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[Foxx]

I tune in and see propositions to trade Merrett and Langford.

I guess that's the lengths people are resorting to, in order to fill their void, due to no recruits wanting to come to Essendon.

 

[Nicholas61]

Stringer is basically the only bull cb midfielder we have. He’s also our forward lines hardest match up. Any imbalance in the side is due to other lesser players. Stringer still a top 5 player in our side and clearly one of Scott’s go to guys. It will be a net negative losing him.

I haven't seen Stringer pushing guys over much like he was a couple of years back. He tries but its less and so is the burst that he had. I think the end is coming sooner than later and probably from a combination of his junior leg injury and not looking after his body like he could have.

 

[jdstorm]

Stringer is basically the only bull cb midfielder we have. He’s also our forward lines hardest match up. Any imbalance in the side is due to other lesser players. Stringer still a top 5 player in our side and clearly one of Scott’s go to guys. It will be a net negative losing him.

Stringers about 40% of a midfield bull. Need better cardio to get that title.

Just because he’s the closest thing we have doesn’t mean he’s proficient at the role. If he was we’d be a much better side. See our game vs Collingwood where he effectively played that role and everything started to fall into place.

I think he’s top 5 most talented in the side. But in terms of impact just too unreliable and can’t maintain that impact long enough which pushes him down

Agree we need to find some bigger bodies for midfield (and better depth) just don’t think Jakes the answer.

 

[Keystone agony]

Still plenty of assets out there that could benefit us

The only reason theyre picking us over others though is probably $$ which means we have to overpay

Hopefully one of these GWS boys pick us

Harry Morrison

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Harry Morrison

Age

25

Ht

184cm

Wt

79kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

8.5

3star

HB

5.6

4star

M

4.3

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

0.9

3star

D

13.4

3star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.6

2star

M

4.2

4star

T

1.6

3star

CL

0.8

3star

D

18.4

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

7.0

5star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.2

4star

CL

2.0

4star

Joe Richards
Peatling
Wade Derksen
Perryman

Would almost be happy to put 5 years to Peatling now

6 x 900 to Perryman

 

[tperks]

As a hypothetical, what would Callahan cost if he wanted to come back home to Vic from GWS? Would love to see him next to Durham and Caldwell

 

[Snake Charmer]

As a hypothetical, what would Callahan cost if he wanted to come back home to Vic from GWS? Would love to see him next to Durham and Caldwell

Our first + more. He’s gonna be that good

 

[Keystone agony]

As a hypothetical, what would Callahan cost if he wanted to come back home to Vic from GWS? Would love to see him next to Durham and Caldwell

2 top 10 picks under contract

 

[FootyGuru]

Stringers about 40% of a midfield bull. Need better cardio to get that title.

Just because he’s the closest thing we have doesn’t mean he’s proficient at the role. If he was we’d be a much better side. See our game vs Collingwood where he effectively played that role and everything started to fall into place.

I think he’s top 5 most talented in the side. But in terms of impact just too unreliable and can’t maintain that impact long enough which pushes him down

Agree we need to find some bigger bodies for midfield (and better depth) just don’t think Jakes the answer.

Losing him doesn’t balance the side in the slightest, because he is our best forward. Look I’m all for trading him due to his age but losing him especially for the likely return doesn’t balance our side and isn’t going to be a positive in wins in the short term.

It’s nice to put a positive spin on things but stringer is pretty important to our side.

 

[Snake Charmer]

Losing him doesn’t balance the side in the slightest, because he is our best forward. Look I’m all for trading him due to his age but losing him especially for the likely return doesn’t balance our side and isn’t going to be a positive in wins in the short term.

It’s nice to put a positive spin on things but stringer is pretty important to our side.

A 30 year old who gets unfitter as the year goes on is important to our bottom 10 side.. we’d be mad not to move him for a half decent pick

 

[jdstorm]

Losing him doesn’t balance the side in the slightest, because he is our best forward. Look I’m all for trading him due to his age but losing him especially for the likely return doesn’t balance our side and isn’t going to be a positive in wins in the short term.

It’s nice to put a positive spin on things but stringer is pretty important to our side.

I think we are just going to disagree.

About half of Jakes goals were proximity goals. Just being open close to goal.

The other half were brilliant. Say that’s 20 goals but we just gave up so many points on the rebound having a pressure capable player in that spot like Guelfi would probably break even on total net points

 

[Schnitzengruben]

2 top 10 picks under contract

OOC next year. I'd offer him big money. Midfield needs some rejuvenation and he's the exact type of classy player we need.

 

[Zach Package]

How have we framed it as a fire sale ?
All we have done is say you are not getting an extension now. If you want to stay you can but that is the offer.
Not like they are jumping out of trees to offer a cheap offer and not like we are desperate to offload him because of cap space. It is simply saying to a bloke who is 30 one year deals are where we are going.
Quality asset. Not quite.

It reads slightly more wholesale than ‘we will let Stringer explore his options for the appropriate return’. To me at least.

If we put the word out and made people available the carcass would get picked pretty clean pretty quickly you’d eventually have 23 Essendon footballers making meaningful September contributions, they’d just be scattered across the other 17 clubs.

 

[FootyGuru]

I think we are just going to disagree.

About half of Jakes goals were proximity goals. Just being open close to goal.

The other half were brilliant. Say that’s 20 goals but we just gave up so many points on the rebound having a pressure capable player in that spot like Guelfi would probably break even on total net points

Yes we will definitely disagree.

Well I’ll look forward to 35 (season tally +20) proximity goals from guilfi.

Not to mention all extra pressure based goals he creates in that one extra tackle he gets over stringer.

Combine them and should balance our forward line and get us more wins.

The only way our forward line will actually function better without Jake is if our ball movement, especially out of our defence drastically improves.

And

If that were the case Jake would only benefit from that said ball movement, but we know that it will be analysed as Jake gone equals better forward line.

Like i have said I’m happy to trade him as he is 30 and won’t feature in our next tilt. I hope Jake isn’t the only one on the trade table though, because currently he is one of the only players capable of a highlight, and his trade return won’t equate to much acceleration to our rebuild.

 

[ant555]

It reads slightly more wholesale than ‘we will let Stringer explore his options for the appropriate return’. To me at least.

If we put the word out and made people available the carcass would get picked pretty clean pretty quickly you’d eventually have 23 Essendon footballers making meaningful September contributions, they’d just be scattered across the other 17 clubs.

And no one else wants to give him a second year either. That is what it is about. We are getting burnt by a few long term deals and they do not want to give up two years on a 30 year old with a history of not being able to maintain fitness 100%. Everyone else knows the story as well. It is not a fire sale.

 

[ghostdog]

So I wonder how much Brent Daniels

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Brent Daniels

Age

25

Ht

172cm

Wt

75kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

6.5

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.9

4star

G

0.4

3star

D

10.3

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

6.0

3star

M

1.9

2star

T

1.9

3star

G

0.0

1star

D

9.0

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

5.4

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

3.0

5star

G

0.8

4star

is on sale for today.

 

[Snake Charmer]

So I wonder how much Brent Daniels is on sale for today.

Crucial mistake but other than that he was awesome. One of the giants best imo

 

[ghostdog]

Crucial mistake but other than that he was awesome. One of the giants best imo

Agree, I'm being facetious. Sometimes he looks like Merrett when he plays, but he doesn't have that extra gear Merrett does.

 

[Keystone agony]

OOC next year. I'd offer him big money. Midfield needs some rejuvenation and he's the exact type of classy player we need.

Probably a top 10 and a first next year then

 

[Keystone agony]

So I wonder how much Brent Daniels is on sale for today.

GWS wouldnt let him go for anything less than 2 top 10s

 

[Keystone agony]

Really liked the way Isaac Cumming

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Isaac Cumming

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.3

4star

MG

158.0

2star

D

9.5

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

2.5

3star

MG

158.0

3star

D

10.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.6

4star

looked last night. Shame he seems destined for SA

If we have alot of cash which we should then id be happy for the offers to be upped towards Cumming, Peatling and Perryman to see if we can swivel a head

 

[MarkJohnson#1]

Really liked the way Isaac Cumming

13

Isaac Cumming

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.2

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.2

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.3

4star

MG

158.0

2star

D

9.5

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

2.5

3star

MG

158.0

3star

D

10.6

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.6

4star

looked last night. Shame he seems destined for SA

If we have alot of cash which we should then id be happy for the offers to be upped towards Cumming, Peatling and Perryman to see if we can swivel a head

Looked like a deer in the headlights in the last quarter, has excuses though given the amount of footy he has played this year.

 

[naraku]

What would we have give up for Perryman AND Peatling? Are they both OOC?

Both are needed.

 

[Snake Charmer]

What would we have give up for Perryman AND Peatling? Are they both OOC?

Both are needed.

Perryman is a UFA so nothing and Peatling is occ but would need to trade. Pearling id happily give our second as ours will be lost anyway. We’d just need more points somehow

 

[MiguelM]

What would we have give up for Perryman AND Peatling? Are they both OOC?

Both are needed.

Well you don't pay the Perryman until he gets you to the other side.

 

[coastalpipeline]

Losing him doesn’t balance the side in the slightest, because he is our best forward. Look I’m all for trading him due to his age but losing him especially for the likely return doesn’t balance our side and isn’t going to be a positive in wins in the short term.

It’s nice to put a positive spin on things but stringer is pretty important to our side.

It helps if its a swap for Richards.
Add in any of Riccardi, Rosas & Kako. Get TMP some harden the **** up gel, we'll be a better team without stringer and his 42 goals will be easily made up for by better cohesion, attitude, fitness & a couple of better plays allround.