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Offical Play Dunn as a Forward Thread

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FC Melbourne Demon

FC Melbourne   108

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We need someone, with the teeny tiniest forward instinct to bust a bum across half forward.

Lynden Dunn, good endurance, OK overhead and dangerous around goals could fit the criteria.

The midfield experiment is over. Send Lyndon home.

Anyone with me?

True Believer Mighty Demon

True Believer   1

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We need someone, with the teeny tiniest forward instinct to bust a bum across half forward.

Lynden Dunn, good endurance, OK overhead and dangerous around goals could fit the criteria.

The midfield experiment is over. Send Lyndon home.

Anyone with me?

yeah... would try anything at the moment

e25 Trident

e25   5

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Yeah, if he's going to play at all he needs to be up forward.

I can see him as a real Ryan O'Keefe type player... :P

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We need someone, with the teeny tiniest forward instinct to bust a bum across half forward.

Lynden Dunn, good endurance, OK overhead and dangerous around goals could fit the criteria.

The midfield experiment is over. Send Lyndon home.

Anyone with me?

He should have been there all season.

Jarka Redleg

Jarka   767

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Dunn is not good overhead, he's a terrible mark. When he goes up forward he plays as a small forward.

Guys, there's a reason why the footy department has tried to turn him into a tagger

Rhino Richards Legend

Rhino Richards   1,467

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exactly. he should've never been moved from the forward line.

from the VFL.

Is he another of your flawless good kickers unfairly held back at Casey?

There is a reason he does not cut in the AFL even when MFC are that bad.

See if you can work out why.....

Lil_red_fire_engine Trident

Lil_red_fire_engine   11,299

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We need someone, with the teeny tiniest forward instinct to bust a bum across half forward.

Lynden Dunn, good endurance, OK overhead and dangerous around goals could fit the criteria.

The midfield experiment is over. Send Lyndon home.

Anyone with me?

Yes if this role does not require Dunn to mark above his head or make any body contact then absolutely.

jabberwocky Redleg

jabberwocky   2,301

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Yes if this role does not require Dunn to mark above his head or make any body contact then absolutely.

Yes, Dunn...no.

Dunn going to the forward line will solve none of our problems. We need midfielders who get clearances and run hard as a goup to provide options. We also need to collectively put on about a tonne

Waltham33 Mighty Demon

Waltham33   475

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I have no problem with Dunn getting some time in the forward line. He cannot be any worse than the forwards from last night and he has shown a reasonable goal sense at times in the past.

drdrake Redleg

drdrake   3,203

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I like him better as a forward than a midfielder, but our midfield is rubbish at the moment and any forward would struggle. Dunn wants to play in the midfield because he knows if he plays forward he will gone at seasons end.

Hards Demon

Hards   2

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Should never have been moved out of the forward line by Daniher.

Deano74 Mighty Demon

Deano74   156

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I was a fan of Dunn, but i think hes finished.

Playing for Casey while Melbourne are on the bottom with one win, shows us where hes at in his career. Hes been here long enough. Seems along time ago when i think Daniher had him tagging and playing well.

Id pick Maric over him now.

deeno Rookie

deeno   0

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I actually think that Dunn should play on the half back line and Rivers should play at full forward. Rivers has only had a few sorties forward and never really been tried as a key forward. He leads well as is a long accurate kick.

Deano74 Mighty Demon

Deano74   156

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Link for 2004 AFL Draft (Dunn 15)

http://www.afl.com.au/portals/0/afl_docs/d..._Draft_2004.pdf

Interesting seeing who was selected where and how they have developed.

Names stand out like Buddy, Roughhead, Griffen, Lewis.

Surprise seeing LeCras at 37 (Good pick)

Also should have we selected pick 44 instead of 43, after reading the player comments make you wonder what they were thinking.

JACKATTACK Redleg

JACKATTACK   17

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There is no doubt Dunn plays differently for Melbourne than he does with Casey. I think it is more than just the quality of opposition, it seems to me that he stops attacking. When he plays for Casey he takes the game on, for Melbourne he plays 100% defensive. That said, I also think we need to bring in a tagging player and while Bartram performs that role I would prefer to see Dunn as our main tagging player because he can kick, he just needs to learn to play both ways.

Steamin Demon Redleg

Steamin Demon   401

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Dunn is not good overhead, he's a terrible mark. When he goes up forward he plays as a small forward.

Guys, there's a reason why the footy department has tried to turn him into a tagger

Jarka, The footy department are trying to turn him into a player he simply isn't. He was drafted as a forward so he should be played there. Too many footy clubs especially MFC play players out of position (Petterd, Martin and Dunn).

He needs to play forward all year, If he doesn't work out he has to be put on the trade table. Enough is enough !!!!!!

Jarka Redleg

Jarka   767

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Jarka, The footy department are trying to turn him into a player he simply isn't. He was drafted as a forward so he should be played there. Too many footy clubs especially MFC play players out of position (Petterd, Martin and Dunn).

He needs to play forward all year, If he doesn't work out he has to be put on the trade table. Enough is enough !!!!!!

Steamin, he was drafted to play as a key forward. He continually demonstrates that he is not a key forward, he plays as a small forward, and not a very good one at that. That's why the club tried to turn him into a midfielder. I hope I'm wrong about him, but it doesn't look good.

Out of interest out of those players you mentioned, Petterd, Martin and Dunn, what exactly is their best position?

Nasher Legend

Nasher   33,617

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Steamin, he was drafted to play as a key forward. He continually demonstrates that he is not a key forward, he plays as a small forward, and not a very good one at that. That's why the club tried to turn him into a midfielder. I hope I'm wrong about him, but it doesn't look good.

Out of interest out of those players you mentioned, Petterd, Martin and Dunn, what exactly is their best position?

I agree Jarka.

In my opinion Steamin' is right in a way though. The footy department have tried to turn him in to something he's not: an AFL grade footballer.

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