Player Watch Josh Daicos

[AgroMagro]

I once saw Peter Daicos (at Victoria Park, Yarra Falls end, Johnston St side) kick a perfectly spiralling, 40 metre torpedo that got no higher than 15 feet off the ground.

This memory continues to take me to my happy place.

Go Josh.

 

[jackcass]

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There wasn't much to like about him early which is why there was over a year between his third and fourth game for us. Of course at that stage we still thought he was the forward we recruited him to be.

That's not quite true. Even from the start he showed signs, and his 9th or 10th senior game against the Roos gave every indication of the player he could be if he could pull it all together.

 

[DopeMaster]

How good was that play vs WC where Josh was surrounded by Eagles on our defensive 50. He twists, turns and hits a flat 45m left footer across the ground to Stephenson in between two Eagles.

That combination of decision making, vision, and ability to execute an incredibly difficult and high risk kick under finals pressure, in your first final no less, is extremely impressive.

 

[Apex36]

How good was that play vs WC where Josh was surrounded by Eagles on our defensive 50. He twists, turns and hits a flat 45m left footer across the ground to Stephenson in between two Eagles.

That combination of decision making, vision, and ability to execute an incredibly difficult and high risk kick under finals pressure, in your first final no less, is extremely impressive.

The kick inside 50 on his left that was perfectly weighted to the advantage of Checkers was ridiculous too.

 

[DopeMaster]

The kick inside 50 on his left that was perfectly weighted to the advantage of Checkers was ridiculous too.

Yep that was the other stand out.

Two precision kicks that could be argued saved one goal and created another.

That’s ridiculously influential for two disposals.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

The kick inside 50 on his left that was perfectly weighted to the advantage of Checkers was ridiculous too.

That was a thing of beauty; haven’t had that since Didak. Ok, maybe Pendles, but he’s been a constant and a bridge between the Didak and Daicos eras.

 

[Kirby]

That was a thing of beauty; haven’t had that since Didak. Ok, maybe Pendles, but he’s been a constant and a bridge between the Didak and Daicos eras.

Nice kick from Pendles to Cox that set up Jordy's first goal. My wife was passing by the tv and said "how good is Pendles!?".....lol

 

[Vicky Park]

That was a thing of beauty; haven’t had that since Didak. Ok, maybe Pendles, but he’s been a constant and a bridge between the Didak and Daicos eras.

Re the bolded. We may be entering a new era, I hope so.

Husband said to me after the EF - ‘looks like you’ve found your new Pendles’.

 

[OniAu]

Nice kick from Pendles to Cox that set up Jordy's first goal. My wife was passing by the tv and said "how good is Pendles!?".....lol

As in Skills , looks or basketball talent?

 

[jathanas]

How good was that play vs WC where Josh was surrounded by Eagles on our defensive 50. He twists, turns and hits a flat 45m left footer across the ground to Stephenson in between two Eagles.

That combination of decision making, vision, and ability to execute an incredibly difficult and high risk kick under finals pressure, in your first final no less, is extremely impressive.

The fact that Josh has this situational awareness and the ability to create space and time without a single game of elite level basketball as a junior is mind-boggling.

 

[gouki88]

Nice kick from Pendles to Cox that set up Jordy's first goal. My wife was passing by the tv and said "how good is Pendles!?".....lol

That Pendles kick in the dying seconds around the body to WHE was also very very trademark no.10. Time and awareness when the heat was at it's absolute highest

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

The fact that Josh has this situational awareness and the ability to create space and time without a single game of elite level basketball as a junior is mind-boggling.

Young Daics might turn out to be a better player than Madgen!

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

I once saw Peter Daicos (at Victoria Park, Yarra Falls end, Johnston St side) kick a perfectly spiralling, 40 metre torpedo that got no higher than 15 feet off the ground.

This memory continues to take me to my happy place.

Go Josh.

It was so low it went between his opponents legs!!!!!

I was there the day he kicked a goal from such a tight angle that the ball got stuck between the goalposts

 

[loki04]

That was a thing of beauty; haven’t had that since Didak. Ok, maybe Pendles, but he’s been a constant and a bridge between the Didak and Daicos eras.

Do you forget who set up Scott Pendleburys first goal?

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Do you forget who set up Dale Thomas and Scott Pendleburys first goals?

Evidently yes!

 

[Kirby]

Do you forget who set up Scott Pendleburys first goal?

I thought that was Bucks?

 

[loki04]

Evidently yes!

Not thomas first soz but pendles and a beauty to thomas in a early game too iirc.

 

[loki04]

I thought that was Bucks?

Yes one of the best field kicks the games seen.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Yes one of the best field kicks the games seen.

Didak was after Bucks...

 

[loki04]

Didak was after Bucks...

Sorry i read your post as Pendles was a bridge between Daicos and Didak.

"Ok, maybe Pendles, but he’s been a constant and a bridge between the Didak and Daicos eras."

That quote thought ol Bucks deserved a mention.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Sorry i read your post as Pendles was a bridge between Daicos and Didak.

"Ok, maybe Pendles, but he’s been a constant and a bridge between the Didak and Daicos eras."

That quote thought ol Bucks deserved a mention.

That’s fine, we’re getting a bit bogged down.

What I meant to say is that I hadn’t seen that type of pass since Didak, and then thought of Pendles, but of course Pendlebury played with both those guys and is still playing...

I hadn’t thought of Buckley because he finished before Didak, so in saying I hadn’t seen it since Didak, Didak was the most recent example I could think of with kicking of that quality.

Phew!

 

[1eon]

Didak was after Bucks...

...does Leon Davis get a mention in this era naming?

Both All Australian's twice. Both lovely kicks.

Sure Didak had a career total of 134 goal assists to Leon's 106. But Leon put it inside fifty 141 times less than Dids did.

But maybe that's because you felt like you needed to kick it, if a magician passed it to you.

 

[Robroy22]

I'd really Love to see young Josh have another great game this weekend but I think Geelong will be putting some work into him.

 

[jonmacTrag]

...does Leon Davis get a mention in this era naming?

Both All Australian's twice. Both lovely kicks.

Sure Didak had a career total of 134 goal assists to Leon's 106. But Leon put it inside fifty 141 times less than Dids did.

But maybe that's because you felt like you needed to kick it, if a magician passed it to you.

Leon was a joy to watch, his only flaw was in finals.

 

[nahnah]

last season he looked very much on the Broomhead trajectory, it’s amazing how quickly he improved