Looks arrogant
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be back for draft time where we can argue how pick 48 is the coming of christ.
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BulliSSSh!
Just finished reading 800 or so posts to be up to date. When l opened the thread and saw the number of posts here l knew it could only mean one thing, the package has arrived at EFC. Despite all the posturung of the Dogs l was confident throughout that Dodoro’s plan would work, and we would pick Stringer up at the price he set. Considering we got lost draft picks a few years ago because of the saga, we needed a trade session like this to make up for lost ground.
This has been a brilliant trade period for us, and we have come out of this streets ahead of anyone else. Now watch Jackets weave a little magic with a couple of late round picks as well.
Sat tight, was confident.
Thanks to the few stalwarts who provided some insights, and kept the buzz alive while many Blitzers went to pieces.
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You know how we just became a destination club?
Well there will be some of our players wanting to go to other destinations now, because they will find it hard to get into the best 22.
But thats a good thing.
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And Myers, Laverde, Colyer
Yeah, right… as if that would ever happen!
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Cant wait till he rips FC a new one
Brilliant result.
He is what we want Begley to become but already is.
23 how much upside does this bloke have???
Well done EFC- back our culture, back our support.
Stringer has.
Easy to forget how young stringer is. Still has 7-8 seasons left and will fit into the age profile nicely.
I have to ask @Finding_Nino
How are you feeling after this? Surely the releif must be incredibly liberating
Oh mate I’m over the moon he’s the one i wanted the most of the 3.
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All three SSS’s fit into the profile the same way, just what we needed and where we needed them.
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tell us what you really think nino 
Better then sex 
Memo: Welcome Jake Stringer to Essendon, the greatest football club in the world. Now go, be brilliant, the world awaits.
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DODORO OUT
To buy a new jacket.
On the town getting ■■■■-faced.
Stringer unleashed into midfield
Simon Conway October 19, 2017 2:49 PM
Essendon recruit Jake Stringer is set for more time in the midfield when he runs out onto the field with the Bombers in 2018.
The All Australian and premiership player became the Dons third significant signing of the trade period when the Club and Western Bulldogs agreed to an exchange that saw picks 25 and 30 move to the Dogs.
Stringer is a three-time leading goal kicker at the Bulldogs, but Essendon Coach John Worsfold said his new pupil will split his time between the midfield and forward line.
“He’s a huge talent and he’s got a lot of upside in various positions on the ground,” Worsfold said.
“I don’t think we’ve seen anywhere near the best of Jake Stringer yet.
“We believe we can develop him where he can go through the midfield and have a big impact through there.
“He’s such a strong, powerful player – he’ll match the output of any of the big, strong ‘inside mids’ in the competition, but we know he can impact as a forward as well.
“As time goes on we’ll slowly see this team develop and we’ll see him fit into the need that we require but the flexibility is what we’re really pleased with.”
Stringer played 89 games for the Bulldogs.
He booted a career-best 56 goals in 2015 and kicked 42 in the Dogs 2016 premiership season. He also showed he could make an impact in the middle of the ground in recent seasons.
Worsfold said securing Stringer’s buy-in to the Club’s vision was a key piece of the process.
“The number one thing was – is Jake really committed to getting the best out of himself as a footballer and we certainly saw that,” he said.
“Then understanding the fit of the Club he’s coming to and the standards that we’re going to expect him to uphold in terms of the values that our players have developed themselves and getting his commitment to those values as well.
“We knew the talent he already had – he didn’t have to prove that to us – it was really about whether he was committed to getting the best out of himself and buying into what we stand for.”
Stringer will join fellow new recruits Devon Smith and Adam Saad in the red and black in 2018.
The Bombers were able to land the three established players for its first two picks in the 2017 National Draft and its third pick next year.
There was also a swap of second round picks for next year with GWS.
“We’re really pleased, he (Stringer) was obviously a player that once he was available we weighed up whether he would fit a need that we had going forward,” Worsfold said.
“Once we had that conclusion it was a matter of working pretty hard to get a trade done that worked for us.
“I think Adrian Dodoro and the team have done really well with the strategy they had in place around having three players that weren’t going to be easy trades – getting them all done has been great.”
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This year’s trading was completed perfectly, in exactly the order it should have been.
Very pleased with the whole thing. We pushed only hard enough to get the best deals we could for the club, and wee held ground at the point we decided was ‘far enough’, despite the panic and craziness all around.
Panic merchants can go take a breather.
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