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prestia one is new to me but the o'meara one is pretty well known - i think he's been to germany to get it treated?

hopefully he can get back and continue what looked like an exciting career.

i still want prestia, but i'd love to package it with bennell. inside and outside, we would have to package up something pretty tempting you'd expect, but i don't know what we have that would interest them beyond our first two picks and presumably howe, garland if he leaves for free agency.

the only players we have who'd interest gc17 are exactly the players we need to hang onto - hogan, brayshaw, tyson, viney, kent, anb, viney, jkh, mcdonald etc.

other players who are fringe - toumpas, grimes, all the other nqrs - don't really have much value.

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    I'm not sure I buy that O'Meara is in doubt to come back. If, as they say, this is an injury more common in the NFL then it's an injury upon which immense resources have been brought to bear to find the best treatments. A little research has revealed that the Suns have indeed been in touch with NFL people, and have put Jaeger in touch with NFL players who are recovering from it to help him get his head around the injury. It's going to take a while before he's ready to play again, but I don't doubt he'll be there.

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    Somehow I doubt Garland would move interstate. He'll be looking at Richmond/North, methinks.

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    Hoping garlo stays and reckon he will would spew if he went to Hawthorn.

    Grimes would be a good fit for the Gold coast , can play a bit is a clean skin and a good age. Grimes and a pick or Grimes and Jamar for a player .

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    To those questioning my "good authority" it's from a source not within the club but close to the players.

    Both have fairly serious injuries and you wouldn't expect another club to recruit them without a thorough medical check. Jack Trengove would no doubt be on Richmond's list today if that was not the case.

    What I'm suggesting is that we shouldn't get too excited about recruiting players who are going through long term injuries.

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    Along with Judd, O'Meara is the best young mid I've seen, so it's silly to compare O'Meara as a talent to virtually any young player, imo.

    I've seen plenty of Prestia and can't agree with Jack 7's assessment. Prestia does have good pace, is exceedingly powerful and is something I haven't seen at Melbourne since Brian Wilson or Greg Wells, he's a ball magnet. Unlike many players of his height he's also a very long kick. I agree that he's not a "line breaker" at AFL level, but who cares ? In the traits I want for Prestia that's near the bottom of the list. And it's not as if he can't run lines, because he can to a degree and it was considered a strength at junior level.

    I know nothing of his injury. If reports are true and it's career threatening we won't trade for him. I do remember however, Andrew McLeod's knee was supposedly "bone on bone" for about the last 7 years of his amazing career.

    EDIT: Prestia averaged over 27 possessions in both his 4th and 5th years. He's averaged over 27 possessions since he played his 50th game. He's now played 81.

    As a comparison, Nathan Jones took 9 seasons to average over 27 and he's only done it once. Prestia's third season is statistically better than Jones' second best.

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    To those questioning my "good authority" it's from a source not within the club but close to the players.

    Both have fairly serious injuries and you wouldn't expect another club to recruit them without a thorough medical check. Jack Trengove would no doubt be on Richmond's list today if that was not the case.

    What I'm suggesting is that we shouldn't get too excited about recruiting players who are going through long term injuries.

    Does hip surgery count?

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    To those questioning my "good authority" it's from a source not within the club but close to the players.

    Both have fairly serious injuries and you wouldn't expect another club to recruit them without a thorough medical check. Jack Trengove would no doubt be on Richmond's list today if that was not the case.

    What I'm suggesting is that we shouldn't get too excited about recruiting players who are going through long term injuries.

    I agree Jack, doing due diligence, is really about managing the risk. It would explain why there's so much smoke about Dion moving on and why GC would consider trading him. If for example they decide that considering the nature of his injury that the probability of him reaching 100 games is likely, but that the probability of him playing 200 is very low. Then they would try and cut their losses and build for the future and try to get the best deal in return. I'd say that if the injury is as serious as suggested that Melbourne would need to think long and hard about what he's worth given the risk.

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    Pray tell, what is the source of this good authority WJ?

    On this occasion I think you can accept WJ's post, without expecting him to betray confidences on a fan site.

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    If he passes medicals I would like to see the following this off season.

    Trade our first pick for Prestia (add 3rd round of needed).

    Trade Howe for GWS first pick.

    Use GWS pick on Weideman.

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    Id heard o'meara was no certainty to make it back, but dion as far as I've been told is aiming to be back for pre season next year

    BigFooty and Facebook don't count.

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    I'm not sure I buy that O'Meara is in doubt to come back. If, as they say, this is an injury more common in the NFL then it's an injury upon which immense resources have been brought to bear to find the best treatments. A little research has revealed that the Suns have indeed been in touch with NFL people, and have put Jaeger in touch with NFL players who are recovering from it to help him get his head around the injury. It's going to take a while before he's ready to play again, but I don't doubt he'll be there.

    what is his injury exactly Ralphy? I haven't read other than I think a knee?

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    Does Demonland?

    Not when it's come from BigFooty or Facebook.

    We all know who has some cred here. Unless they have some previous good form I take any 'sources' or 'I've been told's' with a grain of salt.

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    I think we need a player who is an A grade player now not in the future eg. Dangerfield.

    We have been putting our hope on young possible A grade players for the past 8 years.

    The time is now to make a move on big name mid and in my book this guy is not what would call a big name player.

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    Prestia will become great mates with Petracca and Trengove and in LTI rehab group - don't we just love high draft pick midfielders with crippling injuries (just kidding, sort of)

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    I bet he would have loved todays game if hes keeping tabs on us

    Come join the fun Dion, nothing like beating the Filth on the G'

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    Does the seriousness of his injury reduce his trade value?

    Could we potentially get him cheaper than we originally thought?

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    Does the seriousness of his injury reduce his trade value?

    Could we potentially get him cheaper than we originally thought?

    No
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