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Footy Smarts said:
And Holmes' 20 touch game last night was miles more influential than Daicos' 26 possession game. There are more important things in this game than just disposals especially when one is playing much more time in midfield than the other.
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This is, I believe, what foodles05 was getting at in a recent post.

HOW they get the ball and what they do with it. Not how often.

Quality > quantity.
 
I can’t actually believe people could not see the future champion in this guy. I’m not an astute talent watcher but his future star power has been on display from the get go!
 
Cataholic said:
This is, I believe, what foodles05 was getting at in a recent post.

HOW they get the ball and what they do with it. Not how often.

Quality > quantity.
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I don't want to get into a comparison of Daicos and Holmes as players. To me they both look absolute elite talents. And Daicos did a lot of good stuff he just wasn't the dominant mid on the ground in the match winning quarter like Holmes.

I do find it amazing how even when our win was led by a kid with big contributions from other young players the story is still about how the old guys once again got it done. Meanwhile Collingwood pick one of the oldest teams in the comp and the media talk about them as a team of kids rebuilding who took it up to the old veterans at Geelong.
 

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feelinfeline said:
With his hair a bit longer he reminded me of a former no. 9 of ours, now one of our assistant coaches.

A bit taller and a bit quicker, but he's becoming just as hard. And if he can be as good, I won't have any complaints. Might even be better.
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Totally! I think I may commented in another thread a while ago how much he reminds me of J.Kelly. Glad I'm not the only one.
 
catempire said:
I think some had a bit of a knock on his kicking? Lol.

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That ball floats a bit. Kicking style is a little wonky. I dont think he was passing it to blicavs but sam.

in saying that i think i could be proven wrong about holmes. He may become a gun inside mid where his kicking doesnt matter as much. He has lifted on my shimmy meter this season.
 
Seeds said:
That ball floats a bit. Kicking style is a little wonky. I dont think he was passing it to blicavs but sam.

in saying that i think i could be proven wrong about holmes. He may become a gun inside mid where his kicking doesnt matter as much. He has lifted on my shimmy meter this season.
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That kick was elite. The gif doesn’t do it justice.
 
STPer18 said:
Last quarter involvements - excuse the shoddy editing.

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Some stellar stuff there. That second sequence where he won it working back defensively, Stewart spilled it, he won it again, got it to Rhys, linked up again aa the ball went forward, and was then running with our ball-carriers as they took it inside 50 tells you everything you need to know about this kid's ceiling.

He will be very, very good.
 

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Footy Smarts said:
I don't want to get into a comparison of Daicos and Holmes as players. To me they both look absolute elite talents. And Daicos did a lot of good stuff he just wasn't the dominant mid on the ground in the match winning quarter like Holmes.

I do find it amazing how even when our win was led by a kid with big contributions from other young players the story is still about how the old guys once again got it done. Meanwhile Collingwood pick one of the oldest teams in the comp and the media talk about them as a team of kids rebuilding who took it up to the old veterans at Geelong.
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They're not that young, we're only two years older than them
 
Footy Smarts said:
And Holmes' 20 touch game last night was miles more influential than Daicos' 26 possession game. There are more important things in this game than just disposals especially when one is playing much more time in midfield than the other.
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Watch Daicos closely though, he is getting the ball in congestion and then assessing the best option. Most 1st year players are rushing but he doesn't. He's a freakishly good talent.
 
catscollector said:
Watch Daicos closely though, he is getting the ball in congestion and then assessing the best option. Most 1st year players are rushing but he doesn't. He's a freakishly good talent.
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Yep. looks every bit as good as Walsh. Not to mention he had 5 clearances for the matched compared to 1 from Holmes. Holmes was well beaten to 3 quarter time but lucky for him Collingwood didn't kick straight.

What I was impressed by was the 1v1's that Holmes was able to win. That's a very promising sign
 

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The contested work and clean hands by he and Close in particular in that 4th qtr sure gave me a lot to be encouraged about the future. Clean use by hand is one area that has been steadily dropping off imo for the past decade in our side. It's so pleasing to see players who can do the basics like this really well. Holmes is definitely one of those.
 
feelinfeline said:
I can't help you, then. The way he leans forward when he runs is very similar, not to mention the elusiveness, hardness and tackling.

As I said, everything but the pace and height.

Anyway, whatevs.
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I am not looking for help, but thanks.
 

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