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Traded #25: Jake Stringer - 📦 Traded to GWS for Pick #53 - 16/10

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Whilst many of our players have had interrupted pre-seasons it sounds like Stringer is as fit as he's ever been in his time here

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AFL 2020: Jake Stringer Essendon, best pre-season ever, Bombers injuries

In the midst of his club’s wretched summer injury run, Essendon gun Jake Stringer says he’s never been in better shape after experiencing one of his best and smoothest pre-seasons of his AFL career.
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In the midst of his club’s wretched summer injury run, Essendon gun Jake Stringer says he’s never been in better shape after experiencing one of his best and smoothest pre-seasons of his AFL career.

A host of key Bombers have, at different stages over the past few months, battled a range of injuries or suffered setbacks, including Joe Daniher (groin), Cale Hooker (hip), Dylan Shiel (knee) David Zaharakis (knee), Dyson Heppell (foot), Michael Hurley (shoulder) and Orazio Fantasia (hip).

However Stringer, who battled foot, knee and hamstring issues to play 19 of a possible 23 games in 2019, has not just been a constant presence on the track, but also one of Essendon’s best trainers.

In his eighth AFL pre-season, Stringer recently ran a personal best in the 2km time trial, slashing a whopping 20 seconds off his previous top time.

Asked on SEN Breakfast how he was going physically, Stringer cheekily said: “I’m borderline flying at the minute … nah I’m going well.”

The 25-year-old said it’d been “one of the hardest pre-seasons I’ve ever done”. He hailed the influence of the Bombers’ new head of strength and conditioning Sean Murphy, who’s come across from Hawthorn and “really tested us physically and mentally”.

“Not being injured is a massive part and I don't think I've missed a session the whole pre-season, which is all you can ask for when you go into a pre-season is complete as many sessions as you can. I’d be probably in the top one or two at the club that hasn’t missed,” Stringer told SEN on Friday morning.

Asked if it’d been one of his smoothest AFL pre-seasons yet, Stringer declared: “Yeah, by far.

“Last year was pretty good, but this year’s been taken to a new level with Sean Murphy coming across. He's really pushed the boundaries with me.

“It's been a hard slog and, don't worry, I'm looking forward to playing and getting out of this pre-season phase.”

Even though Stringer is “flying”, he said seven or eight teammates are still not in full training, but the “majority of them were running”.

“Not everything's gone to plan, obviously. There's been a few blokes that are still not quite into full training, but that's part of football and part of the pre-season. You’ve just got to deal with whatever comes,” Stringer said.

He later added: “We’re in a great position to able to springboard into the season and hopefully get a few more of these top echelon blokes back.”

The first-round draft pick kicked 98.55 for the Bulldogs in 2015 and 2016 before being traded ahead of the 2018 season to the Bombers, where he’s spent recent summers training with the on-ballers.

Stringer said the plan was still for him to play a mixture of midfield and forward minutes this season, but added he’d been training primarily with the attacking group this pre-season and “honing in on my craft as a forward”.

Stringer said Essendon’s succession plan, which will see senior coach John Worsfold gradually hand the reins to assistant Ben Rutten throughout 2020, was working well. He said Worsfold was at the club everyday and engaged with the players, but Rutten took charge of all tactical discussions and meetings.

“The work that John and Ben have done together has been absolutely outstanding and literally the smoothest transition that you could possibly ever see. It's a credit to both of them how well it's actually gone,” Stringer said.

“I couldn’t be happier with where the club is at the minute.”

Stringer said there’d be a noticeable but not dramatic change to the club’s game plan this season.

“It’ll definitely be a lot more consistent,” Stringer said.

“From a whole learning (process) and even in training, you’re seeing it more and more every time we’re doing bits of match ‘sim’. I think it’ll be very noticeable when people come to watch us.”
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Was fun to watch at times, was so frustrating to watch at other times. Go well Jake.
123 games for 207 goals (so avg 1.68gpg for those who don't like maths)
2 goals in finals (both in 2021)
Leading goal kicker 3 times (18, 19 and 21), but only finished in the top-10 for the Crichton once (this season) which probably best shows just how inconsistent he was with us.
 
mike14 said:
Was fun to watch at times, was so frustrating to watch at other times. Go well Jake.
123 games for 207 goals (so avg 1.68gpg for those who don't like maths)
2 goals in finals (both in 2021)
Leading goal kicker 3 times (18, 19 and 21), but only finished in the top-10 for the Crichton once (this season) which probably best shows just how inconsistent he was with us.
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Wait, wait - he was incredible in 2021. He absolutely must’ve been there.

Either that or our B&F is even more flawed than I thought.
 
cAsEy_18 said:
Wait, wait - he was incredible in 2021. He absolutely must’ve been there.

Either that or our B&F is even more flawed than I thought.
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Correct, I missed that one. 5th

1) Zach Merrett (420 votes)


2) Darcy Parish (339)


3) Will Snelling (315)


4) Jordan Ridley (309)


5) Jake Stringer (286)


6) Jayden Laverde (278)


7) Kyle Langford (253)


8) Nick Hind (223)


9) Dyson Heppell (218)


10) Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti (214)
 
No doubt this will spur him on and he’ll arrive at GWS in peak condition, wanting to show everyone that we made a massive mistake letting him go. Much like he did after the bulldogs let him go.
 

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No doubt he could win you a game but this club is so busted list build wise he didn't have a spot in this team.

I'm positive he will do awesome things at GWS, I hope he does.

I would have accepted pick 200 for him, it doesn't matter what it was, we just needed him out so we can start fixing the balance of this side.
Obviously it would have been good to turf a couple others but baby steps.

Connors once again shows why he should be your agent, gets his client what they want.
 
Keystone agony said:
It is not

The club and Rosa played this terribly

Were paying his salary and pick 53
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Where are you getting that from? He signed a new two year deal with the Giants to play there so I'd be surprised if we were still paying him anything.
 

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Keystone agony said:
It is not

The club and Rosa played this terribly

Were paying his salary and pick 53
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There was almost no demand for Jake, not even from his own club. This shaped the trade price. We were lucky to get anything for him at all.

It doesn’t matter that he kicked 42 goals. He’s only worth what someone’s willing to pay for him, which in this case was only pick 53.
 
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