Unless you know differently, I don't see Dion's motivation slipping. He loves the game and the club to do that and will be a driving force for us providing he stays fitPrestia will be a good barometer for us next year I think. We are in the unusual situation of having lots of players who have had playing and financial success relatively early in their careers, Prestia more than anyone.
How motivated he is will go a long way to determining where this side goes next.
No, I have no idea, just saying he will be a good canary in the coalmine for us, especially now he looks like one.
Love to see him come out and have a massive year, would put us right back in contention.
We'll all be happier if he plays just 15 games n wins another flag.dion is entirely capable of, if not likely to,
win the brownlow if he could play 22 HA games in a season
It’s the bloody AFL conspiring against the RFC again!Like no one ever got covid, breaking story by Fox Sports!
Richmond premiership pair Dion Prestia and Noah Balta both test positive for Covid
Richmond premiership pair both isolating after testing positive for Covidwww.foxsports.com.au
Hopefully both double dosed? but at the very least they would be single vaccinated.
Also I have seen Dion training a couple of times at the club in the last couple of weeks hopefully he hasn't passed on to anyone.
He was at the races wasn’t he?....... had to be fully vaxxed to get in I reckon. .... hmmm, interesting stuff!Hopefully both double dosed? but at the very least they would be single vaccinated.
Also I have seen Dion training a couple of times at the club in the last couple of weeks hopefully he hasn't passed on to anyone.
Still don't get the hysteria.
It's here. We are living with it.
My extremely unfit brother-in-law is fully vaccinated and tested positive. Felt like he had a cold for a couple of days and is fine now. As intended, vaccination significantly lessens the effect of the virus on the person who contracts it.A fit healthy double vaxxed athlete. It will be an amazing case study to see how what impact this has on Meatball on Balta.
I'm not bagging PRE hysteria, more the media etc.Not really hysteria but is of interest as an indication it may become a common occurrence next season so in an AFL context every positive case will be news.
So how will the AFL deal with it, can't see them deferring a game like they did with the VIC v NSW Shield match recently when only one player tested positive but if the player tests positive on the morning of the game what then?, no time for the rest of the squad to get tested.
I hope the AFL doesn't bring in training restrictions again, that would suck!
PS. There will be hysteria on here when Dusty & Shai test positive on the same day before GF Day
The AFL is developing a policy to minimise the disruptions caused by COVID-19 cases and to protect against teams being shut down or losing multiple players during the season, with modification of training processes being considered.