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Prestia !!
- Thread starter Tigaman
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When he was recruited Meatball changed our fortunes massively. Losing him may do exactly the same thing.
Gotta feel for the bloke. Just can’t seem to stay on the park. We are a 4-5 goal better side when he plays. I personally think he is the best two-way midfielder in the league. With both Prestua do Lambert now missing and KMac also struggling we are really exposed in this area. Really need someone to step up over the coming weeks. Baker, Bolton, Short, Rioli, Ross, Stack, Picket, RCD - one or two of them need to stake their claim.
Sadly this was after a good preseason with a new weights program to strengthen his hammys. Like the team, I think Dion is stuffed.
Flawless, uninterrupted pre-season then breaks down at the beginning of the second quarter in the first game. Love Prestia and what he’s done for us but his body can’t be trusted anymore.
Send him over to Dr Wolgang Frankenstein for some calf’s blood and *smile*’s comb injections.
Unfortunately his repetitive soft tissue injuries mean we’re odds on to be a man down whenever he plays
Unfortunately his repetitive soft tissue injuries mean we’re odds on to be a man down whenever he plays
That strikes me as a tired and emotional post.
There have been several extended periods when we've seen the best of Dion including the 2019 BnF. And as others have stated he's signed with us until 2024 so there's no point throwing him on the scrap heap. Unless he decides to retire we have to persist with him.
Definitely tired and emotional.
However I’m not suggesting we throw him on a scrap heap. I’m suggesting his body can no longer withstand the rigours of AFL football.
Ability not in question
Fair enough. Let's hope that you're wrong and that when he gets back in a few weeks time he stays strong for the rest of the year.
That’s interesting. You’d think they would have to seriously look at such an option at this point, as his body as it is isn’t holding up. Hence how dejected he looked on the bench after all the work he had put in.
Best preseason ever apparently; new weights training, running yada yada and 30 seconds onto the season it’s a bust.
He would have to be losing trust in his own body at this point which would could ultimately end up effectIng his motivation.
How could you keep fronting up and doing all the work when you have no idea how your body is going to respond?
Dion Prestia's latest injury an unmitigated disaster: Jon Ralph
“Lets not sugarcoat this, Richmond‘s latest hamstring injury with Dion Prestia is an unmitigated disaster ... hey just can’t trust his body anymore,” Herald Sun reporter Jon Ralph said.
“They’d believed they’d bulletproofed him, he had a flawless pre season. Only nine games last year off a calf injury and multiple hamstring injuries. They felt they’d actually cracked the code.”
Leigh Montagna, like many, felt for Prestia.
“He‘s done all pre-season, he’d be so keen. He’s so important to this team,” he said.
“Those contest numbers and ground ball numbers really dropped away in the second quarter and Dion Prestia had such a good first term.
“You feel for the young man, to miss that much footy in the last 18 months, it’d be driving him nuts.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/te...g/news-story/65f9f66b80a4c4c36cae55bcabcf79ff
“Lets not sugarcoat this, Richmond‘s latest hamstring injury with Dion Prestia is an unmitigated disaster ... hey just can’t trust his body anymore,” Herald Sun reporter Jon Ralph said.
“They’d believed they’d bulletproofed him, he had a flawless pre season. Only nine games last year off a calf injury and multiple hamstring injuries. They felt they’d actually cracked the code.”
Leigh Montagna, like many, felt for Prestia.
“He‘s done all pre-season, he’d be so keen. He’s so important to this team,” he said.
“Those contest numbers and ground ball numbers really dropped away in the second quarter and Dion Prestia had such a good first term.
“You feel for the young man, to miss that much footy in the last 18 months, it’d be driving him nuts.”
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/te...g/news-story/65f9f66b80a4c4c36cae55bcabcf79ff
