The Next Big Thing - Jake Stringer

[TwentyNine]

Name one on par with him from North Melbourne?

Ben Brown would be the obvious candidate. Has 2.7 goals per game so far this year compared to Stringer's 2.8, and against somewhat tougher opposition (66% of games played against top six teams, as opposed to 25%). Also hasn't gone goalless in a game as Stringer did against the Hawks, and has significantly more big game experience. He is about a year older but has spent a fair bit less time on an AFL list - and in terms of value, we're talking a pick #47 compared to pick #5.

Not to say Stringer isn't a great talent, and he will be an excellent player for many years to come. Has the potential to be a top tier forward, potential AA when he hits his peak.

 

[The_Flying_Egg]

Ben Brown would be the obvious candidate. Has 2.7 goals per game so far this year compared to Stringer's 2.8, and against somewhat tougher opposition (66% of games played against top six teams, as opposed to 25%). Also hasn't gone goalless in a game as Stringer did against the Hawks, and has significantly more big game experience.

Stringer played midfield against Hawthorn after Wallis went down very early. Hence the goalless game.

He is about a year older but has spent a fair bit less time on an AFL list

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18 months older

 

[TwentyNine]

Stringer played midfield against Hawthorn after Wallis went down very early. Hence the goalless game.



18 months older

He had a grand total of twelve disposals against the Hawks so if he was playing midfield he wasn't playing it very well.

Eighteen months, about a year. He has eighteen games experience and two extra AFL-standard pre-seasons on Brown so it's hardly uneven.

 

[bigboysdontcry]

He had a grand total of twelve disposals against the Hawks so if he was playing midfield he wasn't playing it very well.

Eighteen months, about a year. He has eighteen games experience and two extra AFL-standard pre-seasons on Brown so it's hardly uneven.

If Ben Brown is your future young X-factor player, you guys have got some worries in the future. He is a good role player and goes well. To put him on the same level as Jake Stringer is quite radical. I'd Say Brown will kick close to 30-40 goals this season. Jake will kick 50 plus.

 

[bigboysdontcry]

I don't think OP realises how hard it is to kick 50 goals in a season of AFL. Last year 10 players in the league did it. You really think Jake Stringer is going to be a top 10 forward in the league this season?

I am still very confident he will kick 50 plus goals this year....Do you think his not capable of being in the top 10 forwards this year?

 

[Dazb86]

Your going a bit early here. I'm not sure what's happened to his set shots this year. Should probably have another 4 goals.

 

[CrazyQ]

If Ben Brown is your future young X-factor player, you guys have got some worries in the future. He is a good role player and goes well. To put him on the same level as Jake Stringer is quite radical. I'd Say Brown will kick close to 30-40 goals this season. Jake will kick 50 plus.

A 200cm athletic footballer who kicked 5 goals in a final and is averaging 2.7 goals a game and we would be struggling?

 

[Dogsman16]

A 200cm athletic footballer who kicked 5 goals in a final and is averaging 2.7 goals a game and we would be struggling?

He kicked 4 against Essendon in that final not 5.

 

[wingardfreak]

Ben Brown is doing great with the tools he's got but won't be half the footballer stringer will become. Stringer has the all the attributes and attitude to become elite, he's already got that gun KPF strut going. I can't say the same for brown.

 

[Boppo]

I wish we could have grabbed him..I will watch with interest how he goes

 

[Doggy Dan]

I hate the midfield talk with Stringaling. Good quality mids are a dime a dozen. Good forwards who can kick bags are very rare. The Stringer, Boyd 1-2 punch would be nightmare to defend for any team.

Sure pinch hit him in the middle, but he is a forward if I've ever seen one.

To steal an SEN hashtag;

#dontmesswithstuff

 

[Trav 20]

Very smart player with sort-after versatility. Not a power forward, which in many ways is a strength, as it makes him hard to match up on and will mean he rarely gets the opposition's best big defender.

The ability to go into the midfield when the team needs it is very handy.

 

[CrazyQ]

He kicked 4 against Essendon in that final not 5.

Oh ok, you're right, my bad.

He's shit, then.

 

[bigboysdontcry]

I've heard reports that he would of been the stand out number 1 pick for the 2012 draft had he not had that horrifically broken his leg. Can someone clarify this who does get into the draft scouting ? Not too many clubs keen to take the risk on him with a top 10 pick due the injury. How far would he have got to if the dogs hadnt of taken him?

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Michael Apeness will be way better.

Wow

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

$10 says every Dogs fan opens this thread thinking, "Please not a dogs fan as the OP."

Read my mind...lol

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Their best player and captain is playing for another team while they pay his astronomical wage, they've taken a huge gamble on an unproven talent, they've gone all Richmond on their coaching ranks (musical chairs) and they're amongst the favourites for the spoon this year.

Ya gotta let them have this one.

Fools rush in....lol

 

[Flags_In_The_Bag]

Just applying MOC logic.

No you are just applying the Adamtool logic...lol

 

[Adam H]

No you are just applying the Adamtool logic...lol

MOC leads the race.

 

[Wilfork]

Ben Brown's ceiling is Jesse White or Tyrone Vickery.

 

[TwentyNine]

If Ben Brown is your future young X-factor player, you guys have got some worries in the future. He is a good role player and goes well. To put him on the same level as Jake Stringer is quite radical. I'd Say Brown will kick close to 30-40 goals this season. Jake will kick 50 plus.

Statistically they're at about the same level, so unless you have something other than biased opinion to dole out I'm not really going to take this too seriously. Has Jake Stringer ever kicked four goals in a final to spark a comeback win? Do yourself a favour and manage your expectations a little. Stringer has had a great start to the year and I expect him to kick on but he is not God's gift to football just yet.

 

[womble54]

I've heard reports that he would of been the stand out number 1 pick for the 2012 draft had he not had that horrifically broken his leg. Can someone clarify this who does get into the draft scouting ? Not too many clubs keen to take the risk on him with a top 10 pick due the injury. How far would he have got to if the dogs hadnt of taken him?

As a 16 year old he was seen as the standout pick 1 in a pretty solid top end draft year. He even had his own sponsors at 16 - Holiday Inn Hotels did a video series on him as they were the AFL hotel partner at the time which was when I first saw him play. Absolute gun. Comparatively he still has much more to give in my opinion. The monsterous leg break (it was horrendous if you haven't seen it) put the fear into recruiters about if it was possible to be near the player he was originally tracking to become. There were very divided opinions about his comeback games both in VFL and at Bendigo Pioneers level. He kicked 8 or 10 in one of his comebacks in VFL from memory but it wasn't a convincing 8 or 10 compared to pre-injury. His running gait, always a bit weird, also scared some clubs off unconvinced it would recover. No doubt taking him at 5 was a gamble. Had he not gone to us at 5 then he was believed to be every chance to slip to Geelong at about pick 15. Wells loved him. So glad we took the punt and he didn't . Without a doubt my favourite player and I dont see a ceiling yet....

 

[TMoney22]

Statistically they're at about the same level, so unless you have something other than biased opinion to dole out I'm not really going to take this too seriously.

there was a time when I compared Liam Jones' stats to Travis Cloke at the same age. Boy do I feel like a d|ck.

Footy fans eye for talent > stats

 

[Super Hans]

Very smart player with sort-after versatility. Not a power forward, which in many ways is a strength, as it makes him hard to match up on and will mean he rarely gets the opposition's best big defender.

The ability to go into the midfield when the team needs it is very handy.

I love the idea of having Bontempelli, Stringer and Libba in the guts for the last five minutes of a crunch final. Or swap Libba for Macrae and have three 191cm+ blokes in there.

 

[t_bond_legend]

Had a good chuckle with the Ben Brown/Jake Stringer comparison. I'd take Stringer even with a gun to my head telling me to pick Brown. This is why stats and stats alone should not be the deciding factor on a player's value.