Traded #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

 

[Rick Ross]

Rick Ross You're up!

Appreciate the call out DapperDon !

Always on the edge of my seat when the ball went his way. Will miss him. Will miss his… 4… 2…. Goals…

But super happy the club is taking a longer term view

• taking a tough line on some contracts
• working to standards
• moving on someone who won’t be in or next premiership team

 

[Donflicted]

Appreciate the call out DapperDon !

Always on the edge of my seat when the ball went his way. Will miss him. Will miss his… 4… 2…. Goals…

But super happy the club is taking a longer term view

• taking a tough line on some contracts
• working to standards
• moving on someone who won’t be in or next premiership team

Rick Ross is cooking!

 

[Rick Ross]

Rick Ross is cooking!

Hoping Kako, Caddy and the occasional freaky chaos goal / play from Draper keep things exciting whilst we have another development year.

 

[Keystone agony]

Appreciate the call out DapperDon !

Always on the edge of my seat when the ball went his way. Will miss him. Will miss his… 4… 2…. Goals…

But super happy the club is taking a longer term view

• taking a tough line on some contracts
• working to standards
• moving on someone who won’t be in or next premiership team

Should we have moved on Goldy, Shiel and Lav as they wont be next premiership team

The tough line i feel wouldve been to hold him to that contract, and not hand a 42 goal, 30 yr forward over for pick 53 and potentially pay his salary

 

[justlookingaround]

Should we have moved on Goldy, Shiel and Lav as they wont be next premiership team

The tough line i feel wouldve been to hold him to that contract, and not hand a 42 goal, 30 yr forward over for pick 53 and potentially pay his salary

Honestly im happier to keep around an elite trainer in Shiel + one of the greatest rucks of all time to set standards rather than Stringer who can’t go 2 weeks without a zinger box

 

[Keystone agony]

Honestly im happier to keep around an elite trainer in Shiel + one of the greatest rucks of all time to set standards rather than Stringer who can’t go 2 weeks without a zinger box

It does seem were trying to get really professional people at the club that work hard

I wonder if its just 1 player or there are more. You wouldnt think 1 is enough to have a signifcant influence

 

[bombersim]

Wait, wait - he was incredible in 2021. He absolutely must’ve been there.

Either that or our B&F is even more flawed than I thought.

He was robbed of AA that year. He was ridiculously good. Think papley won the spot with inferior numbers

 

[bombersim]

Probably . Maybe. There will be a lot of picks eaten up and once Kako is sorted We may even look to get back in the second round if it is a KPF we are looking for.
Jake was worth what he was . A few passed. He is hardly going to be worth more next year.
I think people have not really read the room and are going on hope and expectation.

There were some “optimistic” appraisals of his value floating around. More like delusional. If it ends up mid 3rd round then that’s about right. I’m just glad to turn the page, get youth in, and finally set some standards. Probably 2 years too late, but anyway…

 

[Call Me Cake]

Watch #53 become a Warner

 

[DERO]

There were some “optimistic” appraisals of his value floating around. More like delusional. If it ends up mid 3rd round then that’s about right. I’m just glad to turn the page, get youth in, and finally set some standards. Probably 2 years too late, but anyway…

I think that pick 53 will become something in the low 40’s. If it is a good draft as suggested we have the opportunity to bring in a potentially solid player . Still struggling with the idea that we kept Menzie though.

 

[Vindicater]

I think that pick 53 will become something in the low 40’s. If it is a good draft as suggested we have the opportunity to bring in a potentially solid player . Still struggling with the idea that we kept Menzie though.

I don't struggle with keeping Menzie. He is young enough and in a position of little depth.

When we actually re-signed him though does confuse me. Why not wait. Not like teams were coming for him.

 

[DERO]

I don't struggle with keeping Menzie. He is young enough and in a position of little depth.

When we actually re-signed him though does confuse me. Why not wait. Not like teams were coming for him.

He is a bit crap tho.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Age article today confirming we won’t be paying any of his salary. We tried to have it included to get a higher pick but Giants wouldn’t budge

 

[Lore]

Age article today confirming we won’t be paying any of his salary. We tried to have it included to get a higher pick but Giants wouldn’t budge

The text that almost buried the Jake Stringer deal

Jake Stringer has history with GWS captain Toby Greene. So the path had to be cleared for the ex-Bomber to make the move north. But it wasn’t simple.

www.theage.com.au

Also says we would’ve given him more money in 2025 if he stayed, but the sticking point was that we wouldn’t add another year.

 

[I Remember Bluey]

Had to chuckle whilst watching the last night of the trade period, they opened with the lyrics to the Ray Charles song

Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
No more, no more, no more, no more
Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more
What you say?… ect ect while showing pics of Jake.

Then later on showed this picture



ps: I wonder if Toby and the Coach got fined for this outrageous skit

 

[I Remember Bluey]

The text that almost buried the Jake Stringer deal

Jake Stringer has history with GWS captain Toby Greene. So the path had to be cleared for the ex-Bomber to make the move north. But it wasn’t simple.

www.theage.com.au

Also says we would’ve given him more money in 2025 if he stayed, but the sticking point was that we wouldn’t add another year.

For those who can't access the Age;

The text that almost buried the Jake Stringer deal

Jake Stringer has history with GWS captain Toby Greene. So the path had to be cleared for the ex-Bomber to make the move north. But it wasn’t simple.

www.theage.com.au

The text that almost buried the Jake Stringer deal​

ByMarc McGowan​

October 18, 2024 — 5.30am
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Key points​

• Jake Stringer has moved to his third AFL club: the GWS Giants.
• The Essendon Bombers made a deal with the Giants late in the 2024 trade period, accepting draft pick 53 for the dynamic forward.
• Stringer kicked 42 goals in 2024 and had a contract at Essendon for 2025, but the Bombers resisted his request for the security of a two-year deal.
• The Giants have signed him for two years in a deal endorsed by their captain Toby Greene, a former on-field nemesis of Stringer’s.

With one text message from GWS to Essendon’s new list boss Matt Rosa on Tuesday evening, Jake Stringer’s touted move to the Giants was off. At least temporarily.
In simple terms: pick 53 was as much as the Giants were going to offer, and they felt the Bombers were not going to accept that.

Jake Stringer is one of the game’s most talented and colourful forwards.Credit:Getty Images

From the Stringer camp’s perspective, the deal was never off. Privately, the Giants were still in, but the price had to be right.
On the flipside, Essendon and Rosa genuinely thought the negotiations were dead and buried.

These situations have happened many times before, and will again, during the AFL’s annual swap-fest.

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Stringer will add potency to the GWS attack.Credit:AFL Photos via Getty Images

In between, Connors Sports supremo Paul Connors and Stringer’s agent, Robbie D’Orazio, became aware of the text message on deadline day morning, and were as surprised as the Dons about that development.
They had come too far to give up now. Stringer committed to making a fresh start in Sydney last weekend.
He met a contract trigger at the Bombers that automatically booked him his spot for 2025, but believed he warranted a longer deal, and more money, after kicking 42 goals; his most in a season since kicking the same number in the Western Bulldogs’ premiership year in 2016.

Essendon had no problem coming to the party on money – Stringer would have earned about half a million dollars next year, if he stayed – but were adamant they would not grant him a second season.

To them, a one-year pact would bring the best out of Stringer, and was also the most appropriate for them as a team, given he turns 31 in April, and they are quite a young squad overall. That was when Stringer’s management informed the Bombers he would explore his options elsewhere for a longer deal.

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Collingwood were willing to listen for a period before withdrawing their interest, but the Giants did their due diligence and remained engaged.
GWS coach Adam Kingsley met with Stringer and D’Orazio in a Melbourne hotel room in the week after the grand final. Their discussion was lengthy and forthright, both on what the Giants expected of him, but also their excitement at the extra firepower he could provide them.
Another important step in this process was captain Toby Greene’s approval.

Stringer’s former side, the Western Bulldogs – where his connection with ex-Dogs list boss McCartney was formed – have an intense and fiery rivalry with GWS. Stringer had some big moments late in the Bulldogs’ narrow 2016 preliminary final win over the Giants that propelled them to the grand final.

McCartney and co. wanted to know Greene was on board with the plan to recruit Stringer because of that history. Greene was not only OK with it, but became very keen for GWS to make it happen.

Stringer will arrive at GWS with 212 games and 367 goals under his belt.Credit:Getty Images

However, there were many moving parts.
The Bombers wanted to improve their draft hand, and were willing to pay a portion of Stringer’s salary at the Giants if that helped them score a better pick.

Unfortunately, GWS did not have a selection in the 40s, and were unwilling to part with pick 37.
Ultimately, Essendon will not contribute to the dynamic forward’s wage for his new two-year deal at the Giants. There is also no trigger this time, but Stringer is optimistic he will play beyond that – and maybe become a dual premiership player if everything goes well.

Stringer joins an attack that already boasts reigning Coleman medallist Hogan, Greene, 2022 No.1 draft pick Aaron Cadman, Brent Daniels, Darcy Jones and Jake Riccardi. GWS also want him to continue his centre-bounce cameos.

Stringer’s fiancee and her two children are likely to relocate to Sydney with him, but this decision means living away from the two kids he parents with his ex-wife.
It is another new start for Stringer, but one thing won’t change: he remains compelling viewing.

 

[boncer34]

Believe me now Keystone agony?