“The fact that my career highlight is in AFLX sums up my career pretty much.” ?

What a poor interview from both participants. 

Bring back the Burgatron. 

Preuss comes across as either 

- quirky and (at least trying to be) witty, or;

- thick as a brick.

Time will tell.

Regardless if he does the job of complementing Max as relief ruck, or  hopefully as a tandem a la Jimmy and Strawbs then we should be pretty happy with the trade. 

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

Preuss comes across as either 

- quirky and (at least trying to be) witty, or;

- thick as a brick.

Time will tell.

Regardless if he does the job of complementing Max as relief ruck, or  hopefully as a tandem a la Jimmy and Strawbs then we should be pretty happy with the trade. 

Putting all my eggs on thick as a brick 

5 hours ago, monoccular said:

Preuss comes across as either 

- quirky and (at least trying to be) witty, or;

- thick as a brick.

Time will tell.

Regardless if he does the job of complementing Max as relief ruck, or  hopefully as a tandem a la Jimmy and Strawbs then we should be pretty happy with the trade. 

he was cute.

His readily laughing at himself may indicate less ego hangups.  He also seems to be enjoying this opportunity and really into it working hard to do his best.

Great combination. 

 

6 hours ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

Putting all my eggs on thick as a brick 

As long as he can take instruction... 

8 hours ago, monoccular said:

Preuss comes across as either 

- quirky and (at least trying to be) witty, or;

- thick as a brick.

Time will tell.

Regardless if he does the job of complementing Max as relief ruck, or  hopefully as a tandem a la Jimmy and Strawbs then we should be pretty happy with the trade. 

Also comes across as humble, a resident of that great footballing learning curve, anticipatory for improvement and learning about the game more deeply, and ready to give it his best after an inglorious baptism with North. Indicators so far are very much within the trend of considerable improvements to his game on the eve of the start of this season, his potential contributions and his support for the MFC and its team. I like the boy!

I think he comes across as quirky yet likeable. I can't wait to see more of him on the field. It's refreshing to have personalities at the club. 

Well, he lives at Nar Nar Goon.

Does that make him a baNaNa Goon??

 

Sounds like a bit of a [censored] to be honest. That said, I don't care what he is like offield, as long as he has the drive to get the best out of himself, that's all that matters.

Don’t  chew gum during an interview. 

Edited March 2, 20196 yr by Ethan Tremblay

This Pruess fella must play for another team. You wouldnt think fans from the team he plays for would be bagging him on a public forum. That would be a bit, umm, low wouldn’t it? But not us Melbourne supporters. We’re better than that!

I love Preussy already and I've only seen a couple of highlights from the practice match and some training photos. I'm looking forward to watching him play tomorrow without Gawn to see what he can do as the No. 1 ruck. 

If I can get my hands on an away guernsey at the family day this year I'll be getting Preuss' number on the back. 

49 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Don’t  chew gum during an interview. 

Just be yourself during interviews.

 

Pure honesty is the best display.

The donald doesn't chew gum during interviews, and that is a moron.

The less  'Politically Correct'  we can be,  the better.   No airs & graces,  or PC's,  please.

I hope his family and property are safe. The irony that this segment - Quick Fire Preussy  - was aired just as the bushfires began to ravage the Bunyip area. I hope everybody stays safe.

1 hour ago, dieter said:

I hope his family and property are safe. The irony that this segment - Quick Fire Preussy  - was aired just as the bushfires began to ravage the Bunyip area. I hope everybody stays safe.

Noticed the tastelessness of that headline, Dieter. Even here in Adelaide, we had half-hourly radio bulletins of the worsening Nar Nar Goon bushfire circumstances ... and Bunyip ... and I thought back to my hiking days when younger around that area and how delightfully vegetative and rugged that area really was - with fresh drinking water trickling in the creeks. We must all hope that safety of the locals is achieved, Preussy included. 

1 hour ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Noticed the tastelessness of that headline, Dieter. Even here in Adelaide, we had half-hourly radio bulletins of the worsening Nar Nar Goon bushfire circumstances ... and Bunyip ... and I thought back to my hiking days when younger around that area and how delightfully vegetative and rugged that area really was - with fresh drinking water trickling in the creeks. We must all hope that safety of the locals is achieved, Preussy included. 

I think it was more a case of unfortunate timing: I'm sure when it was posted Nar Nar Goon wasn't under threat.

Yep, it's a beautiful area. A friend of mine who hails from McLaren Vale lives here now and he took his family for a holiday to the North east. He said what amazed him was being able to swim in rivers where you could see the bottom. He said you don't get that in South Australia...

Edited March 3, 20196 yr by dieter

Behind that facade there is one determined person who means business. However these days the club won't go after someone if they  think they cannot make the grade and play their role. 

Preuss is a down to earth person a likeable fellow. He is a  good all round addition.

Seems to be disarmingly modest...with plenty to be modest about.

I think I now understand better why he came to Melbourne. I think it's less about 2019-2021 but more about learning the caper to eventually take over from Max if he's good enough. He'll be Max's current age when Max is 31. He knows he's not there yet and realises that the best chance to learn the craft is to be with the team that has the best ruckman to see that up close.

I can see the addition of Preuss is also to add some muscle to support Gawn when required. Far too many times Gawn being a pure ball player had to battle on copping unfair dirty treatment from some opposing ruckman. 

Whatever plays out this season, the Dees needed another big guy as insurance. 

51 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Whatever plays out this season, the Dees needed another big guy as insurance. 

Yes...  and one who can/will throw his weight around.

On 3/2/2019 at 8:37 AM, Rob Mac...... said:

His readily laughing at himself may indicate less ego hangups.  He also seems to be enjoying this opportunity and really into it working hard to do his best.

Great combination. 

 

Hey Rob, any chance you’re in town for the opening round?