Player Watch #5: Caleb Daniel

[King Corey]

The blokes at the Incel convention looking a little more attractive compared to 5 weeks ago mate?

Ho ho ho.

I looked at your post history to find the reasoned defences of Caleb while he was under siege. Couldn't find anyway?

And unfortunately tripped across your entire web search history instead. Eek.

Maybe change your user name to King Epstein bro.

 

[King Hansen]

Ho ho ho.

I looked at your post history to find the reasoned defences of Caleb while he was under siege. Couldn't find anyway?

And unfortunately tripped across your entire web search history instead. Eek.

Maybe change your user name to King Epstein bro.

Nice comeback. So hilarious.

Couldn't just admit CD is having a good season?

 

[King Corey]

Nice comeback. So hilarious.

Couldn't just admit CD is having a good season?

His last 3 weeks have gone up a level.

Yeh miss that one?

I have no problem being bumped by anyone who puts their own opinions out at risk of ridicule.

You just sit back and snipe. That's my issue.

Caleb is having a good season. On that we agree.

 

[Samsquanch]

Finally someone has taken up one of Chad’s bets…
Love it!!!

Mods: Thread title change required to include the Death Ride tag and Chad’s jumper wager.

 

[Samsquanch]

LDU
Sheezel
Parker
Larkey
FOS

Disco and X have to be high on the list with high votes in games to date along with Trembath.

 

[King Hansen]

Yeh miss that one?

I have no problem being bumped by anyone who puts their own opinions out at risk of ridicule.

You just sit back and snipe. That's my issue.

Caleb is having a good season. On that we agree.

I don't read every word on here. A blind person could see Caleb is having a good season even though some people aren't even giving him an honourable mention in the votes for yesterday.

People been giving him shit since he walked in the door. And unfairly imo and have always thought that. Just calling out some of the bs comments people have made writing him off.

So you still want me to have a stance on CD? Want to know where I stood on him last year before I bump ya?

 

[kanga kanga kanga]

What. About. That. Run. Down

 

[Chadwiko]

Someone bump my posts. I've said good things about Caleb. Cmonnnn.

 

[amaz199]

I think King Corey likes Caleb Daniel

5

Caleb Daniel

Age

29

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

.

 

[KiwiRoo]

Ive been a defender of his. No coincidence that he's looking better now that the young guys are learning where to run too and he's pinpointing them

 

[Chip Scab1]

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Cheers, happy for you if you get the chocolates.

These guys have been very good this year.

Yep. Pink in the Top 5 and Daniel not...would actually laugh pretty hard!

Enjoy your jumper.

Haha. You'd probably have to have to not been moved positionally in the first few rounds to make the Top 5 of a list chosen by the very same people for the start of the year.

But you never know.

 

[pupstar]

Cheers, happy for you if you get the chocolates.


Yep. Pink in the Top 5 and Daniel not...would actually laugh pretty hard!



Haha. You'd probably have to have to not been moved positionally in the first few rounds to make the Top 5 of a list chosen by the very same people for the start of the year.

But you never know.

The way i see it i suppose is he happened to finish top 5 by the end of the year with the talent on our team he deserves the chocolates because so far all of our young fellas have shown some very good form along with a couple of the older crew. Lets celebrate our early wins regardless of how we get the 4 points and we may even jag a top 10 finish but as we know its a long season.

 

[Chadwiko]

Yep. Pink in the Top 5 and Daniel not...would actually laugh pretty hard!

For what it's worth, here's how I'm guessing the top 10 will look after the first 4 rounds;

1. Davies-Uniacke
2. Parker
3. Sheezel
4. CALEB DANIEL
5. Stephens
6. Xerri
7. Pink
8. Larkey
9. O'Sullivan
10. Trembath

It can be hard to predict - for example last year the coaches votes and the Syd Barker votes did not neatly align at all - but we saw last year that Caleb Daniel finished 6th overall on the final Syd Barker leaderboard, despite basically never getting coaches votes. Meaning we know he's a vote-getter in the Syd Barker. And he's playing better this year.

 

[Chadwiko]

For context for anyone who still isn't sure if Caleb Daniel

5

Caleb Daniel

Age

29

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

is doing well or not;

For 2026 through 4 games, Caleb Daniel

5

Caleb Daniel

Age

29

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

for North Melbourne sits;

4th for disposals
=3rd for marks
=3rd for tackles
1st for rebound 50s
1st for effective kicks
4th for effective disposals
=3rd for tackles inside 50
6th for spoils (which is hilarious)
4th for contested defensive one-on-ones
7th for score involvements (impressive when you consider how much time he plays in the defensive half)
4th for score launches
5th for intercept possessions
=2nd best for fewest frees against
5th for 1 percenters

 

[StazMob]

Love how they got around him after this too

 

[ferball]

Here's the top 10 from the BF votes after the * games, round three.

8 - Luke Davies-Uniacke

9

Luke Davies-uniacke

Age

26

Ht

188cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.1

3star

K

6.5

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

2.5

3star

T

2.2

4star

CL

2.0

4star

D

7.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

CL

2.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.8

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

CL

1.2

4star

.
7 - Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

33

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

.
7 - Harry Sheezel.
5 - Finn O'Sullivan.
5 - Dylan Stephens

15

Dylan Stephens

Age

25

Ht

184cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.3

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.7

4star

CL

0.0

1star

D

10.3

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.7

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

10.3

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

3.3

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.7

4star

CL

0.0

1star

.
5 - Tristan Xerri

38

Tristan Xerri

Age

27

Ht

202cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

5.5

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

2.5

2star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

2.5

5star

D

5.5

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

2.5

2star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

2.5

5star

D

5.5

2star

K

3.0

1star

HB

2.5

3star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

2.5

5star

.
4 - Nick Larkey

20

Nick Larkey

Age

27

Ht

198cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.5

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.9

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.5

3star

G

1.4

5star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

3star

K

4.2

2star

HB

4.6

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.8

4star

.
2 - Toby Pink.
1 - Charlie Comben.
1 - Caleb Daniel

5

Caleb Daniel

Age

29

Ht

171cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.3

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

19.5

4star

K

11.1

4star

HB

8.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

2.0

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

16.4

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

9.2

5star

M

3.4

4star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.2

2star

.

He will get votes this week. How many? Who knows but I doubt he'll make the top five on the leaderboard by the end.

But ... he'll be thereabouts. FWthatsW there is often a reasonably accurate correlation between our votes and the Syd in the top five to ten. Its not always close but often is.

Point being there is a chance he's top five now but there's been alot of players (more than five) who have had strong starts to the season.

Which can only be good for us!

 

[Chip Scab1]

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Cheers, happy for you if you get the chocolates.

These guys have been very good this year.

Yep. Pink is in the Top 5 and Daniel is not, would laugh.

The way i see it i suppose is he happened to finish top 5 by the end of the year with the talent on our team he deserves the chocolates because so far all of our young fellas have shown some very good form along with a couple of the older crew. Lets celebrate our early wins regardless of how we get the 4 points and we may even jag a top 10 finish but as we know its a long season.

I've called Wildcard Weekend v Pies for months.

Can feel it in my loins.

 

[Horace]

What a weird unexpected improvement. Id love to know why. He looks zippier. Maybe injured last year.

Also, him halving that marking contest at full back. Beautiful.

I think clubs often expect too much in the first season of players who move after several seasons in another club's system. It nearly always takes time to fit into a new environment, get to know your teammates and coaches, how the team plays and understand the role that the new team wants them to play.

Look at Dan Houston at the Pies. He was way below par last year and it is highly likely that a lot of Pie fans would have wondered why they got him. Its a different story this year with Houston.

 

[speedy]

Keep up the tackles and contested possessions and even I will change my opinion of him.

Damn, he was a useful whipping boy to let out some frustration. Now I’ve got no one. Hopefully won’t need one if the team keeps winning.

 

[amaz199]

Love how they got around him after this too

Jagga aint no slouch either.

Look at the closing speed! Great effort.

 

[speedy]

Jagga aint no slouch either.

Look at the closing speed! Great effort.

Let’s not go crazy now. Caleb was already on the move and jagga didn’t exactly put the foot down.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

The silliest part of that video is FOS was pinged for HTB after handballing it.

 

[Fish Sticks]

The silliest part of that video is FOS was pinged for HTB after handballing it.

Jagga gets him around the neck in the first attempted tackled & then FOS gets the handball away as soon as McGovern grabs him. No way it is HTB!!

 

[Samsquanch]

Jagga gets him around the neck in the first attempted tackled & then FOS gets the handball away as soon as McGovern grabs him. No way it is HTB!!

T’was a serious error by the maggot.

 

[Dinkers]

My top 5 after 4 rounds

1. Pink
2. CCJ
3. Corr
4. Logue - missed a few games
5. The Lil Kont