Stringer Trade Worth

[bulldogtragic]

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Have you heard if Geelong's interest in Watts has dropped off? This would be integral to any move for Jake.

Cooling. They're both going to be similar in demanded cost. I know who I'd rather if both cost the same.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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Geelong only likely to get pick 35 for Motlop...yikes...

[GVGjr]

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Geelong only likely to get pick 35 for Motlop...yikes...

Yep it changes things a fair bit but it's still doable.

[bulldogtragic]

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Geelong only likely to get pick 35 for Motlop...yikes...

4 years on good dollars. The AFEL are screwing them over. They should match it then.

[Topdog]

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Is 19 & 22 really worth 6? We traded 11 for 21&22 not long ago? The whole ratings system is befuddling.

No it isn't, not even close. Points are different to draft picks. I don't any team would trade 6 for 19&21.

[Happy Days]

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If Stringer goes for any of the offers being put out in the wake of the Smith trade then I'll be very wary of trusting the club's public communications for a good while. The entire message has been that we would be happy to keep him should no suitable offer arises, yet we appear to be ready to settle for an unsuitable offer.

It seems we've been lied to and condescended in the foolhardy belief that we would just waltz away with pick 11, forgetting that other clubs actually act in their own best interest and do things like "negotiate" and "think". If our intention truly was to trade him at all costs, then we have horribly mishandled this by acting equal parts emotionally and arrogantly.

[anfo27]

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So, had that got up ...

OUT
Stringer
#9
#24

IN
#5
#29

And we were actively pursuing that? Which basically boils down to upgrading #9 into #5 for a *chance* at a prospective mid? AND Dodo gets his man for a couple of second rounders.

Hand me the lube people because that suggests we're going to be on the receiving end of something awful.

Forget the lube Rocket. This deal looks like it's going to hurt a lot!

[Bornadog]

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If Stringer is threatening to sit out the year, I hope we take him off the table now and pay for a ticket to Las Vegas.

I presume we don't pay him either? Hope he has some savings and hasn't gambled it all away.

[Topdog]

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Where has this sit out the year talk come from?!? Neither Stringer or his manager have come close to suggesting it

[Axe Man]

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Where has this sit out the year talk come from?!? Neither Stringer or his manager have come close to suggesting it

It's in the article I posted a couple of pages back. Whether there is any truth to it is another story.

Stringer has told confidants he would rather sit out a year of football if faced with the reality of having to return to the Whitten Oval, but history says that’s a threat that is rarely followed through.

[bulldogtragic]

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Where has this sit out the year talk come from?!? Neither Stringer or his manager have come close to suggesting it

His friends (edit confidants) have told media outlets it.

[Axe Man]

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So, had that got up ...

OUT
Stringer
#9
#24

IN
#5
#29

And we were actively pursuing that? Which basically boils down to upgrading #9 into #5 for a *chance* at a prospective mid? AND Dodo gets his man for a couple of second rounders.

Hand me the lube people because that suggests we're going to be on the receiving end of something awful.

You can't count 24 as an out unless you also count it as an in. Effectively you can ignore 24 and it's Stringer and 9 for 5 and 29.

[Topdog]

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Yep so still neither Stringer or manager. Just the gutter journos trying to make themselves sound correct

[Funke disco]

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Why would stringer sit out a year? It's the final year of his contract. How is he going to demand a pay rise for his next one? In his prime years

[GVGjr]

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Why would stringer sit out a year? It's the final year of his contract. How is he going to demand a pay rise for his next one? In his prime years

He will play and he will try and do his best. It's just a tactic.