Understudy no more-Chris Dawes will enjoy a leading role at Melbourne. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
NEW Melbourne signing Chris Dawes is guaranteed a lead role next season.
So often the understudy to Travis Cloke at Collingwood, Dawes will have equal billing with Mitch Clark as another tall target.
"It's terrific for Mitch and the rest of the team to have a second big body down there," Melbourne coach Mark Neeld said yesterday.
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"Dawesy has been brought in to play as a key forward.
"He won't be doing the 'key forward who goes into the ruck' role with us."
Neeld said it was "critical" for the young Demons to learn from the premiership experiences of Dawes and forward Shannon Byrnes, brought in from Geelong.
"We talk about the long-term aspect that Chris brings to the club," he said.
"He's 24 and he also brings a lot of experience coming out of a good culture, the way the Pies go about it, the way they play and the way they train.
"He has also managed to play in the last five finals series. Include the drawn grand final, he has played in three grand finals - and cracked it for a flag.
"We're certainly not underestimating what that brings to our group.
"And we've added Shannon Byrnes as well.
"Between them, there's a lot of experience at great clubs and the knowledge they can pass on to our boys of what it's like to play at the pointy end."
Neeld said medical checks reassured the Demons that Dawes had recovered from the knee injury that hampered him in the preliminary final.
Neeld is confident the Dees have the midfield capable of quick and clean delivery to the marking duo.
"For the boys in the midfield, like (Jack) Grimes and (Jack) Trengove and (Nathan) Jones, to look up and see two big targets, that's the way we want to play," he said.
Melbourne will continue to pursue other tall forwards Scott Gumbleton (Essendon) and Cam Pedersen (North Melbourne) but Neeld said it has salary cap room for only one.
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