On The Footy Show last night, Chris Dawes said he is out of contract. What do people think about throwing some cash his way? No way the pies could offer him more, he did say he wants to stay at Collingwood but money talks what would we have to give up to get him in a dees jumper

thoughts????

I rate him.

he also said he is studying to become a lawyer a very good career move seeing he will have to defend half his teammates at some point

  On 28/07/2011 at 21:57, 45HG16 said:

I rate him.

yea i rate him 2 but does he look better than he is because of the team he plays in would he struggle at the dees

  On 28/07/2011 at 22:00, brendan said:

yea i rate him 2 but does he look better than he is because of the team he plays in would he struggle at the dees

Agree, there would be quite a few "I rate" players in our team that would look far more accomplished and complete if they played for Collingwood. But I like his character.

We nearly had him a a couple of years ago during the trade period.... apparently fell over at the last minute.. Would be perfect in the square for us at the minute.

I would be far more interested in Sam Reid from the Swans.... He has just about the best hands in the comp, is out of contract now and can add at least 8 kg's to his frame.

Watts, Reid and Jurrah getting the third defender would be unstoppable in a few years.

If you don't know what I am talking about, just watch the Swans when they play next. Reid is going to be a top 3 KPP in the league.

  On 28/07/2011 at 23:30, Demons 32 said:

I would be far more interested in Sam Reid from the Swans.... He has just about the best hands in the comp, is out of contract now and can add at least 8 kg's to his frame.

Watts, Reid and Jurrah getting the third defender would be unstoppable in a few years.

If you don't know what I am talking about, just watch the Swans when they play next. Reid is going to be a top 3 KPP in the league.

Agreed, going to be a star.

  On 28/07/2011 at 23:30, Demons 32 said:

I would be far more interested in Sam Reid from the Swans.... He has just about the best hands in the comp, is out of contract now and can add at least 8 kg's to his frame.

Watts, Reid and Jurrah getting the third defender would be unstoppable in a few years.

If you don't know what I am talking about, just watch the Swans when they play next. Reid is going to be a top 3 KPP in the league.

I agree but there is no way the swans will give up a promising young key position player like Sam Reid. He will be re-signed in the very near future.

I like the idea of Chris Dawes. Good bloke, good player and would give us a big body up forward. Again cant see Collingwood letting him go. They will find the cash for him.

I would like him, but it seems to me like the club is gearing themselves up for free agency when we'll be able to pick up these sorts (or slightly older) without having to trade away picks. And I doubt the pies would let him go cheaply.

would have him in a flash, hes only young aswell.

Both Dawes and Reid will tied up financially well by both their Clubs. Reid is going to be very good in future years. Only his 2nd year and he looks exciting.

Reid at the Swans is making Jesse White a redundant. But I am not a fan of White.

  On 29/07/2011 at 02:53, Rhino Richards said:

Both Dawes and Reid will tied up financially well by both their Clubs. Reid is going to be very good in future years. Only his 2nd year and he looks exciting.

Reid at the Swans is making Jesse White a redundant. But I am not a fan of White.

Why not go for Jesse White who can play a very similiar role to Dawes?

People bag Jesse White but Dawes also is not a natural talent but very important to the pies structure. If you look at Dawes output for the amount of delivery he gets, he does not set the world on fire, but he does bring a contest to allow the smalls to wreak havoc. Why couldn't White for us?

I really don't think we will progress unless we can get 1 or 2 key positions of decent size to help straighten us up.

  On 28/07/2011 at 23:17, Jakovich13 said:

We nearly had him a a couple of years ago during the trade period.... apparently fell over at the last minute.. Would be perfect in the square for us at the minute.

His size atmo would be handy in our forward zone, but we don't yet know what we already have @ our beck & call. You'all are talking about next year,,, & we have quite a few tall key players we have to bring through next year. Cook looks like a beauty & Davis plays really strongly down back, and Macdonald plays well either end. They'll needs opportunities to fill and have a go.

IMO we should still look to fill our requirements in our smalls and classy mids.

  On 28/07/2011 at 23:30, Demons 32 said:

I would be far more interested in Sam Reid from the Swans.... He has just about the best hands in the comp, is out of contract now and can add at least 8 kg's to his frame.

Watts, Reid and Jurrah getting the third defender would be unstoppable in a few years.

If you don't know what I am talking about, just watch the Swans when they play next. Reid is going to be a top 3 KPP in the league.

From what I have seen is an appalling kick for goal. Great hands though.

So we're too impatient to wait for Cook, McDonald, Fitzpatrick, Howe et al?

The chances of prising Dawes out of Collingwood are "Buckley's".

  On 29/07/2011 at 04:34, maurie said:

So we're too impatient to wait for Cook, McDonald, Fitzpatrick, Howe et al?

The chances of prising Dawes out of Collingwood are "Buckley's".

Yes some are impatient, you must remember the glass is always half empty with MFC supporters, Fitzpatrick is back again this week at Casey so hopefully his atrocious run with injuries is over

  On 29/07/2011 at 04:34, maurie said:

So we're too impatient to wait for Cook, McDonald, Fitzpatrick, Howe et al?

The chances of prising Dawes out of Collingwood are "Buckley's".

Fitzpatrick is one I'm hoping will rise through Casey next season.

IMO Cook will be in the seniors next year along with Davis down back. Fev will be on an AFL list,,,, and Fitzy IMO, will be bigger in upper body And we'll need him to start his push towards AFL games...

Warnock and I think Timmy Mohr will be gone to AFL, so along with Fev,, there will be gaps for Talls to show their stuff.

I think the Forwardline will consist of both Fitzpatrick and Macdonald. plus Lawrence creating havoc.

Never understood some of the fuss on here over Jesse White.

Decidedly average, in my view.

Sam Reid looks great... until he kicks it.

Don't anoint him a superstar just yet.................

  On 29/07/2011 at 04:52, satyricon said:

Yes some are impatient, you must remember the glass is always half empty with MFC supporters, Fitzpatrick is back again this week at Casey so hopefully his atrocious run with injuries is over

Over the last few years we have picked mainly skinny kids to fill major forward position e.g Cook.

I will be very surprised if he was to have a big impact at senior level before 2014.

That is 3 seasons /60 + games away what do we do in the mean time?

Fitzpatrick looks to be injury prone, hope he comes on but has not shown so far he is good chance.

Yes you are correct I am impatient, 45 years and counting!

  On 29/07/2011 at 06:10, e25 said:

Never understood some of the fuss on here over Jesse White.

Decidedly average, in my view.

Sam Reid looks great... until he kicks it.

Don't anoint him a superstar just yet.................

Could not agree more, they are all average players IMO.

  On 29/07/2011 at 04:34, maurie said:

So we're too impatient to wait for Cook, McDonald, Fitzpatrick, Howe et al?

The chances of prising Dawes out of Collingwood are "Buckley's".

Plaudits

et touche

Personally, I'd be happy with Dawes or White.

While Dawes is still developing, the current pies side makes him look better than he is.

  On 29/07/2011 at 08:33, 45HG16 said:

Personally, I'd be happy with Dawes or White.

But who would they replace in the side, that you'd be happy to lose for their presence?

I'd want someone better than White.

Dawes I'm not sold on either - he has the benefit of Cloke next to him.