Former #25 Jake Stringer (Part 2)

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lol has he ever done that with us?

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Kicked 41 playing a chunk of midfield in 2021. I donā€™t think 45 is beyond him playing as a full time forward.

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So I guess the answer is no

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584

Iā€™m guessing you already knew that.

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3.2

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Heā€™ll beat up on St.Kilda and Norf, even on 1 leg.
Stink it up AGAIN against his old mob, and somehow still kick 37 goals after missing 5 games for the season, and playing injured in 2 or 3 others.

Alex is right !
F*k me, now im sayin itā€¦

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Soā€¦heā€™s a bit backy?

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Love watching Jake when heā€™s on, but the sooner we donā€™t need to look to him as our necessary X factor in the side, the better. In 2021 form, itā€™s a different story, but most of his footy with us hasnā€™t been the level it needs to be to carry his lack of defensive pressure. The team balance up forward just never looks right to me once I try and squeeze, Stringer, Perkins (my personal biggest hope on the list) and Langford into the same team.

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I find it curious how people are still bemoaning Stringer not being fit/available given where our club/list is at.

First of all, itā€™s predictable because he clearly has chronic injury issues in the lower half.Secondly it has been clear for a while now that he is one of a small number of players on the list which are frankly, irrelevant to our next list build/peak.

If anything, his three matchwinning performances against bottom 8 sides interspersed with 3/4 lower leg injuries this season will likely inflate our ladder position and diminish our draft return in what should be our final scoop of top end talent before we head back up the ladder.

One of the few players we can afford to live without IMO.

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590

That or he wins us a final off his own boot which we all know heā€™s capable of.

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591

Not really because we donā€™t have any match winners to replace him

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592

is it that much to expect a professional athlete to be professional? its a revolving circle with jake. heā€™s always injured because heā€™s never in good condition. its happened for fkn years

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Typical late pre season stringer injury. 6-10 weeks off and underdone for the season with lots of easy excuses.

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Played about 8-9 finals and I reckon 1 good one.

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Must be due then.

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I had issue with the oversimplification of merely saying calories itā€™s all about calories in vā€™s calories out.
itā€™s not as simply as that.
quality of food is a key ingredient (some people can eat garbage stay under their calorie intake and put on weight, some can lose it)
you can eat healthy food, stay under your daily limite and put on weight due to things like cortisol being high.
and so on and so on.

merely adopting the, you only put on weight if you eat more calories is a dying fallacy with the new and ever evolving research on the subject.

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I remember this goal. Loved it as it woke us up after the Woods had began like a shotgun that Anzac Day.

Heā€™s not perfect. Frustrating even. Some might say a pain in the arse given the talent around goal he clearly has. But heā€™s mercurial, often a big game player for us and gives us something special. The package ā€¦ Iā€™d always play him if available

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The guy missed one session with a bit of back soreness in Feb and weā€™re ready to take him around the back of the barn :rofl:

Hopefully this is an example of our medical team learning from past experience and heā€™ll be back next week for the camp.

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Exactly, people have moved on from Harry Jones to Stringer.

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LOL

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