Zac Dawson to make Round 1 debut

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Did he remind anybody last night of Luke Penny?


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Mr Magic wrote:Did he remind anybody last night of Luke Penny?
Was more aggressive in 1 game than Penny was his entire career. :wink:


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Mr Magic wrote:Did he remind anybody last night of Luke Penny?

no....bet he could hope faster on one leg than penny could run when he had two good legs.......zac was.....well...our zac.....and i for one am pleased to be able to say that...... :wink: :lol: :lol:


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InkerSaint wrote:Did you see that Sydney midfielder storming up the corridor in the 3rd, only to have Zac shirtfront him and drop him like a sack of spuds? Bring on the rematch with Anthony Rocca!

first time i can recall boofhead being called a midfielder


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stinger wrote:
Mr Magic wrote:Did he remind anybody last night of Luke Penny?

no....bet he could hope faster on one leg than penny could run when he had two good legs.......zac was.....well...our zac.....and i for one am pleased to be able to say that...... :wink: :lol: :lol:
and I for one am pleased to agree with you (just this once :wink: )


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Is a handy pick up


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Dawson 4 brownlow wrote:Is a handy pick up
Welcome Zac, you earned your spot through the NAB performances, and had a good first up rnd 1 effort.
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any chance of somebody youtubing up the zac?


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So now after one game Zac Dawson is better than Luke Penny. I hope he gets near Luke's standard but after one game we may be going a little early which I know is not usual for people on here.


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I'm just looking forward to tracking down the two Hawks fans at my work who were gonna put their houses on BBBH kicking the most goals for the week once they heard Zac was elevated and would play on Sat night.....and giving them a list of homeless shelters :-)


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I didn't realise that Zac hasn't played a senior game since round 18 in 2006. I hope he turns into a gun.


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plugger66 wrote:So now after one game Zac Dawson is better than Luke Penny. I hope he gets near Luke's standard but after one game we may be going a little early which I know is not usual for people on here.

who said that???/ ffs...i said he was faster.....


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plugger66 wrote:So now after one game Zac Dawson is better than Luke Penny. I hope he gets near Luke's standard but after one game we may be going a little early which I know is not usual for people on here.
Luke Penny, whilst servicable, was a bit fragile IMHO. Seemed to lack the ticker. Zac is faster and appears to be more agressive from what I've seen.

Maybe right... maybe wrong... time will tell.


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plugger66 wrote:So now after one game Zac Dawson is better than Luke Penny. I hope he gets near Luke's standard but after one game we may be going a little early which I know is not usual for people on here.
someone said he REMINDED them of penny

not that they were better or even as good :roll:

anyway well done zac, keep that standard up


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Solar wrote:
plugger66 wrote:So now after one game Zac Dawson is better than Luke Penny. I hope he gets near Luke's standard but after one game we may be going a little early which I know is not usual for people on here.
someone said he REMINDED them of penny

not that they were better or even as good :roll:

anyway well done zac, keep that standard up

I cant see anybody saying he was better than Luke Penny. He is faster as stinger said. More aggression? Dont know.

I do know i was very dissapointed when Penny couldn't get he knee right and retired.

I do know that Zac Dawson played well on Saturday night.

Any other comparision is moot.


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Solar wrote:
plugger66 wrote:So now after one game Zac Dawson is better than Luke Penny. I hope he gets near Luke's standard but after one game we may be going a little early which I know is not usual for people on here.
someone said he REMINDED them of penny

not that they were better or even as good :roll:

anyway well done zac, keep that standard up
Was a Penny worth more than a Zack?


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markp wrote:
Solar wrote:
plugger66 wrote:So now after one game Zac Dawson is better than Luke Penny. I hope he gets near Luke's standard but after one game we may be going a little early which I know is not usual for people on here.
someone said he REMINDED them of penny

not that they were better or even as good :roll:

anyway well done zac, keep that standard up
Was a Penny worth more than a Zack?


no ...a zac was worth six pennies......but our zac might at least be worth more than one penny.......


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stinger wrote:
Mr Magic wrote:Did he remind anybody last night of Luke Penny?

no....bet he could hope faster on one leg than penny could run when he had two good legs.......zac was.....well...our zac.....and i for one am pleased to be able to say that...... :wink: :lol: :lol:
Agree with Stinger,

Big Zac turned Hall into a fur burger,

Hawthorn's loss, our gain

Penny was overrated IMHO, should never have drafted him and given up pick 19 to begin with!


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barks4eva wrote:
stinger wrote:
Mr Magic wrote:Did he remind anybody last night of Luke Penny?

no....bet he could hope faster on one leg than penny could run when he had two good legs.......zac was.....well...our zac.....and i for one am pleased to be able to say that...... :wink: :lol: :lol:
Agree with Stinger,

Big Zac turned Hall into a fur burger,

Hawthorn's loss, our gain

Penny was overrated IMHO, should never have drafted him and given up pick 19 to begin with!
penny was always useless and clumsy to boot

when he retired a part of me was damn happy...yet people on here said that he was a huge loss...go figure


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Mr Magic wrote:Did he remind anybody last night of Luke Penny?
Yes, a bit. Like Penny, he at least took an overhead contested mark (one more than the player he replaced would have taken) and his punching was to the boundary not down the ground (ditto). His kicking was strong and accurate, not a common feature of his games that I saw him play at Hawthorn, but so far so good. Luke Penny could kick both feet, so Zac has some work to do there. His overall size and confidence was a surprise to me - a real plus last Saturday, but four or five games will give us a better idea.


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Ah, Saintsational.

We've got people comparing Dawson to Penny after one game, and I couldn't say whether those making the comparison are pumping him up or insulting him.

I seriously rated Penny. Huge loss. The Penny/Maguire/Baker group was a very big part of why we gave up so few goals while playing an offense first style - Hudghton was the support act (my fav. Saint, but spade a spade, that's what he was then. Always been a stopper, and he was #2 at the time). While I'd imagine we'd have found a way to include Fisher (not sure how, his first games down back he gave up bags of 3s and 4s to some pretty ordinary forwards, but one way of another, that kind of class rises to the top) if they'd all stayed healthy, Penny's knees cost the Saints what should have been his prime years... while behind Hammill and Jones in the "what could have been stakes", it's in the same way that Hudghton is behind Reiwoldt and Fisher in the what is stakes.

I'll be happy if Zac Dawson can provide a serviceable option in Hudghton's absense. Should he prove a bona fide fullback from the rookie list, I'll be rapt. Should he be the re-incarnation of Luke Penny, the Saints defense has solved it's biggest question mark over the next 5-8 years (where to after Max?) and will remain a very tough back 6 regardless of other question marks (i.e Maguire & Baker).


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stinger wrote:
InkerSaint wrote:Did you see that Sydney midfielder storming up the corridor in the 3rd, only to have Zac shirtfront him and drop him like a sack of spuds? Bring on the rematch with Anthony Rocca!

first time i can recall boofhead being called a midfielder
No I'm pretty sure it wasn't Boofhead, not broad enough across the shoulders. I thought it was Kieren Jack.


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InkerSaint wrote:
stinger wrote:
InkerSaint wrote:Did you see that Sydney midfielder storming up the corridor in the 3rd, only to have Zac shirtfront him and drop him like a sack of spuds? Bring on the rematch with Anthony Rocca!

first time i can recall boofhead being called a midfielder
No I'm pretty sure it wasn't Boofhead, not broad enough across the shoulders. I thought it was Kieren Jack.

might have been...he dropped hall as well then


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wow, Zac has gained himself quite a following here... I pray he can keep it up...


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Armoooo wrote:wow, Zac has gained himself quite a following here... I pray he can keep it up...

watermelon does the trick......or so i'm told....


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