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Dawes just on Ed and Derms big week in footy

Gorgoroth
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Good to see that applies to everyone except him :)

That was very humble of him.

He is just saying he is not one of the Great Ones.

Now how humble can you get. Born leader.

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    one of the best speakers for an afl player.

    no ummms and rrrrsssss.yeah/na

    very football intelligent also.yep he will do us.

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    When he says he is a role player, he isn't talking himself down - he is just pointing out that he has a very defined role (like we saw on the weekend) and that unless you are an expansive player capable of some special things you should stick to the basic tasks that define your role.

    For him it is spaces to lead into, avoid, where to create space for others, where to direct te ball at contests et al.

    Simple stuff that I haven't seen a great deal of over the years at Melbourne - everyone has seemed to 'wing it' when they get the footy. And they haven't been good enough to do that well.

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    When he says he is a role player, he isn't talking himself down - he is just pointing out that he has a very defined role (like we saw on the weekend) and that unless you are an expansive player capable of some special things you should stick to the basic tasks that define your role.

    For him it is spaces to lead into, avoid, where to create space for others, where to direct te ball at contests et al.

    Simple stuff that I haven't seen a great deal of over the years at Melbourne - everyone has seemed to 'wing it' when they get the footy. And they haven't been good enough to do that well.

    Exactly. And the fact that he had such a big impact without actually having a huge game personally backs this up. He came in, did what he said he would, which was what we needed of him.

    I suppose the key difference is though that he's basically the only player we have capable of playing his role. So he is a role player, but a crucial and irreplaceable one at present.

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    Young Chris blue collar? No,No, son of a literary man, grandson of a Judge, BGS boy.

    And as for Derm, his ego unfortunately overwhelms his pea size brain, and I can't forgive his stomp on Greame Yeats.

    I know you are being tongue in cheek. Dawes is very blue collar on the football field - nothing flashy, nothing fancy. Works his butt off and does all the right things. Lots of good stuff that does not earn a "stat".

    He had 12 possessions for the game yet his influence was undeniable.

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    All the best teams I can think of were full of role players - with a few game breakers thrown in for extra lift.

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    Great to see the impact of one Key forward can make to our structure and game style - With the addition of Hogan as a genuine FF option I can see the beginning of something special. Nothing against the awesome job Chip did but IMO he did drop a couple of marks and loose body position that could have added another couple of scoring chance.

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    All the best teams I can think of were full of role players - with a few game breakers thrown in for extra lift.

    This - its why our list management strategy to bring in talented young kids failed. The blue collar clubmen were moved on for young talented kids with no-one to set standards.

    What I liked most about our game on the weekend is that it was a 22 player effort and very difficult to pick the bottom 6 players.

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