Jesse Smith is available if any club is willing to accept the injury risk....Jesse Smith leaves North Melbourne with a swipe Jay Clark From: Herald Sun October 11, 2009
NORTH Melbourne has been upset by Jesse Smith's decision to walk out on the club, claiming its facilities are not good enough.
Smith will nominate for the draft in a move that will deliver nothing to the club that says it has supported him throughout five injury-riddled seasons.
In an explosive and bitter end to trade week, Smith's manager, Liam Pickering, said yesterday the Kangaroos did not have the right "tools" for his client's rehabilitation.
In a further blow, talent identification expert Neville Stibbard said Smith, 23, had the talent to become an AFL star.
"Jesse is a genuine A-grade player," Stibbard said. "He is as good as Brendon Goddard . . . he is an elite talent."
The midfielder has played only two games in the past two years and 27 amid a horror run of hamstring and ankle injuries.
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