Bailey Smith is likely to get to Geelong in the trade period but the Western Bulldogs will want more than the Cats’ first-round draft selection to secure the uncontracted 23-year-old.
The Western Bulldogs will demand more than Geelong’s first-round draft pick before they agree to trade uncontracted midfielder Bailey Smith as they brace for an extended negotiation during trade period.It will drift out further to pick 20 or 21 on draft night in November, depending on when bids arrive for opposition players with connections to specific clubs through the AFL’s priority access draft rules.
his suspension midway through 2022, when he was charged with conduct unbecoming as photographs and videos emerged of him taking an illicit drug Geelong have driven a harder bargain at the trade table in recent seasons and the Bulldogs’ negotiating power is limited with Smith out of contract.The Dogs could contemplate forcing him to the pre-season draft, but that would seem unlikely as they would receive nothing for him, although the Cats would not want that option raised either.last year’s and have picks 17, 38, 56, 74 and 92 plus future picks in hand as they enter this year’s trade period.
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