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List Mgmt. Nick Daicos

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Pie eyed said:
Surely Greene will strike Daicos?
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This will get a run when he debuts.
“Nick The Stripper
A-hideous to the eye
A-hideous to the eye
Well he's a fat little insect
A fat little insect
A fat little insect
A fat little insect
And ooooooooh! here we go again”
 

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TradeDraft said:
Seems the Opposite to how Josh was when Drafted about the Hype
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Josh was a different sort of player. Much less developed. Not considered elite by any standards. Probably also more reserved than Nick. Probably prefers going under the radar.
 
Jen2310 said:
Josh was a different sort of player. Much less developed. Not considered elite by any standards. Probably also more reserved than Nick. Probably prefers going under the radar.
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Yeah Josh seems lot more Quiet and Reserved compared to Nick.

I was not really talking about them as Player more there Character
 
TradeDraft said:
Yeah Josh seems lot more Quiet and Reserved compared to Nick.

I was not really talking about them as Player more there Character
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Yeah, Thats what I meant too. Different sort of person compared to his brother.
 
TradeDraft said:
Seems the Opposite to how Josh was when Drafted about the Hype
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That will happen when you’re picking up 40 disposals and 2 goals a game compared to 10-15 touches and the odd goal here and there.
 
Apex36 said:
That will happen when you’re picking up 40 disposals and 2 goals a game compared to 10-15 touches and the odd goal here and there.
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yeah, Nick's at fault here. Why couldn't he be like his brother and fade into the shadows, nobody would know haha.
 
Nick Daicos is old news, let’s start the countdown until we can draft Leon Davis’ son:

 

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manicmagpie said:
Nick Daicos is old news, let’s start the countdown until we can draft Leon Davis’ son:

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So who's starting the thread? Heard this kid is lethal with a pair of balled up socks.
 

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gouki88 said:
BT is going to absolutely go to town on this surname
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If he gets drafted, this would become the toughest surname to pronounce in the AFL!

In comparison, it would make ‘Prestigiacomo’ sound like ‘Smith’.


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KrispyKremePie said:
If he gets drafted, this would become the toughest surname to pronounce in the AFL!

In comparison, it would make ‘Prestigiacomo’ sound like ‘Smith’.


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I think it would take a grand total of one try before they just run with "Dido" or something like that, much as they did with Dipper
 
jonmacTrag said:
Total disagreement, only John Greening comes in front of Daics.

The man changed the way the game is played.

He invented an entirely new method of shooting for goal.

Have never seen anyone with the level of poise or reading the game ahead of the play.

No much as I love Pendles and Bucks Daics left them in the dust.

PS If you haven't watched the young Daics OWN the centre field you haven't seen the real Daics.

Don't take my word for it watch any footage of his early games and pay attention to the coaches boxes, every time he went near the ball they started pulling their hair out by the roots.

Pendles and Bucks are and will always be genuine champions.

Daics was on a far different level.
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My old man (since passed) and a bunch of his mates basically watched every Pies game going back to the 60's, and saw every match of Daics career. They mostly all still romanticise the old players over the new, but even they pretty much all consistently agreed Buckley was clear and away superior to Daicos, the midfielder or forward version. Daicos was a great player, but he was never considered at a level amongst his peers the way Buckley was, even before his injuries, and even during the period he actually he made the biggest name for himself as a forward.

The idea that Daicos was levels above both Buckley and Pendles is a bit of revisionist romantic history IMO. I never saw early Daicos, but I certainly watched most of his later career as a young kid. Even I romanticise what I remember (vividly remember watching his 13 goals v the Bears), but Buckley's dominating influence consistently on a game to game basis was never matched by Daicos even pre injury. We are talking like Daicos was flawless, but he wasn't. It's not like he had much of a defensive game to speak of, and from what my dad's mates have said, a lot of his fancy stuff simply didn't come off as consistently the way you see it in a highlights package and he had his share of poor games, and the lack of defensive game or real toughness in those games wasn't as appreciated in an era where being tough and robust (lets say compared to one of his contemporaries in Leigh Matthews) was highly valued.
 
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Dundalis said:
My old man (since passed) and a bunch of his mates basically watched every Pies game going back to the 60's, and saw every match of Daics career. They mostly all still romanticise the old players over the new, but even they pretty much all consistently agreed Buckley was clear and away superior to Daicos, the midfielder or forward version. Daicos was a great player, but he was never considered at a level amongst his peers the way Buckley was, even before his injuries, and even during the period he actually he made the biggest name for himself as a forward.

The idea that Daicos was levels above both Buckley and Pendles is a bit of revisionist romantic history IMO. I never saw early Daicos, but I certainly watched most of his later career as a young kid. Even I romanticise what I remember (vividly remember watching his 13 goals v the Bears), but Buckley's dominating influence consistently on a game to game basis was never matched by Daicos even pre injury. We are talking like Daicos was flawless, but he wasn't. It's not like he had much of a defensive game to speak of, and from what my dad's mates have said, a lot of his fancy stuff simply didn't come off as consistently the way you see it in a highlights package and he had his share of poor games, and the lack of defensive game or real toughness in those games wasn't as appreciated in an era where being tough and robust (lets say compared to one of his contemporaries in Leigh Matthews) was highly valued.
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I repeat total disagreement let's move on.
 
Dundalis said:
My old man (since passed) and a bunch of his mates basically watched every Pies game going back to the 60's, and saw every match of Daics career. They mostly all still romanticise the old players over the new, but even they pretty much all consistently agreed Buckley was clear and away superior to Daicos, the midfielder or forward version. Daicos was a great player, but he was never considered at a level amongst his peers the way Buckley was, even before his injuries, and even during the period he actually he made the biggest name for himself as a forward.

The idea that Daicos was levels above both Buckley and Pendles is a bit of revisionist romantic history IMO. I never saw early Daicos, but I certainly watched most of his later career as a young kid. Even I romanticise what I remember (vividly remember watching his 13 goals v the Bears), but Buckley's dominating influence consistently on a game to game basis was never matched by Daicos even pre injury. We are talking like Daicos was flawless, but he wasn't. It's not like he had much of a defensive game to speak of, and from what my dad's mates have said, a lot of his fancy stuff simply didn't come off as consistently the way you see it in a highlights package and he had his share of poor games, and the lack of defensive game or real toughness in those games wasn't as appreciated in an era where being tough and robust (lets say compared to one of his contemporaries in Leigh Matthews) was highly valued.
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With all due respect to your Dad and his mates, it seems a bit pointless to me to retrospectively observe that Daicos didn’t have much of a defensive game and had off days. I don’t recall people worrying about that during his career — they were too busy being thrilled to bits about his ability to win games of footy off his own boot, and not too fussed about the other details.
You might as well say that Bucks didn’t kick enough goals — I’d view it the same way. Surely they were just doing different jobs, according to the competitive requirements of their eras.
 
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