DO YOU miss Chris Dawes now. ??

[think positive]

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

Can't share the love, unfortunately. Was set a challenge to improve himself with our recruitment of Lynch (not a tall order in hindsight) but instead of rising to meet that challenge he spat the dummy like a big sook. He was in the right place at the right time in 2010 and got found out big time once Brown left, Jolly was deteriorating and Wood was giving us nothing. He'd be handy now only because Reid has been out all year, Lynch and Hudson are injured and both Witts and Grundy seem to have hit a bit of a wall. Doesn't say much about his value imo.

[Donny]

No.

Must be time for a Danny Stanley spilt milk topic.

[The Prototype]

[What'sinaname]

[Clifton Hill-Billy]

2010 and before he broke his finger/hand in 2011 Dawes yes, after that no and the Dreamons can keep him

[ItzyBaby]

Watching White take 2 marks at a critical stage of the match, from almost the exact same position that Dawes used to do so often, then take ages to line up before getting points, made it very clear to me, that White needs to exit the same way as Dawes, and the sooner we realize we need a replacement, the better.

[jackcass]

[Collingwood Crackerjack]

Watched the Anzac day game from 2012 yesterday, and what stands out in regrds to Dawes are 2 things;

- He demanded the ball like no-one else on that team or in our current team. Certainly not Cloke, not then nor now. His leads ups to the 70-80 meter mark gave the team structure all day. Haven't seen White provide that as yet, and would wonder if he has the presence for it to ever happen. This in turn affects our structures when moving the ball off the half back line

- He couldn't mark a kindergarten spelling test; I really didn't remember how bad it was. If he had clunked 50% more marks, he would of been an absolute superstar, but his marking really was poor, for no apparent reason.

Can only suspect his hand and eye injuries really affected his confidence....but he was still demanding the ball, so maybe confidence wasn't the issue.....

Always liked him though, a shame he left, but what can u do? half a mill a year is not chicken feed

[David]

[Member 7167]

No - We are building a team for the future and he is part of our past

Don't get me wrong. I think Chris is a great bloke and was a real contributor to our success in 2010 but when with us he didn't continue to develop as a player.

I wish him all the best.

[John Wren]

no. big supporter of his and still like watching him even in new colours but it is time to move on.

[Piesnchess]

To be fair, I think white just needs more time, if Lynch was fit, that might have put pressure on him to perform a bit more. Obviously, a priority in the next draft must be a white/dawes type, to help clokey. There must be that type at some teams now, who just cant get a game, but could do well with us, ala white again. The question is, WHO ??

[pietillidie]

[Jezza]