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23-09-2017, 12:25 PM
#391
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
G-Mo77
Isn't he! Every time he opens his trap I cringe.
Even I'm starting to turn on him.
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23-09-2017, 12:30 PM
#392
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
Don't believe so. North grabbed Higgins & Waite in 2014 under FA.
Fair enough, I always thought teams can only get one FA in any given trade period. With that in mind, I'd like us to look at Motlop as a FA to address some glaring deficiencies in our midfield group.
And Stringer for Cockatoo and next year's 1st round pick is a good starting point with the Cats.
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23-09-2017, 12:35 PM
#393
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Fair enough, I always thought teams can only get one FA in any given trade period. With that in mind, I'd like us to look at Motlop as a FA to address some glaring deficiencies in our midfield group.
And Stringer for Cockatoo and next year's 1st round pick is a good starting point with the Cats.
This may be more along the lines of the JMc target thread... I will post it there.
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23-09-2017, 12:39 PM
#394
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
Sedat
Fair enough, I always thought teams can only get one FA in any given trade period. With that in mind, I'd like us to look at Motlop as a FA to address some glaring deficiencies in our midfield group.
And Stringer for Cockatoo and next year's 1st round pick is a good starting point with the Cats.
The Cats are very unlikely to trade Cockatoo so Motlop as a FA might be worth a good look at.
If we lose Stringer we are going to need a couple of quick wins as good news stories.
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23-09-2017, 12:41 PM
#395
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
The Cats are very unlikely to trade Cockatoo so Motlop as a FA might be worth a good look at.
If we lose Stringer we are going to need a couple of quick wins as good news stories.
That's why we should be targeting him. Offering Stanley or Cowan won't get it done. To get good talent, you have to give good talent/picks.
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23-09-2017, 12:44 PM
#396
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
Sedat
If we've nailed our FA mast to Trengove, wouldn't we then need to trade for another FA?
Hawks did it last year with Ricky Henderson & Ty Vickery
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23-09-2017, 01:00 PM
#397
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
anfo27
Hawks did it last year with Ricky Henderson & Ty Vickery
I haven't met a Hawks supporter that wouldn't gladly agree the Hawks should pay half his wage in an effort to trade him away.
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23-09-2017, 01:45 PM
#398
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
I'm a fan of Motlop but it would be ironic if we went after him and turfed Stringer simultaneously.
I can see Geelong offering Pick 20 & Lang or Thurlow.
They won't offer Cockatoo - they love him.
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23-09-2017, 02:10 PM
#399
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
I'm a fan of Motlop but it would be ironic if we went after him and turfed Stringer simultaneously.
I can see Geelong offering Pick 20 & Lang or Thurlow.
They won't offer Cockatoo - they love him.
They can give us Cockatoo, and Stringer can get the #5 jumper and further believe he's Gary Ablett Snr.
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23-09-2017, 02:15 PM
#400
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
Cool. If true, Stringer can have a gap year. That's fine.
I would prefer he has a gap year with all this denial that he doesn't know why he is being moved on. He can stick it if these reports are true. I don't care if it costs us a good pick.
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23-09-2017, 02:16 PM
#401
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
I'm a fan of Motlop but it would be ironic if we went after him and turfed Stringer simultaneously.
I can see Geelong offering Pick 20 & Lang or Thurlow.
They won't offer Cockatoo - they love him.
How would Lang fit into our side? He has struggled a bit for games at the Cattery
Thurlow has had some injury challenges and he's a low possession winning 190cm defender with below average skills which I don't think we have a spot for.
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23-09-2017, 02:17 PM
#402
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
bornadog
I would prefer he has a gap year with all this denial that he doesn't know why he is being moved on. He can stick it if these reports are true. I don't care if it costs us a good pick.
Don't worry, pick 20 is an average pick in an average draft. Easily worth him having a gap year if he and Geelong or others don't give us something of value.
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23-09-2017, 03:29 PM
#403
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
GVGjr
How would Lang fit into our side? He has struggled a bit for games at the Cattery
Thurlow has had some injury challenges and he's a low possession winning 190cm defender with below average skills which I don't think we have a spot for.
Lang has had some injuries this season but he is a neat player. More that half forward who could push up to the wings.
I still wouldn't accept 20 + Lang but IMO that's what Geelong will look at offering.
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23-09-2017, 10:37 PM
#404
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
Don't worry, pick 20 is an average pick in an average draft. Easily worth him having a gap year if he and Geelong or others don't give us something of value.
If pick 20 is all we can conjure up for Stringer, then I would happily let him rot in football purgatory for 12 months. I'd love it if we publicly stated that was our position.
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23-09-2017, 10:58 PM
#405
Re: Stringer Trade Worth
Just finished watching last year's Semi final against the Hawks....can't believe its come to this.
I keep hoping Jake is going to have a road to Damascus moment and just realise what he's leaving behind..As important as he is to us..so we are to him. I wish there was some way it could be retrieved. I know it won't.
Just makes watching 2016 finals matches a tiny bit less satisfying for me though.