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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
As far as I understand he (Jake) had considered leaving before we won the Grand Final so I am not surprised by this development, although I thought he was happy to stay now. Trade to Gold Coast for Jack Martin, doubt he would go interstate thought due to his children. Maybe he just needs a fresh start. I guess the issue for the club is they would like to know asap.BT COME BACK!
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
Jake Stringer is one of the core reasons our future is so bright. He almost single-handedly can win games and he is only 23, no where near the start of his peak. If we trade him it will bite us in the arse big time because at 25-27 he will be tearing the comp apart.
He needs a few cuddles and a bit of support in the forward line.But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.Comment
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
Jake Stringer has within him, the potential to be the BEST player in the comp.........(well maybe second best).
I would hate to see that potential explode at another club. He is a one in a million athletic beast.Comment
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
Couldn't agree more.
With the crap years of 2011 to 2014, I thought great at least we can pick up some good first round players. Stringer, Macrae, The Bont was compensation for the pathetic years under Macca.
Easy for supporters to just dismiss him, which frankly I am disappointed in, acting like Richmond supporters of the past. One bad year and people are prepared to burn him and look for another unknown first rounder.
Me, I am hating listening to the talkback and reading the crap on twitter and even the negativity on this forum. Just makes the club look bad.
Hopefully this is worked out with a positive outcome and Jake stays.
Damian you got what you wanted - dickheadFFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.Comment
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
I don't want to see him traded and I have no confidence in us getting a fair deal if it does go ahead.I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken.Comment
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
I'm not seeing the need for any sort of panic yet. It's very early days.Western Bulldogs Football Club "Where it's cool to drool"Comment
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
Stringer is dealing with some tough stuff for a young bloke. Combined with injuries I am not surprised he hasn't quite met our lofty expectations in recent history. SEN / twitter etc, I can't believe the crap some of our own have dished up on the issue. No perspective at all. Goals are an important part of footy. He is our leading goal kicker, across multiple seasons.
His best is GOAT level stuff, the Bont may well be Mr Football mkII but Jake, when fit and motivated is unlike anything we've ever had in our team colours. G Ablett Snr comparisons were reasonable. That's not to say a trade is unthinkable, I can see a few scenarios where I would off load a player of his ilk, but you need to understand what you've got. Big deals like this happen in US sports all the time. Ideally you get better and limit how much better your opponents get, Stringer makes our opponents much better. The deal would have to be unprecedented.
Would rather we support him, get his head right, get him fit and playing to his strengths.Time and Tide Waits For No ManComment
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
Does appear as if the powers that be have simply reached the point where they feel the costs of letting Jake be Jake are beginning to outweigh the rewards, and have understandably made this clear to the player alongside an appeal for greater commitment.
The season we've had surely demands nothing less from the club.
He certainly wouldn't have been the only player challenged, so apart from the media's appetite for scandal, why's Jake's reaction the one being aired? I know the answer, but his handling of warranted criticism and the lack of maturity it might demonstrate - particularly in the cauldron of a young, impressionable club - suddenly seems like the issue with Jake in a nutshell.
Rather hope player and club can learn from this, mend and mutually benefit because every sausage roll he slots against us in rival colours will be positively undigestible.BORDERLINE FLYINGComment
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Little early to burn the joint down . Reckon it's a big wake up call for Jake to work harder ,
He's cruised the last two yearsComment
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Re: Who would you have JMac target this year?
We also have to consider:
1. How frustrating it would be to play in our forward line with rubbish entry after rubbish entry.
2. Has Bevo made any of our forwards better?
There's a lot of negativity around Jake, but what about our forward line in general and how they're coached/treated? From the outside looking in, it's better to be a HBF at the dogs than a natural forward.Comment
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