Liam Baker [merged]

[mat073]

Ok I may be the bearer of bad news .

I own a business about 10 km from Fremantle , it’s in a fairly affluent part of Perth.

One of my employees ( a 16 year old kid ) told me a Richmond player had bought his parents home  - it was Liam Baker of course.  Apparently they were to keep things confidential, but obviously this information has already been leaked.

My employees family is currently renting the property back off Baker - but they are under the impression Liam plans to move back next year .

[Diocletian]

Not necessarily bad news.....#drafthaul24

[Tiger_In_Sicily]

I would trade him , has value

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Swap for Serong and retire meatie.

[the claw]

Swap for Serong and retire meatie.

You are kidding right.

Here is a way to look at it.
You barrack for lets say Fremantle why in hell would you even go after Baker. Boy we over rate our own. Yes i like Liam as a player but to me he is a role player okay at most things but great at any except being competetive and having a dip.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Swap for Serong and retire meatie.

You are kidding right.

Here is a way to look at it.
You barrack for lets say Fremantle why in hell would you even go after Baker. Boy we over rate our own. Yes i like Liam as a player but to me he is a role player okay at most things but great at any except being competetive and having a dip.

He is vice captain and freo need leadership like you need perspective.
Weller went to Goldie for pick 2 for those reasons.
The only possible upsetting of the apple cart is if freo happen to finish in top 8. Then, they will start doing to their list and coach what you are saying i am doing to bakes.

[Andyy]

Swap for Serong and retire meatie.

You are kidding right.

Here is a way to look at it.
You barrack for lets say Fremantle why in hell would you even go after Baker. Boy we over rate our own. Yes i like Liam as a player but to me he is a role player okay at most things but great at any except being competetive and having a dip.

He is vice captain and freo need leadership like you need perspective.
Weller went to Goldie for pick 2 for those reasons.
The only possible upsetting of the apple cart is if freo happen to finish in top 8. Then, they will start doing to their list and coach what you are saying i am doing to bakes.

Something about that trade has never agreed with me. Can't help but wonder if there was AFL intervention.

They won't be giving Serong for Baker unless we package something else valuable. Not worth it.

[one-eyed]

A case to answer for Baker?

Important Tiger Liam Baker will face a nervous wait after a clumsy effort in the second quarter. After Richmond kicked long to the paint of its forward 50, Swan Lewis Melican leapt to take an intercept mark as Baker floated in back with the flight in an effort to equal the aerial contest. In the process, he made contact with Melican. After an ensuing scuffle, Melican got up to take his kick, and was taken from the field soon after, but played out the match without issue.

https://www.afl.com.au/video/1099067/fireworks-spark-after-bakers-brutal-flying-contact

[WilliamPowell]

Thank goodness the Swans bloke played out the game

Still think he will cop some sort of penalty

[Tiger Khosh]

Won’t be suspended given the swans bloke played out the game.

[Andyy]

Hope it's just a reprimand.

Looked completely accidental to me and no damage done.

[the claw]

Swap for Serong and retire meatie.

You are kidding right.

Here is a way to look at it.
You barrack for lets say Fremantle why in hell would you even go after Baker. Boy we over rate our own. Yes i like Liam as a player but to me he is a role player okay at most things but not great at any except being competetive and having a dip.

He is vice captain and freo need leadership like you need perspective.
Weller went to Goldie for pick 2 for those reasons.
The only possible upsetting of the apple cart is if freo happen to finish in top 8. Then, they will start doing to their list and coach what you are saying i am doing to bakes.

On what planet do you think fremantle are in desperate need of experience. They have just as many experienced players as us and their kids are more experinced games played,  than ours in the main.

Who in their right mind would give up Serong for Baker to start with that would be a massive backward step.

I don't think im the one who needs perspective im being realistic unlike your good self.

[Diocletian]

Except their "experience" has achieved 9/10ths of stuff all....

[one-eyed]

‘We’ll give him the world’: Yze wants to keep Baker at Richmond

Marc McGowan
The Age
April 1, 2024

First-year Richmond coach Adem Yze declared after his maiden win for the Tigers that they would give star vice-captain Liam Baker “the world” if he wanted to stick around.

Baker, who is out of contract at season’s end and in Fremantle’s and West Coast’s sights, has enjoyed a strong start to the year, including amassing 21 disposals and two goals in Richmond’s five-point upset of previously unbeaten Sydney at the MCG on Sunday.

Making matters more interesting is the transition period the Tigers are going through under Yze as they move further away from the golden era of three premierships in four years from 2017 to 2020.

“He’ll make his decision, and the club will work with him with that, and we’ll give him the world if he wants to stay at our footy club – but if he decides to go, well, then that’s the nature of the game,” Yze said.

“While he’s here, we just want him to play free and enjoy his footy, and make that decision when the time comes.

“That’s my only thing I’ve been talking to him about – is I just want his effort to be high and just enjoy walking in the footy club, and we love him. He knows that. He’ll make that decision. The last couple of weeks, he’s played with some freedom, which is nice, so hopefully, he can keep that going.”

Yze said list boss Blair Hartley would work out the finer contract details with Baker’s agent, Jason Dover, but made it clear he was “very much a player [who] we want to keep”. But he emphasised the Tigers would not judge him if he left.

The Dockers seem a better fit for Baker – who was born and raised in Western Australia – with their age demographic than the rebuilding Eagles, plus Fremantle are armed with three first-round picks, so they could potentially use one of those to strike a deal.

However, more pressure-filled performances and victories like Sunday’s win – 11.16 (82) to 11.11 (77) – should only help Richmond’s cause in retaining him.

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Baker will wait anxiously for match review officer Michael Christian’s assessment of his second-quarter incident with Lewis Melican, where he flew in and braced late, ultimately making contact to the Swans defender’s head.

Melican was able to get up before briefly going to the bench, but he did not undergo a concussion test and returned soon after.

“I didn’t see the incident, but we’ll look at it later tonight or tomorrow,” Yze said.

“If he’s gone and done something outside the rules, we’ll have to wait and see, but I think Melican played the whole game, so that’s a positive ... ‘Bakes’ is pretty small; Melican’s a big man.”

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/we-ll-give-him-the-world-yze-wants-to-keep-baker-at-richmond-20240331-p5fgeq.html

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Except their "experience" has achieved 9/10ths of stuff all....

They way he’s playing, west joke may give us pick 1 for him….