4 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

It seems the AFL have quietly dumped their '3 strikes and out for 6 weeks rule'.  At best it looks like out for 2 or 3 weeks or not at all...

And has anyone noticed the a whole range of non-injury reasons for players of a number of clubs missing a few games here and there.

...maybe they stop target testing some players after 2 strikes...

Was wondering the exact same. Seems an unholy amount of collaboration. Nudge..wink

Is anyone watching his interview right now? I'm stuck on a conference call and cant listen in :/ 

5 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Is anyone watching his interview right now? I'm stuck on a conference call and cant listen in :/ 

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Dude....you've gotta find a new profile picture....I just threw up in my mouth a bit

1 minute ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

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Dude....you've gotta find a new profile picture....I just threw up in my mouth a bit

Sorry GCDee but that's gold!

Dodoro bought Stringer a coffee...he's smiling a lot (AD) !!   Just saying

Edited September 19, 20178 yr by beelzebub

15 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

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Dude....you've gotta find a new profile picture....I just threw up in my mouth a bit

Yeah agreed. But this was from that Essendon win when we were paying 10-1 and I won a bit of money on it so I just can't part ways with it.

Any suggestions for a new one?

14 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Yeah agreed. But this was from that Essendon win when we were paying 10-1 and I won a bit of money on it so I just can't part ways with it.

Any suggestions for a new one?

OK I can see the personal financially sentimental aspect there, but seriously, anything else! Maybe a picture of Jake Lever's dad?

Paging @SaberFang while we're at it 

40 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Yeah agreed. But this was from that Essendon win when we were paying 10-1 and I won a bit of money on it so I just can't part ways with it.

Any suggestions for a new one?

maybe a pic of a pile of money?

2 hours ago, GCDee said:

Is anyone watching his interview right now? I'm stuck on a conference call and cant listen in :/ 

http://www.news.com.au/sport/jake-stringer-says-he-never-contemplated-leaving-western-bulldogs/news-story/63aedd384aa9d2d1d1ee9829ecdd55c8

 

Link to the first story i could find online... didnt give much away. He must have been asked specifically about Geelong because thats the only other club mentioned.

Time will tell i guess, but i for one would be very happy to give him a second chance if the price was right. Reckon he will come good after this wake-up call.

5 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

...

It's all a moot point anyway as we aren't interested in him.  

The other part of this is that Stringer doesn't seem to be even remotely interested in us either.

Surely if he had such a great relationship with Macca ...

23 minutes ago, ding said:

http://www.news.com.au/sport/jake-stringer-says-he-never-contemplated-leaving-western-bulldogs/news-story/63aedd384aa9d2d1d1ee9829ecdd55c8

 

Link to the first story i could find online... didnt give much away. He must have been asked specifically about Geelong because thats the only other club mentioned.

Time will tell i guess, but i for one would be very happy to give him a second chance if the price was right. Reckon he will come good after this wake-up call.

When you read the article, it seems like Stringer is in denial. Starts off by saying that he was shocked and upset, and that he had a good season. The rest is just fluff. 

 

Hawks have ruled out any interest.

Not the brightest tool in the shed, or most articulate.

When referring to what might happen in the next few weeks he said " the past three weeks will let us know more".

25 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Hawks have ruled out any interest.

Not the brightest sharpest tool in the shed (or he's not that bright), or the most articulate.

When referring to what might happen in the next few weeks he said " the past three weeks will let us know more".

 

Sorry, I don't want to come across as a smart-a***, but my point is that we all have a slip of the tongue or make a mistake from time to time. Maybe he meant to say "the next three weeks will let us know more".

Personally, I don't care if he is or isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. From memory, he's a country boy who grew up on a dairy farm. It's unlikely he's articulate like many of the private school boys that come into the system.

What is important is that he can play good football, as well as understand and execute a club's game plan (plus abide by their guidelines).

Edited September 19, 20178 yr by ignition.

1 minute ago, ignition. said:

Sorry, I don't want to come across as a smart-a***, but my point is that we all have a slip of the tongue or make a mistake from time to time. Maybe he meant to say "the next three weeks will let us know more".

Personally, I don't care if he is or isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. From memory, he's a country boy who grew up on a dairy farm. It's unlikely he'll be articulate like many of the private school boys that come into the system.

What is important is that he can play good football, as well as understand and execute a club's game plan (plus abide their guidelines).

DL has just put me on the trade market.

PS. It is not his lack of intelligence that sees him in this position, though it could be mine that sees me in my current one.

4 minutes ago, Redleg said:

DL has just put me on the trade market.

PS. It is not his lack of intelligence that sees him in this position, though it could be mine that sees me in my current one.

Hahahaa

All good Redleg. I respect a lot of your posts.

27 minutes ago, ignition. said:

Hahahaa

All good Redleg. I respect a lot of your posts.

But to be clear, not all.......

@GCDee Kudos on the new profile picture! A vast improvement. 

27 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

@GCDee Kudos on the new profile picture! A vast improvement. 

Had a scary obsession for this man as a kid.. haha

18 hours ago, Redleg said:

DL has just put me on the trade market.

PS. It is not his lack of intelligence that sees him in this position, though it could be mine that sees me in my current one.

 

Maybe we'll get Stuie back and some steak knives.

I like the honesty of Rob Murphy who has more or less confirmed that Stringer has been a problem the last 2 seasons and must be in denial if he could not see his behaviour was a disruption. Maybe that is Stringers problem he cannot see that his behaviour is short of expectation and he isn't a fanatic of the daily grind of AFL. 

3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

 

Maybe we'll get Stuie back and some steak knives.

Want to be bloody good knives !!

On 9/19/2017 at 2:10 PM, Akum said:

The other part of this is that Stringer doesn't seem to be even remotely interested in us either.

Surely if he had such a great relationship with Macca ...

Or Macca knows him too well.

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

Want to be bloody good knives !!

Gee i give you so much and you throw me on the scrapheap like a used (bull)dog.

10 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Gee i give you so much and you throw me on the scrapheap like a used (bull)dog.

Au contraire...just setting the bar high !!

Must become our Number One priority now -

Bulldogs have absolutely stuffed this up. Stringer is a gun and we can get him relatively cheaply.  

Edited September 20, 20178 yr by DaveyDee