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It's the end of 2024, you're talking about the end of 2023, and I'm talking about what we need to be doing in 2025.
In talking about what we need to do be doing in 2025 did you not mention Dusty has not been the same since his kidney injury(late in 2021?) His 2023 season was perfectly in line with all his best seasons bar 2017 when you allow for age and role.
So if he has been carrying a repairable injury and playing out of absolute necessity(given all our other injuries, the desire to get him to 300 games) in 2024, what is best for the club is surely keeping Dusty at the club, providing he is willing to stay. Players of this level just do not grow on trees. With a good run with injuries next year, having Dusty in our team could be the difference of playing finals or not. Something the club should be striving to do.
I am struggling to believe posts I am reading about Dusty from normally sensible posters. He has clearly been playing under duress this year, with some sort of specific injury that would definitely not be terminal decay that commenced with his kidney injury. 2023 has 100% proven that assertion of yours incorrect.