Player Watch Josh Daicos

[jimmy35]

Love Daics Jr. Very good through traffic, doesn’t panic with the ball and holds it for longer to try and find a better option than the quick handball to someone nearby.

 

[Anzacday]

Fair to say you achieved your goal Kappa, well “played”.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Is the difference;

SOUNDS pretty damning = what you’ve heard is damning but you aren’t 100% sure

IS pretty damning = you know for sure

??

It means he has no idea but thought he’d take the opportunity to have a swing anyway, on the off chance that he might be right.

 

[cleomenes]

Brace yourselves for an average game from Josh this week. All the hype and extra attention on the field will weigh him down for this week.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

I will have my Arse parked front and centre tomorrow night to continue to watch the Daicos show. My 1st year of VFL football in 81. Daicos was insane. Except for his Injuries, he would have been all time great and is still almost recognised as that. 97 goals in a premiership year as a small forward/ mid is unheard of in any era. Enough said. Peter Daicos was, is and always will be my favorite player. Josh is improving and I hope Nicks hype is correct, because I recall Neville Shaw was meant to be the best, but talent alone never works..ask Kink and Carmen

Kink yes but I wouldn't include Carmen in that conversation. Temperament is what he lacked, but talent alone did pretty much work for him.

 

[jonmacTrag]

Kink yes but I wouldn't include Carmen in that conversation. Temperament is what he lacked, but talent alone did pretty much work for him.

Brain is what Carmen lacked but OMFG what a player when his head was on straight.

 

[gouki88]

Brain is what Carmen lacked but OMFG what a player when his head was on straight.

Whenever I hear people who saw Carmen live talk about him it sounds almost mythical. My dad still maintains that he had the most gifts he'd ever seen on the footy field

 

[Doc1763]

Whenever I hear people who saw Carmen live talk about him it sounds almost mythical. My dad still maintains that he had the most gifts he'd ever seen on the footy field

There was literally nothing he couldn't do. But as has been mentioned. he did not posses a brain, and that cost us dearly.

 

[TheGreatGrundy]

Whenever I hear people who saw Carmen live talk about him it sounds almost mythical. My dad still maintains that he had the most gifts he'd ever seen on the footy field

He was neither super tall or exceptionally powerfully built, but had silky skills and was an absolute match winner. If only his ability to control his emotions matched his football ability.

 

[No SPIN]

There is an urgency to sign Daicos NOW.
Because otherwise his price will continue to rise especially if he has a good finals series.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Brace yourselves for an average game from Josh this week. All the hype and extra attention on the field will weigh him down for this week.

Put a claiming apprentice on him you reckon?

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Why do so many people spell Carman’s name incorrectly?

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

If Neville Shaw was meant to be the best brother, I don’t recall hearing that. But I do recall Brayden Shaw was meant to be better than his cousins. In fact he was taken before Heater in the same draft.

 

[Gabbo64]

Whenever I hear people who saw Carmen live talk about him it sounds almost mythical. My dad still maintains that he had the most gifts he'd ever seen on the footy field

Best player I ever saw, bar none. I was there the day he kicked 11 against the saints at Moorabbin. The most complete game of footy I have ever seen from a player.

 

[Doc1763]

Why do so many people spell Carman’s name incorrectly?

Yes, the correct spelling is Effwit

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Best player I ever saw, bar none. I was there the day he kicked 11 against the saints at Moorabbin. The most complete game of footy I have ever seen from a player.

I was at Waverley that day (as a VFL park member we mostly went to that ground to watch whoever was playing). I remember listening to the game review in the car park / traffic jam on the way home..... reviewing Carmans 11 and George’s Young’s 9 at the other end.

 

[manicpie]

Umpire Carbury, who Carman head butted was my year 12 teacher, I still remember him coming to school with a bandaged nose

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Why do so many people spell Carman’s name incorrectly?

For the same reason no-one here can spell “ruckman” apparently.

 

[manicmagpie]

If Neville Shaw was meant to be the best brother, I don’t recall hearing that. But I do recall Brayden Shaw was meant to be better than his cousins. In fact he was taken before Heater in the same draft.

Tony always says that Neville had the most talent of the 3 brothers.

I always felt the second generation of Shaws mirrored the first.

Ray = Rhyce - rated decently as youngsters, suffered multiple GF losses with the Pies, finished at Collingwood by the age of 27. Finally had premiership success elsewhere (Ray as Captain-Coach of Preston, Rhyce with the Swans)
Tony = Heath - not rated as youngsters (Tony initially rejected as too short and slow for VFL, Heath was almost not selected because the F/S rules of the day meant we effectively needed to use a second round pick and this was seen as too much), starred in a Premiership for the Pies, played over 300 games.
Neville = Brayden - rated best of their family generation, never fully realised their dreams at Collingwood

 

[Robroy22]

If Neville Shaw was meant to be the best brother, I don’t recall hearing that. But I do recall Brayden Shaw was meant to be better than his cousins. In fact he was taken before Heater in the same draft.

Nev WAS talked up that way (by his brothers too which was amazing because those two were so competitive). Neville was bigger built, faster and dual sided. BUT he didn't have the drive to keep training and when times got tough, Nev was gone.

 

[jimmy35]

For the same reason no-one here can spell “ruckman” apparently.

Thanks The Royal Samplar for answering Timmy from Tomastowns question

 

[slugger01]

Best player I ever saw, bar none. I was there the day he kicked 11 against the saints at Moorabbin. The most complete game of footy I have ever seen from a player.

In his first year at Collingwood, he missed 8 games due to a broken ankle(?) sustained in a State match played half way during the year.
In that year, he polled 17 Brownlow votes from the 14 games he played - 5 x 3 votes, 2 x 1 votes. He finished 3 votes short of the winner (G Dempsey).
All from the CHF position, kicking 41 goals for the year.
He really burst onto the scene. An explosive, talented player, only matched by his brain fades.

 

[Doc1763]

From the shadows of the 'Macedonian Marvel', Daicos rises on a wing

Collingwood is consistently calling upon Josh Daicos to spark its success

www.afl.com.au

 

[gouki88]

In his first year at Collingwood, he missed 8 games due to a broken ankle(?) sustained in a State match played half way during the year.
In that year, he polled 17 Brownlow votes from the 14 games he played - 5 x 3 votes, 2 x 1 votes. He finished 3 votes short of the winner (G Dempsey).
All from the CHF position, kicking 41 goals for the year.
He really burst onto the scene. An explosive, talented player, only matched by his brain fades.

His unrivaled endurance capability blended with god-given footy talent was a really unfair combination. Had to be a draw-back somewhere, it just happened to be his brain sadly.

 

[Cyclops]

Best player I ever saw, bar none. I was there the day he kicked 11 against the saints at Moorabbin. The most complete game of footy I have ever seen from a player.

I've heard opposition supporters (including a Fitzroy bloke who hated us) say the same. Carman was potentially the GOAT.