Well, his first name ends in "k" so I guess he's got that going for him.

2 hours ago, Reader said:

Hopefully we get the Egg from Richmond

Thats exactly the type we need to get, put him on the wing and let him run.. 

Edited March 9, 20214 yr by Demon3

2 hours ago, Reader said:

Hopefully we get the Egg from Richmond

 

Who or what is the egg?

Yeah go for it I can see him smashing it on a wing in a mad scramble to fill that spot!

Edited March 9, 20214 yr by picket fence

As iterated previously, I would be very surprised if Majak Daw isn't a Dees Player by close of business tonight, given what I have seen at training!

 

 

its a good story.. for Daw.. i would have went other ways, but hope he can do what the club expects.

so, 3 list spots to go? and Lockhart will miss a long time as well.. surely we dont go into the  season with 3 available list spots not filled? 

On 3/5/2021 at 3:43 PM, Freddy Fuschia said:

Meanwhile, Essendon has jumped in and signed 18 year old South Australian prospect Kaine Baldwin who is expected to be a gun once he gets over his injury woes. 

No doubt a superstar that’s why 80 picks were taken before he was even considered.

Deakin Smith also signed up.

9 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

How did he go on the weekend?

2 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

Deakin Smith also signed up.

Great news! 

Literally know nothing about Smith.. what type is he?

15 minutes ago, Demon3 said:

Literally know nothing about Smith.. what type is he?

The shy type

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/876396/daw-and-smith-earn-list-spots

17 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Great news! 

Is it? not being smart but what qualities does he have?

1 hour ago, Demon3 said:

Is it? not being smart but what qualities does he have?

Best big name outside the AFL system by far ...

Would have him in the team instead of T Mac.

Congrats Majak.

Simply my observations from venturing out West yesterday, some others might have seen different.

As mentioned previously he only played a half. He started full forward and was our main target. He led up to the 50 several times in the first quarter (we sat directly behind our forwards) and the pleasing thing was he was able to get his hands to the ball first in pack situations.  The Dogs were well drilled all day and didn’t allow us space and time from the start. Daw was always fighting two and three blokes. I wanted to see him stick a few marks which wasn’t the case early but at least he brought the ball to ground close to the packs. By the end of the quarter he took a couple of marks. 

His work rate off the ball was good, never gave up a chase and we were chasing all day. He got his goal in the second quarter curtesy of a free but that was more to do with good positioning. Not sure how we use him going forward but wish him nothing but good luck, you just never know.

Edited March 9, 20214 yr by Dee Zephyr

So in the article it says Daw is not likely to play early in the season, didn't make much sense of will he be backup for our backups?

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Yeah go for it I can see him smashing it on a wing in a mad scramble to fill that spot!

Do we have to poach him?

5 hours ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

 

Who or what is the egg?

derek eggmolesse-smith was cat b at richmond for 3 years got delisted and invited to train on and just now signed on as a cat a for this season, running HB 

3 hours ago, Demon3 said:

its a good story.. for Daw.. i would have went other ways, but hope he can do what the club expects.

so, 3 list spots to go? and Lockhart will miss a long time as well.. surely we dont go into the  season with 3 available list spots not filled? 

2 to go, thanks to marty and nietschke they'll be taken to the MSD

56 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

So in the article it says Daw is not likely to play early in the season, didn't make much sense of will he be backup for our backups?

It doesn't make sense at all.

We needed someone to urgently help out in the first 4 games.

The T Mac and Jackson combo hasn't inspired as yet.

 

1 hour ago, AzzKikA said:

So in the article it says Daw is not likely to play early in the season, didn't make much sense of will he be backup for our backups?

Yep just heard Max Gawn on SEN say Daw isn’t likely to be seen for the first part of the season. I initially thought he was considered as we’d lost our forwards to injury. So if he isn’t playing in first few rounds when our main forwards are missing, what’s the point? I’m now fairly annoyed by this signing.

Edited March 9, 20214 yr by Kick_It_To_Pickett

Ew

1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

It doesn't make sense at all.

We needed someone to urgently help out in the first 4 games.

The T Mac and Jackson combo hasn't inspired as yet.

 

Daw wasn't considered good enough by any of the 18 teams until we threw him a lifeline today. Hopefully he'll never play a game for us. I say that not because I dislike him, but if he's getting a game, that means we have too many injuries and/or McDonald and Jackson aren't playing as well as they are capable.