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

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.”

 

[Old Campaigner]

Might as well get in on the ground floor

Date of birth: 25 April 1994 (age 23)

Drafted from: Bendigo Pioneers
Draft: No. 5, 2012 national draft
Height: 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight: 92 kg (203 lb)


Former club: Western Bulldogs (2012 - 2017)
Number: 9
Games: 89
Goals: 160
Position: Forward

Career highlights:
AFL premiership player: (2016)
All-Australian team: (2015)
3× Western Bulldogs leading goalkicker: (2015, 2016, 2017)
2× 22under22 team: (2015, 2016)
AFL Rising Star nominee (2014)

 

[Killer_Mike]

lol.

I like cut of your jib campaigner.

I got first rights to Striger. MY BOI!

 

[Stopher]

Gets to play on his birthday every year. That's gotta be a big plus!

 

[Doss]

Hey now let's just hold our horses a tad here. FFS.

 

[VelvetSledge]

25+30 for Stringer.

Dodoro, you are a genius.

 

[Loonerty]

It is done.

 

[Stopher]

Somewhere in Vegas, Jake Stringer is at a roulette table betting on RED and BLACK!

 

[sameolds33]

Amazing trade period for us. Welcome Jake!

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Woohoo!

SSS!!!

 

[RearNaked]

Now we have him can we admit 25 and 30 was massive unders haha

 

[Shermy]

Excellent

 

[maskmcgee]

 

[DonsRule]

 

[Scottie65]

25+30 for Stringer.

Dodoro, you are a genius.

welcolme to Essendon jake stringer........love this.......will be of great value for the bombers.....for me...the most important deal of the trade period...this guy is a bull

 

[Doss]

Hey now let's just hold our horses a tad here. FFS.

**** off you knob jockey.







OH. And welcome, Jake!

 

[maskmcgee]

 

[maskmcgee]

I thought he was in Bali

 

[Gumby2Hurley]

HAHAHAHAHAHA folded.


Welcome Jake.

 

[TheBrightSide]

4 years, nice.

 

[Alfred E Neuman]

Right, trade game done. Unbelievably the resident Essendon trolls were closest to the pin.

New game: what damaging video are we about to see of Jake and when?

I'm guessing tomorrow, we'll see a grainy video of a glassy eyed Stringer snorting something off a young lady's torso.

 

[Pweter]

Our forward line has some serious X-factor rolling through it now with Raz, Tippa and Stringer.... oh and Green, how could I forget him!

 

[Doss]

Right, trade game done. Unbelievably the resident Essendon trolls were closest to the pin.

New game: what damaging video are we about to see of Jake and when?

I'm guessing tomorrow, we'll see a grainy video of a glassy eyed Stringer snorting something off a young lady's torso.

You have a sick sense of humour.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

**** YEAH!

Another country boy with that country twang.

HE'S OURS!

 

[Blind Turn]

Ahahahahaha!!!

 

[DonsRule]