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Luke flats with my mate's son. Said the other two clubs that interviewed him basically said the same thing - "what can you bring to us".

Luke said Dees said to him "this is what we can offer you". 

My friend said Luke is a ripping young man and was hoping he'd land at the Bombres (her team).

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56 minutes ago, Dee*ceiving said:

Saints second best in terms of coaches votes! 

It really is bizarre they'd let him walk. Definitely could've attracted something in return the Saints, maybe not from us, but from someone. 

Seems like very good fortune for the Dees 

 

He was an unrestricted FA wasn't he, so the moment the Saints let go all interest in him as a player, they really didn't deserve anything in return from him from anyone.  Just another really shrewd list management move from the MFC, not to pay big for Cerra.  Get LD and pick 17.  If that's not what you call having your cake and eating it too, I don't know what is.

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On 10/4/2021 at 8:18 PM, Dwight Schrute said:

100% if Jack Viney goes down (he's had a few injuries in recent years) Dunstan is just about the perfect ready made replacement. 

during our lul this year i did think we missed Vineys hardness around the ball. as tough as Petracca and Oliver are, they're better with Viney in there.

I also think it's extremely healthy to have extreme pressure on the AFL side to hold their spot. especially in a team like ours, where players will be keen to get in and stay in to grab a medallion 

1. Sparrow would also not the role (Viney back up) but Dunstan could walk in too

2. Of course pressure on places in the team is a must - no way do I expect complacency to creep in, but if it did ... 

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42 minutes ago, M_9 said:

Luke flats with my mate's son. Said the other two clubs that interviewed him basically said the same thing - "what can you bring to us".

Luke said Dees said to him "this is what we can offer you". 

My friend said Luke is a ripping young man and was hoping he'd land at the Bombres (her team).

A well run, destination club…. I just can’t…. Believe it’s US after all of these years. 

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6 hours ago, Kent said:

 

                                LD         JH             NJ              AVB

Disp                        25.3       19.3          22.3           14.1

Kicks                      14.1       9.1             11.2           7.3

Hand ball               11.2       10.2           11.2          6.8

Marks                     4.3         3.0              3.0            3.6

Tackles                   4.9         4.2              3.6           3.6

Clearances            5.8          2.4              3.6           1.9

 

So Luke is clearly a significant upgrade on Harmes and the other two departures

Apples and oranges here, @Kent, to be fair.

Dunstan was playing first-string midfield minutes in his games at St Kilda this year.

None of Harmes, Jones or vandenBerg were.

I think that will explain why his disposal and clearance numbers are well in front of the other three. 

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2 hours ago, Wrecker46 said:

I don't know where he will play but I don't think it will be at Casey.

It's extrordinary that he got the 2nd most coaches votes for St Kilda and the coach wanted to get rid of him,

Hate to quote myself but had a rethink about it. Maybe it was the opposition coaches giving him votes?

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59 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Dunstan was playing first-string midfield minutes in his games at St Kilda this year.

But isn't that the point - that Dunstan is a first-string midfielder and the others aren't?

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1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

Apples and oranges here, @Kent, to be fair.

Dunstan was playing first-string midfield minutes in his games at St Kilda this year.

None of Harmes, Jones or vandenBerg were.

I think that will explain why his disposal and clearance numbers are well in front of the other three. 

I dont think so was talking Career not this year

                               LD         JH             NJ              AVB

Disp                        25.3       19.3          22.3           14.1

Kicks                      14.1       9.1             11.2           7.3

Hand ball               11.2       10.2           11.2          6.8

Marks                     4.3         3.0              3.0            3.6

Tackles                   4.9         4.2              3.6           3.6

Clearances            5.8          2.4              3.6           1.9

Games                    116       122             302          51

 

 

So Luke is clearly a significant upgrade on Harmes and the other two departures

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4 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

I like the above comment from their supporter forum.  Reminds me of one I found on The Age Real Footy podcast comments this morning:

phil lewis
 
3 HOURS AGO
 
Melbourne were lucky on Grand Final day. Footscray were well in front and playing the best footy of the game, then fatigue from playing 7 straight games on the road finally caught up with them. If Melbourne want to take credit for that they are delusional. There last 1 and half quarters was the best footy played all year, against a team that had nothing more to give.
 
 
That  jealousy and envy is hard to comprehend all at once.  At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how these muppets rated us, if we got lucky etc.  We did it all season FFS, finished on top of the ladder and wiped floor with the competition in finals.  It doesn't get much more comprehensive than that.  Suck it up lads.

No idea who Phil Lewis is, but what I do know is that he hasn’t the slightest idea of comprehending football.

We were the best team all year, the best team in the finals, and the best team on GF day. We dominated for 2.5 quarters, they did for 1.5 quarters. Let’s not forget that the Dogs had easy EF’s and PF’s, throw in the extra week before the GF.............yeah fatigued my [censored] Phil. Get a clue you muppet.

Probably Phil Scully thinking he has everyone fooled 😂

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28 minutes ago, 1964_2 said:

First string midfielder at St.Kilda is very very different to first string with the premiers

 

Yes but lets face it ..... He will Enhance what is already a fiercely formidable unit! 

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9 hours ago, M_9 said:

Luke flats with my mate's son. Said the other two clubs that interviewed him basically said the same thing - "what can you bring to us".

Luke said Dees said to him "this is what we can offer you". 

My friend said Luke is a ripping young man and was hoping he'd land at the Bombres (her team).

Goodwin always seems to say similar with players we want.

#selfless

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For anyone worried he isn’t up to our standard, watch the Rnd 14 replay against the Tigers. Wet and cold Friday night big stage, lined up against Dusty often in the middle Luke had 32 quality touches, 1 goal and 3 Brownlow votes.

If that is your injury cover, that’s sensational

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Just imagine if he shines like Powell did or even something close to it. I can see StK supporters opening a vein….. ‘faaaark Petracca, faaaark Dunstan…’ Ratten will definitely cop some heat if he plays more than 10 games for us.

Must say I met Ratten a number of times when I was living in Christmas Hills, around Yarra Glen, always polite and up for a gas while we waited for Pizza or whatever. I think he needs a reboot of his assistants seems to work for some coaches. 

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Something just made me think of Luke Ball.

It's a similar situation except that in Dunstan's case he's been pushed out, there isn't the slightest hint of mercenary, and as of yet the St Kilda coach hasn't bagged out the ex-player.

The situational contrast with Ball is making me realise how mad the Saints are to push Dunstan away. When they lost Ball they had four diverse midfielders each with 15+ Brownlow votes that year; Goddard, Montangna, Dal Santo and Hayes.

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23 hours ago, MrReims said:

For anyone worried he isn’t up to our standard, watch the Rnd 14 replay against the Tigers. Wet and cold Friday night big stage, lined up against Dusty often in the middle Luke had 32 quality touches, 1 goal and 3 Brownlow votes.

If that is your injury cover, that’s sensational

I dont think we recruited this guy to run around at Casey!! As iterated it makes a formidable midfield even more supreme!

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On 10/7/2021 at 5:03 PM, Kent said:

I dont think so was talking Career not this year

                               LD         JH             NJ              AVB

Disp                        25.3       19.3          22.3           14.1

Kicks                      14.1       9.1             11.2           7.3

Hand ball               11.2       10.2           11.2          6.8

Marks                     4.3         3.0              3.0            3.6

Tackles                   4.9         4.2              3.6           3.6

Clearances            5.8          2.4              3.6           1.9

Games                    116       122             302          51

 

 

So Luke is clearly a significant upgrade on Harmes and the other two departures

Luke Dunstan career disposal average is 20.91 per game. I think you quoted his averages from this season

Source https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/L/Luke_Dunstan.html

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