Traded Jake Stringer [traded to Essendon]

[F_therest]

Cmooon Stringer to Carlton for pick 16!

 

[Mutt]

It's probably not on the table. With a few mids coming out of contract next year (and of course that superdraft), I don't see us trading it.

For Essendon, we'll be fine without Stringer. We can take 25 + 30 to the draft to take a couple of inside mids. Can the dogs afford to keep him though? I think too many bridges have been burned already.

I guess it's a take it or leave it situation. Even if you might not admit it, the Dogs really dropped the ball this trade period.

We've been consistent all the time in saying Jake can play with us next year. Whether that's true or not, time may tell.

 

[yebiga]

lol @ this somehow being a bad thing for Essendon. The Dogs kicked him to the curb, it's their fault Essendon are low balling them. It's up to the Dogs to find a better deal or they'll be taking our 25+30.

Not a ******* hope in hell he's going back there in 2018. Will be a PR nightmare for all involved.

You guys are experts on PR disasters. The PR disaster will be there for Connors and the Essendon media mafia and that Muppet Cooney all leading Jake down the river. Yesterday, there were dads, mental health issues, the day before Nixon was up talking about unsafe workplaces. Connors does look like his been sober for a month.

Your club has again shown a complete disregard for player welfare with this Stringer trade. 16 other clubs walked away and respected that they couldn't get what we wanted and that it was probably best to leave the bulldogs and Jake to sort it out. But not the "whatever it takes" club - you guys conducted the most embarrassing campaign we have ever seen. It surpasses anything we have seen with either Ablett or Franklin trades.

Shame on you

 

[Capt Hindsight]

This just keeps on giving.

 

[Mutt]

insert *well that escalated quickly* gif

 

[Bombermania]

You guys are experts on PR disasters. The PR disaster will be there for Connors and the Essendon media mafia and that Muppet Cooney all leading Jake down the river. Yesterday, there were dads, mental health issues, the day before Nixon was up talking about unsafe workplaces. Connors does look like his been sober for a month.

Your club has again shown a complete disregard for player welfare with this Stringer trade. 16 other clubs walked away and respected that they couldn't get what we wanted and that it was probably best to leave the bulldogs and Jake to sort it out. But not the "whatever it takes" club - you guys conducted the most embarrassing campaign we have ever seen. It surpasses anything we have seen with either Ablett or Franklin trades.

Shame on you

Huh, so Essendon gets the blame for you sacking your player then Essendon gets the blame because you didn't take pick 11, yep it is so Essendon's fault that the Dogs have balls it up.

 

[Parish2McGrath]

You guys are experts on PR disasters. The PR disaster will be there for Connors and the Essendon media mafia and that Muppet Cooney all leading Jake down the river. Yesterday, there were dads, mental health issues, the day before Nixon was up talking about unsafe workplaces. Connors does look like his been sober for a month.

Your club has again shown a complete disregard for player welfare with this Stringer trade. 16 other clubs walked away and respected that they couldn't get what we wanted and that it was probably best to leave the bulldogs and Jake to sort it out. But not the "whatever it takes" club - you guys conducted the most embarrassing campaign we have ever seen. It surpasses anything we have seen with either Ablett or Franklin trades.

Shame on you

One club kicked him out and it sure as hell wasn't us.

 

[JayJ20]

We've been consistent all the time in saying Jake can play with us next year. Whether that's true or not, time may tell.

Saying it is one thing. Applying it is another thing. It would be very hard for the dogs when the coach and the player are not on good terms.

The media are already all over it. Imagine if he stays. The media will talk about it all year, which puts unnecessary pressure on the whole club and Stringer himself. I'm not one of those people that hate Bulldogs or anything, but I do think that they've handled it very poorly.

 

[60sbomber]

Lovett is a good example of a quality player who fell off the tracks and couldn't get it back. The Saints took a gamble and it backfired.

Carlisle was one which could have gone bad but seemingly in the end I think all are generally ok with it.

Ryder, there was a lot more to that one that surprisingly never hit the papers. Some similarities to the Stringer situation in that other players don't appreciate it when a team mate can't keep it in their pants.

The fascinating thing about the Carlisle one was that the coke sniffing video came out only hours after the trade. From St. Kilda's comments the next day, they wouldn't have done the trade had they known about it. And yet now, it seems like a win for them. There is more luck than good management at work in all these things

 

[chef]

Starting to look like Stringer won't end up at Essendon. Was always going to be hard for them to get the 3 and this trade could have been done pretty quickly on day one but I guess Jake was the third choice.

I guess he chooses somewhere else or stays a Dog for another season.

 

[LB#16]

You guys are experts on PR disasters. The PR disaster will be there for Connors and the Essendon media mafia and that Muppet Cooney all leading Jake down the river. Yesterday, there were dads, mental health issues, the day before Nixon was up talking about unsafe workplaces. Connors does look like his been sober for a month.

Your club has again shown a complete disregard for player welfare with this Stringer trade. 16 other clubs walked away and respected that they couldn't get what we wanted and that it was probably best to leave the bulldogs and Jake to sort it out. But not the "whatever it takes" club - you guys conducted the most embarrassing campaign we have ever seen. It surpasses anything we have seen with either Ablett or Franklin trades.

Shame on you

The "it's anyone's fault but ours" attitude. Your club has treated Stringer with complete disregard, don't blame anyone else.

 

[DapperJong]

Stick 25 and 30 up your arse Dodo. Get back to work, tick, tick, tick.

Any idea what 25+30 is?

 

[boydsno1]

We sacked him. Pretty sure the club always said they are happy to explore options otherwise are happy to keep him. Not once did they say he needs to go and there is no coming back.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

You guys are experts on PR disasters. The PR disaster will be there for Connors and the Essendon media mafia and that Muppet Cooney all leading Jake down the river. Yesterday, there were dads, mental health issues, the day before Nixon was up talking about unsafe workplaces. Connors does look like his been sober for a month.

Your club has again shown a complete disregard for player welfare with this Stringer trade. 16 other clubs walked away and respected that they couldn't get what we wanted and that it was probably best to leave the bulldogs and Jake to sort it out. But not the "whatever it takes" club - you guys conducted the most embarrassing campaign we have ever seen. It surpasses anything we have seen with either Ablett or Franklin trades.

Shame on you

 

[Jobe Watson]

Why? We are doing exactly what we said we would do from the get go..

Reject the best deal you were ever going to get for Stringer from his nominated club, and then crawl around with puppy-dog eyes to every other club for the next week trying, in vain, to get back to square one?

We were never going to give you pick 11 for Stringer straight up - we needed currency for the Saad and Smith deals. No club in their right mind would give up a future 1st rounder for Stringer, and you should've/would've known that from the outset. Now - even though two 2nd rounders is the best you could possibly hope for for Stringer - you're desperately trying to con some club, any club into giving up one of their 1st rounders just so you can save face.

Dogs should just take the two 2nd rounders and move on. No one honestly believes they'll keep Stringer on their list for 2018.

 

[Mingo]

The "it's anyone's fault but ours" attitude.

I thought Essendon had the exclusive rights to that one over the last five years.

 

[Mutt]

Saying it is one thing. Applying it is another thing. It would be very hard for the dogs when the coach and the player are not on good terms.

The media are already all over it. Imagine if he stays. The media will talk about it all year, which puts unnecessary pressure on the whole club and Stringer himself. I'm not one of those people that hate Bulldogs or anything, but I do think that they've handled it very poorly.

There are lots of instances where player and club have been forced to work things out. You and I and nobody on BigFooty has any real idea whether the situation is irreconcilable.

 

[DapperJong]

You guys are experts on PR disasters. The PR disaster will be there for Connors and the Essendon media mafia and that Muppet Cooney all leading Jake down the river. Yesterday, there were dads, mental health issues, the day before Nixon was up talking about unsafe workplaces. Connors does look like his been sober for a month.

Your club has again shown a complete disregard for player welfare with this Stringer trade. 16 other clubs walked away and respected that they couldn't get what we wanted and that it was probably best to leave the bulldogs and Jake to sort it out. But not the "whatever it takes" club - you guys conducted the most embarrassing campaign we have ever seen. It surpasses anything we have seen with either Ablett or Franklin trades.

Shame on you

Hang on, essendon have shown disregard for player welfare, a player who's not even on their list? You're not this dumb.

 

[boydsno1]

Bevo says he would work with Stringer if he stays. Jake has never said a bad word about Bevo but everyone keeps going on about how they hate each other with no proof.
Yeah believe the bomber lead media mafia all you want.

 

[Mingo]

Reject the best deal you were ever going to get for Stringer from his nominated club, and then crawl around with puppy-dog eyes to every other club for the next week trying, in vain, to get back to square one?

What a ridiculous thing it was we were doing trying to.... get the best outcome for our club. How dare we?

 

[Ari]

You guys are experts on PR disasters. The PR disaster will be there for Connors and the Essendon media mafia and that Muppet Cooney all leading Jake down the river. Yesterday, there were dads, mental health issues, the day before Nixon was up talking about unsafe workplaces. Connors does look like his been sober for a month.

Your club has again shown a complete disregard for player welfare with this Stringer trade. 16 other clubs walked away and respected that they couldn't get what we wanted and that it was probably best to leave the bulldogs and Jake to sort it out. But not the "whatever it takes" club - you guys conducted the most embarrassing campaign we have ever seen. It surpasses anything we have seen with either Ablett or Franklin trades.

Shame on you

Meanwhile the entire football world and media see it differently. Essendon neogitated with 11 for Stringer plus 2nd to third round pick movement. Seemed pretty reasonable.

Dogs said no.

Essendon offered two second rounders. Seemed pretty reasonable.

Dogs couldn't upgrade it back to a teen pick with WC (that they had with Essendon first up anyway)

Dogs & Essendon: Fail
Dogs & Eagles: Fail

Essendon & two new places in: Pass

Seems fairly obvious where the bottle neck is here. So no, I don't see that Stringer and his dad will be overly upset with Essendon. Pick 11 was offered to the Dogs first and when a deal wasn't going to happen the Bombers had to move on Saad or lose him to another club.

 

[DapperDon]

What a ridiculous thing it was we were doing trying to.... get the best outcome for our club. How dare we?

He turned down the best outcome

 

[Beerfish]

One tweet from Scoop McClure and they're all rushing back to this thread with their chests puffed out. lol

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Starting to look like Stringer won't end up at Essendon. Was always going to be hard for them to get the 3 and this trade could have been done pretty quickly on day one but I guess Jake was the third choice.

I guess he chooses somewhere else or stays a Dog for another season.

Lol, Stringer offer was the first offer made.

An offer that the Dogs would tear Essendon's arm off for if they had their time again.

Not much else Essendon can do. A chaotic organisational structure which requires McCartney to get the president's permission to buy lunch or take a s**t isn't Essendon's fault. If the pres let his people do their job, it'd have been done ages ago.

 

[Struggle]

Swap 30 for gws 2nd and it'll get done imo