Stringer Trade Worth

[hujsh]

Essendon: "Stringer we think you're worth a second round pick"

Stringer: Mind blown?

Let's hope so

[bulldogtragic]

It's frightening to ponder whether retaining Jake might've been Bevo's long game all along, but there's an increasingly strong argument him staying - coupled with a significant attitude adjustment - is the most preferable outcome.

It's looking more unlikely we'll garner what he's worth via trade, and more specifically worth to us - and that's partly our fault.

If we're forced to simply take what we can because we've helped make the situation untenable, and Jake ascends to what he's capable of, it'll leave quite the stain on the club, and you can be damn sure our noses will be rubbed in it at every opportunity.

I really hope this charade passes with both player and club finding common ground to their mutual benefit.

Well he's fast finding out pretty quickly that he's not the package that other clubs would have in a heart beat, where he's knocking back big contracts offers all over the place. That's got to bring him down to reality that he ain't all that, when all that includes unprofessional behaviour for at least 2 years. He's burned the last chance the club gave him. However, maybe fate will give him one last with us. If so, he better take it because a year of VFL footy will cause headaches for him and his manager next year.

[GVGjr]

Essendon: "Stringer we think you're worth a second round pick"

Stringer: Mind blown?

Let's hope so

If as reported, Essendon are willing to pay him 600K a season then clearly a second round pick won't get it done.
Stringers manager will also want Essendon to be more than reasonable.

I think we will be flat out to get pick 11 straight up from them though. We might have to get a bit creative. It wouldn't surprise me if they want to roll in another player like Francis into a bigger deal.

[bulldogtragic]

If as reported, Essendon are willing to pay him 600K a season then clearly a second round pick won't get it done.
Stringers manager will also want Essendon to be more than reasonable.

I think we will be flat out to get pick 11 straight up from them though. We might have to get a bit creative. It wouldn't surprise me if they want to roll in another player like Francis into a bigger deal.

With Hodgey retired, getting a future Lite n Easy ambassador to the club is a real coup for a smaller club. If Francis can actually lose the weight.

[ledge]

I see Francis as the same as Stringer , both elite talent but lazy in one way or another .
Francis doesn't have the bad record though, just a weight loss problem and his tank, but maybe due to injury.
At the moment I would back Francis to have more longevity in the game if Stringer doesn't pull his finger out.
I would still hate to lose Jake.
Wait and see I guess , the club knows what it wants whether it's player or draft picks or both.
Either way the club would already have an acceptable and non acceptable line marked out.
I can't understand Geelong chasing Ablett more than stringer unless Stringers problems outweigh Abletts, seeings Ablett has only two years max and Jake has 10 years ahead of him, that's pretty bad problems if that's the case.

[hujsh]

If as reported, Essendon are willing to pay him 600K a season then clearly a second round pick won't get it done.
Stringers manager will also want Essendon to be more than reasonable.

I think we will be flat out to get pick 11 straight up from them though. We might have to get a bit creative. It wouldn't surprise me if they want to roll in another player like Francis into a bigger deal.

600k a year would also have to be a bit of a shock to him wouldn't it? He's a 23 year old AA considered an elite talent and people are being offered 700-900k a year with the cap increase and Jake seems like he'll be getting a moderate increase on what he already has (assuming he's on 500-550 already) when he should be set for his big payday.

[bornadog]

600k a year would also have to be a bit of a shock to him wouldn't it? He's a 23 year old AA considered an elite talent and people are being offered 700-900k a year with the cap increase and Jake seems like he'll be getting a moderate increase on what he already has (assuming he's on 500-550 already) when he should be set for his big payday.

You have to work hard for your payday. He needs to sit down with Dusty and find out how he achieved what he did.

[ledge]

You have to work hard for your payday. He needs to sit down with Dusty and find out how he achieved what he did.

Prefer he sat down with Bevo, the players and the club and says something along the lines of I promise to do my best, to do my duty .. A bit of Boy Scout stuff and mean it and show it over the summer.

[Twodogs]

Prefer he sat down with Bevo, the players and the club and says something along the lines of I promise to do my best, to do my duty .. A bit of Boy Scout stuff and mean it and show it over the summer.

He's expected to do his best and do his duty. What he says has to start with "I'm sorry I have been letting everybody down. This is what I plan to do to make it better"

[chef]

Don't shoot the messenger but just conveying Brian Waldron on SEN stating that Geelong may now have cooled their heels on Stringer and that Essendon will look to deal later in trade week with the intention of putting a 2nd round on the table. He felt that with Geelong's waning interest that Essendon would not be dealing their first round pick 11.

Yay. Stringer stays.

[1eyedog]

Essendon want him and will give up pick 11 I reckon. But not before they drag him and us across the coals and get the deal done in the 23rd hour. As per usual they'll end up making pick 11 too good to refuse for us. The question is not so much how much they want him as it is how much do we want to be rid of him, and they'll hedge their bets on that.

[GVGjr]

Essendon want him and will give up pick 11 I reckon. But not before they drag him and us across the coals and get the deal done in the 23rd hour. As per usual.

They love to spoil other deals and really live for it. We need to put a stop watch on them and give them a firm day and time we will stop talking to them.

[hujsh]

They love to spoil other deals and really live for it. We need to put a stop watch on them and give them a firm day and time we will stop talking to them.

I like that. Give them at most one week and if no deal can be done walk away.

[Bulldog Revolution]

They love to spoil other deals and really live for it. We need to put a stop watch on them and give them a firm day and time we will stop talking to them.

Who was it they offered on the last day of a trade period straight up for Scott West?

It was a bloke who never played any senior footy right? Darren Walsh?

[Remi Moses]

Who was it they offered on the last day of a trade period straight up for Scott West?

It was a bloke who never played any senior footy right? Darren Walsh?

They delisted him ! What a joke to deal with