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But is he the leagues biggest flop?
Player Watch Jake Stringer, AFL'S biggest flop?
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In a game where johannison won the norm smith, for a performance where he turned it over more times than I cook a steak, I’ll go as far as saying there were no standouts for the day.
How many steaks do you cook?
One of the biggest flogs to ever play the game
Now now Tarryn.
boncer34
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Made the side though, didn't he?
Shane Heard
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You halfwits will try and conjure up every pathetic, feeble reason on why you don’t like him.
And none of it is valid.
You know he’s an A grade talent and it just grinds your gears relentlessly that he is so dynamic and dangerous around goal.
And none of it is valid.
You know he’s an A grade talent and it just grinds your gears relentlessly that he is so dynamic and dangerous around goal.
I haven't seen him play much recently, but yesterday I thought he was pretty good. He also rotated through midfield if I wasn't mistaken which suggests his tank has improved a fair bit
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do yourself a favour and watch the game before commenting
Oh yeah, well the Bulldogs effectively turned the picks we got for Stringer into Josh Schache (and a pick shuffle). Schache also played on the weekend and kicked an important goal so I guess both clubs should be pretty happy with how it panned out.
Yeah you only turn it over once....
Yes, he definately made the side.
Better than good, he was brilliant.
In fact, that was typical Jake Stringer.
Dynamic, explosive and unpredictable all at the same time.
But herein lies the issue, no one would ever expect 25 disposals, 5 marks, 4 goals on a weekly basis. It's when he drops back to those 13 disposals, 2 marks, 1 goal for the next 2-3 weeks which makes you ponder his desire.
There is rarely any in-between. It's either brilliant or meh'.
There are some sportspeople where you think "if it wasn't for footy/cricket/... you'd just be a deadbeat" and there is Jake who is just a deadbeat.
Just regarding how we handled trading him.
Take this however way you like - I know for a fact he was traded away due to his training standards and off field issues. He was still liked by the players but it caused rifts in the playing group around the standards/selection and the leaders had had enough.
I was shattered at the time as he was my favourite player but knowing what I know now, it was a blessing.
Has he changed now? Well I’ll leave that to you to decide.
He’s going to play well here and there but looking at him last night, he is completely wasting the backend of his career. Don’t care if he is carrying an injury or not, his body size is not up to afl standard. He was completely gassed 3-4 mins in and is clearly carrying excess weight. When’s it going to hit home that you have to work hard all year round?
Take this however way you like - I know for a fact he was traded away due to his training standards and off field issues. He was still liked by the players but it caused rifts in the playing group around the standards/selection and the leaders had had enough.
I was shattered at the time as he was my favourite player but knowing what I know now, it was a blessing.
Has he changed now? Well I’ll leave that to you to decide.
He’s going to play well here and there but looking at him last night, he is completely wasting the backend of his career. Don’t care if he is carrying an injury or not, his body size is not up to afl standard. He was completely gassed 3-4 mins in and is clearly carrying excess weight. When’s it going to hit home that you have to work hard all year round?
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Big fat porker is Jake. Just not good enough.
Great thread
Great thread
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This is categorically false, players wanted him gone as much as Bevo. He did some cooked **** at the Doggies during those years.
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He’s cooked…but will have a massive pre season all January and do a groin in February and will be firing for round 4, 2024
Some did, some didn’t. Got my information from someone in the leadership group at the time.
The s**t*ing in Tom Boyd’s locker is not a true story.
One example - rocking up to training mid week with that new tattoo on his chest and asking players not to touch him (for a main session). Stupid shi* like this.
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He peaked in 2015
He's naturally confident - very very confident - and that can sometimes translate to a 'I don't need to do that' attitude. Sometime the penny drops with these types (see de Goey this year), but it seems with Jake that high effort is only ever transitory
He's naturally confident - very very confident - and that can sometimes translate to a 'I don't need to do that' attitude. Sometime the penny drops with these types (see de Goey this year), but it seems with Jake that high effort is only ever transitory
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2024 is a new contract year ?
Needs to hurry up and retire and hit the Footy Legends circuit doing sports nights and telling stories about that time he did that thing.
