#25 Jake Stringer (Part 1)

Laverde2Langford · October 22, 2018, 1:11pm

I can confirm 2 things.

I am an idiot.
But not because I said Stringer was a fail

Maybe it was the other Langford that lacks intensity, makes poor decisions and isn’t gonna make it???

For the record.

Preliminary_Point2 · October 22, 2018, 1:26pm

This was the post.

BLOODSTAINED_DEVILS · October 22, 2018, 2:10pm

Thanks for that.

I’m gonna print & frame it, . . . . and it’s going straight to the Poolroom.

aboods · October 22, 2018, 3:25pm

You put weird ■■■■ in your poolroom

bloodychoir · October 22, 2018, 8:50pm

Yes, I hope you read on to understand I wasn’t saying any were fails. But poor lower case langford is copping a beating because he did. Go easy chaps.

chris_64 · October 22, 2018, 9:48pm

I wonder, when we pitched it to Jake to come to Essendon, did we say, " we will help you develop into a big body midfielder to add an extra dimension to your game, but its going to involve a massive amount of work, building a tank and learning stoppage craft" ? Because that’s the project we started in 2018 and the transition was expected to take up to 3 years.

Jake trained with the midfield group in the preseason, and the club was extremely pleased with his stoppage work. Video emerged of Jake bursting out of packs at stoppages just bumping and brushing aside other players to clear the ball. It was awesome. But come the season, he was needed more as a forward.

I am presuming that that project will continue, that we still have plans to turn him into a “midfield bull”. I hope we don’t just say. Yeh nah, Jakey is of much more use to the team as a full time forward and pigeonhole him down around the goal square.

As has been pointed out, Shiel is not a “midfield bull” and with 3 successive 1st round picks gone we now have to rely on the playing group we have in order to develop players for that role.

For me the 29 disposals 9 clearances and 16 contested from the Richmond game is a tantalising taste of one possible future for Jake. IMO its worth persisting with the project even when Shiel comes on line in 2019.

Laverde2Langford · October 22, 2018, 10:16pm

You are killing what is left of my questionable reputation

Reboot · October 22, 2018, 10:19pm

Our latest addition. Not in the poolroom as we don’t have one. But in the hallway where no one can avoid it.

premature_rookie_ele · October 22, 2018, 10:20pm

This needs some bomb doe treatment…

Henry_s_Angry_Pills · October 22, 2018, 10:45pm

AN10 has a similar one of Justin Murphy.

Reboot · October 22, 2018, 10:46pm

A vicious blow there HAP.

Alan_Noonan_10 · October 23, 2018, 12:31am

I’d need a bigger rubbish bin if it got the same treatment as the player card of Murphy. And people wonder why I ignore @benfti.

rossoneri · October 23, 2018, 12:41am

What’s with players spreading their arms out like that for those photos?

IceTemple · October 23, 2018, 12:41am

Bigger picture, more money

Henry_s_Angry_Pills · October 23, 2018, 12:56am

Austin Lucy’s one of these was on normal A3, portrait orientation.

Dons-All-The-Way · October 23, 2018, 1:17am

Think it started with Jordan. Basketball photos like that often have a measure ruler to highlight the large wingspan.

Henry_s_Angry_Pills · October 23, 2018, 4:09am

Generally a more family friendly picture than the spread legs one.

bomber_girl · October 23, 2018, 8:37am

Yeah, but you get better $ for one of those.

efc1robbo · October 23, 2018, 8:56am

FuriousGeorge · October 24, 2018, 1:01am

I always assumed it was because you’re a grumpy old ■■■■.

But now that I remember the Murphy-card incident and subsequent photographic evidence I find your position entirely justified.

You’re still a grumpy old ■■■■ though.