Of course, this is it from our perspective.
If we were on the other side, can you guarantee you'd be saying the same thing? I wager we'd be looking at the fact that most clubs have seemingly ruled him out, the club he was a premiership player at is obsessed with the idea of getting him out, and that he is two years gone from quality football.
He's a difficult player to find a value for and that's the reason I'm against trading him. Unfortunately we've shown our hand and that hand seems to indicate that there's no way Stringer returns next year. If that is indeed the case and the industry knows it then we're going to lose our bargaining power.
The valuation is difficult. For the exercise I looked at
two trades in similar circumstances where the the losing club effectively sacked the traded players.
Bennell and Fevola.
I'd imagine Stringer sits somewhere in between. Given he's proven more than Bennell and hasn't had any drug use splashed across the front page, he is probably worth closer to a Fev price than Bennell.
Fev and 27 went to Brisbane for Henderson (equivalent 1st rd pick) and 12
Bennell and 22 went to Freo for 16 and 35
Putting it in EFC currency terms and less than Fev but more than Bennell...
EFC - Stringer, 45
Dogs: P11, EFC 2018 2nd rd
That may be a fair price.
I can't imagine Dodoro wanting to pay anywhere close to a fair price though. Not how he rolls.