Trade Winds: Jake 'the package' Stringer

[SLORT]

If Ned wants him in the gang then he'll be in the gang.

[Mr Miyagi]

If Ned wants him in the gang then he'll be in the gang.

We know how well our trades went the last time a club boss intervened to get a player. Ned should stay tf out of it. If coaches and list management say no, then it’s no.

[Big T]

Surely Ned is not allowed to interfere with list management ffs - if so we haven’t learnt a thing from the past debacles of which there were many

[warburton lad]

Get busy and get Stringer...

Then get Charlie Clarke from the Bulldogs...

Then whoever else we believe will make us a realistic chance to win the flag in 2025...

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

^

Membrey isn't the sort of player we need either. He's like a poor man's Mihocek. The news is reporting that we're chasing Perryman as a free agent. Perryman is a good player. Some of the others mentioned here are just ridiculous.

[Presti35]

One minute we've put a line through him, next minute it's back on again.

All's I can say is, what the heck!?

[BazBoy]

Ned might want him “in the gang “ but if Jake has us way down his preference on his list
then that puts a halter on the mechanism

Disturbing tho is the some want / some don’t
Is Ned iron fisting the proceedings at the club

[Jen2310]

Cal Twomey saying its unlikely this morning on gettable.

[Jen2310]

No wonder we may have backed out.

AFL Integrity has warned Essendon to be vigilant over who it allows into its change rooms after concerns were raised about players’ associates.

It’s believed the Bombers were warned to be aware of associates of recently delisted Bomber Nick Hind, who is known to have a shared friendship group with teammate Jake Stringer.

It’s believed the associates regularly attend Essendon matches and were seen in the Bombers’ rooms more than once this season.

The Herald Sun understands that rival clubs are aware of the situation with Stringer, his friends and AFL Integrity.

After being linked to Collingwood in a possible trade, reports emerged that the Pies have cooled their interest in the dynamic forward.

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/ ... 637eb7cc7d

[SLORT]

^Creepy and sinister...great. Next we'll find out he's a member of the CFMEU...

[Jen2310]

They discussed it on footy classified. Clubs have been aware of this, and our club has been divided on him in general, Damo even conceeds this would push it over the edge with a hard NO.

[Mr Miyagi]

I read between the lines re Hind, Jake King, and Stringer’s new mates in Sunshine, and I’m now firmly against getting Stringer. We’d be front page news for all the wrong reasons and we do not want any more controversies than we’ve already had. Gets away with it at Essendon, but it’d go nuclear if he were in black and white.

[Jen2310]

yeah big red flags
There is a video floating around from roaming brian from whe essendon beat us this year, Hind was with this said associate.
He said "He looks after me, me and jakey"
Not suss at all lol

https://x.com/Debbidsas/status/1836384801152176444

This guy.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/kamil ... bdb135be04

[SLORT]

Yup, looks like he's a traditionalist circa 1999. Don't need him that much and risk looks to be outweighing reward. It may be death by association but the media loves a pie filled story. We have too much riding on our next season to get trainwrecked by a piece of string.

[LaurieHolden]

i don't care what he does off field

Well, thankfully the Club does. I love a rough diamond, but he ain't it. As they say in the classics, you can't polish a turd.

This Club is evolving more in the past few years than it has in past 20. We've got to have standards to ensure we can promote the right culture in order to attract and retain the best talent.
If we couldn't manage a couple of teenagers over the past few years, then we'd have little chance with Stringer.