AFL Player #25: Jake Stringer - 📦 Traded to GWS for Pick #53 - 16/10

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 19, Harlequin

 

[Nifft]

Bye Jake. Thanks for the great memories, hope you do well at GWS.

 

[Keystone agony]

A 50's pick for Stringer is about right.

It is not

The club and Rosa played this terribly

Were paying his salary and pick 53

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

It is not

The club and Rosa played this terribly

Were paying his salary and pick 53

Where are you getting that from? He signed a new two year deal with the Giants to play there so I'd be surprised if we were still paying him anything.

 

[VelvetSledge]

Reverse psychology, gottem

WELCOME BACK PACKO ALWAYS LOVED YA

 

[Vindicater]

It is not

The club and Rosa played this terribly

Were paying his salary and pick 53

Where did you get paying his salary from?

 

[doug85]

It is not

The club and Rosa played this terribly

Were paying his salary and pick 53

There was almost no demand for Jake, not even from his own club. This shaped the trade price. We were lucky to get anything for him at all.

It doesn’t matter that he kicked 42 goals. He’s only worth what someone’s willing to pay for him, which in this case was only pick 53.

 

[Clark G]

I look forward to him kicking six against us next season.

Go well Jake and thanks for the memories.

Six behinds?

 

[Keystone agony]

Where did you get paying his salary from?

Its been mentioned several times that on trade radio that wed likely be paying him still

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Still a good impact player for a side well setup to cover his deficiencies. Was fun to watch him for awhile but was time to go, hope he does well at GWS.

 

[boncer34]

Its been mentioned several times that on trade radio that wed likely be paying him still

We're not

 

[boncer34]

We didn't want to give him 2 years.

Jake found a club that did.

We didn't stand in his way of getting a better deal.

It's what mature, professionally run clubs do.

It's a positive step.

 

[Call Me Cake]

No doubt this will spur him on and he’ll arrive at GWS in peak condition, wanting to show everyone that we made a massive mistake letting him go. Much like he did after the bulldogs let him go.

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[Keystone agony]

We're not

Source?

 

[Nifft]

Source?

I thought the comments about us paying his wage were related to us seeing if we could get a higher pick? I haven't seen anything said about that since the trade went through.

 

[justlookingaround]

Its been mentioned several times that on trade radio that wed likely be paying him still

The talk I've heard on trade radio and SEN is that we'd be paying 'part of his salary'.

 

[Runk]

Six behinds?

Snags

 

[Call Me Cake]

The last time Stringer kicked more than 40 goals 2 years in a row was '15/'16, before he came to us.

If he didn't do it again since, it's highly unlikely that he'll be doing it at 31+.

Thanks for the highlights Jake. Wish you all the best.

 

[Darealrath]

Understand it but will miss him. So much fun to watch.

 

[justlookingaround]

Seeya Packo.
Provided some great moments, some fat moments, some amazing goals and a really impactful centre bounce appearance 3 or 4 times a year... sometimes less...
To his credit I don't think he showed up in the tabloids a single time during his tenure at the Bombers and even though he's not a Bomber anymore I will still defend him from the shit bloke allegations.

If he had maintained his early year form all season there's no way we'd be trading him. But the reality is he absolutely fizzled out this year, and for every 1 freakish goal from the pocket he slotted there were 3 moments he had a chance to kick a clutch goal from directly in front that he sprayed. That happened way too often this year, and always at a crucial moment.

Best of luck at GWS. I've got this feeling it could go badly for GWS next year. But if they get Jake Stringer

25

Jake Stringer

Age

30

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

8.5

3star

HB

4.4

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.8

5star

D

8.5

2star

K

7.0

3star

HB

1.5

1star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.8

4star

G

2.5

5star

D

7.2

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

2.4

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.4

5star

working his ass off for 365 days he could still have a massive year. A fresh start has more of a chance of getting that out of him than we did.

 

[Bombermania]

Will miss Jake but the club was right not to give 2 years, maybe they could have offered 1 year with a second if he kicked 40+ goals and side won a final.