List Mgmt. 2017 Trade & Free Agency Watch Part 2

Which Of These Talls Would You Rather

  • Sam Reid

  • Levi Casboult

  • Jackson Trengove

  • Harrison Himmelberg

  • Steven May

  • Daniel McStay

  • Eric Hipwood

  • Jonathan Freeman

  • Jack Repath

  • Other


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DrMike

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Shits me to tears. A player like Stringer, the kid could kick 50 plus year in year out and be and absolute jet. Why do they have these bloody attitude figjam issues.

He would be unbelievable at our club, him and Duz in the forward line would kick 100 between them. But if he doesn't bring a good attitude then he can **** right off. Attitude is everything.

If stringer had the attitude of Kane Lambert he would be a Brownlow medalist
The talk is Stringer and his partner separated, which resulted in Stringer having primary care of their child. FIGJAM or not I can't imagine how someone would be able to balance being a full-time professional athlete and caring for a child by themselves without either being detrimentally impacted.
 

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The AFL have said they'll pay him if he stays and 500k is an awful lot but moving to a big Melbourne club also increases his marketability and helps him increase revenues outside of footy.

If he came to us, pies, bombers or blues and won a premiership he'd make more over his lifetime then staying at GC and taking 500k extra a year.

Plus the ultimate goal in footy is to win a premiership, GC will not win one in his time. He could quite conceivably decide that he'd rather a premiership over cash and he is not the only player to make that choice. It's not like he won't be on over a mill a year in Melbourne anyway.
That's the $500k on the books we know about. I have no doubt that there'll be plenty of other cash flowing out of various off the books coffers to keep him there for one very good reason. If he left GCS is ****** more than it is now. And that's saying something.
 

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Stringer legitimately reminds me of Dustin in so many ways. Is slightly taller, weighs slightly more but has that explosive pace. Has never been made to play midfield therefore has never developed the tank. Is virtually untackleable, has explosive pace, knows where the goals are, is clean with the ball and rarely fumbles and a long penetrating kick. High risk, high reward. Could be the best player in the game, as he does things that only few in the AFL can do, but also could fade away into obscurity and waste his career. Being traded could be the kick up the ass he needs. Tell him to get fit, that he will be playing 50/50 mid/fwd and rotating with Dustin. His talent is undoubtable, if we could alter his work ethic then he could propel our team even further.
 

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Whilst Lynch may be a gun, I am not sure he is the player we need.

We need a tall forward who can chop out in the ruck. I don't think you bring in Lynch on $1m to do that and Riewoldt is not a ruck chop out either..

2m Peter is the right sort of player we should be targeting.
 

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You don't cast aside a bloke that has the ability to do this. You figure out why the **** he can't do it consistently and fix the problems. Is an absolute animal when up and running. Can change the course of a game in 3 kicks.
 

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You don't cast aside a bloke that has the ability to do this. You figure out why the **** he can't do it consistently and fix the problems. Is an absolute animal when up and running. Can change the course of a game in 3 kicks.
no thanks
 

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They wouldn't be KPP's in most forward lines, but in ours, currently, they certainly are. All depends if we still view the CHF spot as a "need" and consider that a role for a tall Fwd/Ruck type.

We don't want to burn out Nank, but I certainly think after another pre-season he'd be able to handle the Ruck full time, with an occasional chop out, more often.



Would love to see Dusty, Stringer and Caddy rotate between Fwd-Mid together. Dangerous. Maybe unstoppable.
Most of the great CHF's are all around 194cm. Tredrea, Brown, Riewoldts (2), Carey, Richo (little taller but how could I leave him out) etc. The current talls apart from Lynch & Dahiher (future maybe) ain't much chop in comparison.
 

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Stringer legitimately reminds me of Dustin in so many ways. Is slightly taller, weighs slightly more but has that explosive pace. Has never been made to play midfield therefore has never developed the tank. Is virtually untackleable, has explosive pace, knows where the goals are, is clean with the ball and rarely fumbles and a long penetrating kick. High risk, high reward. Could be the best player in the game, as he does things that only few in the AFL can do, but also could fade away into obscurity and waste his career. Being traded could be the kick up the ass he needs. Tell him to get fit, that he will be playing 50/50 mid/fwd and rotating with Dustin. His talent is undoubtable, if we could alter his work ethic then he could propel our team even further.
I'm telling you right now, if Stringer could play like Dusty, you would know already.

It's like saying Lennon is a star in the making he just needs a tank.

Remember not so long ago Dusty didn't have much of a tank, still dominated games though.
 

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Hmm... Stringer is an interesting one.

First impression is no way, but the more I think about it... He's probably at his lowest currency, massive potential, right age for our youth...

I want us to trade our 2 first rnd picks this year. Certainly wouldn't be giving up both our firsts for him, but a first and a player?

If and a big IF, he rips out the bathwater I.V drip, builds his tank to run through the middle. Would be a seriously dangerous player...

Would be down the list of targets though. Lynch, Jelly, Rockliff, Stringer would my preferred order.
 

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I'm telling you right now, if Stringer could play like Dusty, you would know already.

It's like saying Lennon is a star in the making he just needs a tank.

Remember not so long ago Dusty didn't have much of a tank, still dominated games though.
Stringer can play, he is an All Australian. When did Lennon kick 50 goals in a season, or 45 goals in a 'down' year.
Something clearly has changed, his well documented fall out with his misses as well as other things behind closed doors. Have a look at his 2015 year, as a 20 year old. Something is inhibiting him mentally.
These are the high risk, high reward moves. Whether we can afford to take that risk is another thing.
 

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The talk is Stringer and his partner separated, which resulted in Stringer having primary care of their child. FIGJAM or not I can't imagine how someone would be able to balance being a full-time professional athlete and caring for a child by themselves without either being detrimentally impacted.
The bloke makes several hundred grand a year. You'd reckon he could afford a nanny.

Can seriously play though, and would fit us beautifully.
 

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The bloke makes several hundred grand a year. You'd reckon he could afford a nanny.

Can seriously play though, and would fit us beautifully.
I reckon he could, but being a good parent is a bit more involved than that and being a single parent in your early 20's is not easy, regardless of money.
 
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