9 hours ago, bandicoot said:

Named in the backline for Casey this week. Is his role changing? Will be interesting to see how he goes down back 

 

8 hours ago, ManDee in Vietnam said:

 

 

So Frosty Is a backman and Dawes Is a forward. Leys My phone IS killing me!!!!!!! Lets play them out of position who kmows we might get lucky

 

5 hours ago, bandicoot said:

Dawes might be too slow in the forward line. Last roll of the dice is in defense. 

Frost ahould never be in the forward line. Doesn't have the skill.

Come on guys, if you take any notice of the Casey lineups on selection day you will know on match day they don't line up anything like this...Dawes will play forward.

Dawes is an automatic in for me... his inclusion gives us another marking target who is rarely beaten (yes he could mark more of them too), which provides another option to Jesse and Jack. Plus I think his playing alongside Jesse will allow Jesse to learn quicker without the pressure of being the "captain" of the forward line, a role Dawes can do well. 

no one is really an automatic in...should be on form and positional balance.

If Dawes could stick a mark...hed be a gem

Dawes is prone to injury a lot trhese days,putting faith in him is not warranted ang if he sustains another hammy injury he shold do the club a favour and retire.Until Petracca comes on Frost will be used at both ends of the ground which you cannot say that for Dawes yet. ……. never say never. 

On 5/6/2016 at 3:08 PM, old dee said:

I am confident he gets a warm glow from the $2+ million he has been paid over the last four years that helps make up for the injury time.

You seem to have an issue with the money he's earning. Whilst it can't be argued his output has matched his earnings, it's not his fault what he gets paid and injuries are part and parcel of the game.

Please feel free to name any player we have lost or missed out on due to Chris Dawes pay packet and you may be justified in your angst.

Or are you more upset that Rohan Bail missed out on extra $100k? Because we actually have to pay a certain percentage of the cap...

 

Edited May 7, 20169 yr by Melb16

5 minutes ago, Melb16 said:

You seem to have an issue with the money he's earning. Whilst it can't be argued his output has matched his earnings, it's not his fault what he gets paid and injuries are part and parcel of the game.

Please feel free to name any player we have lost or missed out on due to Chris Dawes pay packet and you may be justified in your angst.

Or are you more upset that Rohan Bail missed out on extra $100k? Because we actually have to pay a certain percentage of the cap...

 

hmmm just how much do you think he's EARNT ??

IMO Dawes is competing for Watts place in the forward line.  Unless he rucks which seems improbable, he's not competing with Pedersen.

 

If you read what Roosy said you will see that he talks about when, not if, Dawes returns to the side. 

30 minutes ago, Dante said:

 

If you read what Roosy said you will see that he talks about when, not if, Dawes returns to the side. 

Football speak for encouragement.

2 minutes ago, old dee said:

Football speak for encouragement.

Nope, just a fact. And quite rightly I might add. Another in the Watts category that rarely gets credit for his off the ball efforts. The entire 22 can't kick 6 goals and have 30 possessions. We would be better than the threepeat premiers of late if they did. Sometimes players sacrifice their game for the team, something Chris does every time he is asked and as Viv did on the weekend despite many calling for him to be dropped. It's a TEAM sport people

7 minutes ago, MrReims said:

Nope, just a fact. And quite rightly I might add. Another in the Watts category that rarely gets credit for his off the ball efforts. The entire 22 can't kick 6 goals and have 30 possessions. We would be better than the threepeat premiers of late if they did. Sometimes players sacrifice their game for the team, something Chris does every time he is asked and as Viv did on the weekend despite many calling for him to be dropped. It's a TEAM sport people

You can't just be a player who ONLY contributes with off the ball efforts. Frost was all about off the ball efforts, and the FD finally woke up to the fact that he's a liability up forward.

And I don't think that Dawes has much of a game to sacrifice. He's proven to be ineffective when he's our main key forward.

I agree with Fifty Five, he's actually competing with Watts for a position, and I don't see Watts getting dropped in a hurry.

Seems that he has really added something to the side over the last 2 weeks. Has straightened us up and played slightly better than Pedo.

Thoughts? 

Just now, bandicoot said:

Seems that he has really added something to the side over the last 2 weeks. Has straightened us up and played slightly better than Pedo.

Thoughts? 

Not far away from the truth bandicoot. He needs to back it up in the weeks to come but he has certainly straightened us up and added something positive to the side. 

On 11 May 2016 at 4:05 PM, Fifty-5 said:

IMO Dawes is competing for Watts place in the forward line.  Unless he rucks which seems improbable, he's not competing with Pedersen.

I consider him definitely competing with Pedersen (Hulett, Weideman, Frost) rather than Watts. To me Watts is the automatic third tall!

The Pedo/Dawes argument continues.

If Dawes could ever regain his best form (we havent seen it at the demons yet) then he would easily be in our best 22. 

I dont think he ever will regain that form. I would love us to find a genuine 3rd Tall/Ruck and delist both Pedo and Dawes.

Has given us far more, both with and without the ball, than Pedo or Frost in that same role this year.

As someone who has a low opinion of him I have to say he was useful yesterday.

he even took an overhead mark .

However  a few are going a bit over the top.

One swallow does not make it summer.

 

Am I the only one who thinks Chris runs really fast now? 

Just now, olisik said:

Am I the only one who thinks Chris runs really fast now? 

He's has always covered ground well IMO.

I have never had a problem with his speed.

15 minutes ago, Members' Wing said:

Has given us far more, both with and without the ball, than Pedo or Frost in that same role this year.

I will have to disagree - Pedo has marked, kicked goals, dropped down back when needed and done effective ruck work.

Dawes was very good on Monday 

7 minutes ago, olisik said:

Am I the only one who thinks Chris runs really fast now? 

Runs very hard to provide an option, workrate has never been his problem.

Pleased with his last two games. Is never going to dominate and kick a bag, but provides a good leadup option and is far better defensively than any other tall forward on our list.

3 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Dawes was very good on Monday 

A little over the top IMO chook.

good maybe but "very" no not for me.

 

12 minutes ago, old dee said:

As someone who has a low opinion of him I have to say he was useful yesterday.

he even took an overhead mark .

You were the first person I thought of when he took that overhead mark :D

He and Pedo are interchangeable. It isn't a debate any longer is it? Who comes in should be dictated purely by form.

Was a mixed bag for Dawesy yesterday but I like his second efforts. He looked fit.

He also seems a very positive influence on the ground in terms of how he gets around the younger players.