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Welcome to Demonland: Luke Dunstan

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8 hours ago, dee-tox said:

This season averaged 25 touches, five tackles and picked up 11 Brownlow votes in half a season.  

It's bizarre. why are St Kilda giving him the flick? Their recruiting has been pretty ordinary so i reckon it's incompetence on their part

We know Viney won;t play a full season. Dunstan is perfect cover and with Chocco's help I'm sure his disposal will improve. It's a no brainer

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    To those questioning Dunstan's recruitment. If any of our midfielders from the GF were injured next week, who would you bring in from the list to replace them now that Chuck and AvB are gone?? There is not one true mid amongst the remaining 16 or so players on our list.

    It's a no brainer for mine.

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    9 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

    This has surprised me. I thought he wanted more game time. Good get as he is a quality VFL player. Hopefully he doesn't get games ahead of Sparrow and Jordon.

    I’m sorry what? Is that because we are rebuilding and we have to get games into the kids??

    FCS - the window is open and if Sparrow and Jordon get a game it will be because THEY deserve it.

    I am greedy - I want to win more.

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    A no brainer having lost two big bodied experienced mids. 
    You need to have ready made replacements for the inevitable injuries. And I don’t think Harmes, Sparrow or JJ are locks in our midfield anyway. The latter will likely suffer form drop at some point given their age and lack of experience. 

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    Good management from the club to bring him in as others have said perfect insurance. For Dunstan though I guess he is hoping for an injury and playing in finals

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    1 minute ago, Bates Mate said:

    Good management from the club to bring him in as others have said perfect insurance. For Dunstan though I guess he is hoping for an injury and playing in finals

    No reason he can't work on his game to go to another level and solidify a spot.

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    1 hour ago, Tough Kent said:

    To those questioning Dunstan's recruitment. If any of our midfielders from the GF were injured next week, who would you bring in from the list to replace them now that Chuck and AvB are gone?? There is not one true mid amongst the remaining 16 or so players on our list.

    It's a no brainer for mine.

    JJ was sub and Harmes and Sparrow are playing half forward.

    I’d have targeted a half forward where there’s more opportunities to hold down a spot. 

    Then I’d look for midfield reinforcement but with more upside and versatility. 

    Neither Jones nor Vanders were centre square options for us this year. 

    Is Dunstan actually going to skip the queue or will he just end up frustrated at Casey?

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    He will be a great addition.   I think now we have won a premiership many are over-rating our current list and the fact that we had vitually zero injuries to best 22 players.

    Harmes, Sparrow, Spargo, ANB, Brayshaw, JJ, Tomlinson, Petty all got hammered on this site at various stages.

    This is a guy who would push Harmes, Sparrow and JJ for a spot round 1 and will add some oomph.   

    An injury to Oliver, Petracca or Viney and our depth would be tested with no VDB/Jones.

    Would be a great pick up....would play many Senior games for us.

    To those saying they don't want him replacing a Sparrow/Harmes / JJ.....I Get it....But ultimately they can still develop at Casey and form will dictate where they play.   To have strong list we need pressure on all positions of the ground.    

    Hopefully we have a lot of hungry players next year that are wanting more success!

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    28 minutes ago, Action Jackson said:

    No reason he can't work on his game to go to another level and solidify a spot.

    This!! I think it’s a pretty easy sell from the club to get him here.  Lots of our players have spoken about how much Chocco has improved their kicking which sounds like it’s his biggest flaw. 
    Coming to a new clubs who’s current culture and player development is the gold standard can only improve his game. 
    Given how well he polled in the Brownlow it’s not like he doesn’t have enough quality to start with. 
    We could also be looking at giving Sparrow or JJ a bit of a different role next year to help their development. 
    Consisting we have lost Jones and Vanders and he is costing fa I’m only seeing positives. 

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    Welcome aboard generic ex-Saints player who looks exactly the same as about 10 other Saints players!

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    Vanderberg and Jones were in the best 23 12 times during the season so if Dunstan does play that many he will push Harmes, Jordan and Sparrow to even better performances than 2021.

    For that alone he is worth a spot and has the experience to bring Taj and Bailey along the road to the AFL rather than Casey. 

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    I love this. Dunstan has been underrated by the football world. He is a tough and durable player who will add depth to our midfield. While his kicking is poor, the Dees game plan is designed to limit the damage from turnovers and also simplifies the decision making process. (Not one of our current premiership midfielders is great by foot.)

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    Good addition to the list. He knows he will have to work his [censored] off to get a game, and play very well to hold that spot. 
    Someone will get injured. We have an experienced replacement ready to go

     

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    50 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    I’d have targeted a half forward where there’s more opportunities to hold down a spot. 

    Then I’d look for midfield reinforcement but with more upside and versatility. 

    That is you, not the professionals and experienced people who are in charge at the club.

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    Just now, drysdale demon said:

    That is you, not the professionals and experienced people who are in charge at the club.

    Fair play, the poster is entitled to their opinion.

     

    By the by, this year Dunstan was ranked:

    14th - Inside 50's per game (Oliver was 12th)

    11th - Stoppage clearances per game

    13th in turnovers per game (funnily Petracca was ranked 3 for this)

     

     

     

     

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    2 minutes ago, The Stigga said:

    Fair play, the poster is entitled to their opinion.

     

    By the by, this year Dunstan was ranked:

    14th - Inside 50's per game (Oliver was 12th)

    11th - Stoppage clearances per game

    13th in turnovers per game (funnily Petracca was ranked 3 for this)

     

     

     

     

    So you agree the MFC should grab him.

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    Just now, drysdale demon said:

    So you agree the MFC should grab him.

     

    Absolutely.

    Think its a great acquisition, as we've just lost Jones and AVB.

     

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    If he improves his disposal can even see him giving HIbberd a run for his money of the back line

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    41 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Welcome aboard generic ex-Saints player who looks exactly the same as about 10 other Saints players!

    not named jack; are we SURE he's an aints player?

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    11 minutes ago, drysdale demon said:

    That is you, not the professionals and experienced people who are in charge at the club.

    Thanks for clarifying that my opinion is my opinion. I was getting confused.

    I’ve got no issue being told to shut it when I question Jason Taylor’s draft picks, although I think I’ve been fairly supportive. The same for players we’ve let go, and for our big name recruits outside of Ben Brown who I really did think was broken and not a worthwhile upgrade on Weid. 

    Dunstan’s a player we’ve all seen plenty of and I don’t think anyone is questioning he’s one dimensional. He’s coverage for our big 3 mids which is useful, but I’m of the opinion our next 3 mids (Harmes, Sparrow, JJ) could provide that same coverage. 

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