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It is off-the-charts naive to think that WB would be as keen to offload Stringer as they supposedly are if the "only thing he's done wrong is break up with his missus"! 
I mean naivety doesn't get any more extreme than that.
He's just 23yo, has made an AA team at 21yo, has won their goalkicking the last 3 years (including in a premiership year) and is a massive fan favourite, so if they are trying to push him out in spite of all that, there have to be serious, serious issues there.
It is buyer beware in a big way and due diligence would absolutely be needed, and I expect, done.
I mean naivety doesn't get any more extreme than that.
He's just 23yo, has made an AA team at 21yo, has won their goalkicking the last 3 years (including in a premiership year) and is a massive fan favourite, so if they are trying to push him out in spite of all that, there have to be serious, serious issues there.
It is buyer beware in a big way and due diligence would absolutely be needed, and I expect, done.
imagine tomorrow, we pick up the paper and there's news that we are willing to trade jack billings. now imagine he made the AA team.
we are not talking about a trade because we think the trade currency is good or because we think he's a downward trend from here. there's no suitors. it's basically "hey other clubs we want to trade this guy". if we were doing that we'd all be questioning WTF is going on. why is he suddenly on the outer.
thats a trade that stinks of something else happening
