Peter Daicos v Robert Flower

[Brad Goodman]

Actually wouldn't mind reading some opinions of the older folk regarding these two.

 

[Bring-Back-Powell]

Flower...lock thread.

PS - whats with all the Melb and Coll comparisons. Are Collingwood fans becoming insecure about Melbourne's re-emergence in 2008. Must have been too many Queensbirthday floggings

 

[Optimax]

Daicos for magicl ability an dthe fact that he reivented himself as a HFF FP after he busted his knees, would of ben an awesome midfielder given the chance

 

[Flowerpower]

Daicos for magicl ability an dthe fact that he reivented himself as a HFF FP after he busted his knees, would of ben an awesome midfielder given the chance

Flowerpower loves Robbie!

Have a look at the Big V stats for the Flower - big game player but never had the opportunities at Melbourne!!!!!!

Daicos hugely overrated. And his legs were half the size of a normal man! And he is very ugly as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Brad Goodman]

Flower...lock thread.

PS - whats with all the Melb and Coll comparisons. Are Collingwood fans becoming insecure about Melbourne's re-emergence in 2008. Must have been too many Queensbirthday floggings

Not sure what the other bloke started all the other ones for...this one though I think would be quite interesting?

 

[Robbie]

Pretty different players in very different teams, but Flower.

 

[Beckers]

Different types of players! Like comparing Gary Ablett Snr to Robert Harvey

 

[LIONOFZION]

Champion players both:
Kicking - Daicos
Handball - Flower
Marking - Flower
1%s - Flower
Courage - Flower
Freakish Ability - Daicos

 

[Demonheart]

How many times did Daicos play for his state?

 

[Brad Goodman]

How many times did Daicos play for his state?

5 (for 12 goals) according to Wikipedia.

Flower retired when I was 4. I'm just trying to get a handle on just how good the greats are.

 

[Demonheart]

5 (for 12 goals) according to Wikipedia.

Flower retired when I was 4. I'm just trying to get a handle on just how good the greats are.

Flower was a champion player in a crap team. If he had of played for the hawks during that era then he would now be considered one of the best players of all time and people would eb comparing him to Ablett and Matthews.

 

[didak04]

Flower...lock thread.

PS - whats with all the Melb and Coll comparisons. Are Collingwood fans becoming insecure about Melbourne's re-emergence in 2008. Must have been too many Queensbirthday floggings

Lol oh yes simply terrified of the powerhouse that Melbourne are both on and off the field

 

[Brad Goodman]

Flower was a champion player in a crap team. If he had of played for the hawks during that era then he would now be considered one of the best players of all time and people would eb comparing him to Ablett and Matthews.

Fair enough.

It's the players of the 70's and 80's that interest me as while they were only just before my time its probably the era from which you don't hear much about how good the players were.

Garry Wilson was another - the night Collingwood made the grand final in 2002 I spent a drunk half hour asking an older supporter about him. Random.

 

[EB&W Pieman]

Both champions.

Daicos, as I see it, was a once-in-a-lifetime player. 95 goals in a single season from a forward pocket; reinvented how to shoot for goals (for how many years were his dribbled goals described as lucky 'bounces', incredible body strength - there has been no one like him in my time (about half a century) as a football supporter.

There are a couple of Robbie Flowers playing in the AFL at any one time. eg Judd, McLeod and Cousins right now.

So scarcity wins the day. Dakes is the winner

 

[Mervyn Beasley]

Apples are very good for you and so are Oranges but both in different ways.

 

[daics cousin]

Flower had class ,but didn't have the x factor like Daicos
After injuring his legs Daicos did reinvent himself as a very damaging HHF.
Daicos was electrifying ,Flower was very workman like but still an excellent player.The best way to describe flower is that he would glide around the ground.
Daicos on the other hand would excite supporters to the degree that when he got hold of the ball,you knew he would do something special with it,and the fans would go wild when Daicos was near the ball.Thomas from collingwood reminds me aliittle of the x factor Daicos had that Thomas has shown in small glimpses,especially aroung the goals.
Flower= class
Daicos=x factor magic

 

[Demonheart]

Flower had class ,but didn't have the x factor like Daicos
After injuring his legs Daicos did reinvent himself as a very damaging HHF.
Daicos was electrifying ,Flower was very workman like but still an excellent player.The best way to describe flower is that he would glide around the ground.
Daicos on the other hand would excite supporters to the degree that when he got hold of the ball,you knew he would do something special with it,and the fans would go wild when Daicos was near the ball.Thomas from collingwood reminds me aliittle of the x factor Daicos had that Thomas has shown in small glimpses,especially aroung the goals.
Flower= class
Daicos=x factor magic

Flower no X factor?

pfft, stopped reading after that.

 

[torq]

Both champions.

Daicos, as I see it, was a once-in-a-lifetime player. 95 goals in a single season from a forward pocket; reinvented how to shoot for goals (for how many years were his dribbled goals described as lucky 'bounces', incredible body strength - there has been no one like him in my time (about half a century) as a football supporter.

There are a couple of Robbie Flowers playing in the AFL at any one time. eg Judd, McLeod and Cousins right now.

So scarcity wins the day. Dakes is the winner

bollocks

 

[privatopia]

Have a look at the Big V stats for the Flower - big game player but never had the opportunities at Melbourne!!!!!!

Umm .. then HTF would you know?

He was an excellent player, don't get me wrong, but a crap Demons team made Flower look better than he was.

Gotta be Daics, best I've seen at what he did.

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

Flower no X factor?

No one has X-Factor compared to Daicos.

The man defined the term.

 

[Flukey!]

Very different players and I saw a lot of both. For pure class, Flower. If you want a match winner who is going to pull a goal from the 10th row of the stand, Daicos.
Daicos had far more entertainment value.

I hate people suggesting other players for comparisons so slap me, but a Flower v K Grieg would be more realistic perhaps.

 

[sarah.13]

Very different players and I saw a lot of both. For pure class, Flower. If you want a match winner who is going to pull a goal from the 10th row of the stand, Daicos.
Daicos had far more entertainment value.

I hate people suggesting other players for comparisons so slap me, but a Flower v K Grieg would be more realistic perhaps.

Good comparison, both great wingman.Daicos was in a league of his own,an absolute magician the only player currently playing would be S.Johnson to would come close to the X-factor of Daicos.

 

[Demonheart]

No one has X-Factor compared to Daicos.

The man defined the term.

How many times did you see Flower play live?

 

[Vedder]

[/B] Good comparison, both great wingman.Daicos was in a league of his own,an absolute magician the only player currently playing would be S.Johnson to would come close to the X-factor of Daicos.

I know what you are saying but Johnson would not even come to close to the magic that was Daicos.....

Flower was a deadset gun, had electrifying pace and and sublime skills. but as mentioned before there are now and have been many players in this vein..

There will be only be one Daicos, in my time of watching football there is no one comparable to the marvel....

 

[serbkoolie]

Flower. Different players though.