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How are we treading water? We regularly listing the youngest or second youngest team?
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How are we treading water? We regularly listing the youngest or second youngest team?
been playing very well, exceeding expectations even.
still does some soft things like poor chasing, poor tackling or not getting proper body on that shit me.
he's still been in our top 15 players in every game and is nowhere close to being dropped.
still does some soft things like poor chasing, poor tackling or not getting proper body on that shit me.
he's still been in our top 15 players in every game and is nowhere close to being dropped.
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It worked for Jarrad !
People who wrote him off should put their hand up. He has been great this season and such a good mentor and leader. He spoke really well on the Footy Show on how he wants to be a leader for the club and help lead the next batch of young Blues through. I just wish he was a couple of years younger. Will finish top 10 in the best and fairest at this stage. His last 4 games have been great
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I'm a bit of a Daisy fan. Really admired him at Collingwood (and it takes a lot fer me to give credit to anything from the black & white bastids). While most probably marvelled at the goals, marks, running bounces etc, he really impressed me with his work rate. His relentless running from pocket to pocket. For me he became the prototype modern winger.
Fair to say the Blues didn't get what they paid for but I doubt it's been from lack of effort on his part. So I've been really pleased to see him finally get some reliability out of his body and start to repay a bit of the faith. Hope he has a great season (although not this week) and if this year is it for him, he gets to walk off on his own terms, head held high
Besides, how can you not like a bloke who got Black Caviar tattooed on his arse !
Fair to say the Blues didn't get what they paid for but I doubt it's been from lack of effort on his part. So I've been really pleased to see him finally get some reliability out of his body and start to repay a bit of the faith. Hope he has a great season (although not this week) and if this year is it for him, he gets to walk off on his own terms, head held high
Besides, how can you not like a bloke who got Black Caviar tattooed on his arse !
If any given picture says a thousand words then this one says the Encyclopedia Britannica.
The picture alone earns him another year contract!
Has been good....if he keeps it up he will get another year and almost repay the club back with 2-3 decent years of service from 5-6 years he’s been with us
Don't think he will be. I hope he can be used as a second-string midfielder/half forward next year. Start on the bench.
Has some tricks. Can't defend for peanuts though.
Defence is definitely not his go. Unfortunately our injury list has forced Bolts to play him in defence & we are not getting the full benefit of his consistent good form.
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Thought I'd bump this thread because Daisy was again named in our best players this week and I think he has definitely earned himself another 1 year contract.
For what it is worth;
For what it is worth;
- He just turned 31 y.o and is playing his best footy for us
- He has played 18 out of 20 games so far this year
- He has played 54 over the last 3 years; so is not injury plagued like some would have us believe
- He has been asked to play numerous positions this year, including the unfamiliar back line, and has acquitted himself well
- He is averaging over 22 possessions a game this year
- He is averaging 7 marks and two tackles per game this year
- He has been named in our best numerous times this year
- He will most likely finish top 5 in our B & F
- He is still AFL quality.
Well worth another contract at reasonable money for both he and the club
I’m happy for him to have another year
I think we can find a few others that offer less than Dale.
Still has the odd brain fades but still capable and has experience to pass onto the youth
Question is....where does he play next year because we have at least 2-3 players coming back into defence
I think we can find a few others that offer less than Dale.
Still has the odd brain fades but still capable and has experience to pass onto the youth
Question is....where does he play next year because we have at least 2-3 players coming back into defence
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Very much deserving of a new contract. Has been a bloody good player for us.
If you look at our wins this year he was probably the most enthusiastic player singing the song.
Definitely loves the club.
If you look at our wins this year he was probably the most enthusiastic player singing the song.
Definitely loves the club.
Nah, he ruins the average age stat for us and therefore is everything wrong with the club right now. Sakc.
Too right Shan my man.
That average age stat is so important I mean, how is Kingy supposed to back our rebuild one week and then say it's all falling apart the next.???
Where would Caro go for a superficial headline????
Very happy with his season, playing some good footy in the back pocket and shutting his opponent down and also getting the footy. Can't ask for much more.
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I just don't notice him anymore.
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Could he be suited to a wing?
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I hope he goes around again
He's such a great influence on the youngsters
He's such a great influence on the youngsters
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Yeah Thomas has been very good for us this year and with Bolts and SOS saying they would like to delist less than in the last few years and start to stabilise the list a bit. I can see Thomas, Simpson and even Rowe offered one year contracts.
I did on weekend. Someone passes ball to him in middle. A few Freo players surge towards him, awareness would make me think a player with his experience knows he needs to quickly dispose of ball. He tries to hang on to ball rather than move it on, cops it up to Freo and they get a goal. Was so pissed. I hate dumb momentum swings like that. Minutes later he dobs a goal on his left on one step basically. Carries on like a clown but I am thinking, seriously Dale, all you have done is made up for total **** up moments earlier that a player of your experience should have not coughed ball up so easily.
I hope his positives during the week are worth keeping him on. I struggle to see it for match day too much. Personally I am happy for him to stay on and maybe captain the VFL team. Do not think he is worthy of a spot in our team from week to week if we progress forward as much as I hope and expect next year when players on injury list are back. Does too many dumb things at senior level now.
Been pretty much the opposite for mine - those "WTF Daisy?!" moments have been fewer and less regular this year than previously. Seems to me like he's been doing his job and generally done it well. While he's doing that, there's no reason to push him out the door just yet.
I think there's a real danger for the mindset of Carlton fans that when this turd season is done with and we get a shot of adrenaline after trade and draft periods, that we'll expect the team to come on in leaps and bounds just by virtue of another few months of time having passed. We're still in the infancy of our climb up to the top again. We've only just finished assembling the framework of our future success. There's a lot of work left to be done and players like Thomas need to be kept around to see that work through while they are still producing the goods.
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