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Because i am struggling to see when he is back playing how he will fit in the team. I am sure he has added great leadership over the journey but personally he is too limited, and with Frost and Pedersen playing good footy i cannot see him playing much at all this year. 

Will be good for Weideman down at Casey though teaching him and providing leadership and experience

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10 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Because i am struggling to see when he is back playing how he will fit in the team. I am sure he has added great leadership over the journey but personally he is too limited, and with Frost and Pedersen playing good footy i cannot see him playing much at all this year. 

Will be good for Weideman down at Casey though teaching him and providing leadership and experience

I still think Dawes' best is better than that of the other two. If he can get his body right he's still best 22 for mine.

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Agree DD, i think Dawes has done what we needed him to do and mentor Hogan to a point, but going forward i think another club like the Lions or Blues for example might have more use for an expeiernced key forward

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Chris' body has let him down repeatedly, so I am not sure whether long or even medium term plans can include him, as an on field player.

He has been very important as a mentor and if he is interested I suspect he could be offered an assistant / specialist coaching or mentoring role. 

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I actually think Watts has taken his spot. Dawes was ever only the 3rd tall at the pies.  Watts totally owns that spot now.

Dawes can't ruck even for short spells. So i don't see him as a replacement for Pedersen.

With Petracca coming in probably as a forward i just don't see a spot anywhere for Dawes.

So for mine he needs to rely on other player injuries or extended poor form. Even then he is well down the queue.

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i think the doors are closed now  thats just me , ok 

 

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He provides pressure on Pedo and Frost to keep performing. If they fail to do that then he gets his chance.

Nothing you already knew.

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Yeah, I'm not sure of his place in this side, although I wouldn't completely rule him out. If Pedersen manages to fit into this structure, it's just possible Dawes is capable too.

Though I'm looking forward to Weideman coming in to this side.

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Pedersen is a significantly better overhead mark which he uses to great effect especially down back.

It seems like every week he clunks a big pack mark at the top of our defensive goal square.

Pederden also provides much more service in the ruck than dawes and over the last 12 months put some good form together (injuries not withstanding)

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Because i am struggling to see when he is back playing how he will fit in the team. I am sure he has added great leadership over the journey but personally he is too limited, and with Frost and Pedersen playing good footy i cannot see him playing much at all this year. 

Will be good for Weideman down at Casey though teaching him and providing leadership and experience

Frost and Pederson aren't exactly cementing their spot. 

The Centre half forward position is up for grabs by any of these 3

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1 hour ago, bandicoot said:

Frost and Pederson aren't exactly cementing their spot. 

The Centre half forward position is up for grabs by any of these 3

It's only going to be a short-term solution, as any of those 3 will just be keeping that position filled until Weideman is ready to come in.

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2 hours ago, BarnDee said:

i think the doors are closed now  thats just me , ok 

 

Needs to go back to Casey and shoot the lights out, like Trenners is doing. If he regains his best 2010 form , then he is certainly in our best 22 for mine. I suspect though he no longer has that in him, so a mentoring coaching role may make sense. From all reports a top bloke, and very smart, so a longer term non playing role may make sense. 

Intially though, send him back to Casey to show what he's got.

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28 minutes ago, Bring Back Barassi said:

My, my havent times changed. Seems like only yesterday that everyone was scratching their heads at the Pedo recruitment, while Dawesy was the great white hope...

Not everyone!  Some of us have never rated Dawes over Pedersen let alone seen him as any sort of great hope.

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6 hours ago, McQueen said:

He provides pressure on Pedo and Frost to keep performing. If they fail to do that then he gets his chance.

Nothing you already knew.

No, I knew all of that.

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Tall back - who can bring the ball to the ground, super competitive, and good field  kick who will take the right options.

 

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Has the potential to take Pedersen's spot and rotate between FF & CHF with Hogan. 

It would mean that Frost becomes 2nd ruck and we play him as a utility with stints down back and on the wing. 

This would require Dawes to play some great footy at VFL level first however.

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6 hours ago, bandicoot said:

Frost and Pederson aren't exactly cementing their spot. 

The Centre half forward position is up for grabs by any of these 3

Dawes hasn't exactly cemented for 3 years either.

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SP I, like you, cannot understand why a lot here  cannot see Pedersons' value, maybe because he is a bit of a workhorse and isnt too fancy. I believe he is critical to our team balance and works his a$5se off for the team

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We are nowhere near a Premiership side.  If Chris Dawes gets his body right (& finally he has the luxury of being able to do that) I would have a premiership player with a fantastic footy brain & an amazing appetite for the footy in my side any day of the week.  And...I bet any small forward or indeed forward at Melbourne would echo that sentiment 

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