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6 minutes ago, Vineytime said:

Brett Anderson who generally gets pretty good mail tweeted earlier that Carlton & Richmond lead the race to obtain Prestia...

On the back of stronger offers from Carlton and Richmond. 

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That's why we're letting Richmond look at him first.

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Lets be clear.    If Dion chooses us as his preferred destination, he will end up a Dee.   You can never have too many A Graders.  Those who say we have too many players of his ilk are

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Did anyone else get excited when this thread popped back up on the top...

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I think the only reason the media is writing us off for prestia is because we don't have a 1st round pick, if prestia chooses us in sure next years 1st rounder and a player should get the job done, Gold Coast already have 2 1st round picks this year they might be happy to spread there picks over a couple of years, and next years draft is already being talked up as a ripper, so if he choose us a deal will get done 

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56 minutes ago, Vineytime said:

Brett Anderson who generally gets pretty good mail tweeted earlier that Carlton & Richmond lead the race to obtain Prestia...

He also went went on to say that it was just a hunch. I think there's a fair bit of guess work going on at this stage.

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58 minutes ago, Vineytime said:

Brett Anderson who generally gets pretty good mail tweeted earlier that Carlton & Richmond lead the race to obtain Prestia...

Apparently he has a direct line to Mrs Prestia's mum.  She has the goss.

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7 minutes ago, brendan said:

I think the only reason the media is writing us off for prestia is because we don't have a 1st round pick, if prestia chooses us in sure next years 1st rounder and a player should get the job done, Gold Coast already have 2 1st round picks this year they might be happy to spread there picks over a couple of years, and next years draft is already being talked up as a ripper, so if he choose us a deal will get done 

I agree with this. If Dion decides Melbourne is his choice of destination, we can get the deal done. We already have a young, gun midfield so if Carlton and Richmond lead the race, so be it. That's footy.

P.S. Please join Dion <3

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3 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

His Time on Ground last season was 69%. If you take out Rounds 2 and 3 when he was sub and played only 30%, and the game he was injured early and played 2%, he would be closer to 80% for the year which seems pretty high for a first year mid, not sure of the league averages though.

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pc-melbourne-demons--angus-brayshaw?advv=Y

Thanks for that. It was more on relation to his "disposals per minute" when the previous poster mentioned his average over his career. 

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42 minutes ago, brendan said:

I think the only reason the media is writing us off for prestia is because we don't have a 1st round pick, if prestia chooses us in sure next years 1st rounder and a player should get the job done, Gold Coast already have 2 1st round picks this year they might be happy to spread there picks over a couple of years, and next years draft is already being talked up as a ripper, so if he choose us a deal will get done 

Another reason is that maybe we're not in the race because we don't want to be.

Prestia might not be a priority or even on the radar.

 

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2 hours ago, Chris said:

Prestia out for the rest of the year with a knee injury requiring surgery. He has been carrying the injury all year. Either his price just went down or it is a no from me.

He is 23 and coming into his peak.  You would take him in a heartbeat.  He is walk up start and will instantly make us a better side. 

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1 hour ago, Vineytime said:

Brett Anderson who generally gets pretty good mail tweeted earlier that Carlton & Richmond lead the race to obtain Prestia...

 

He does? News to pretty much everyone on the planet...

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6 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

These constant knee issues don't exactly fill me with confidence. Do we sell the farm for a bloke who will struggle to get on the park? Not sure we can take that sort of risk right now. 

 

Thats exactly why we won't sell the farm.

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5 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

He is 23 and coming into his peak.  You would take him in a heartbeat.  He is walk up start and will instantly make us a better side. 

He is a walk up start if he can walk. How much time has he missed with bad knees? That is my only concern, getting a bloke in to do a Dawes and be perennially in the rehab group. 

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Thats exactly why we won't sell the farm.

And probably why we won't get him in the end.  With his constant knee issues he'll probably look for the longest and most financially secure contract that is on the table.  I'm not sold that it will be us that will provide it.

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11 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

He is 23 and coming into his peak.  You would take him in a heartbeat.  He is walk up start and will instantly make us a better side. 

So would I.... if he didn't have these constant knee issues.  If he had of been able to play out the season and show further proof that he's shaken off those knee problems then I'd be feeling far more positive about him.  Now?  Not so much.

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5 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Checking the stats and I notice Dion Prestia has had 0 hitouts in his 95 game career.  Thought that was odd, so I looked up Gary Abletts stats out of curiosity.

288 games, zero hitouts!  How is that even possible?  Think of the thousands of stoppages he has been at over his career, and not once has he had a hitout even out of necessity. Amazing really.

SHOCKING!!!!!

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Checking the stats and I notice Dion Prestia has had 0 hitouts in his 95 game career.  Thought that was odd, so I looked up Gary Abletts stats out of curiosity.

288 games, zero hitouts!  How is that even possible?  Think of the thousands of stoppages he has been at over his career, and not once has he had a hitout even out of necessity. Amazing really.

You are the rarest cat going round.

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Checking the stats and I notice Dion Prestia has had 0 hitouts in his 95 game career.  Thought that was odd, so I looked up Gary Abletts stats out of curiosity.

288 games, zero hitouts!  How is that even possible?  Think of the thousands of stoppages he has been at over his career, and not once has he had a hitout even out of necessity. Amazing really.

What an odd post

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17 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Jetta

On the news tonight Mark Stevens said Prestia was coming to MFC

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Don't underestimate a desperate Richmond. This is the same club that chased a coked up Ben Cousins to drag fans through the turns.

If they want Prestia they will get him.

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