Stringer Trade Worth

[Bulldog Revolution]

Re: Stringer Trade Worth

Any Stringer deal was always going to be drawn out

It's the nature of dealing with Dodoro - and from the dons perspective it tests whether we are really prepared to take Jake back in an attempt to lower the price

[The Underdog]

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I just want a trade that I can complain about to my grandchildren

[Twodogs]

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I just want a trade that I can complain about to my grandchildren

Heh! Take your choice, there are enough dud bulldog trade deals for everyone.

[The Doctor]

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How about a deal that could net us Schache & Crozier for Stringer?

Dons get Stringer for 19 + 46

19 goes to Brisbane for Schache
46 to Freo for Crozier

we retain 9, 26 & 39

I doubt we will get pick 11 but if the club rates Schache as the equivalent or better than what we might get at pick 11 this could work. I doubt Brisbane could get any better.

[mjp]

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I know everyone complains about Dodoro but isn't the way he draws a line in the sand and refuses to concede to opposition clubs the way so many of us want our club to act/behave?

The idea that Stringer is only worth pick 11 is clearly ludicrous - he is a 24 year old premiership winning 50 goal per year all -Australian forward...that he is even AVAILABLE is clearly ludicrous. But WE STARTED THIS (and I am still really not sure why)...and because we did we need to see it through.

Of course Jake didn't attend the club B&F - it sounds like there was some below the surface niggle between him and a % of the playing/support group that is now out in the open...it would have just been uncomfortable and people would have been asking him where he was going, why he was leaving etc and how could he answer those questions?

All the talk about the 2018 'super draft' is not helping btw...no-one out there wants to trade a future pick...

[Happy Days]

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I know everyone complains about Dodoro but isn't the way he draws a line in the sand and refuses to concede to opposition clubs the way so many of us want our club to act/behave?

I've come to think that Dodoro rocks and would love it if we traded like he does.

Rolling us for pick 26 for the sake of equity for Crameri, only to then see it put out there by the Essendon puppets that they want to get us back for overpaying? That's just bellissimo. If there are clubs (us) stupid enough to get rolled time and time again then more power to him.

[Bulldog4life]

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Today Cooney is saying Essendon should give pick 11 to Dogs for Jake. He floats with the wind.

[GVGjr]

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I know everyone complains about Dodoro but isn't the way he draws a line in the sand and refuses to concede to opposition clubs the way so many of us want our club to act/behave?

In a way but I don't think he is ethical and often acts as a spoiler with trades for other clubs. We all want our guys to be creative and firm in negotiations but I don't think we should be trying to rip off other clubs. Deals don't often go down with Dodoro with other clubs thing they've be ripped off.

The idea that Stringer is only worth pick 11 is clearly ludicrous - he is a 24 year old premiership winning 50 goal per year all -Australian forward...that he is even AVAILABLE is clearly ludicrous. But WE STARTED THIS (and I am still really not sure why)...and because we did we need to see it through.

Of course Jake didn't attend the club B&F - it sounds like there was some below the surface niggle between him and a % of the playing/support group that is now out in the open...it would have just been uncomfortable and people would have been asking him where he was going, why he was leaving etc and how could he answer those questions?

All the talk about the 2018 'super draft' is not helping btw...no-one out there wants to trade a future pick...

I'm sure we would have liked to have had Bevo's comments back but if we just stick to what we know, pick 11 is a bargain for Stringers services.

I agree that no one wants to trade future picks because of the perception of missing out on next years bumper crop.

[bulldogtragic]

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Today Cooney is saying Essendon should give pick 11 to Dogs for Jake. He floats with the wind.

Forgot to take his red & black meds today.

[G-Mo77]

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Today Cooney is saying Essendon should give pick 11 to Dogs for Jake. He floats with the wind.

I saw a few Bulldog supporters having a crack at him the other day. Bombres knobs will now get stuck into him and he'll be back to 2nd round by late this week.

[GVGjr]

Re: Stringer Trade Worth

How about a deal that could net us Schache & Crozier for Stringer?

Dons get Stringer for 19 + 46

19 goes to Brisbane for Schache
46 to Freo for Crozier

we retain 9, 26 & 39

I doubt we will get pick 11 but if the club rates Schache as the equivalent or better than what we might get at pick 11 this could work. I doubt Brisbane could get any better.

Brisbane would settle for anything around the 15 mark and I'm expecting Richmond to chime in with one of the 2 first round picks.

I think a fairer valuation might 19 and their pick 28 but I still wouldn't be happy with it but at least we would have 9, 26 and 28 with 38 going to Fremantle for Crozier plus we could then use a late pick for R.Smith.

[Ghost Dog]

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Screw Essendon. Let's roll up shop and keep him. If they want to drag it out, then just take him off the table. I believe he's a good guy at heart, just immature as all get out and made some mistakes. Turn him around.
Have to agree that 11 sounds like a bargain for them.

[Happy Days]

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Anyone else kind of hoping that this is all a ruse to get Essendon to agree to give up pick 11, only then to tell them to go jump and this was all a ruse that Stringer was in on the whole time?

That'd be pretty classic and something I would totally do if I was in charge.

[bulldogtragic]

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Anyone else kind of hoping that this is all a ruse to get Essendon to agree to give up pick 11, only then to tell them to go jump and this was all a ruse that Stringer was in on the whole time?

That'd be pretty classic and something I would totally do if I was in charge.

Or, Sign the deal with 10 seconds to go in the trade dead line and watch the trade die in the corridor as they're sprinting to lodge it, hopefully falling on their faces. We can frame our copy of the paperwork and hang it in our boardroom, next to our premiership memorabilia.

[Twodogs]

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Or, Sign the deal with 10 seconds to go in the trade dead line and watch the trade die in the corridor as they're sprinting to lodge it, hopefully falling on their faces. We can frame our copy of the paperwork and hang it in our boardroom, next to our premiership memorabilia.

Unfortunately I think they have upgraded the technology since the fax machine days. (Did anyone else ever wonder where they were they faxing things to? Weren't all the AFL community pretty much crammed into Optus Oval at the time? Wasn't that the whole idea behind Trade Week? No wonder the fax machine never worked-it probably wasn't plugged into anything)