You know he was only dropped last year once
You know even this year he is our leading goal kicker
You know with his first 8 of 16 games this season he was heading for 50 plus goal year.
So one way of looking at it is that he has had an 8 game slump! After some family issues! In a year the whole team aside from 5-6 had a form slump following our premiership.
You are obsessed and determined for us to accept trading him for unders and are working hard on this board to set expectations that it is reasonable to accept 11-20 - when it's unwashed BS
And why you feel it's necessary to groom us daily into accepting crap for him is beyond me.
Do you honestly believe we have already seen Stringers best season?
And how is it he managed an AA year and 56 goals at 21 when he has such a crap attitude.
This idea of trading Stringer reminds me of the Bernie Quinlan trade. And how well did that go? Ostensibly it was for money and we had to for us to survive but if we appreciated what he was capable of it never would have happened.
Bernie also looked lazy when he was young. A lot of players take time to find their best. For others it comes too easy and sets them off the rails for a bit.
I claim shenanigans!
I believe we will be a better team going forward without Jake Stringer. I don't care for his individual highlights, I want consistent boring football.
His best season when he was All-Australian, he was young and probably didn't get the attention that he does now. He hasn't dealt with the attention since.
If you believe we will get a high pick for him that's great. I hope we do too. But I am more a half glass empty kind of person and have seen our trading efforts in previous years to be convinced otherwise.
By the way I am not grooming you for anything. You aren't making the deal, either am I. But I can see massive meltdowns when the trade finally occurs. I'm happy to not mention it again, but on the flipside don't you whine and moan later on if the deal doesn't meet your high expectations.