Strategy Trade and List Management thread 4 (Be sure to huddle around your transitor radio at 11 am Edition)

Is the Stringer situation beyond repair?

  • The club clearly want him out the door.

  • This was just a shot across Jakes bow as a means of motivating him.

  • The club is clearly a rabble. Sack Macca!

  • This is just the first play in massive trade that we are not yet privy to.

  • This is a game of blink and Jake and Conners just blinked.

  • Its time to move on a negotiate the best deal we can.

  • I felt sad for Jake on that stage today.

  • We've warned you about creating polls Norm!

  • The Jack 'Armageddon option' Watts option


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threenewpadlocks

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(I'm not even going to mention how stupid it is to trade out our best forward for a team that was already 18th in goals per inside 50, and a player who is as good and underrated as Stringer [no 2 goals are kicked the same way, Stringer kicking a goal after winning a hard ball is of greater "value" than Ben Brown taking an uncontested mark on the lead, etc. etc.], and the off-field basis of Stringer loving the club, having friends at the club etc, moving on from that)

Can we get something straight:

Jake Stringer is a contracted player for 2018.

Stringer might want out. We might be trying to push him out for draft/player assets greater than what we think he's worth to our team. Another club might be offering something obscene at the trade table that even if neither of the first two points is true, it's worth entertaining a trade just for what the other club is offering.

It doesn't matter which one of these, if any of all, are true.

All it takes is for the other party to slam the contract for 2018 down on the table and say "no trade is happening here".

It would be a different story if he was uncontracted. But he's not. If the rumours of a trade are somewhat true (not that I think it is), I almost think it's kinda irrelavent: if Stringer is asking out, we should just be telling him "shouldn't have signed that contract to 2018 mate", and if we're trying to trade him out for assets, he can equally say to us "shouldn't have signed me to 2018 then". In that respect, I'd be completely and utterly surprised if he wasn't still in the Red, White and Blue next year.
 

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Why is everyone acting surprised? The main thing we need to do is find out if McCartney is sticking around, If he's not, find his replacement to execute the trade. Praying to god PG doesn't take over like he did in the Boyd deal.
 
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Just hope we get a decent trade for Stringer if he leaves. I'm sick of getting bent over when it comes to player trades. Only the Tom Boyd for Griffen and Josh Hill for a pie and chips were the good ones!
 

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2018 membership already microwaved. I am absolutely filthy. You don't trade players of stringer's capabilities out of your team. All we have got to look forward to is getting pick 20 for him from a smarmy st Kilda manager.
 

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Stringers body language and performance hasn't been up to standard. I think the club should at least explore trade options. His body language is bad enough as it is. I'd hate to see what it would be like if we don't follow through with his wish and trade him.

If he doesn't want to be here, then seeya later.
 

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Not sure how other collingwood supporters feel

but personally I'd be happy with

Pick 6+Mason Cox for Stringer+Redpath. You guys probably won't like it but I've already typed it so ceebs deleting.
 

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If true there goes the window. Can't win finals without any goal kicking forwards.

Dickson & Cloke - fallen off the cliff.
Stringer & Crameri - rumored to be gone or wanting to go.
Tom Boyd - Depression.

**** me
 
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Lol...this club is ******* pathetic.

What a disaster of a year.
From the get go
2018 membership already microwaved. I am absolutely filthy. You don't trade players of stringer's capabilities out of your team. All we have got to look forward to is getting pick 20 for him from a smarmy st Kilda manager.
it could all be coming from jake wishing to leave not the club asking him to consider looking elsewhere
 

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2018 membership already microwaved. I am absolutely filthy. You don't trade players of stringer's capabilities out of your team. All we have got to look forward to is getting pick 20 for him from a smarmy st Kilda manager.
Tend to agree but he has done nothing for a few years
 

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Stringers body language and performance hasn't been up to standard. I think the club should at least explore trade options. His body language is bad enough as it is. I'd hate to see what it would be like if we don't follow through with his wish and trade him.

If he doesn't want to be here, then seeya later.
Who said that?
 
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2018 membership already microwaved. I am absolutely filthy. You don't trade players of stringer's capabilities out of your team. All we have got to look forward to is getting pick 20 for him from a smarmy st Kilda manager.
Mate, we're better off without him. What's he given us lately? Bugger all. I'd rather keep players that WANT to play for us!
 

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If true there goes the window. Can't win finals without any goal kicking forwards.

Dickson & Cloke - fallen off the cliff.
Stringer & Crameri - rumored to be gone or wanting to go.
Tom Boyd - Depression.

**** me
You're acting like we aren't going to get anything in return for him.
 

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I dont think we should trade, and I can't see it happening, BUT IF it happens then I hope North stump up the cash for him.

If we could pry away their pick 2 it would probably be a win.
 
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