WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHRIS DAWES

[bing181 9,238]

Twitter from AFL News that Dawes deal is done, pick 20 and exchange of later picks.

FWIW ... not lodged officially. Yet.

[hayz 27]

AFL News just tweeted its a done deal chris Dawes to Melbourne for pick 20 and an exchange of later picks. No other info at this stage. If so, well done Dees!!!!

[hayz 27]

Twitter from AFL News that Dawes deal is done, pick 20 and exchange of later picks.

FWIW ... not lodged officially. Yet.

Got in just before me!

[Robot Devil 1,895]

Good news then. We found the prize at the bottom of the cereal box.

[Footynut 302]

That has normally been a good sign the deal is done. Great news. Looking forward to seeing a pic of all our recruits together in their dees jumper!

[beelzebub 23,376]

I don't do the tweet thing, I can't see it on the AFL tweet list ?

[markc 975]

a copy of the tweet ?

[Roos can't lose 43]

Went on twitter could not see it

Can someone copy it or point me to where it is I.e link

Thanks

[Robot Devil 1,895]

https://twitter.com/AFL_News/status/258119953130074112 Edited October 16, 2012 by Robot Devil

[45HG 1,539]

At the top

[picket fence 17,169]

yeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssss

Edited October 16, 2012 by picket fence

[daisycutter 29,616]

I wonder in whose favour is the "exchange of later picks"?

Edited October 16, 2012 by daisycutter

[Ron Burgundy 8,584]

This is good news. In fact, you little bloody bewdy!

Now for Pederson and Ray/Broughton.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,053]

So many things I'm tempted to say here, but they've all been said before and it's really not productive. To me this deal would lower the overall mark I give the club for their trading efforts. I guess next year will tell me whether I'm right to think this way or not. Humbug.

[Ron Burgundy 8,584]

Mark Neeld is going to win this club a flag.

Of that, I'm absolutely convinced.

[Footynut 302]

So many things I'm tempted to say here, but they've all been said before and it's really not productive. To me this deal would lower the overall mark I give the club for their trading efforts. I guess next year will tell me whether I'm right to think this way or not. Humbug.

Yea and you most likely same time last year said Clarke was an unproven hack up forward and we paid overs.....easy to pick holes from afar isn't it. Why don't we just see how this unfolds and at the very least we have a player who is an automatic walk in to our team. This gives us someone who even when playing poorly has a higher work rate than some of our mid field...it's the most positive off season we have had in years. People need to give their tortured souls a rest!

Why waste time being cynical...we have done that all season in fact many seasons!

Sit back and enjoy the fact we aren't losing games this time of year...

Edited October 16, 2012 by Footynut

[Ron Burgundy 8,584]

So many things I'm tempted to say here, but they've all been said before and it's really not productive. To me this deal would lower the overall mark I give the club for their trading efforts. I guess next year will tell me whether I'm right to think this way or not. Humbug.

Did you think that about the Mitch Clark deal 12 months ago too?

[Robot Devil 1,895]

Mark Neeld is going to win this club a flag.

Of that, I'm absolutely convinced.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Is "AFL_News" officially connected to the AFL?

[Cheap Seats 3,310]

So many things I'm tempted to say here, but they've all been said before and it's really not productive. To me this deal would lower the overall mark I give the club for their trading efforts. I guess next year will tell me whether I'm right to think this way or not. Humbug.

Chin up mate, chances are we would have wasted the pick anyway......... haha

At least this way we're trying to win games next year............ it's more then likely we wouldn't win as many games in 2013 anyway - at least we are having a crack!!

Time will tell - for the record I am happy to bring Dawes in - lets hope its not a disaster!

Edited October 16, 2012 by Unleash Hell

[GrandOld 367]

20 + 45 , got back 58

[Dee Fan 3,247]

Dawes and pick 58 for picks 20 and 45

[wattsup 470]

pies will want to sign clinton young tommorow i reakon thats probably why this deal would be getting pushed through to free up some cash

[hardtack 10,537]

We will now have a forward line that is going to finally create a headache for a lot of oppositions in much the same way that Buddy and Roughy were doing at Hawthorn. If things had gone differently, we might have had Jurrah and Clark (which we would have been happy with), but with that forward line we could never be sure to have them both on the park and Jurrah's brilliance only revealed itself occasionally.

If Pedersen comes in as well, how will oppositions manage to contain a line-up comprising the Towers of Power plus Byrnes, Howe, Sylvia and Blease?

[timD 994]

Mark Neeld is going to win this club a flag.

Of that, I'm absolutely convinced.

Ron, we still need a midfield and we are about 5 blokes short ATM (a few who play and a few for depth).

FMD, but Neeld is decisive.