Player Watch #42: Kallan Dawson - [NMFC.com] - KD signs a 1-yr extension - Roo until end '25

[shimaburnsgrieg]

Much improved player - twin abilities of being able to effectively spoil a contest while also being able to run off an opponent and create.

Gets first crack at Curnow next week.

 

[tazaa]

Beat his man. One of the few positives in the first two rounds.

 

[Masked Avenger]

Kallan was good again yesterday

He's composed, competes and unlike a few around him, thinks his way through things for a guy with a handful of games under his belt.

A few good judges around here said he couldn't kick.

Not seeing that at all.

 

[tazaa]

Thought he had his colours slightly lowered yesterday.
Just a few miskicks and spoils missed.

Was probably the best defender again but no one who played in our backline yesterday played well.

 

[Merlin007]

Thought he had his colour slightly lowered yesterday.
Just a few miskicks and spoils missed.

Was probably the best defender again but no one who played in our backline yesterday played well.

Pink and Corr - 4 one on one contests each, lost 3 each

Dawson - 2 one on one contests, didn’t lose either

Doesn’t count frees given away, but Dawson is doing ok

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

our best defender at the moment.

ONLY defender.

 

[Shack18]

Kallan was good again yesterday

He's composed, competes and unlike a few around him, thinks his way through things for a guy with a handful of games under his belt.

A few good judges around here said he couldn't kick.

Not seeing that at all.

Well said one of the positives so far. Happy with his improvement

 

[Gasometer]

A glimmer of hope down there

Get games into him regardless

Geez I remember Weitering as being a plodder when he first started in a perennial losing team and now listen to the fawning from the Comm Box yesterday

Just play them!

 

[muttley45]

He is swimming upstream against a pretty strong current at the moment, but is keeping his head above water, and making slight forward progress, keep at it son

 

[swaeney]

Needs help! He never signed up to be the #1 defender but that’s him at the moment. Missing Logue and another tall in Comben too. Hopefully this week Chom comes in.

 

[ansonholt]

Should be one of the first picked every week. Including when Logue comes back. Quality player.

 

[JUST NORTH]

Should be one of the first picked every week. Including when Logue comes back. Quality player.

once we get Logue back and chom can hold down chb then Dawson on the third tall or medium sized forward Kallan will flourish,hopefully in 2025 we have both Dawsons playing as i am a huge fan of the 18year old Will

 

[Possession]

Really like him. Logue and the Dawsons should be where we are trying to head as the talls, with Chom keeping a seat warm until he returns to the forward line... unless he really is some Moore-esque freak, which I'm still skeptical about.

 

[Devington]

Right now he's somewhere between a lock in the team and having his nameplate welded on to the whiteboard.
There's errors, but less than his contemporaries, and he's doing more good than them too. Happy for him, and for us holding onto him.

 

[the big lebowski]

As I said after the saints game, is now our best back man.

Made a few stuff ups yesterday when he dropped marks he should have taken (or punched).

But my god has he come along way. I remember in his first games, whilst rebounding well, he couldn’t defend one on one to save himself.

Now he’s capable one on one vs Charlie curnow

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Charlie Curnow

Age

27

Ht

194cm

Wt

94kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.3

3star

K

9.7

4star

HB

3.6

3star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.2

4star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.8

3star

K

6.4

3star

HB

4.4

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

0.8

4star

.

Him and Logue are the future, with Wil Dawson from round 1 next year.

 

[Errol Street]

As I said after the saints game, is now our best back man.

Made a few stuff ups yesterday when he dropped marks he should have taken (or punched).

But my god has he come along way. I remember in his first games, whilst rebounding well, he couldn’t defend one on one to save himself.

Now he’s capable one on one vs Charlie curnow.

Him and Logue are the future, with Wil Dawson from round 1 next year.

yeah and mpst on here not willing to give Pink a go after only 3 games

 

[pupstar]

As I said after the saints game, is now our best back man.

Made a few stuff ups yesterday when he dropped marks he should have taken (or punched).

But my god has he come along way. I remember in his first games, whilst rebounding well, he couldn’t defend one on one to save himself.

Now he’s capable one on one vs Charlie curnow.

Him and Logue are the future, with Wil Dawson from round 1 next year.

And this is why you don't chuck them in the ones before they are ready. Played good footy in the seconds learnt his craft and now delivering in the seniors.

 

[shimaburnsgrieg]

As I said after the saints game, is now our best back man.

Made a few stuff ups yesterday when he dropped marks he should have taken (or punched).

But my god has he come along way. I remember in his first games, whilst rebounding well, he couldn’t defend one on one to save himself.

Now he’s capable one on one vs Charlie curnow.

Him and Logue are the future, with Wil Dawson from round 1 next year.

Yep - it will be a very different looking back 6/7 in the last few rounds of this season and Round 1 of next season.

B Hardeman/Goater Logue K Dawson
HB Sheezal W Dawson Fisher

This will give us more pure defensive capability and (against bigs and smalls) without losing the run we have created. Will also allow McKercher to push to a wing with Bailey on the other wing.

From there we will be down to only having 3 holes in the side - (i) big bodied mid - Smillie, (ii) small forward ???and (iii) key position forward (which could be Comden/Finnbar depending how they progress this year).

 

[LB2Snake]

Pink and Corr - 4 one on one contests each, lost 3 each

Dawson - 2 one on one contests, didn’t lose either

Doesn’t count frees given away, but Dawson is doing ok

Dawson dropped 3 relatively straight forward marks for a defender. Thought he had a bit of a mare yesterday. I rate him though.

 

[Kciza]

He's got the tools. Looking forward to seeing what he can do in a backline that isn't constantly under siege

 

[Chadwiko]

Looks very promising as a KPD!

 

[Passmore]

He's got the tools. Looking forward to seeing what he can do in a backline that isn't constantly under siege

He's shown a bit of dash when he's had the rare opportunity this season.

There's a bit there.

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[giantroo]

 

[Ligma]

NAURRRR

 

[giantroo]

"Was at training today and unfortunately Kallan Dawson rolled his ankle in match sim - he walked (limped) off but it had blown up already and was about half the size of a tennis ball, fingers crossed isn’t a bad one."