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If our culture is as strong as Pert, Gawn and Goodwin say (...), then we definitely should look at him. He kicked more goals than anyone on our list and would be a good foil for the younger players coming through.

On the other hand, Fritsch + Stringer, perhaps only room for one of them?

 
10 minutes ago, bing181 said:

If our culture is as strong as Pert, Gawn and Goodwin say (...), then we definitely should look at him. He kicked more goals than anyone on our list and would be a good foil for the younger players coming through.

On the other hand, Fritsch + Stringer, perhaps only room for one of them?

How many goals would be kick for us next season if we bomb it long and slow and high into the big defenders in the goal square?  

Two years, let’s get him.

 
1 hour ago, Rednblueriseing said:

Could be a bargain, not any worse than McAdam, and can be a match winner?

Not any worse than McAdam ? Hardly a great sales pitch 

What I said about De Goey also applies to Stringer. If this scum ever steps foot at Melbourne I will burn my membership.

One of the absolute worst people in football. Like seriously no. 


I say yes just to see this joint melt even harder 😅

 

Plays 1 game out of every 20 no thanks.

15 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Plays 1 game out of every 20 no thanks.

23 games this year for 42 goals.


Biggest [censored] in the AFL

Plays 4 good games per season

Has the talent to be a star. 

Wouldn’t touch him with a 10 foot clown pole

Look I just want to give you the biggest applause/standing O/hug for having the guts to make this thread. 

Big NO for me, his attitude on and off the field is akin to those playing in the white and black Guernsey. Let him play for the filth.

His best is breath-taking. Power in close, goals on the run etc... Other players at both clubs he has played at have loved what he does on the field. Consistent, frequent goal kicker.

He produces this best 5 or 6 times a season in match winning games where he does all his power/burst/explosive stuff which keeps him in public conversations. The other 17 games are 5/10 or below.

I was club chaplain at one of his junior clubs (just after he left) and his amazing strength/burst footy was often talked about. But his emotional intelligence/social awareness/personal decision making was also often talked about (joked about).

For me, 2 things dominate - 1) his lack of fitness, and 2) that he produces his best so rarely.

Fit and consistent  - yes.

In current fitness and consistency - no.

 


9 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

One of the laziest players going around. 

Only looks good when he gets the ball out the back, because he won't chase, defend or be accountable for an opponent.

Good summary. 

Imagine going through the entire Petracca saga, ostensibly about an un-ignorable slip in standards, and then getting Stringer. 

On 02/09/2024 at 20:23, Rednblueriseing said:

Will help our forward half of the ground If he can get seriously fit.

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Fascinating to see how the media works and how the perspective of journalists changes depending on which club is under discussion. If you ask Bulldog fans and many Bombers supporters about Stringer and how he’s presented at his two clubs they might raise the subject of culture (of which there are a number of elements) differently to how Jon Ralph writes about it on p42 of yesterday’s Herald Sun:

“Culture is a funny thing. Stringer didn't jump ship at the Western Bulldogs, he was pushed out through his own mishaps and controversies and found a home at the Dons.

“He might be a lovable rogue, but he has often played hurt to his own detriment and reputation.”

Could you imagine a player at Melbourne in the recent round of discussions about the club’s “culture” and with the same issues as having experienced “his own mishaps and controversies”, then described as “a lovable rogue”?

Laughable.


I'm in. He can take over from Melksham in being our mandatory football club Jake. Apologies to Lever and Bowey, but you don't fit the profile, and Van Rooyen is disqualified for the ob part. 

Also, we can nickname him Bell, not in a reference to ends but as a tribute to the third-best character on the the award-winning television series the Wire. Petracca can be Avon. 

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On 03/09/2024 at 09:24, Maldonboy38 said:

I was club chaplain at one of his junior clubs…

A man of the cloth MB38? I know DL is a broad church, but we could do with a steady hand on the tiller. Especially in this time of ‘crisis’. So many in need of pastoral care. 

 

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Only 'strings' a few good games together in the last year of his contract; No.

 
On 04/09/2024 at 06:36, Whispering_Jack said:

Fascinating to see how the media works and how the perspective of journalists changes depending on which club is under discussion. If you ask Bulldog fans and many Bombers supporters about Stringer and how he’s presented at his two clubs they might raise the subject of culture (of which there are a number of elements) differently to how Jon Ralph writes about it on p42 of yesterday’s Herald Sun:

“Culture is a funny thing. Stringer didn't jump ship at the Western Bulldogs, he was pushed out through his own mishaps and controversies and found a home at the Dons.

“He might be a lovable rogue, but he has often played hurt to his own detriment and reputation.”

Could you imagine a player at Melbourne in the recent round of discussions about the club’s “culture” and with the same issues as having experienced “his own mishaps and controversies”, then described as “a lovable rogue”?

Laughable.

almost like - shock! horror! - this puff piece on stringer was set up by his manager


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