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Stringer kicked 4 goals tonight, you still think he's AFL's biggest flop?
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Player Watch Jake Stringer, AFL'S biggest flop?
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Shane Heard
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Vintage stringer today.
The bloke is a genuine powerhouse superstar match winner killer of a player who you all would love plonked in your own goal square.
You know he’s special.
You dimwits just don’t want to admit you adore him from afar.
The bloke is a genuine powerhouse superstar match winner killer of a player who you all would love plonked in your own goal square.
You know he’s special.
You dimwits just don’t want to admit you adore him from afar.
The 55 meter barrel goal was top shelf literally jumped off my couch
“Thing about Jake is all eyes are on him. It’s not always that fair to those guys to put them out there 50% fit and then open them up to ridicule for not being at their best”
Scott in the presser. Stringer has played injured a LOT in the last couple of years.
Scott in the presser. Stringer has played injured a LOT in the last couple of years.
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Games like today actually reinforce the point...
The level of overreaction to everything Stringer does is ridiculous and tiresome.
Jake has one bad game last week and everyone piles on. I mean I could get it if he'd been playing rubbish for weeks then sure but it was literally 1 single game.
Then this week he has a good game and its tumble weeds.
Sometimes I wonder why people can't just accept he's a good but not great player and move on with their lives.
Bulldog supporters in particular can't seem to let it go which is weird since its many years now ago now that your mob didn't want to keep Stringer and the decision hasn't come back to hurt you in any particular way.
Hannebery on 800K per year loves this.
It’s got nothing to do with which supporter base is asking the questions and whether or not he’s a shi*, good or great footballer.
We’ve seen him at his best, and the questions have been, why aren’t we seeing it more consistently and why does he continuously rock up to pre season out of shape.
You as an essendon supporter should be as annoyed as anyone regarding the latter. He gets paid well - he should be rocking to pre season in the best shape possible every year. No questions asked.
Shi* pre seasons and lack of fitness = more injuries. You reap what you sow.
If you’re happy enough with his output and efforts over summer, then expect inconsistencies and injuries.
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Fact or counterfactual, it’s all confirmation of the point…
Knee to the head last round 2022 knocked him senseless. Took it into preseason. But let’s not jump the gun.
Hope he goes well this season, but:
A) it’s not the only time he’s rocked up to pre season unfit.
and;
B) a head knock in August isn’t an excuse to rock up to pre season out of shape.
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Tell me you know nothing about concussion without telling me you know nothing about concussion.
B) Yes, it is.
Head knocks are a dodgy area, you’ll have to give him the benefit of the doubt on this one. He’s a beautiful footballer Jake, yeah he loves a tim tam, a VB. He’s given us so much joy in a barren time.
He could still train in some capacity and was given the all clear to fully train by December.
Happy to let the 2023 pre season slide, doesn’t excuse the other years where he has rocked up unfit. It begs the question that if he did train harder, would we see more of his talent more often? Hence the thread I guess.
Gave me plenty of joy also. Happy to give the benefit of the doubt on this summer just gone.
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Just enjoy the insanity that is Jake, how many players go the running torp from 55/60 and actually pull it off
Not many could pull it off! It is very Jakey.
I love him
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Can't all have beaten North, GWS and an underdone Geelong.
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People will always ask the question, did he get the best out of himself? (And they will do so in an exaggerated scathing way because it's the internet)
He's still a good mercurial forward at worst
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He's always one to watch as a neutral. Can do the outrsgeous, then disappear, then reappear with something eyepopping.
I do wonder about his weight, he is very beefy, he looks like a WWF wrestler. If he was trimmer, he wouldn't lose much strength, his power may actually increase with higher speed of movement, and he could be moved around different positions. I vaguely remember him being starting off at the bounce in the past, if he had license to just run hard at ball I'm sure he could cause a bit of oppo havoc. Have to just accept, though, some brain fades from time to time.
I do wonder about his weight, he is very beefy, he looks like a WWF wrestler. If he was trimmer, he wouldn't lose much strength, his power may actually increase with higher speed of movement, and he could be moved around different positions. I vaguely remember him being starting off at the bounce in the past, if he had license to just run hard at ball I'm sure he could cause a bit of oppo havoc. Have to just accept, though, some brain fades from time to time.
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Well, even if his career fades away to nothing, at least we’ll always have the memory of him defecating in Tom Boyd’s locker.
I’m surprised the AFL let him keep working, he is the poster boy for “head knock repercussions” ….
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You have no idea what you’re talking about and clearly don’t watch the superstar closely enough to see the sublime skills he routinely performs.
He’s a very unique player. A marquee player. A power forward whose is as skilled as Cameron.
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