AFL Player #25: Jake Stringer - 200th game against Richmond!

[Lore]

Contract Status: Out of contract 2024
My Boy Draft 2024: Pick 19, Harlequin

 

[Chucks]

An out-of-contract Package is a dangerous Package!

 

[Happyskeret]

I liked after he kicked the match winner he pushed up to the wing to make an important contest.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

when he's fit he's a genuinely good athlete. i've been impressed so far this year regarding a lot of his efforts.

 

[Dave]

One year contract incoming........

 

[quotemokc]

I know he cops some stick and it’s deserved most of the time but **** me is he an obscene power athlete

He was also constantly chasing Saints player all day when they had the ball in our forward half.

 

[citizen-erased]

He was also constantly chasing Saints player all day when they had the ball in our forward half.

Did notice
He was my unlucky one to not get votes with McGrath, Merrett and Heppell. But played his best game in years.

 

[bacon buster]

Great start to the season from Jake. It was obviously critical for him to get and stay in shape, which he has done. touch wood - it stays that way

Very pleased to see his defensive efforts, as well as the mecurial stuff that not many in the comp are capable of

 

[Schnitzengruben]

I'd give him 2 years tbh.

 

[Old man fletch]

I'd give him 2 years tbh.

Generous 1 year contract with a trigger for a second is what I'd be happy with.

Don't want to penny pinch with a proven match winner so pay him what he's worth for a year, but we're notorious for giving too long contracts to players who's form falls off a cliff

 

[Rick Ross]

Random thought, is there a better 3-man combo in the league for kicking goals outside 50 than Stringer, Langford and Pete?

How about a 4-man 50m+ goal kickers of Stringer, Langford, 2mPete PLUS a trailing Redman?

 

[Rick Ross]

Generous 1 year contract with a trigger for a second is what I'd be happy with.

Don't want to penny pinch with a proven match winner so pay him what he's worth for a year, but we're notorious for giving too long contracts to players who's form falls off a cliff

This might be the answer… 5 year contract*.





*Performance triggers every year

 

[ant555]

I know he cops some stick and it’s deserved most of the time but **** me is he an obscene power athlete

He does a lot more running than people realize . Sure there are times where he is just chugging along but it is generally after he has just put in two or three efforts in previous plays. He chases back the other way more than people often see.

 

[Zach Package]

He does a lot more running than people realize . Sure there are times where he is just chugging along but it is generally after he has just put in two or three efforts in previous plays. He chases back the other way more than people often see.

No surprise he got on his bike when there was an opportunity for a goal, but his straight line speed and acceleration at his age is like, genuinely amazing.

The Saints players are all pretty generic looking but by my count he flies by Hill, NWM, Sinclair, Marshall and I think Battle but it could easily be Cordy purely because he wanted it more.

 

[Schnitzengruben]

Generous 1 year contract with a trigger for a second is what I'd be happy with.

Don't want to penny pinch with a proven match winner so pay him what he's worth for a year, but we're notorious for giving too long contracts to players who's form falls off a cliff

There are players I'd be happy to risk giving a year too long too and Stringer is one of them. It's those depth players which hurt you.

 

[jmoo wan]

No surprise he got on his bike when there was an opportunity for a goal, but his straight line speed and acceleration at his age is like, genuinely amazing.

he’s only 29 mate - a lot of us over 30s aren’t even using zimmer frames yet!

 

[Zach Package]

he’s only 29 mate - a lot of us over 30s aren’t even using zimmer frames yet!

Essendon is like the beach from that M Night Shyamalan movie, time works differently round these parts.

 

[Foxx]

If he stays out of the centre bounces, he might just stay fit.

 

[Nicholas61]

Copped unfair criticism last year considering he couldn't train for 4 months with splitting headaches after copping a vicious knee to the head in the last round of 2022. Then got plantar fasciitis which has nothing to do with preparation - Nate Fyfe had it too. Jake has won us a decent proportion of the matches we have won the past several years. As much as any player I have seen, he exerts himself in big moments time and time again when fit.

 

[MattyB3150]

He is an ultimate X factor player

 

[ghostdog]

If we won a final off Jake's boot, would you offer him 2 years?

 

[Lore]

If we won a final off Jake's boot, would you offer him 2 years?

Don’t think I’d be giving him more than 1 year outright regardless of anything he might do this year, but performance based triggers could work for extensions and bonuses.

 

[boncer34]

If we won a final off Jake's boot, would you offer him 2 years?

What final? Grand Final? I'd give him 10 years.

 

[Beerfish]

I'd just offer him 2 at the moment. No triggers.

 

[Don Won]

I'd just offer him 2 at the moment. No triggers.

Jake in a contractor is hungry, Jake in a non-contract year is full. One year, for life.

 

[mcgrath_truther]

should only offer at seasons end, keep him hungry