Pick 17 + Mckernan
I want to see some huge multi trade that somehow involves us getting 11 back. Fk off dogs
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And then still refuse to give it to them.
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Anyone else heard that part of dodoro’s deal with GWS was that they were to wave pick 11 in footscray’s faces for the rest of the week?
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Dogs really dogged out not taking that last deal we offered them that effectively valued Stringer around pick 16. Off the table now with the Smith deal done. They should have taken the deal then. Stringer going back to the dogs is just not realistic if a 1/4 of the stuff said about what has happened between him, Bevo and other club staff is true. The dogs simply have to come up with a deal and it looks like only we are playing.
Who’s hard to deal with now?
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Wrong
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Mr Sunbury 110% on the money this trade period
You did? If I missed that my apologies.
Need a Gif of Disco with equations going on all around him if he gets all these deals done.
HISTORY says Jake Stringer will eventually find his way to Essendon.
But right now, with pick 11 in the hands of Greater Western Sydney, it is much harder to imagine.
The Bombers today traded their top pick to the Giants in a complex deal for Devon Smith and that would have Jake pondering whether a return to Whitten Oval is on the cards.
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All the hyperbole about it simply being impossible for Stringer to go back is just that. After all, if next Thursday’s 2pm trade deadline passes and no deal is struck, he is contracted there.
What other choice is there? Sit out 2018? That won’t happen.
The Western Bulldogs were clear on Monday when they told Essendon pick 11 must be the key plank in a deal.
Perhaps they even asked the Bombers for a little bit more. Were players discussed? Did they see if Nakia Cockatoo would be available if negotiating with Geelong?
Whatever unfolded, talks on Monday ended with the clear objective to secure pick 11.
That would net astute recruiter Simon Dalrymple two first-round picks (No. 9 and 11) for the first time since he drafted Stringer and Jack Macrae five years ago.
After securing Smith, Essendon now holds picks 24, 28 and a pair of second-round picks in next year’s draft.
It is a nice hand. But it will still take some manoeuvring to make it a killer hand with a juicy pick that will satisfy the Dogs.
Essendon wants to use Jake Stringer in the midfield. Picture: Michael Klein
Could they trade their future first-round pick? In a stronger draft, you suspect that would get it done, and it should be a pick lower than 11 given the expected improvement with Saad, Stringer and Smith powering up all parts of the ground.Essendon’s strategy is to strike deals for Adam Saad and Stringer while retaining homesick South Australian Aaron Francis.
And they are all-in on Stringer. The supposed baggage Stringer comes with isn’t a knockout factor when they are this keen to throw down the welcome mat.
“Obviously, you do your due diligence and we’ve spoken to Jake a number of times,” Dons footy boss Rob Kerr said on Monday.
“We believe our culture is a strong culture and the senior players have bought into it, so it would be a good move for Jake, and for Essendon.”
They have told the 23-year-old he is in store for a brutal summer of fitness training, because the Bombers want to use him for large midfield bursts next season. He has committed to that.
They have met with him over and over and over again, from list manager Adrian Dodoro to coach John Worsfold and even chief executive Xavier Campbell.
You would back them to get it done in a trade period they are desperate to shed the ‘hard-to-work — with’ tag.
But now it requires much more work.
Is Landsberger a Doggies supporter?
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Yes he is, his father is a Dr at the dogs.
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Give a Dog a bone Dodoro!!!
Sam Landsberger is one of the biggest clickbait flog footy journos going around.
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dont the two second rounders become the equivilent or a reasonable pick?
Yep, hat article is about as 1 eyed as it gets. Dogs had their chance to get pick 11 and knocked it back. Are we supposed to wait until the end of the week to see if they budge?
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‘We think we can land him’: Dons on Stringer
Dinny Navaratnam October 12, 2017 12:33 PM
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ESSENDON remains confident of landing Western Bulldogs premiership player Jake Stringer despite having given up its No.11 selection to land Devon Smith from Greater Western Sydney.
In the first deal of the NAB AFL Trade Period, Essendon received Smith, pick No.24 and the Giants’ second-round selection in 2018.
GWS acquired No.11 and the Bombers’ third-round selection next year.
The Bulldogs have insisted on a high pick for Stringer, who at 23, has already made an All Australian team.
However, Essendon list manager Adrian Dodoro was optimistic the transaction could be made.
“We’ve given our strong indication to Jake that we’ll do our best to get a deal done. There’s a fair way to go during Trade Period and we think that we can land him,” Dodoro said on Thursday.
As to how an agreement would be made, Dodoro indicated multiple trade chips would need to be conceded.
“It will have to be a combination of things,” Dodoro said.
The Smith trade could help achieve that.
“We just wanted some further picks to try and get some other stuff happening later in the Trade Period, so I think it’s a good deal for us,” Dodoro said.
Meanwhile, the Bombers have a firm idea of what electrifying Gold Coast defender Adam Saad is worth.
“We definitely think that Adam’s a second-round draft pick. We’ve been fair with that and I’m sure that we can come to some arrangement with the Gold Coast,” Dodoro said.
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This one’s now going the distance
All hail jackets
Getting the Smith trade nailed early has allowed us plenty of time to work on the other deals.
History will tell us that these deals get done.
I can’t stop thinking about Stringer bursting away from packs and don’t arguing Dusty Martin.
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For me it’s don’t arguing FIGJAM Treloar and he slots his 6th on ANZAC Day from 55.
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