Zac Dawson or Stephen Gilham?

[Ordovician]

It funny watching Dawson at the Saints.

He is a far better spoiler than Gilham, however when he gets the ball in his hands, you can often see why the Hawks delisted him.

I think St Kilda with their negative "destroy football as a game" and "make the fans want to claw their own eyes out rather than watch their utterly tedious crap" defensive tactics, combined with their very tight amd highly disciplined defence is a perfect match for some one of Dawson's talents. I am sure that if he was in any other defence he would get very badly exposed once the ball hit the ground and started moving.

It is really hard to compared the two players as one's strength is the others weakness i.e. Dawson is a very good spoiler whereas Gilham can struggle, Gilham is completely reliable with the ball in his hands whereas Zac is dodgy. Both of them are fairly slow.

Dawson has far better support with a few other tallish players to help out like Gilbert 194cm and Blake 191cm. In contrast Gilham is the Hawks tallest defender at 192cm and is supported by a retinue of 189cm dwarfs eg Gibson, Stratton & Murphy, none of whom are really tall enough to take a tall forward.

At the end of the day they both do their jobs and in the absence of anyone better they will both continue in their roles.

Dawson is a perfect match for the Saints current defence so I can see them having a high priority in replacing him. The hawks under Pelchoon flatly refuse to to draft any key defensive prospects what so ever. Given that the Hawks need two tall defenders, as by Clarko's own admiission Gilham is really just a zoning third tall and not a key defender, then until such time Clarko and Pelchoon get the sack (end of this season?) then Gilham will continue in the key defensive post.

 

[Kong]

Isn't that why you guys drafted Shoenmakers?

 

[Jaeger]

Gilham.

Better defender one on one, and a much better ball user.

 

[liam_13]

I'd choose to lose 80% of my body weight through violent vomiting and diarrhoea before having to watch either one of them play for Collingwood.

Finding key defenders isn't that hard, but Hawthorn and St Kilda have ended up with mediocre ones because they've put literally zero effort into recruiting them through the draft.

Out of interest, which club did you recruit for and who was the best key defender you recruited?

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

The hawks under Pelchoon flatly refuse to to draft any key defensive prospects what so ever. Given that the Hawks need two tall defenders, as by Clarko's own admiission Gilham is really just a zoning third tall and not a key defender, then until such time Clarko and Pelchoon get the sack (end of this season?) then Gilham will continue in the key defensive post.

Pelchen won't get the sack. He might get poached or walk, but definitely not sacked. He's one of the most sought after list managers in the game, regardless of all the internet vitriol that get's thrown his way.

FWIW, we've got Schoenmakers, Lisle, Litherland....all drafted as tall defenders in the last 3 years. But the common talk is that we'd much rather set up with mobile tall defenders who can pinch hit on KF's, than to chase after a Rutten/Lake type KPD.
That being said we've still taken kids who may turn out to be that KPD in time, we've just not made them the first 1st priority as some would like.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Zachary for me