Player Watch Josh Daicos

[windchimes]

His lack of slight pace was always the only real concern, but he has built up a big tank and is so smart that he has overcome this issue magnificently.

Really? Josh has always seemed pretty quick to me. He accelerates to top speed in a flash.

 

[rand corp]

Really? Josh has always seemed pretty quick to me. He accelerates to top speed in a flash.

Chimes, I was referring to questions about him as a young footballer and when he first arrived at the club.

"Obviously he has had just one year within our program. I reckon he peaked around championships time and we were probably a little disappointed with the end of his season. He has serious skill, a very good footy brain, and we would have liked to have had him in the program a bit longer. He doesn’t look that quick out on the ground but his GPS data stacks up quite well. He lacks a yard of speed but his footy nous alleviates that. The sidestep he has learned from Dad, and there are a lot of similarities with Peter – great goal sense and the footy brain with the way he sees the game" – Craig Notman (Oakleigh Chargers talent manager), Inside Football, November 2016.

 

[windchimes]

Chimes, I was referring to questions about him as a young footballer and when he first arrived at the club.

"Obviously he has had just one year within our program. I reckon he peaked around championships time and we were probably a little disappointed with the end of his season. He has serious skill, a very good footy brain, and we would have liked to have had him in the program a bit longer. He doesn’t look that quick out on the ground but his GPS data stacks up quite well. He lacks a yard of speed but his footy nous alleviates that. The sidestep he has learned from Dad, and there are a lot of similarities with Peter – great goal sense and the footy brain with the way he sees the game" – Craig Notman (Oakleigh Chargers talent manager), Inside Football, November 2016.

Cheers Corp, had never seen this. It's funny because you wouldn't really say that he lacks a yard of pace now. Conquering those asthma issues clearly has done him wonders in terms of how hard he can run now, when he puts the jets on he burns oppo wingmen pretty hard.

 

[Kirby]

Congratulations on the contract Josh. Very well deserved and earned.

I thought it should be mentioned in your own thread instead of being tagged on to Nick’s.

 

[JoinDate]

 

[jimmy35]

Be still my beating heart

 

[rand corp]

A brilliant performance

Incredible vision, decision making and disposal under pressure.

beyond Elite

 

[lenny20]

That 45 degree inside kick to hit up Adams (I think?) in the third was the best kick of the season.

Cats had defenders short, deep, boundary side and corridor side, and he hit the change of direction kick across his body with centimetre perfection to set up the goal.

 

[ZEV]

Poised, classy and influential. Gun. Also moves uncannily like his father which brings me so much happiness!

 

[ZEV]

That 45 degree inside kick to hit up Adams (I think?) in the third was the best kick of the season.

Cats had defenders short, deep, boundary side and corridor side, and he hit the change of direction kick across his body with centimetre perfection to set up the goal.

How good was the Ginnivan one as well. Amazing user of the ball

 

[Magpie Since 1986]

Another Daicos 3 brownlow votes

 

[gouki88]

That 45 degree inside kick to hit up Adams (I think?) in the third was the best kick of the season.

Cats had defenders short, deep, boundary side and corridor side, and he hit the change of direction kick across his body with centimetre perfection to set up the goal.

Reminded me of the way Didak used to kick across his body with freakish accuracy

 

[Jim Levenstein]

I love the scope of his kicking. Long, deft, in traffic, sprinting, standing still. As a team mate, you would have complete confidence that wherever he is, he will put it to your advantage.

 

[Scodog10]

That 45 degree inside kick to hit up Adams (I think?) in the third was the best kick of the season.

Cats had defenders short, deep, boundary side and corridor side, and he hit the change of direction kick across his body with centimetre perfection to set up the goal.

It was a sublime kick, but the degree of difficulty on his kick to hit Frampton on the wing mid in the first was off the charts. Backpedaling on the 45 degree away from his target he hits a 40 metre drop punt around his body over the top of the Cats players to hit Frampton in stride. I posted it about a month ago that he’s more skilful than Nick and I’ll argue the point with anyone.

I was scratching my head for so long on the right comparison and there’s currently a 2001 Brisbane v Adelaide match on Fox. Josh is Aker reincarnate it’s actually scary. On a side note watching the ball ping around in that match was a sight to behold. They were such a talented group.

 

[Magnanimous]

Cracking game from JD, owning that wing role in AA surely...
Hope he can build a full head of steam the next 3 games and when Nick comes back get him back off half back.
Crisp to Midfield with Rotations of Mitchell, Adams, Pendles, JDG, Lipinski and Rambeau.

from my Delorean

 

[RuFiO]

Was he that bad when he was struggling to get games way back when?
I mean Callum Brown was getting games ahead of him wasn't he?

 

[Bianconeri]

Was he that bad when he was struggling to get games way back when?
I mean Callum Brown was getting games ahead of him wasn't he?

He was never bad, he just didn’t have the tank or strength to play on the wing at that point in time. His talent was still on display.

 

[Fat Jesus]

It was a sublime kick, but the degree of difficulty on his kick to hit Frampton on the wing mid in the first was off the charts. Backpedaling on the 45 degree away from his target he hits a 40 metre drop punt around his body over the top of the Cats players to hit Frampton in stride. I posted it about a month ago that he’s more skilful than Nick and I’ll argue the point with anyone.

I was scratching my head for so long on the right comparison and there’s currently a 2001 Brisbane v Adelaide match on Fox. Josh is Aker reincarnate it’s actually scary. On a side note watching the ball ping around in that match was a sight to behold. They were such a talented group.

Daicos brothers both equally skilled.
Freaks

 

[Scodog10]

Daicos brothers both equally skilled.
Freaks

Not for me. It’s the difference between a 9.5 and 10, but Nick can’t hit the kicks Josh does because of the way he moves. Nick’s more straight line where Josh is all angles a bit like a right arm v left arm quick. There were 4 kicks last night (3 have been mentioned so far the 4th resulted in Elliott’s goal out the back in the 2nd) that maybe a handful of players league wide could hit and he nailed all of them. Perfectly.

 

[Fat Jesus]

Not for me. It’s the difference between a 9.5 and 10, but Nick can’t hit the kicks Josh does because of the way he moves. Nick’s more straight line where Josh is all angles a bit like a right arm v left arm quick. There were 4 kicks last night (3 have been mentioned so far the 4th resulted in Elliott’s goal out the back in the 2nd) that maybe a handful of players league wide could hit and he nailed all of them. Perfectly.

That kick from Nick near the wing vs Essendon I think. Hitting Josh on the move at CHF was a thing of beauty.
Both continually doing freakish things.
We are so lucky.
Nick will come back during the finals as a new recruit.

Josh has a few years head start on little brother

 

[VantagePoint]

Josh Daicos

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Josh Daicos

Age

27

Ht

178cm

Wt

77kg

Pos.

D/M

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.6

4star

K

8.3

3star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.6

5star

MG

230.5

4star

D

16.2

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.5

4star

MG

230.5

4star

D

13.8

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.2

4star

M

3.2

4star

T

4.2

5star

: DTS

 

[gouki88]

Not for me. It’s the difference between a 9.5 and 10, but Nick can’t hit the kicks Josh does because of the way he moves. Nick’s more straight line where Josh is all angles a bit like a right arm v left arm quick. There were 4 kicks last night (3 have been mentioned so far the 4th resulted in Elliott’s goal out the back in the 2nd) that maybe a handful of players league wide could hit and he nailed all of them. Perfectly.

I think Josh works angles better, but Nick has better vision going inside 50. Nick's better at dropping it in small holes with really crafty vertical weighting.

 

[Hong Kong Pie]

Absolutely 5-star game.

 

[JoinDate]

Not sure it matters which is better, just happy they both play for us and will for a while to come.

 

[Ironmonger85]

Was he that bad when he was struggling to get games way back when?
I mean Callum Brown was getting games ahead of him wasn't he?

If you go to the start of this thread there's videos of intra club practice matches where he looked pretty slick, hard to see why it took until 2020 for him to be in the best 22. I think it was mainly down to his smaller size.