He isn't the future.  Never has been.

The problem is that we don't have the right replacement as such.  We all know his flaws, we all know that right now he contributes little to the senior side.  But if you take him out, who goes in?  Weed and Hulett just aren't ready.  Pedersen is out.  Dunn or Garland up forward?  We tried, with little success.  They even had to abandon the Frost experiment.

Until there is someone to take his spot we might just have to put up with him a little longer...

38 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

He isn't the future.  Never has been.

The problem is that we don't have the right replacement as such.  We all know his flaws, we all know that right now he contributes little to the senior side.  But if you take him out, who goes in?  Weed and Hulett just aren't ready.  Pedersen is out.  Dunn or Garland up forward?  We tried, with little success.  They even had to abandon the Frost experiment.

Until there is someone to take his spot we might just have to put up with him a little longer...

And that is the saddest part of all.

I will give him one plaudit He tries hard.

1 hour ago, Undeeterred said:

Who would you replace him with? Give reasons.

anyone who can stand upright 

47 minutes ago, old dee said:

And that is the saddest part of all.

I will give him one plaudit He tries hard.

He's very trying.

5 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

Would make a great goal umpire because his marking action is same as a 9 pointer super goal

Unfortunately, he'd only get games during the NAB Challenge.

And there's no problem here, but I'd play Spencer instead of Dawes. Spencer is more likely to kick goals, he's also more likely to take marks and I wouldn't be surprised if Spencer (who is surprisingly fast) is quicker. Dawes' man runs off him anyway, as long as it's not super wet, I'd be playing Spencer until Pedo is fit and/or Hulett or Weideman is ready.

 

2 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

He isn't the future.  Never has been.

The problem is that we don't have the right replacement as such.  We all know his flaws, we all know that right now he contributes little to the senior side.  But if you take him out, who goes in?  Weed and Hulett just aren't ready.  Pedersen is out.  Dunn or Garland up forward?  We tried, with little success.  They even had to abandon the Frost experiment.

Until there is someone to take his spot we might just have to put up with him a little longer...

 If Garland were to come in (or Dunn maybe), I'd have him back and put T Mac forward. Even though his role is still important a change of position would help his confidence. Frost has a bit of goal sense but will hardly get a touch up there. We could also go smaller, placing Harmes/Petracca inside 50 (both of whom played a lot behind the ball), but both are very strong and can leap. I think the undersized key forward can still work, such as Sicily at Hawthorn.

Dawes blah blah blah....

Dawes bleat bleat bleat.....

Dawes is REQUIRED to give a chop out to Hogan, Watts and our small forwards.

Let it go.

He had a bad day......everyone does.

I'd be happy to see Dawes go so I wouldn't have to listen to Melbourne supporters complain about him on the train going home after the game.

10 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Dawes blah blah blah....

Dawes bleat bleat bleat.....

Dawes is REQUIRED to give a chop out to Hogan, Watts and our small forwards.

Let it go.

He had a bad day......everyone does.

Has a few of those .. bad days

22 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Dawes blah blah blah....

Dawes bleat bleat bleat.....

Dawes is REQUIRED to give a chop out to Hogan, Watts and our small forwards.

Let it go.

He had a bad day......everyone does.

4 years of bad games.

25 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Dawes blah blah blah....

Dawes bleat bleat bleat.....

Dawes is REQUIRED to give a chop out to Hogan, Watts and our small forwards.

Let it go.

He had a bad day......everyone does.

You are leading with your jaw jr.

Would be happy to be at the opposite end of a Garlett like trade using Dawes. Can't believe he is comfortable collecting his pay cheque after performances like that.

8 hours ago, The Song Formerly Known As said:

Can't mark.

csnt kick goals.

if your highest paid key forward can't do those two things then what's the point?

Hey, don't forget he's a "defensive" forward. Sounds odd but such things exist in other sports and other vocations. Like hurdlers in track and field who can't jump. ("Give him a break, he's a non-jumping hurdler.") Shooters who can't hit targets. Pool players who can't sink balls. Musicians who can't play their instrument. They can be very successful. Think George W Bush. Or Sid Vicious. Or Eddie the Eagle.

8 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The Alistair Nicholson of the forward line.

Al was much loved.

27 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

He had a bad day......everyone does.

Unfortunately all his days seem to be bad.

 

i've wondered if Roos plays him to fatten him up for trade, like he did with Frawley and Howe. Only Chris isn't doing his end of the bargain.

Feel sorry for Grimes not being able to get a game when dominating the reserves for the past 10 weeks while in between that time, Dawes gets games, and also Trengove - nothing against Trengove, but he offers no more than Grimes would, let's be honest.

1 hour ago, jumbo returns said:

Dawes blah blah blah....

Dawes bleat bleat bleat.....

Dawes is REQUIRED to give a chop out to Hogan, Watts and our small forwards.

Let it go.

He had a bad day......everyone does.

***a bad 4 years

Would need to be our 42nd man right now. Terlich would've been better.

Wow, just wow.

A required player. He has a role.

Watts off the hook, now Dawes.....who's next? Oh, I know.....Bugg!

9 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Wow, just wow.

A required player. He has a role.

Watts off the hook, now Dawes.....who's next? Oh, I know.....Bugg!

Not sure what AFL side has a requirement for jogging around, dropping marks, missing kicks and being a complete statue on a football field... Watts off the hook? Because his playing good football. 

 

Its not like he even takes pressure off Hogan.. Teams know they can put anyone on him because he can't take a mark.. He has 16kg on pencil Lever and he still couldn't out body his opponent 

Edited July 4, 20169 yr by JV7

Unfortunately another Neeld era blunder. Payed overs to player as we couldn't attract much to the trainwreck @ the time!

Playing very poor & can't even bring the ball down to create a contest & ball rebounds too quickly!

12 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

Wow, just wow.

A required player. He has a role.

Watts off the hook, now Dawes.....who's next? Oh, I know.....Bugg!

Required player!? Surely your taking the [censored] now.

Open your eyes mate. Adds zero impact on field. Can't mark, can't run, Can't even go and give Gawn a chop out  because he struggles to get off th5w ground. Oh and most importantly struggles to even kick a goal as a power foward. The main key aspect as a forward.

The sooner he is at Casey fields the better.

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

The sooner he is at Casey fields the better.

BS. That means he would be potentially taking up a spot for another developing forward.

Development league for mine DD.

The entire panel of On The Couch has just written Dawes off.  Was singled out as being the primary player that now must make way for the future as we can now not possibly play finals. 

But wait, I'm sure in the true spirit of  Demonland everyone on that Panel is a know nothing, has been [censored]. Oh well, best we ignore them and continue with this waste of space Dawes. 

9 minutes ago, Hogan2014 said:

Unfortunately another Neeld era blunder. Payed overs to player as we couldn't attract much to the trainwreck @ the time!

Playing very poor & can't even bring the ball down to create a contest & ball rebounds too quickly!

Neeld? Who drafted Hogan, Hogan2014? How's your therapy going? Talk to me....

Required player.

Fin.