Zac Dawson

[hungry for a premiership]

Absolutely monstered by Cloke tonight. Worked under the ball with ease, didn't make much of an effort at ground level. He's what, 24ish now, and still has little kid skinny arms.

Severe lack of talent and intelligence.

Get rid of him, for christs sake, get rid of him.

Or continue to persist with him and have a hole at full back for the next five years.

[ralphsmith]

Seriously needs to start some bicep curls.

Cloke lookd like he could snap dawson like a twig.

[Devilhead]

I close my eyes when he has the ball in traffic looking for someone to handball it too ....... I think he does as well

He also has to learn to watch the ball when he is about to pick it up

[St. Luke]

It's okay. We've aimed for the 5yr hole

He was so frustrating tonight! At times Dawson turned it on. He really did. Then that excitement came crashing down with his lack of reading the player. They ran into the hole and took easy marks, no contest.

He's talented, but a permanent defender? Hmmm

[saintkid]

He is seriously a pathetic footballer. A lot of the filth supporters were saying he wouldn't get a game in their VFL side and going by tonight's woeful performance I reckon they are right.

[Loyally Numbed]

Absolutely monstered by Cloke tonight. Worked under the ball with ease, didn't make much of an effort at ground level. He's what, 24ish now, and still has little kid skinny arms.

Severe lack of talent and intelligence.

Get rid of him, for christs sake, get rid of him.

Or continue to persist with him and have a hole at full back for the next five years.

Dawson may not be the next SOS, but it's obvious that our backline is not the major problem with this team.

Getting trounced in the clearances and forward fifty entries is a problem that, if solved , would go a long way to improving Dawson's performance, i.e. it wouldn't be down there so often.

[Teflon]

I finally realised tonight....hes not a FB and not our future Im afraid.

Its not that he was monstered - his lack of nous to read the play and just slowness in decison making is embarrassing.

We cant afford to hang on to plodders and I think hes one Im afraid.

[saintkid]

I finally realised tonight....hes not a FB and not our future Im afraid.

Its not that he was monstered - his lack of nous to read the play and just slowness in decison making is embarrassing.

We cant afford to hang on to plodders and I think hes one Im afraid.

Yep he is a dud bigtime. Time to go and develop another key defender.

[saintsRrising]

Zac has an off and on switch.

Tonight it was off and at no time was he really in the game.


However to be fair to Cloke he was very much on his game tonight.

[SainterK]

I asked this question elsewhere.

Is he directed to play behind, because he is never in front.

Is that a coaching directive, to spoil from behind?

Surely better playing in front of Cloke, forcing him to rag doll you, and give away a free?

[plugger66]

Do people actually watch our mids or it does it down back because we are just unlucky.

[saintkid]

Zac has an off and on switch.

Tonight it was off and at no time was he really in the game.


However to be fair to Cloke he was very much on his game tonight.

For such a game tonight and after the flogging in the GF replay, he should have been "on" tonight rather than his switch "off". These are really excuses for a poor footballer period.

[The Sainter]

Why does he keep getting a game? We must start trying someone else there for god's sake. We would have been in front at half time only for him. It is getting beyond a joke now Ross, you only have to read the comments here. Most of us here are fair minded supporters but enough is enough, if he gets selected next week then I will have lost complete faith in your judgment as it will be a complete idiotic selection and if so then you are treating us as fools.

[Munga]

Do people actually watch our mids or it does it down back because we are just unlucky.

Last I checked a full back is meant to beat the full forward.
Sure the footy was coming in more than regularly, but did Dawson actually win a contest? Maybe one?

[Bernard Shakey]

Do people actually watch our mids or it does it down back because we are just unlucky.

English please.

[Bernard Shakey]

I asked this question elsewhere.

Is he directed to play behind, because he is never in front.

Is that a coaching directive, to spoil from behind?

Surely better playing in front of Cloke, forcing him to rag doll you, and give away a free?

"rag doll you"?

[Teflon]

Do people actually watch our mids or it does it down back because we are just unlucky.

English please.

He struggles to make sense doesnt he?

Odd.

[saint66au]

OK you bunch of football genuises

I knew there'd be a Zac thread ASAP after the game..

Who else would you have played on Cloke.. Simpkin? Bakes?

We need Gwilt ( who played very well but was outbodied by Dawes twice that I saw) and Chips to be our rebounders, cant afford to have them purely as a KPP stopper

We had noone else, our defence is light and underbodied right now

[stinger]

Why does he keep getting a game? We must start trying someone else there for god's sake. We would have been in front at half time only for him. It is getting beyond a joke now Ross, you only have to read the comments here. Most of us here are fair minded supporters but enough is enough, if he gets selected next week then I will have lost complete faith in your judgment as it will be a complete idiotic selection and if so then you are treating us as fools.

well...we would have been in front at half time only for cheating umpires who gifted the last two goals of the second quarter to the filth.........bj did not throw the ball.....and polo marked it.....two goals from those efforts ...maggot assists should show up on team stats.....

[perfectionist]

...well...we would have been in front at half time only for cheating umpires who gifted the last two goals of the second quarter to the filth.........bj did not throw the ball.....and polo marked it.....two goals from those efforts ...maggot assists should show up on team stats..

I was in the AFL members area and couldn't see the "throw", so I guess the TV would have proved it. The mark to Polo was definitely a mark. He controlled it and then it was punched. No doubt the whole psyche of the game changed in that last minute. Probably wouldn't have made a difference to the result but it didn't do us any good.

[saint66au]

Why does he keep getting a game? We must start trying someone else there for god's sake. We would have been in front at half time only for him. It is getting beyond a joke now Ross, you only have to read the comments here. Most of us here are fair minded supporters but enough is enough, if he gets selected next week then I will have lost complete faith in your judgment as it will be a complete idiotic selection and if so then you are treating us as fools.

Goood...dont bloody turn up if he gets a game next week...

Treating us as fools eh?? I think this post has proved that you are without doubt

Have an opinion but dont just spout rubbish

[SainterK]

I think he was poor S66au.

I think he wouldn't hurt to think his spot isn't a given.

That aside, if Hall doesn't play, who does he play on?

[perfectionist]

I've been a supporter of Zac over the last thee years, but there is one thing about his game that I hate and I reckon it cost him tonight. Before the game even started, he came down to take Travis Cloke and started the elbowing and whacking. This is moronic stuff. If you can't win the ball fairly, leave the game. All that happens is that he risks giving away a free or gets a double confidence whack if he is subsequently beaten in a contest - which happened about five times tonight. The moment a player takes his concentration off the ball and focuses on his opponent he is beaten. He needs to remove this part of his game pronto - and go for the ball - and do weights 23 hours a day.

[stinger]

...well...we would have been in front at half time only for cheating umpires who gifted the last two goals of the second quarter to the filth.........bj did not throw the ball.....and polo marked it.....two goals from those efforts ...maggot assists should show up on team stats..

I was in the AFL members area and couldn't see the "throw", so I guess the TV would have proved it. The mark to Polo was definitely a mark. He controlled it and then it was punched. No doubt the whole psyche of the game changed in that last minute. Probably wouldn't have made a difference to the result but it didn't do us any good.

had both upper arms pinned but still got fist to the ball....maggot guessed....

[MCG-Unit]

Absolutely monstered by Cloke tonight. Worked under the ball with ease, didn't make much of an effort at ground level. He's what, 24ish now, and still has little kid skinny arms.

Severe lack of talent and intelligence.

Get rid of him, for christs sake, get rid of him.

Or continue to persist with him and have a hole at full back for the next five years.

You only come on here to slam players - your last offering was on Riewoldt, that they would be off without him in the side...

Up until tonight Dawson had not been too bad, Cloke would beat most FB
not to mention the ball was coming into the forward line non stop - have a look at the mids first
I would rather get rid of you than him