bomb it long to nobody and it was all on show yesterday. Harris Andrews

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Harris Andrews

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29

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200cm

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98kg

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12.8

3star

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7.4

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5.4

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5.6

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1.6

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MG

151.7

2star

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17.0

4star

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9.0

4star

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8.0

4star

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4.0

4star

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2.0

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9.8

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5.0

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4.8

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3.4

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1.6

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MG

94.0

2star

was probably thanking him for all the easy possession yesterday when he had a little hissy fit.

He is bad for team culture. There is no I in TEAM but there is a ME and that is what this guy is all about.

Geelong can squarely blame this loss on the back of this guy and their recruiting staff.

 

[charcoalchicken]

The flying headband

 

[The 747]

For what we paid trade wise he's been great.