Bailey Smith decreased a welcome to participate in the Western Bulldogs’ awards night on Wednesday before lastly verifying– simply hours before the occasion started– Geelong as his favored location. The 23-year-old wishes to make the relocate to the Cats in the AFL trade duration however deals with a worried wait while the Dogs wait on the very best deal. Smith did not play a video game this season after suffering an ACL injury in the pre-season, and the Bulldogs’ hopes of re-signing the midfielder faded through the year. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today He has actually now chosen versus an official goodbye however colleague Adam Treloar stated it was not a frustrating result. “No, there’s constantly going to be memories with Baz,” Treloar informed 7NEWS. “The one that protrudes the most is most likely the 2021 project where we were so near winning the flag and he was such an important part of our group. “But yeah we’ll have our bye-byes, he’s clearly out of agreement and gets to pick what he wishes to do. “He bet the Western Bulldogs, he’ll constantly be among those guys that represented our terrific footy club and whatever he does we want him all the very best.” Premiership midfielder Jack Macrae, who has actually asked for a trade to St Kilda, remains in participation on Wednesday. Macrae played 19 video games after a difficult start to the year and will leave in spite of being under agreement up until 2027. It appears some relationships were torn in Smith’s months-long agreement legend. The sight of Smith sitting with Cotton On figures and amongst sidelined Cats gamers at Geelong’s initial last versus Brisbane last month did not agree with the Bulldogs. Smith has a prominent collaboration with the brand name, which likewise occurs to be among the Cats’ significant sponsors. Marcus Bontempelli is going after a historical 6th best-and-fairest success however Treloar might make it a contest. “No, I extremely question that,” Treloar chuckled. “Bonti’s going after 6 and he had an amazing season yet once again so I will not be shocked if he’s standing there with another Charles Sutton (medal).”
- Wed. Oct 2nd, 2024
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