AFL Player #25: Jake Stringer - 200th game against Richmond!

[Lore]

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

 

[Yoda_]

Another almost game from Jake.

He's going to tear a game apart soon

 

[fairbump_playon]

Can AI be used to edit the replay so Jake holds that hanger?

That was an epic leap.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

 

[FlyingV]

Delighted we are not as reliant on him. A couple of years ago when we made finals he was the number 1 player in the comp in the second half of the season. Carried us there, now he’s more of a bonus/cherry on the top. That’s a good sign.

 

[katana]

i swear his 2022 gets more highly rated by the day. he was very good, he wasn't nearly the number one player in the comp...

 

[Milanista28]

i swear his 2022 gets more highly rated by the day. he was very good, he wasn't nearly the number one player in the comp...

2021, he was in the top 10 for a bit there for sure.

 

[faible]

i swear his 2022 gets more highly rated by the day. he was very good, he wasn't nearly the number one player in the comp...

It was 2021, and he was pretty good.

Post-bye he averaged 21 disposals and 2.3 goals a game, whilst also pulling 6.5 i50s and 6.2 clearances a game.

That's Bont / Petracca level clearance and i50 numbers whilst kicking the same number of goals as a full-time forward.

If he was doing that for a whole season he'd be pretty much the number one player in the comp.

 

[boncer34]

i swear his 2022 gets more highly rated by the day. he was very good, he wasn't nearly the number one player in the comp...

He was in the second half of the season.

 

[Vindicater]

i swear his 2022 gets more highly rated by the day. he was very good, he wasn't nearly the number one player in the comp...

He was for about 8 weeks or so. The rest of the year was just okay. But he did explode for awhile.

 

[Kong]

He was kicking 200m torps on the run in 2021.

 

[ant555]

Another almost game from Jake.

He's going to tear a game apart soon

Or maybe he wont as that is how the coach wants them to play. Everyone does there part. We rely on no one to tear games apart. Maybe just stop giving him set shots 30 out in front and he will be kicking 3 every week

 

[katana]

He was for about 8 weeks or so. The rest of the year was just okay. But he did explode for awhile.

so did brent stanton in 2012 (?). again, for about 8 weeks. doesn't make you the 'best player in the comp'...

he also had a crap final against the dogs as i recall...

 

[jmoo wan]

so did brent stanton in 2012 (?). again, for about 8 weeks. doesn't make you the 'best player in the comp'...

he also had a crap final against the dogs as i recall...

Stanton was awesome - he was the player Merrett wishes he was

 

[katana]

Or maybe he wont as that is how the coach wants them to play. Everyone does there part. We rely on no one to tear games apart. Maybe just stop giving him set shots 30 out in front and he will be kicking 3 every week

what, in your opinion, does 'the coach' want stringer to do?

 

[fairbump_playon]

what, in your opinion, does 'the coach' want stringer to do?

Pressure acts and the rest will follow

 

[brain taylor]

re: best in the comp thing, commentary kept banging on about how he had the highest ~player rating~ in the second half of the season that year, fwiw

 

[ant555]

what, in your opinion, does 'the coach' want stringer to do?

What he is doing now . Other than kicking points. He has said in the past that he doesn’t want to rely on Stringer to win games .
Play your role make a few tackles.

 

[katana]

What he is doing now . Other than kicking points. He has said in the past that he doesn’t want to rely on Stringer to win games .
Play your role make a few tackles.

yes but what's the 'play your role' part?

 

[ant555]

yes but what's the 'play your role' part?

Do what he does in the middle and make sure when he is forward he keeps working both ways .
Fit into the team where you can and work with the other forwards.
Team role .

 

[windyhill]

he also had a crap final against the dogs as i recall...

He wasn’t Robinson Crusoe that day.

 

[Squeaky]

He wasn’t Robinson Crusoe that day.

Fort Caruso?

 

[DERO]

i swear his 2022 gets more highly rated by the day. he was very good, he wasn't nearly the number one player in the comp...

Plenty said that he was stiff not to make the AA team. I'm not always his biggest fan either but i agree with that. He got us across the line in 4 or 5 games through sheer individual brilliance- we would not have won without him.

 

[Westlo]

Can we just give him one year contracts so every year is a Stringer contract year?

 

[The Donners]

He’s done enough to warrant his last multi-year deal. 2 years this contract followed by a season at a time.

 

[VelvetSledge]

200 games up vs Richmond at Dreamtime