Recruiting Trade & Free Agency IV - hypotheticals etc. (Continued in Part V)

[duckdog]

Nah, they have plenty of those types.

Also, using twitter as an infallible source (everyone knows that, right?) we're getting Saad:

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Here's the tweet fwiw:

Harts likes a lot of stuff to be fair

 

[Zach Package]

Stringer has got me right down the middle. On the one had I think it's a less than perfect fit but on the other his quality is obvious and given our previous predicament it'd have to be awful difficult for us as a club to say 'thanks but no thanks' to a player that wants in and is most certainly a 'big fish'. Yes he's not a midfielder, but unless Dodoro is a closet Warlock we're not landing a midfielder of equivalent caliber this off season anyway so I'm all in.

The more I think about it the more it excites me, we're quite obviously short on mids and good kicks, but if you were to add him you could potentially focus more on developing Begley and Laverde as mids and running Fantasia and Walla up around the wings and flanks because they're such good ball users. And that's not even accounting for Stringer potentially wanting to work on his midfield game either, that's a bit of a wildcard.

 

[eDPS]

Tom Browne on Talking Footy saying Stringer has chosen us as his destination.

Media on the bandwagon full on now

 

[WEEVZ]

Stringer has got me right down the middle. On the one had I think it's a less than perfect fit but on the other his quality is obvious and given our previous predicament it'd have to be awful difficult for us as a club to say 'thanks but no thanks' to a player that wants in and is most certainly a 'big fish'. Yes he's not a midfielder, but unless Dodoro is a closet Warlock we're not landing a midfielder of equivalent caliber this off season anyway so I'm all in.

The more I think about it the more it excites me, we're quite obviously short on mids and good kicks, but if you were to add him you could potentially focus more on developing Begley and Laverde as mids and running Fantasia and Walla up around the wings and flanks because they're such good ball users. And that's not even accounting for Stringer potentially wanting to work on his midfield game either, that's a bit of a wildcard.

Pretty sure he played predominantly as a mid in his junior days before he broke his leg, so he'd certainly know what he's doing when he goes in there.

 

[reload141]

Tom Browne on Talking Footy saying Stringer has chosen us as his destination.

Media on the bandwagon full on now

Brady taking time out of his Patriots life to announce this is amazing, love you Tom!

 

[eDPS]

Pretty sure he played predominantly as a mid in his junior days before he broke his leg, so he'd certainly know what he's doing when he goes in there.

His Bendigo coach compared him to James Hird

 

[84859300]

Pretty sure he played predominantly as a mid in his junior days before he broke his leg, so he'd certainly know what he's doing when he goes in there.

Junior mid =/= AFL mid

 

[DallasCrane316]

Tom Browne on Talking Footy "Stringer wants Essendon. It's Essendon. Sticking point is now pick 11"

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Tom Browne gets good mail.

 

[citizen-erased]

Stringer has got me right down the middle. On the one had I think it's a less than perfect fit but on the other his quality is obvious and given our previous predicament it'd have to be awful difficult for us as a club to say 'thanks but no thanks' to a player that wants in and is most certainly a 'big fish'. Yes he's not a midfielder, but unless Dodoro is a closet Warlock we're not landing a midfielder of equivalent caliber this off season anyway so I'm all in.

The more I think about it the more it excites me, we're quite obviously short on mids and good kicks, but if you were to add him you could potentially focus more on developing Begley and Laverde as mids and running Fantasia and Walla up around the wings and flanks because they're such good ball users. And that's not even accounting for Stringer potentially wanting to work on his midfield game either, that's a bit of a wildcard.

it's not every day you get a former top 5 pick, already AA and proven elite player nominate you
If he nominates, we should consider ourselves lucky.

Richmond sorted their midfield pressure up over one offseason and barely changed their personnel (added Prestia).
Heppell, Merrett, McGrath, Zaka, Parish is a pretty decent midfield.
Supported by Begley, Langford, Laverde, etc.

 

[eDPS]

 

[Vander18]

Sounding a lot like Stringer is happening. Happy to do it straight for pick 11.

Doesn’t really fill a structural need but is a top end talent and the odds of getting something better with pick 11 are small....and he makes our forward line ****ing lethal.

 

[WEEVZ]

Junior mid =/= AFL mid

No but it's better than learning completely from scratch.

 

[DallasCrane316]

Sounding a lot like Stringer is happening. Happy to do it straight for pick 11.

Doesn’t really fill a structural need but is a top end talent and the odds of getting something better with pick 11 are small....and he makes our forward line ******* lethal.

If you add Stringer to our forward line (and he's used to taking the number one defender) it now means clubs will have to choose between Daniher and Stringer (with Hooker as well) to try and defend. One will absolutely get off the chain.

 

[boncer34]

"He's not the right type."

He's a genuine A grade talent. He's absolutely the right ****ing type.

 

[McKennabomber]

 

[WEEVZ]

"He's not the right type."

He's a genuine A grade talent. He's absolutely the right ******* type.

Can never have too many A-graders!

 

[citizen-erased]

Can never have too many A-graders!

2018 AA:
Hurley, Merrett, Daniher, Fantasia, Package, McGrath
I'd add Irish too.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

Raz,Walla,Stringer,Joe

jizz.jpeg

 

[jsd09]

His value is so debatable right now it's going to be a shit show.

On one hand he is being marched out of a club, the other he when firing is every bit worth Pick 11 and more.

How bad do WB want him out? How badly do they want to fight his value.

I don't see how we get him for anything less then Pick 11. generally in these scenarios the club gets a sniff of it and they will be relentless to grab our first pick. Just like we demanded when Carlisle left.

Ideally it's a 11 for Stringer and 2nd round, but again if he doesn't get to Essendon is he delisted? He is contracted but he may of breached contract for his conduct etc?

 

[westking]

My source told me Jake realised driving allll the way to Geelong, the 'lifestyle' sell was a load of horse ship. New his decision before he even walked in the building.

 

[eDPS]

Stolen from Blitz

 

[TheBrightSide]

My source told me Jake realised driving allll the way to Geelong, the 'lifestyle' sell was a load of horse ship. New his decision before he even walked in the building.

It's a shit drive allright.

 

[Doss]

If we get Stringer it is huge. A potential ten year player with enormous upside and, even if not an immediate structural need - you don't say no to quality like that.

 

[Zach Package]

Richmond sorted their midfield pressure up over one offseason and barely changed their personnel (added Prestia).
Heppell, Merrett, McGrath, Zaka, Parish is a pretty decent midfield.
Supported by Begley, Langford, Laverde, etc.

Don't sugar coat it, they added Prestia, Caddy, Nankervis and Martin went from a top 20 player to a top 2 player.

Our midfield is a dumpsterfire, but as I said, we're not missing out on anyone because we're moving on Stringer so let's get him while we can.