AFL Player #25: Jake Stringer

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 19, Harlequin

 

[silk]

Sometimes a new player needs a definitive moment to bring the player to his new fans and signal the past is gone. The goal and crowd high 5 was it. He's a don now.

Thought he might have handballed to Guelfi running back though after the kid made the tackle to gift the goal. Would have been a ripper moment

After Daniher last week, the last thing we needed was a handball near goal when a kick at goal would have sufficed.

 

[lkg04]

He turns 24 next week on Anzac day! What a day to celebrate!

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[TheBrightSide]

Nice angle of Jake’s goal.

 

[yodellinhank]

Doesn't fit our needs

Good job Worsfold pulled out plan B

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

That pose as he watched the ball go through and the double high five

He know's he good.

 

[yaco55]

Though his form through the first three games was decent - Just wasn't getting the breaks which he got today.

 

[Rack Watts]

He creates free men, as so many of them come to try and tackle him, then he just hands it off to one for a goal, or kicks it himself.
Love it. Great 1v1(or 2) player.

 

[Whispering_Jack]

Old mate giving Jake the high 10 did the awkward try-to-grab-their hands trick. Mate, just go with the high 10.

 

[hurlygurdy]

I still believe in turning the Jake into a mid. The time frame is what we've gotten wrong. One preseason doesn't make a mid, but if he trains that way over time it will increase his effectiveness as a forward regardless. His forward craft doesn't really need work, but he will make gains if he improves his tank.

 

[BrunoV]

I still believe in turning the Jake into a mid. The time frame is what we've gotten wrong. One preseason doesn't make a mid, but if he trains that way over time it will increase his effectiveness as a forward regardless. His forward craft doesn't really need work, but he will make gains if he improves his tank.

This is fair and I think that we probably need to look at it the same way we would with a younger player.

Get him into a consistent run of form doing what he does well and then add the other part of the game that we want from him (i.e. the midfield minutes).

Even if he 'doesn't have the tank' to be a midfielder he's struggle to run out game in a way that makes me wonder whether he has really been fit enough (or whether we've carried him as we would carry any player of his quality and baggage, etc).

Maybe add a bursts in the centre square each quarter (i.e. literally just have him contest the bounce and the phase of play that immediately follows) and leave it at that for now.

A positive of changing the structure around Stringer is that it might make us more inclined to add Laverde into the side in place of Green which would give us a bit more flexibility in terms of midfield rotations, etc.

 

[Stopher]

I actually wish BT had called that game yesterday. He'd have (rightfully) gone nuts with a number of Stringer moments, especially those goals from the pocket.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

I actually wish BT had called that game yesterday. He'd have (rightfully) gone nuts with a number of Stringer moments, especially those goals from the pocket.

Will be commenating for Anzac Day hopefully Stringer puts on another show.

 

[boncer34]

I actually wish BT had called that game yesterday. He'd have (rightfully) gone nuts with a number of Stringer moments, especially those goals from the pocket.

Perma ban please Lore Harlequin Loonerty Doss

 

[DapperDon]

Old mate giving Jake the high 10 did the awkward try-to-grab-their hands trick. Mate, just go with the high 10.

Older mate next to him left hanging and does the subtle change to cheer instead

 

[Stopher]

Perma ban please Lore Harlequin Loonerty Doss

He'll be calling Anzac Day though, right? Odds on 'birthday package' getting a run?

 

[boncer34]

He'll be calling Anzac Day though, right? Odds on 'birthday package' getting a run?

I'll be in Mt Cook blisfully unaware.

 

[DapperJong]

I'll be in Mt Cook blisfully unaware.

la di *in da mate

 

[boncer34]

la di ****in da mate

You need to message me back your DOB or the airline won't let me switch the 2nd ticket to your name.

 

[ghostdog]

Will be commenating for Anzac Day hopefully Stringer puts on another show.

And this is why the thread title is too much too soon.

 

[DapperJong]

You need to message me back your DOB or the airline won't let me switch the 2nd ticket to your name.

oh ok one tic

 

[Lore]

And this is why the thread title is too much too soon.

Thread titles reflect the conversation going on within the thread at any given time, rightly or wrongly that was the tone of the thread, and was more relevant than whether or not he was poked in the eye a week ago. It's a direct quote from one of the posts following the game (as titles often are), I think from Runk.

If you have a better one feel free to suggest it and tag a mod.

 

[ghostdog]

Thread titles reflect the conversation going on within the thread at any given time, rightly or wrongly that was the tone of the thread, and was more relevant than whether or not he was poked in the eye a week ago. It's a direct quote from one of the posts following the game (as titles often are), I think from Runk.

If you have a better one feel free to suggest it and tag a mod.

Have to learn how to tag first. Can do one of these though

 

[Lore]

Have to learn how to tag first. Can do one of these though

if you type @ and then start typing their username it should come up with a drop down list. If it's easy to spell you can just type it but I usually use the drop down so I don't accidentally tag the wrong person... e.g. Jade's instead of Jade

 

[Eleven 38]

If he's going to slot goals from the boundary with drop punts like yesterday I have no problem leaving him up there.

Not many players in our team or the comp even would be kicking drop punts from there.

 

[dnbassador]

Now I would love to see some consistency!

Like how he backed himself in breaking tackles you can tell he’s starting to see the advantages of working hard.