AFL Player #25: Jake Stringer - Apparently keen on a move to Orange Team

[Lore]

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

 

[windyhill]

Pick 56 ffs. I s’pose we have to swallow it. I will miss the swagger he brought and thank god he’s not wearing coll/Carl colours. No more Anzac Day Jake, indigenous night, king’s birthday eve, packed Marvel etc.
Enjoy the 11-12k crowds. Are the Giants a flag chance ? Probably. Are we ? Absolutely not. …..but you never know. Imagine being a part of Essendons next flag ? Not sure I’ll be around to witness it but **** mate, off you pop.

 

[ant555]

Cal saying Stringer to GWS should/will get done, then goes on to say they'll put forward a later pick suggesting pick 56.

Am I that far removed from what constitutes a decent trade to think 56 is significant unders or does the fact we don't want to pay him what he thinks he deserves (but the Giants do) reduce our trade hand?

It is basically about not going into deficit for next year as far as points go.

I wonder if we gambled and lost, thinking that there'd be more suitors therefore get a better return.

No it was no gamble. They have decided that he is not the guy going forward. They have picked between Langford and Stringer as the medium forward. Langford wins. Caddy plays. One of Jones or 2MP plays. They wanted him out and they where not expecting too much for him.

 

[ant555]

Kane Cornes thinking we have played this well is almost the only Rorschach test you need to confirm we haven’t.

Hard to stomach for me that he’s such a negative asset on and off field that we’d be prepared to off load him for nothing. Doesn’t really compute.

Pretty easy to compute. They want Caddy going forward. Langford holds his spot. The forward line did not really work 100% with both Langford and Stringer. Jake is the guy they want to move. Even if they hold him the compo for him going as a FA will be band 3 next year. They have to restructure the side.

 

[DERO]

Pick 56 ffs. I s’pose we have to swallow it. I will miss the swagger he brought and thank god he’s not wearing coll/Carl colours. No more Anzac Day Jake, indigenous night, king’s birthday eve, packed Marvel etc.
Enjoy the 11-12k crowds. Are the Giants a flag chance ? Probably. Are we ? Absolutely not. …..but you never know. Imagine being a part of Essendons next flag ? Not sure I’ll be around to witness it but **** mate, off you pop.

Hang in there.

 

[The Donners]

How does that fit with him being a good mate of Merrets? Maybe Merrett just try’s to be the glue that keeps outliers in the group, I don’t know.
Got to say though that I’ve been impressed how much stringer has toed the line over the years. I thought he would be toxic but there hasn’t been talk of that as far as I know. All in all it seems strange how acrimonious this has become given he was a couple of straight kicks away from dragging us into the finals. Now it seems everyone has to have a scape goat and the “shit bloke” becomes a target.
Unless there is actual toxic stuff behind the scenes then I think we are mad to let him go. **** the forward line structure, you don’t discard top line talent that has no trade value.

He stacked on kegs during the season. DURING THE SEASON! It might not be toxic but the KFC, McDonalds, Hungry Jacks and Red Rooster he was eating might be.

No doubting he’s one of the most talented footballers in the competition and awesome to watch when he’s “on” but there’s also no doubting how inconsistent he is. I’d say a lot of that inconsistency is directly related to his lack of professionalism.

I’m ok if he stays by the way, we’re going to be shit for another couple years while we rebuild so it’s ok to have something nice to watch in our colours (a bag of 4-5 every 3-4 weeks). I just don’t think keeping him is going to help us long term and I don’t think we’ll kick any less goals without him - they just won’t be as exciting.

 

[katana]

It's really somewhere between the two. We're not pushing him out, we're just sticking to the original contract and if he wants more he's free to get it elsewhere

I think we clearly are pushing him out. where else does this 'i've played my last game for essendon' stuff come from? why else would we be in negotiations for a pick in the 50s?

 

[Call Me Cake]

We are not forced to accept pick 56 but we will be reasonable with negotiations

I don't see it this way at all. The club doesn't want him and hasn't really hidden that.

Pick 56 is unders and it seems the club agrees according to Twomey after my post,




So yeah nah. This narrative that we're just trying to get him out for anything was just BS that people were just running with as fact as was the main point in my post. You're wrong.

 

[Bjchan13]

Pick 56 is unders and it seems the club agrees according to Twomey after my post,


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So yeah nah. This narrative that we're just trying to get him out for anything was just BS that people were just running with as fact as was the main point in my post. You're wrong.

Did you mean to quote me here? Show where in any of my posts i said the bolded. I actually said we'd be targeting better than 56. And that the door is open for him to see his contract out and try and win another. You said we should flat out refuse to trade him now if we dont get what you want. You're wrong, there will be a negotiation and a deal will be struck.

 

[jdstorm]

56 is massive unders because GWS aren’t trading for a slow midfielder. They are trading for a star 3rd forward to hopefully finish their team and get them over a finals hump.

That’s a far more valuable player to them then pick 56 especially after they just got 3 compo picks and can’t get in any free agents or else those picks will be diluted….

4 years of Jake is realistically worth a late first In this context but we’d be happy with points and stone

 

[JT_the_Man]

Pick 56 when I’m seeing names like John Noble

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27

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180cm

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72kg

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16.3

4star

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9.2

4star

HB

7.1

4star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

186.1

3star

D

14.2

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

3.2

3star

T

1.8

3star

MG

149.7

3star

D

18.8

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11.0

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7.8

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4.0

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2.2

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229.8

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being attached to first round picks is a kick in the nuts.

 

[Petrify]

I would give the Giants a late pick to take Stringer at this point.

 

[Agronomus]

End of the day if he has been offered 2 years elsewhere after we've told him to look around we have to let him go. There is no hard stance to be taken. Deal in good faith

Now that dodo is gone we can do deals in good faith

 

[Vindicater]

Pick 56 when I’m seeing names like John Noble being attached to first round picks is a kick in the nuts.

Just ignore any trade involving the Suns.

 

[ant555]

Pick 56 when I’m seeing names like John Noble being attached to first round picks is a kick in the nuts.

But that is more because it is linked into the Houston and Lukosious trades so that GC can get a decent pick out of Lukosious and points for the players that will get bid on. Leo Lombard will likely be bid on before 13 so it is going to get eaten up anyway. It is not like it used to be. You can not really do a one size fits all on player v pick level as there is often 2 or 3 other factors involved.

 

[Corleone]

We can just hold him and not play him in the seniors.

I'm more than happy for him to leave, but we should be a bit creative here and attempt to essentially purchase a pick.

 

[Runk]

We can just hold him and not play him in the seniors.

That'll work out well......

 

[jdstorm]

That'll work out well......

It will work out great for the giants who desperately want his 42 goals and Jake who wants that 2nd year.

Giants need to stop with their BS lowballing when they have 3 FRPs

 

[ant555]

It will work out great for the giants who desperately want his 42 goals and Jake who wants that 2nd year.

Giants need to stop with their BS lowballing when they have 3 FRPs

First who says they are lowballing to start with. There is nothing official that says there the offer is 56.
"The latter of GWS’ two third-rounders, Pick 56, is expected to be tabled to the Bombers in a trade." That is coming from Jay Clarke who is not the best source on exact info.
"But the Bombers would be targeting a return stronger than 56 if Stringer was to leave." this is from the AFL site in one article.
Second given no one has fallen over themselves to make an offer the market says he is not worth much.
Third initial talks have only reached initial stage.
Fourth we will be trying to work a Connor Stone deal in.
Fifth there are some off field concerns that have devaluated his worth.
Bit early to be having a minor melt.


Edit. Scratch number 4. Stone staying at the Giants.

 

[Runk]

It will work out great for the giants who desperately want his 42 goals and Jake who wants that 2nd year.

Giants need to stop with their BS lowballing when they have 3 FRPs

Wait you think it will work out well if we keep him and just play him in the twos? Cos that's what I was referencing

 

[DonsRule]

That we and pretty much anyone else was not willing to offer him 2 years too I think was pretty telling. Market was pretty thin

 

[Bjchan13]

Now that dodo is gone we can do deals in good faith

Well whatever your thoughts on Dodoro are, thats now the past. Rosa should have somewhat of a clean slate in the industry. Seems well measured. Doesn't need to roll over but can work for some win wins.

 

[Runk]

Stone has signed a two year deal

 

[Corleone]

That'll work out well......

LOL, it wouldn't be ideal, it wouldn't be pleasant for us, but it would end Jakes career and he wouldn't ever get another AFL contract ever again if he spent a year not playing senior football.

Obviously, his trade value is low, I'm not expecting the world for Jake, I just think it's important to understand that the Club have all the power here and to be frank we are under no obligation to help Jake prolong his career elsewhere or help a rival improve their list without adequate compensation. As Jake is currently contracted we can set the price with almost no drawback to another club not being willing to pay that price.

 

[jdstorm]

Wait you think it will work out well if we keep him and just play him in the twos? Cos that's what I was referencing

No…
I think it would go badly
But also that it would be a worse outcome for GWS and Jake then it would be for us so they’d have to pay fair value for the player they are getting and not act like it’s a distressed asset heist and we’re Gold Coast

 

[Bjchan13]

Stone has signed a two year deal