Peter Daicos, Would He Still Be a Great Player Today?

[fabulousphil]

Whilst perusing the footy alamac today ,http://footyalmanac.com.au/ i read a story about Peter Daicos, and his greatest goals. I must admit that i was a great fan of his, but considering the pace of the game has really picked up, and flooding etc, i was after some comments wondering whether he would still be great player today, he was certainly beautifully balanced, very low centre of gravity with short legs, but not overly quick.

Here is a youtube combo of some of his goals.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUwKKL51bEc&feature=related

 

[jonbe54]

Whilst perusing the footy alamac today ,http://footyalmanac.com.au/ i read a story about Peter Daicos, and his greatest goals. I must admit that i was a great fan of his, but considering the pace of the game has really picked up, and flooding etc, i was after some comments wondering whether he would still be great player today, he was certainly beautifully balanced, very low centre of gravity with short legs, but not overly quick.

Here is a youtube combo of some of his goals.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUwKKL51bEc&feature=related

Speed is an important attribute but vastly over rated these days, look at Pendlebury for instance, nobody could call him a speed machine but his natural football smarts and innate ability to place the ball to advantage puts him above the average midfielder. Every team needs pace but not every player. If you have enough skill - and Daicos certainly did - you will make it in any era.

 

[SIDE BY SIDE]

Was a great on baller at the start of his career before he did his knee and also had a foot problem. With his skills and the way the sides flood or press his skill to dance around his opponent would make him even better.

 

[Lensen]

He might be a yard or two behind the out and out guns of the comp these days, but in fairness he is almost 50

 

[Stifler's mom]

He might be a yard or two behind the out and out guns of the comp these days, but in fairness he is almost 50

Damn you Lenny, I was going to go with that line.

 

[Plogs]

Speed comes & goes, skills last forever.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUwKKL51bEc

 

[jonbe54]

Speed comes & goes, skills last forever.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUwKKL51bEc

Total agreement, a player who is reliant on his speed is finished as a line breaker much earlier than one reliant on skills.

 

[stui magpie]

A lot of past champions would not make it in todays football , mostly KPP's because they would lack the height to play the role they did back then.

Daics would be at least as good now as he was then. He invented the art of dribbling the ball toward goal and was an absolute magician. Shit, I reckon he could average a goal a game playing as a forward pocket now at nearly 50, what he could do in his prime would have the kiddies of today in raptures.

 

[handy point]

The ball moves quicker when kicked than carried.

Daicos would be a gun today, IMO.

 

[jonbe54]

A lot of past champions would not make it in todays football , mostly KPP's because they would lack the height to play the role they did back then.

Daics would be at least as good now as he was then. He invented the art of dribbling the ball toward goal and was an absolute magician. Shit, I reckon he could average a goal a game playing as a forward pocket now at nearly 50, what he could do in his prime would have the kiddies of today in raptures.

Not only KPP's - ruckmen prior to Len Thompson, the prototype for today's super mobile followers would simply be dinosaurs in today's football.

 

[g-man]

Daicos would be just as big a star now as he was back in his prime. The best player I've ever seen at Collingwood, rate him even better than Bucks and I was a huge Buckley fan. Daicos seems to be a bit of a forgotten champion when they talk about the great players of the past, especially the 80s and late 90s.

 

[stui magpie]

Not only KPP's - ruckmen prior to Len Thompson, the prototype for today's super mobile followers would simply be dinosaurs in today's football.

Yup. Carlton's Big Nick was 188cm, built like a brick outhouse and couldn't run out of site in the fog at night. Would be lucky to get a game in the forward pocket in the NFL second division today.

 

[Damon_3388]

Wouldn't he just be like Didak, but much, much better?

 

[Daicos_35]

Wouldn't he just be like Didak, but much, much better?

Exactly, as good as Didak is, and I love the guy, I've always thought of him as a poor man's Daicos

 

[jonbe54]

Exactly, as good as Didak is, and I love the guy, I've always thought of him as a poor man's Daicos

Dids is a sensationally talented footballer but is still number 3 of my all time great pies players that I have personally watched live.

1. The great man Daics, simply incomparable.
2. Greening, could do it all - and then some.
3. Dids, super talented but a little - outside

 

[lihei]

Yes. Close thread.

 

[jonbe54]

Lots of younger people only ever saw Daics as a goalkicking wizard on the forward line. I was privileged to watch him in the guts, mesmerizing opponents with utter contempt and creating strings of opportunities for his mates downfield. Such a shame he ended up with stress fractures of the metacarpals in his feet which restricted the ground he could cover in a game.

 

[fabulousphil]

Speed is an important attribute but vastly over rated these days, look at Pendlebury for instance, nobody could call him a speed machine but his natural football smarts and innate ability to place the ball to advantage puts him above the average midfielder. Every team needs pace but not every player. If you have enough skill - and Daicos certainly did - you will make it in any era.

That would be my take on it as well.

 

[Vampire013]

Most skillful player I have seen.
Easily my favourite player ever.
Used to go to games just to see Daics play.
Would walk into any team in AFL in today's game.
His evasive skills were second to none.
Would probably be even better now than in the time he played.

 

[rocket1]

I loved how he would paddle the ball closer to the boundry line to make the angle easier for him...

 

[GreekLunatic]

I remember when daics was a champion centreman. If he didnt have that many serious injuries i reckon we would be talking up daics as one of the best midfielders of all time.

 

[jonbe54]

I remember when daics was a champion centreman. If he didnt have that many serious injuries i reckon we would be talking up daics as one of the best midfielders of all time.

Agreed - it was the stress fractures of the metacarpals that got him in the end - you simply can't do the K's necessary for a midfielders with that. However he was good enough to reinvent himself as one of the most famous goal kicking wizards of all time.

respect

 

[Dundalis]

Dids is a sensationally talented footballer but is still number 3 of my all time great pies players that I have personally watched live.

1. The great man Daics, simply incomparable.
2. Greening, could do it all - and then some.
3. Dids, super talented but a little - outside

You never saw Buckley play?

 

[jimmy35]

He might be a yard or two behind the out and out guns of the comp these days, but in fairness he is almost 50

Daicos would be a champ in this era.