AFLW: Collingwood held on to withstand Geelong at Victoria Park, while West Coast and Essendon also grabbed wins.
Western Bulldogs midfielder Bailey Smith is reportedly an “80 per cent” chance of leaving the Dogs at the end of next season.
The 22-year-old is one of the AFL’s most recognisable players but has struggled for form in recent times, finding himself left out of the Bulldogs’ stacked midfield.With stars including Marcus Bontempelli, Tom Liberatore, Adam Treloar and Jack Macrae playing in the guts — Smith has been starved of opportunity in the midfield.“So the onus is on Smith to work his butt off to improve his kicking and on-ball craft so Luke Beveridge simply has to give him more centre bounce opportunities.
and Geelong, but two other clubs including premiers Collingwood are believed to be “neck deep” in a pursuit of Smith.“ Parish, Merrett, Tsatas, Perkins … Hobbs.“Put it this way, I would be shocked if Bailey Smith has re-signed at the Western Bulldogs by July.“ Ameet Bains has said that Bailey Smith is a required player,” Caroline Wilson said on Footy Classified in August.
“But there is huge frustration with him, he’s on a huge amount of money, he’s clearly a very high maintenance player, there’s several clubs looking at him, Collingwood and Hawthorn as well as Geelong.” Kane Cornes said: “I think Geelong is the right home for him, they’ve taken a risk on players like Tyson Stengle with really good results, he’s a hard worker and I think he fits in perfectly .”
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