Player Watch #5: Caleb Daniel

[Frank Thring]

Just checking in on our boy Caleb. Great to see he is playing well.

Dolan has the physical development of a 12yo girl, yet we are giving him games from round #1 in his first year. That should tell you how they view him. Will be a player for sure.

win win

Daniel is exactly what we need in our backline. Now if you will also trade Dale for this year's second then it will be a Win/ I don't care.

 

[FootySmartSimpson]

Great get and quickly becoming my fav player is 'shorty'.

We need his level headiness in our back half.

Much stronger in one-on-ones than I thought he would be. Twice the defender of Fisher and Kerch.

 

[shinboner magic]

Caleb Daniel

Last 10 players to wear No.5
Curtis Taylor (2021-24) 65 games
Ben Jacobs (2013-18) 64 games
Ben Warren (2010-12) 20 games
Sam Power (2008-09) 39 games
Daniel McConnell (2006) 4 games
Corey McKernan (2004) 14 games
Jason McCartney (1998-2003) 107 games
Stuart Anderson (1994-97) 61 games
Richard Dennis (1992) 13 games
David Dwyer (1987-91) 27 games

Caleb Daniel is Shinboner No.1067
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Player 267 – Vin Hogan (1940-42) 7 games
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Player 467 – John Ford (1955-56) 13 games
Player 567 – Peter Davison (1964) 4 games
Player 667 – Peter Taylor (1974) 1 game
Player 767 – Paul Spargo (1985-92) 81 games
Player 867 – Dion Miles (1998) 2 games
Player 967 – Luke Delaney (2011-13) 26 games

Alphabetically he comes between
Harold Daly (1944) 2 games
Jason Daniltchenko (1993-97) 29 games

All Calebs to play for North
Nil

All C.D. initials to play for North
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Carl Dilena (1991-92) 10 games
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Nathan Hrovat (2017-19) 39 games
Farren Ray (2016) 4 games
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Sam Power (2008-09) 39 games
Jade Rawlings (2006) 3 games
Scott Welsh (1996-99) 36 games
Jose Romero (1988-94) 89 games
Tim Harrington (1984-86) 20 games

Last 10 hundred gamers to come to North
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Jared Polec (2019-22) 42 games
Jasper Pittard (2019-20) 33 games
Aaron Hall (2019-23) 58 games
Farren Ray (2016) 4 games
Jarrad Waite (2015-18) 60 games
Shaun Higgins (2015-20) 108 games

Last 10 premiership players to come to North
Liam Shiels (2023-24) 33 games
Ricky Olarenshaw (2001) 1 game
David Calthorpe (2000) 13 games
Richard Dennis (1992) 13 games
Daryl Cumming (1978) 1 game
Adrian Gallagher (1976) 1 game
Brent Crosswell (1975-79) 76 games
Dennis Munari (1974-77) 13 games
Doug Wade (1973-1975) 59 games
Barry Davis (1973-75) 71 games

Who the heck is Dion miles - can’t even remember him

 

[shinboner magic]

Bit quieter in this thread this week.

 

[Caracas]

During games, I’ve been complaining about Caleb, only to find that he has played very well in our first two matches. Just goes to show how constant losses totally screw up my ability to be objective. I just become “objectionable” instead.

 

[Ashley B]

Who the heck is Dion miles - can’t even remember him

Played a couple of games in our 90s era small medium sized flanker type from memory

 

[shinboner magic]

Played a couple of games in our 90s era small medium sized flanker type from memory

Very forgettable player obviously

 

[Ashley B]

Very forgettable player obviously

Think we got him from the Swans .Just looked him up won our reserves best and fairest played 2 senior games in 1998 and kicked a goal then did his acl.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Think we got him from the Swans .Just looked him up won our reserves best and fairest played 2 senior games in 1998 and kicked a goal then did his acl.

The Roos had Dion Miles.

The Swans had Dion Myles.

 

[Merlin007]

Bit quieter in this thread this week.

yeah, but think what we could have done with 27.

Still hurts.

 

[Ashley B]

The Roos had Dion Miles.

The Swans had Dion Myles.

Shit another Miles/ Myles .

 

[stefoid]

He took 8 out of the 12 kick ins

Now assuming they go on average about 50m each that’s already 400m

hes kicking 50m down straight down the guts to a player every time? thats incredibly beneficial for the team if true.

A sideways kick gets no MG. Not all kickins are equal. If a player is racking up big MG from kickins, they are doing something right. Thats why you give the job to your best kickers

 

[Masked Avenger]

yeah, but think what we could have done with 27.

Still hurts.

Sheesh Merlin - Daniel has been a deadset revelation down back.

He has the odd howler but his attacking kicking is a big reason why we've hit the scoreboard so often in the first two games.

You watch him, his first instinct off half back is to go forward and preferably through the corridor.

I'll take that over the crabbing we've witnessed over the past few years.

 

[Only Forwards]

Has been yuck.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

Absolute garbage.

That’s [emoji638] [emoji638]nd rounders we’ve given up for undersized ‘quarterbacks’ who offer turnovers and no defensive ability.


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[Scallop Industry Thug]

Sheesh Merlin - Daniel has been a deadset revelation down back.

He has the odd howler but his attacking kicking is a big reason why we've hit the scoreboard so often in the first two games.

You watch him, his first instinct off half back is to go forward and preferably through the corridor.

I'll take that over the crabbing we've witnessed over the past few years.

He needs to start hitting targets


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[Errol Street]

The problem is there are no targets to hit


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[Joshen]

It's watching him try to play defense. Short and slow.

You can see that his brain is moving quicker than those around him when the ball is in the area / his hands but he was to make it count.

 

[roos_fanatic08]

The problem is there are no targets to hit


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He genuinely missed open, easy 20m kicks with open players on half a dozen occasions all the while running himself into trouble more often than not.

The blame lays on his for terrible execution.

Outside of the 2nd half of the Melbourne game he has been very underwhelming and honestly not much of an upgrade on Fisher.

 

[Themanbun]

He genuinely missed open, easy 20m kicks with open players on half a dozen occasions all the while running himself into trouble more often than not.

The blame lays on his for terrible execution.

Outside of the 2nd half of the Melbourne game he has been very underwhelming and honestly not much of an upgrade on Fisher.

Bang on. I gave him a mulligan for the Bulldogs game given round 1 against his old side, but his following 6/8 quarters have not brought what we got him for.

 

[LB2Snake]

Over rated. Massively.

 

[jay317]

Performance vs cost not looking great early on

 

[koshari]

The problem is there are no targets to hit


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I think it's definitely a factor but he still been garbage

 

[koshari]

He genuinely missed open, easy 20m kicks with open players on half a dozen occasions all the while running himself into trouble more often than not.

The blame lays on his for terrible execution.

Outside of the 2nd half of the Melbourne game he has been very underwhelming and honestly not much of an upgrade on Fisher.

Very accurate observation

 

[Sphynx]

Club release telling us he lost his right leg in a car accident during the week?

I don’t see any real noticeable difference with Fisher in all honesty.

Fisher may have been a better kick and Daniel harder around the ball. It’s negligible.