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Ok we’ll get right onto that this pre season. Just run at balls in dispute like a mad man and ignore all the team rules and structures. I guess we’ll have to accept that he’s a soft outside receiver even through he had the second most contested possessions on the ground in the granny and many other games. For that it’s worth Walsh is an absolute jet and I’d love him at the Pies. I won’t belittle his courage to make myself feel better
Why waste Daicos on a wing? Put him in the guts with 5 minutes to go in a grand final with the premiership on the line. What will happen? Hang on, we already know the answer to that.
He'll win a hard ball against one of the best ball winners of the modern era, pass off efficiently, leave his opponent in his tracks, get to half-forward and follow up to assist the goal that turned the game.
In games where Nick attended 40+% CBA's he avg 10 contested touches and 5.4 tackles a game. Numbers that got better as the season went on. Walsh wasn't getting those contested numbers till his third season and has never avg above 5 tackles a game.
Not saying he's a hard nut, but people were laughing that he couldn't lay a tackle mid season. His physicality visibly improved as the season went along. Who knew a second year player who is still relatively slight and only just started getting significant midfield time mid season might start off a bit tentative in the physicality stakes.
By the numbers if you only look at games where he played midfield, he's tracking just fine in terms of his contested work given his age and experience.
Being a premiership player is not the pinnacle of one's CV. Just sayin
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Daicos is a jet - Walsh is a danger to himself
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My personal favourite from tough as nails Nicky
If we're posting highlights... can I suggest the 3 goals set up by Nick's sheer brilliance at 0.53, 1.34 and 2.15? They didn't even include his handball to De Goey
Bad call Fadge. Not even one attempted counter argument
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Without ducking? The same as Nicky boy
If you were in a close GF with under a minute to play and the ball found its way to your guy, who do you want it to be? Daicos or Walsh?
It will never be Walsh. It wouldn't be another player in the AFL over Daicos and that includes our own legend Pendles.
It will never be Walsh. It wouldn't be another player in the AFL over Daicos and that includes our own legend Pendles.
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Daicos averaged 0.6 goal assists a game... Walsh averaged 1 a game...
But my answer would be Mccluggage and has been for the last 3-4 years. Had 3 in the Grand final this year too on top of his 2 goals
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Yeah if only we had McCluggage GF day.
If the 3-20 Eagles make a grand final then Walsh would be my pick. 33% of his assists were against them last year.
Wasn’t really an answer to the question anyway. You can play a significant part in the goal without it being an asisst.
Hahahaha. Go ask Lions fans if they'd prefer McLuggage with the ball in hand or Nick Daicos.
There is no argument he is on Ablett Jr levels with ball in hand, Walsh has the edge in hard ball gets, but Daicos has some freakish vision that maybe even Ablett Jr couldn't pull off.
Very happy Nick doesn't bother with the Matt Priddis, Tom Mitchell, Patrick Cripps hard ball and just uses it on the outside. It's also awesome to see it break people's heads, like an outside player can't be the best in the game because they are not manly enough.
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Funnily enough, Walsh only played 1 and a half quarters vs the Eagles the 2nd time around where he had 3 goal assists.
On the other hand... Nick Daicos has had 2 games in his career that he's had more than 1 goal assist.
Reckon there's a few ahead of him when it comes to distributing the ball inside 50.
