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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - BRAYDON PREUSS

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On 4/13/2019 at 12:29 PM, beelzebub said:

Here in lays a problem to me.

Much of this approach...this over emphasis of 'defensive' pressure in our FORWARD arc is a bit arze about to me, always has been. It seems to assume the priority in our attack zone is to defend. 

No, the priority is to attack. The priority is to create opportunities to score. Preuss does this. Small defending forwards don't.

Always thought this a tactical anachronism.

You put dangerous marking forwards in the fwd 50 and they lead to different areas, defenders cant float off as easy to intercept or have numbers at the fall for easy rebounds. When pruess or another marking target come out of the goal square, and a weid tmac or melksham types lead hard elsewhere, either their defenders float off and we hit them up or we have more chance against less numbers, quick smalls like hunt nean his opponent will stay down to cover him. If the ball spills, the defenders dont have as much help to get it out cleanly, its easier to pressure one or two defenders than a wave pushing forward. Then our press works when the balls banged out.

4 hours ago, dee-tox said:

Guy makes an impact for about 40 minutes but runs out of puff. Did this in both pre-season games. Not sure he can build up the necessary stamina in one season...

I am a bit worried about his lack of endurance, but after the shoulder, he still got to some contests, just didnt impact them. I was wanting keilty in as he can cover more ground, but pruess has him covered in his aggression at the contest 

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    Welcome back Braydon Preuss.

    A local boy recruited to North Melbourne via the Surfers Paradise Demons so he’ll be keen to do well for the red and blue.

    First game at this level since 24 August, 2019 v North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena where he played as second ruck to Max and was relatively ineffective with 6 disposals and 9 hit outs in a losing team.

    Before that his best game for the club was in Round 16 when he led the club’s rucks against Carlton in the absence of Max Gawn - the last Demon victory for 2019 and the last game Max missed until last week v North Melbourne.

    Preuss demolished Matthew Kreuzer in the ruck with 44 hit outs to 24. Grundy might be a different kettle of fish but his opponent won’t be a pushover. 

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    in fairness to kreuzer in that match, he missed the entire third term virtually and then came on to completely dominate the last as he (nearly) got carlton home

    preuss ran outta gas in the last; hopefully different with shorter quarters tomorrow against a greater opponent

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    1 hour ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    in fairness to kreuzer in that match, he missed the entire third term virtually and then came on to completely dominate the last as he (nearly) got carlton home

    preuss ran outta gas in the last; hopefully different with shorter quarters tomorrow against a greater opponent

    I have my opinion regarding this comment but I would like to see some comment from the track watchers during preseason.

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    Dropped a stack of weight over the summer and looked in very good nick on the track.
    Hopefully he's been able to rebuild his base and maintain that discipline since then.

     

     

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    17 hours ago, Demonland said:

    Welcome back Braydon Preuss.

    A local boy recruited to North Melbourne via the Surfers Paradise Demons so he’ll be keen to do well for the red and blue.

    First game at this level since 24 August, 2019 v North Melbourne at Blundstone Arena where he played as second ruck to Max and was relatively ineffective with 6 disposals and 9 hit outs in a losing team.

    Before that his best game for the club was in Round 16 when he led the club’s rucks against Carlton in the absence of Max Gawn - the last Demon victory for 2019 and the last game Max missed until last week v North Melbourne.

    Preuss demolished Matthew Kreuzer in the ruck with 44 hit outs to 24. Grundy might be a different kettle of fish but his opponent won’t be a pushover. 

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    Tom Mc please find that sort of form tonight.  That is his only great game since 2018 unfortunately. 

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    11 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Preuss will need tommy mcd to relieve in parts. I’d expect Preuss to play about 75% of game time. 

    I'd hope Preuss can at least get through 80% and be able to rest forward maybe 5-10%, otherwise his inclusion will pull at our forward structure too much.

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    Its half time and I reckon he has played really well.A big kick into the goals resulted in a goal!Was it Melky?

     

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    9 minutes ago, Dingo said:

    Its half time and I reckon he has played really well.A big kick into the goals resulted in a goal!Was it Melky?

     

    Doing a great job so far

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    1 hour ago, Dingo said:

    Its half time and I reckon he has played really well.A big kick into the goals resulted in a goal!Was it Melky?

     

    He can definitely give it a fair roost!

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    Did very well against the second best ruckman in the competition. It helps when your training partner is the best ruck in the comp I guess. 
     

    Took his chances. And I thought his work around the ground to nullify Grundy was very good. 

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    Negated Grundy. Good effort tonight by the big nut!

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    4 minutes ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Such a shame he will be dropped if Gawn is ready next week.   But it has to happen.

    No point rushing Max back in if Preuss can do the job

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    Great game. He should be proud of his performance. He got huge accolades from the Dees players watching from the sidelines.

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    7 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    No point rushing Max back in if Preuss can do the job

    Yep, If Gawn needs to take 3 weeks off just to really get it right then so be it. 

    Pruess has shown tonight that he is more then capable!

    Loved his work tonight.

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    On that performance he is too good a ruckman to be in the magoos.  That was a genuine afl calibre ruck effort.  He's clearly worked on his mobility.  Would definitely attract interest from opposition sides.

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    4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Yep, If Gawn needs to take 3 weeks off just to really get it right then so be it. 

    Pruess has shown tonight that he is more then capable!

    Loved his work tonight.

    He is doing Max and the Club a great service if he can hold his own. 
    He was really good today

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    More than held his own tonight with good body work and making Grundy earn every hitout. Couldn't be prouder of his effort. 

    Let's be honest though, we knew he was no slouch!

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    Did anyone notice the deflection on Pruess when asked twice about his performance? Spoke more about how when Gawn is fit he comes straight in. 

    I thought he had a great game last night and yet Goodwin didn't want to acknowledge his performance at all. 

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    20 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    Preuss will need tommy mcd to relieve in parts. I’d expect Preuss to play about 75% of game time. 

    Almost spot on with your prediction! 77%

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