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I didn't rate him that highly until yesterday...good player
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The Next Big Thing - Jake Stringer
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If I was an Essendon fan I don't think I'd encourage generalising fan bases...
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Since he returned from the VFL half way through last season (went for a spell there to find some touch playing exclusively in the midfield) he has kicked 47 goals in 19 games. Not even close to reaching his potential, gun.
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And wouldn't you love to have a few of the younger players on our list in the red and black!!
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He played better against Adelaide, and only played 3 quarters
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I would be surprised if he did. He is a good young forward in a similar league to Tom Lynch and Cam McCarthy. Playing a couple of good games doesn't make him a top 10 forward, he has a long way to go. Take out his games against Brisbane and Adelaide and he kicked 14 goals in 9 games
47 goals in his last 19 games. Can he kick 50 this season. Most certainly!!
Not to mention we had one of the the toughest draws (might even be the hardest) out of anybody in the first ten weeks. I think Stringer will get close to the 55 goal mark if he is available every week. Kid was just born to kick bags.
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Correct.
I'm not saying he's a bad forward, but people are going a bit overboard on him
threenewpadlocks
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47 goals in his last 19 games (since he returned from the VFL team in 2014) is nothing to sneeze at, irrespective of opponent.
The first game of this 19-game streak was game number 20, making the last game game number 38. Imagine how good he'll be when he's at that 100-150 game peak and he's at that age 24-25 physical prowess.
The first game of this 19-game streak was game number 20, making the last game game number 38. Imagine how good he'll be when he's at that 100-150 game peak and he's at that age 24-25 physical prowess.
I am comfortable saying Stringer is a very good young forward and I would very much like to have him at Freo
LukeParkerno1
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Of course we would, he is miles better than any of the young key forwards on our list. Just like how we would move heaven and earth to get McCarthy, Lynch, Bruce etc. Doesn't mean he isn't getting overhyped a bit
I don't understand why we have to immediately declare young players "the next big thing" after they have a good game. Stringer is a good young player who is playing well at the moment, let's just spare a bit of the hyperbole
LukeParkerno1
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Don't see him being hyped much apart from BT wanting to bone him. Stringer is up there with McCarthy. Now is he going to be as good as Cameron or Hogan, in my view no, but he is a gun. He has something that a lot of forwards don't have....'he hates to lose'
threenewpadlocks
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Name any other young player in the league who has kicked 47 goals in a 19 game streak in which that 19 game streak comes within the first 38 games of their career.
He didn't play against GWS so these numbers are wrong. He has also been hindered by niggling issues in a lot of games.
J Cameron would have surpassed this feat pretty comfortably. Had an amazing start to his career.
Hogan is on track, probably McCarthy as well, but Stringer is a different beast as he is not a full-time forward, spends time in the middle as well. Unique player.
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threenewpadlocks
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Cameron certainly did. 61 goals from games 20-38. Nobody was questioning at the time whether or not he was the next big think like Stringer, it was unanimous that he was.
Hogan's and McCarthy's goal averages are below what Stringer's has been from games 20-38 but obviously both can begin their streak as late as their 20th game, which is going to be either right at the end of this season or the beginning of next season.
None of those three players have kicked those goals from being undersized KPF/midfielder, but rather as genuine KPF's.
Stringer was a pretty massive risk pre-draft.
LukeParkerno1
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Wasn't Callan Ward a band 2 compensation pick? Just remember reading that somewhere. Scully was band 1, Ward band 2. Think the WB's 2nd rounder was Ward's compo. Could be wrong though, happy to be corrected.
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