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Considering Hodge's apparently awesome kick, you'd expect a better than 54% accuracy in front of goal. Didak sits on 66% incidentally.
Did you just make that up? Seriously, I don't think you've seen much of Didak. He gets most of his possessions around 50 and beyond. The most dissapointing thing about Didak in 2003 and in Collingwood's forward play in general was the lack of the crumbing and behind the pack goals. Given the competitiveness of Collingwood's tall forwards in the air this is one of my main criticsisms of Daniher. Didak is clever around goals because he kicks set shots very straight from tight angles and kicks 55m left footers from angles by wheeling around into the space created by his quick movement up the ground. He isn't a crumbing forward nearly enough as he should be, he is a leading forward and as such has to compete with Tarrant and Rocca. I wish he would bludge off them a bit more and be more like you say he is.
I like the look of Hodge as a player and I'd add him to Collingwood's list any day but he has done little to warrant more than the potential tag. Nor has Didak for that matter.
Jar's I'm nopt saying Didak has done much either. I've said all year he's been dissapointing. In fact I've had this argument with Collingwood fans on the Collingwood board and other sites before. IMO Didak has great potential but 2004 is delivery time. As for what he has actrually done, icing the game when no one else could againt Brisbane in the semi was handy as a recent example of what his skill set produces. He had a quiet night in a pocket, was played off the bench and then came on and was the difference in a match where goals were gold. He had a few other good games but has not yet killed anyone. MM eased him into footy. There are a few theories that MM held him back because he was too confident in himself. He certainly got very limited game time in his first 2 years. Some Collingwood supporters liken him to Daicos which always makes me scream. Daicos was a 30 possession midfielder or a 6 goal flanker on a good day at his age. Didak is nowhere near that and will never be in Daicos' league but who is? He will be a good footballer. So will Hodge. I reckon Hodge will be more steady and Didak will be more brilliant or more a game breaker.
