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Laverde a faux tough guy? I strongly disagree with that. What has he ever done to upset people?Both act like faux tough guys. Well they probably are tough, but they both puff the chest and mouth off.
Stringer was a (redacted) while married, but yes people can change.
Both act like faux tough guys. Well they probably are tough, but they both puff the chest and mouth off.
Stringer was a (redacted) while married, but yes people can change.
We need whatever points we can get for Kako. It would be silly to use up future picks when we will need all our future draft capital for Harley Reid.Could also see it worth while paying Stringer to be on our list next to years, playing no senior games, just so another team aren't benefited with him. EPL seem littered with those stories.
The likely draft trade return from Stringer to Pies is so piddling.
Yep I posted the stuff about the 3 men,
4 hours later McClure released an article in regards to Merrett.
This source that works at Essendon knows most of the situation.
It's a big deal without being a big deal.
The 3 haven't done anything really serious, unfortunately they act like immature shits when together and the club just believes that it's best for everyone to break them up.
Both Stringer and Leverde have been told once the contracts end, both won't be offered new deals.
Yep, has been good for us but we need to find our next gen forwards.I'm still holding my breath but Stringer moving on is the correct move for a club that has been afraid to let players go.
He has been very good to us during his time here and I wish him well.
If Hawthorn let Franklin go, we sure as shit can do the same with Stringer.
I kinda think the better route was to trade Langford for a first rounder and squeeze the last juice out of stringer in a rebuilding team.
We are definitely gonna miss his toughness and highlights. Might be a fairly boring side next season. Scott always went to stringer when he needed something to happen. At his best he is the second player that the opposition coaches worry about stopping after Merrett. I wonder how Langford will go without him. I don’t overly buy into the fit of the forward line it’s more stringers age that pushed him out.
He won’t be in our next flag side so I understand but I wish him well.
I’m talking about stringer fit into the forwardline, 2mp, all of our small forwards including gresham are far more to blame than stringer. This won’t be some addition by subtraction. AllWhat’s to “buy into”?
Take a look at all the current finals teams having success - Hawthorn, Geelong, GWS, Sydney, Brisbane and so on. They all have one thing in common - they play mobile forward lines with at least 3 good small forwards.
We currently play Caddy, Langford, Stringer, Jones and a 2nd ruck (not even including Wright) and no good small forwards. We are not dynamic nor are we the slightest bit mobile. Teams respond by running the ball out with ease and giving our already subpar defense even less chance.
That’s not all on Stringer. You could in fact have a good functioning forward line with stringer in it - but not one with 3-4 other mediums/talls. Replace stringer’s name with any of the others, and it’s the same conclusion.
Stringer doesn’t ‘have’ to be the one to go, but he sounds the most likely - and someone has to. But the fit and mix is an enormous issue for us.
No, I think he was inside at VFL level, which is why, when he was finally selected to play on a wing at AFL level, everyone went apeshit.Did he? I don't really recall Hibberd playing inside midfield much in either the AFL or VFL side. He was like a big, slow winger. I thought it was mainly the fans here who saw his height and weight, and 'midfield' as his position, put 2 and 2 together and got 6 when his role was always on the outside.
Similar thing happened with that guy with the egg
I hope if he heads to Collingwood it involves Richards coming back.
But haven't you heard "he's easy to coach and TRIES to do everything asked of him".I would prefer he stays and gets a bit fitter.
But I feel Rosa and Scott have the keys to the car and deserve to drive.
It seems a bit rich that Menzies earns a one year deal and that is all they offer stringer.
He was midfield in the VFL but everything just presumed that because he was big he was an inside bull but he actually played more give and go in the VFL and not a big crash and bash guy. SoNo, I think he was inside at VFL level, which is why, when he was finally selected to play on a wing at AFL level, everyone went apeshit.