Zac Dawson's night

golden hawk · Sat 13 Jun 2009 11:47am

he did well against Rocca who was the one who kicked so many against him when with the hawks i am glad he played well against him the next time he met him i felt for him in the hawks game !

Stillwaiting · Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:09pm

Sainterone wrote:...he can kick a goal too

And to me that goal was the highlight of the year given who the opposition scumbags were

Besides that, i think he is a very handy player

golden hawk · Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:22pm

he can ruck as well i knew he can kick goals have seen him do it ! lovely kid

True Blue Sainter · Sat 13 Jun 2009 1:20pm

golden hawk wrote:
ohwhenthesaints! wrote:Its quite sad when people hold such a stubborn pre-conceived idea of Zac and his ability. If you originally criticised the club for taking him or had a go at him as a player, it's time to let it go.
some people just did not give him a chance to shine i knew he would do well when he got the chance of more games and told these so called hawk supporters that at the time !
Zac is a good kid and i am happy as for him and hopefully will get a chance to chat to him soon !

He's doing a great job here GH! I'm about 95% certain he'll line up on Roughy when we face your mob!

Foz · Post: # 757759Post **Foz** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 2:05pm

He may stay forward ! Has a good kick albeit a little mongrel float in his technique, good leap, mobile enough. May play high CHF in bursts ?

I thought it may help his attack on the ball too playing forward - always a concern when he gets ball and stops. Ross Lyon mentioned that at quarter time about his attack on the ball in the dying seconds.

Hurricane · Post: # 757765Post **Hurricane** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 2:11pm

Be tough to fit him in up foward with Roo and Kosi filling thd KPPs, wouldnt want to clog their space. Very handy in the backline to cover the extra tall which is a luxury we havent had since Goose's injury run

Loving Dawson's season to date he has been huge for us when Max was missing and will (hopefully) line up at full back for us for years to come after Max hangs the boots up. Great underdog story.

BANG BANG

Duggie · Post: # 757774Post **Duggie** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 2:23pm

SENsaintsational wrote:Zac was very good tonight. Did alot of unrewarded running in support. Laid a great shepherding bump on Armfield. Was strong at the ball and strong in support. Very good team orientated performance.

And he certainly loved that goal!

Neil Blake was okay tonight. He stood under the ball many times with courage. He always gives 100%.

Neil Blake?
How about Jason. He's good too.

savatage · Post: # 757787Post **savatage** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 2:41pm

Duggie wrote:
SENsaintsational wrote:Zac was very good tonight. Did alot of unrewarded running in support. Laid a great shepherding bump on Armfield. Was strong at the ball and strong in support. Very good team orientated performance.

And he certainly loved that goal!

Neil Blake was okay tonight. He stood under the ball many times with courage. He always gives 100%.
Neil Blake?
How about Jason. He's good too.

Neil is his nickname. Neil aka Neil Armstong. They say he's a bit of a space cadet!

golden hawk · Sat 13 Jun 2009 2:45pm

True Blue Sainter wrote:
golden hawk wrote:
ohwhenthesaints! wrote:Its quite sad when people hold such a stubborn pre-conceived idea of Zac and his ability. If you originally criticised the club for taking him or had a go at him as a player, it's time to let it go.
some people just did not give him a chance to shine i knew he would do well when he got the chance of more games and told these so called hawk supporters that at the time !
Zac is a good kid and i am happy as for him and hopefully will get a chance to chat to him soon !
He's doing a great job here GH! I'm about 95% certain he'll line up on Roughy when we face your mob!

reckon you are right this will be the time i don't want him to play well sorry

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Sat 13 Jun 2009 3:03pm

Loving Zac's year so far. He could easily still be playing at full back, but I'm very happy to see Max back there as well. This year can hopefully be a great learning experience for Zac, playing different roles and positions, until he takes over permanently at full back. He looks to have all the attributes to play 200+ quality games, especially having been taught by the likes of SOS and Max! Also looks OK up forward.

Ghost Like · Post: # 757828Post **Ghost Like** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 4:00pm

Enrico_Misso wrote:Criticism of Zac Dawson is just ridiculous.

He has barely made a mistake for us all year.
He takes pressure marks.
He is calm in a crisis.
He can break tackles.
He can "dance" and "sway".
His kicking efficiency rate is excellent.
Even in front of goal.
His work rate is excellent.
He has great defensive spoiling skills - with Duncan Fletcher like arms.
He is definitely in our best 18.
And he along with Gilbert is the future of our defence.

I think he is the Find of the Season.
Not just for us - but for the whole competition.

Brilliant post Enrico. As far as I'm concerned you can cut and paste those sentiments for Farren Ray...I'm loving my Doggie mates squirm at the season he's having.

st.byron · Post: # 757829Post **st.byron** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 4:03pm

Ghost Like wrote:
Enrico_Misso wrote:Criticism of Zac Dawson is just ridiculous.

He has barely made a mistake for us all year.
He takes pressure marks.
He is calm in a crisis.
He can break tackles.
He can "dance" and "sway".
His kicking efficiency rate is excellent.
Even in front of goal.
His work rate is excellent.
He has great defensive spoiling skills - with Duncan Fletcher like arms.
He is definitely in our best 18.
And he along with Gilbert is the future of our defence.

I think he is the Find of the Season.
Not just for us - but for the whole competition.
Brilliant post Enrico. As far as I'm concerned you can cut and paste those sentiments for Farren Ray...I'm loving my Doggie mates squirm at the season he's having.

Yep agree. Enrico has summed him up well. Hard to think of another 'recycled' recruit who''s having such a good year and there's certainly no-one who came with so little expectation and has excelled so much. Go Zac.

golden hawk · Sat 13 Jun 2009 4:34pm

i did hear after the draft where you got him that we were going to re draft him but you guys beat us to it i am still hearing it now too , that we were going to do that

saintly · Post: # 757876Post **saintly** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 5:07pm

golden hawk wrote:i did hear after the draft where you got him that we were going to re draft him but you guys beat us to it i am still hearing it now too , that we were going to do that

thats interesting. never heard that. no wonder he was our no. 1 in the rookie list.

he has been grreat for us this year. iti'll be interesting over the next half of the season how they keep fitting in both max and zac as even last night the saints needed another slightly smaller backman. but except for begley i don't think the saints have another small backman to come in , maybe miles.?

Post: # 757902Post **n1ck** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 5:29pm

Miles, Dempster, Begley, L Fisher.

saintbrat · Post: # 757977Post **saintbrat** » Sat 13 Jun 2009 7:50pm

golden hawk · Sun 14 Jun 2009 11:08am

his confidence has rocketed it is good to see