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Not that I recall. But I do recall the frightened look on his opponent when the ball came near Daicos and he was within range. Their fear was palpable.
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Not that I recall. But I do recall the frightened look on his opponent when the ball came near Daicos and he was within range. Their fear was palpable.
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Basically no, from my memory. Although either Thompson or O'Donnell kept him quiet in 90 GF (except for 2 great goals in Low scoring game).
Daics however was solely responsible for the introduction of adult diapers worn by defenders.
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Really hope Josh has a good crack at it. I have my doubts about him from the limited vision there is, but really hope we can unlock some hidden potential in Josh.
Spoke really well here, especially about Callum Brown.
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Posted this last year. Seems relevant again to our Daicos love.
Excerpt from a superb post on The Footy Almanac...
July 14, 2011 by Damian Balassone
1. 1981 Round 10 vs. Richmond, Victoria Park
After showing promise as a centreman, Tom Hafey swung Daicos forward in 1981. The results were phenomenal: 76 goals, including a bag of 9 against the reigning premiers on this occasion at Victoria Park. In this memorable passage of play, he utterly embarrasses two charging Richmond defenders by presenting them the ball – comically, they take the bait and crash into each other, while Daicos spins around and kicks truly.
2. 1981 1st Semi Final vs. Fitzroy, MCG
Pure poetry in motion, Daicos gathers the ball, evades a tackle, bounces while running in the opposite direction of the goal, perhaps pretending to get back onto his right, before swinging around towards the big sticks onto his left foot and kicking a goal.
3. 1981 1st Semi Final vs. Fitzroy, MCG
Daicos gathers the ball from Rene Kink about 30 metres out and wheels around on to his right foot. He seems to levitate in midair as he drops it on to his right boot, snapping a wonderful across-the-body goal. Later on, with the Pies 10 points down late in the final quarter (after surrendering a 40 point half-time lead) a set shot from Daicos closes the gap to 4 points. A minute later Ross Brewer goals. The Pies win by a point.
4. 1981 Preliminary Final vs. Geelong, VFL Park
Late in the final term Geelong lead by 5 points. Daicos takes a mark on the lead about 65 metres out, marginally in front of Ian Nankervis. What can he do? He handballs the ball over the head of Nankervis, outsprints him to the ball, gathers it back, and, as a desperate Nankervis trips over, Daicos straightens up and kicks the goal that sends the Pies into the Grand Final.
5. 1981 Grand Final vs. Carlton, MCG
A bullet like handball from Tony Shaw is tapped, almost caressed by Daicos’ right hand, with Ken Hunter very close by, before Daicos curls it around on his left foot for a goal.
6. 1982 Round 5 vs. North Melbourne, Arden Street
Daicos booted 6 goals in the third quarter of this game, the first of which was most unusual. With the ball in Collingwood’s forward line, team mate Mark Weideman’s stray handball bounced off the field umpire straight into the hands of the ultimate opportunist Daicos who screwed it around on his left foot for goal. Later on in the season, after the great Tom Hafey is sacked, Daicos is moved back into the centre by caretaker coach Mick Irwin. Daicos wins the Copeland and spends the best part of the 80s as a brilliant centreman, dodging and weaving, belly-dancing through packs, pinpointing teammates with precise passes.
7. 1984 Round 1 vs. Melbourne, Victoria Park
With the Woods 27 points down midway through the final term, Daicos unleashes a 65 metre torp from the boundary in front of the Rush Stand. It splits the sticks and triggers off 7 unanswered goals.
8. 1984 1st Semi Final vs. Carlton, VFL Park
A rare finals win for the Pies against the Blues and on this occasion Daicos booted 7 goals, none better than his first. The ball is bouncing in the forward line – in between a pack of 4 or 5 players – when Daicos gathers it one-handed facing goal, somehow managing to evade Wayne Harmes and Wayne Blackwell. The ball then slips behind his back, and his mouthguard almost pops out, before Daicos steadies, straightens and kicks a left foot goal.
9. 1984 1st Semi Final vs. Carlton, VFL Park
Daicos receives a short pass from Neville Shaw and proceeds to dance in front of his opponent Bruce Reid (father of Ben) before curling the ball around his body for a goal.
10. 1990 Round 2 vs. Carlton, VFL Park
After overcoming a serious knee injury (1985) and severe stress fractures of the feet (1987) Daicos wins a second Copeland Trophy as a centreman in 1988. Leigh Matthews moves him forward again in 1990. This time the move delivers Collingwood a premiership with Daicos booting 97 goals – a record number of goals by a non full-forward (ironically eclipsing Lethal’s record). On this particular occasion Daicos paddles the ball to the boundary line with the long-haired Tom Alvin half a yard behind him. Just before the ball crosses the line, Daicos gathers it and throws it on to his left boot, dribbling it through for his 7th goal of the afternoon.
Excerpt from a superb post on The Footy Almanac...
July 14, 2011 by Damian Balassone
1. 1981 Round 10 vs. Richmond, Victoria Park
After showing promise as a centreman, Tom Hafey swung Daicos forward in 1981. The results were phenomenal: 76 goals, including a bag of 9 against the reigning premiers on this occasion at Victoria Park. In this memorable passage of play, he utterly embarrasses two charging Richmond defenders by presenting them the ball – comically, they take the bait and crash into each other, while Daicos spins around and kicks truly.
2. 1981 1st Semi Final vs. Fitzroy, MCG
Pure poetry in motion, Daicos gathers the ball, evades a tackle, bounces while running in the opposite direction of the goal, perhaps pretending to get back onto his right, before swinging around towards the big sticks onto his left foot and kicking a goal.
3. 1981 1st Semi Final vs. Fitzroy, MCG
Daicos gathers the ball from Rene Kink about 30 metres out and wheels around on to his right foot. He seems to levitate in midair as he drops it on to his right boot, snapping a wonderful across-the-body goal. Later on, with the Pies 10 points down late in the final quarter (after surrendering a 40 point half-time lead) a set shot from Daicos closes the gap to 4 points. A minute later Ross Brewer goals. The Pies win by a point.
4. 1981 Preliminary Final vs. Geelong, VFL Park
Late in the final term Geelong lead by 5 points. Daicos takes a mark on the lead about 65 metres out, marginally in front of Ian Nankervis. What can he do? He handballs the ball over the head of Nankervis, outsprints him to the ball, gathers it back, and, as a desperate Nankervis trips over, Daicos straightens up and kicks the goal that sends the Pies into the Grand Final.
5. 1981 Grand Final vs. Carlton, MCG
A bullet like handball from Tony Shaw is tapped, almost caressed by Daicos’ right hand, with Ken Hunter very close by, before Daicos curls it around on his left foot for a goal.
6. 1982 Round 5 vs. North Melbourne, Arden Street
Daicos booted 6 goals in the third quarter of this game, the first of which was most unusual. With the ball in Collingwood’s forward line, team mate Mark Weideman’s stray handball bounced off the field umpire straight into the hands of the ultimate opportunist Daicos who screwed it around on his left foot for goal. Later on in the season, after the great Tom Hafey is sacked, Daicos is moved back into the centre by caretaker coach Mick Irwin. Daicos wins the Copeland and spends the best part of the 80s as a brilliant centreman, dodging and weaving, belly-dancing through packs, pinpointing teammates with precise passes.
7. 1984 Round 1 vs. Melbourne, Victoria Park
With the Woods 27 points down midway through the final term, Daicos unleashes a 65 metre torp from the boundary in front of the Rush Stand. It splits the sticks and triggers off 7 unanswered goals.
8. 1984 1st Semi Final vs. Carlton, VFL Park
A rare finals win for the Pies against the Blues and on this occasion Daicos booted 7 goals, none better than his first. The ball is bouncing in the forward line – in between a pack of 4 or 5 players – when Daicos gathers it one-handed facing goal, somehow managing to evade Wayne Harmes and Wayne Blackwell. The ball then slips behind his back, and his mouthguard almost pops out, before Daicos steadies, straightens and kicks a left foot goal.
9. 1984 1st Semi Final vs. Carlton, VFL Park
Daicos receives a short pass from Neville Shaw and proceeds to dance in front of his opponent Bruce Reid (father of Ben) before curling the ball around his body for a goal.
10. 1990 Round 2 vs. Carlton, VFL Park
After overcoming a serious knee injury (1985) and severe stress fractures of the feet (1987) Daicos wins a second Copeland Trophy as a centreman in 1988. Leigh Matthews moves him forward again in 1990. This time the move delivers Collingwood a premiership with Daicos booting 97 goals – a record number of goals by a non full-forward (ironically eclipsing Lethal’s record). On this particular occasion Daicos paddles the ball to the boundary line with the long-haired Tom Alvin half a yard behind him. Just before the ball crosses the line, Daicos gathers it and throws it on to his left boot, dribbling it through for his 7th goal of the afternoon.
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Players like Stephen Newport of Melbourne would try to hold his arm but he would simply mark the ball one handed anyway.
Far and away the best Collingwood player of all time. That performance against Carlton in 1984 was probably not even in his best 30 performances but it was brilliant.
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He didn't barrack for Collingwood as a kid. He barracked for Carlton, as did the other Daicos boy
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I only thought 1 was a Blues Supporter because he was Mates with SOS's Kids
John Gastev always felt like he was a good matchup on Daicos until he had 13 kicked on him.
Daicos: The Super Freak
11 May 2002 Herald Sun
By MICHAEL HORAN
PETER Daicos could do no wrong in 1990.
The Collingwood magician kicked 97 goals from a forward pocket and gloried in the Magpies 32-year drought-breaking premiership.
For a man who already had won a Copeland Trophy, represented Victoria and had become a living legend of the game, there seemed little left to achieve, or prove.
But in Round 20 the following year, on a dewy night at the Carrarra home of the then Brisbane Bears on the Gold Coast, Daicos had the biggest day out in his 250-game career.
That was the night the stumpy legged, 175cm champion accepted the job of playing at full-forward and duly flogged four opponents before returning 13.1 to drive the Collingwood to a 101-point victory.
Among his goals were a couple of signature freak snaps, one at the expense of bearded defender John Gastev that by Daicos's own admission was such an unfair result after the efforts of his Brisbane defender, he apologised for kicking the goal.
Another was classic "Macedonian Marvel" stuff, turning the hard running Mark Zanotti inside out, before he finished off in perfect fashion.
"I suppose as a forward, it was a perfect day out. I wouldn't call it my greatest game but statistically, playing at full-forward, it just doesn't get any better than that," Daicos recalled this week.
"But it gets back to supply. I was the focul point in a clear-out forward line and it was great. That game the supply was almost endless and I had the whole forward area to myself to go one-on-one. In a siutation like that, it's a bit of an armchair ride.
"They (teammates) are bringing the ball to you constantly and you have one opponent to beat. If it's coming down all the time, you have to get a lot of it."
Modest words after an exhibition that saw Daicos produce mercurial goals and, in turn, beat four opponents - Gastev, Zanotti, Matt Campbell and Danny Noonan.
Daicos has one indelible memory of that night that made the performance even more remarkable.
"I was as sick as a dog. I remember at halftime I spent the whole time with my head down a toilet vomiting my heart out. I don't know what it was, but I wasn't well at all."
DAICOS had six of the Magpies' 11 goals up to the long interval, but his mid-game malaise didn't prevent him coming out and kicking five more in the third term and two in the last.
It was the first of his third quarter five that is still played on highlight tapes.
Daicos stole possession of the ball beside the right-hand behind post with Gastev all over him like a cheap suit. With no visible space between the goals and Gastev slinging him hard to the ground, Daicos managed to steer a dribbling check-side kick through the middle.
"After I was grabbed I didn't panic. When I was falling back, I knew I could get a boot to the ball and I knew where the goals were. It looked pretty arkward, but it was pretty comfortable actually," Daicos said.
Campbell recalls that goal vividly and he also offered an empathetic word to Gastev.
"I said to Johhny afterwards, 'The bloke is a freak. He shouldn't get them like that'," Campbell said.
On video that goal looks astounding - absolutely no angle to work with, off balance and being slung to the ground, but Daicos always was a player of remarkable balance and honestly didn't rate it as his best goal of the night.
"In that situation I would back myself to get my boot to the ball 10 times out of 10. I'm not saying I'd kick the goal every time, but I know I could get my foot to the ball and give it a chance," he said.
His best was earlier in the game when he completed a rehearsed play on Zanotti.
"He was a straight ahead, hundred miles an hour type of player. I led him to the ball, let it come past and managed to just kill the pace of it on my left side and then turn quickly. He went straight on and I dribbled it through end on end from about 30m," Daicos said.
"There was a lot of pleasure in it because I'd rehearsed that sort of thing, I planned it and it came off."
His legendary coach Leigh Matthews, one of the all-time great players himself and now Brisbane's premiership coach, succintly said of Daicos: "It just a pleasure to watch Daicos, he just gets better and better."
You could be right Dave. I seem to remember hearing him talk at a function where he said his kids supported Carlton but he may have meant only one.
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Regarding his 13.1, iirc the 1 came from a set shot 20mtrs out directly in front lol.
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Josh has always been a Collingwood supporter. It was only Nick who briefly barracked for Carlton afaik.
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My favourite player ever , so I know he may be called stumpy legged but 175 cm is rubbish by Mr Horan
Fair call. This isn't the Peter Daicos thread though I'm sure somebody could start one.
Peter Daicos on SEN (I think) just after the draft confirmed it was Nick and he grew out of it.
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When his brain grew beyond that of a 10 year old he was over qualified to be a Carlton supporter.
O'donnell from Essendon never had his pants pulled down against Daicos. Daicos kicked two great goals in 1990, the first really got us going but that was about as much damage as he ever did on O'Donnell. They would have played on each other at least 6-7 times. Gary Ayres much up well on him as well from memory although I am sure he has kicked a bag or 2 on Ayres.
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Think us Winning the 2010 Flag made Nick see the Light
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13? Or was it 14?
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