Player Watch Nick Daicos

[nahnah]

He has incredibly clean hands under pressure

 

[domus]

ND’s awareness is striking. Watching him live he’s always working, getting to the right spot, offering an option to escape or knowing where the next best placed player is and hitting him up. And this all happens at speed. We know that can’t be taught - it’s innate.

Edit: I’m not sure his teammates are fully utilising him yet. But that will come.

Some of his handballs when under extreme pressure are sublime. He did another in the last quarter to Sidey in the blink of an eye when under severe heat. I think he has surpassed my expectations already and that passion for the jumper is so stirring. He loves playing for Collingwood!

 

[Anzacday]

You mean Motlop?

Yes, fixed it - thanks.

 

[OniAu]

Liking what the club is doing and playing him down back so far. Adds some great learning defensively. Can’t wait to see him released into the midfield. Kid will run riot


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[Chrispiesssss]

Magpies young gun carrying injury

"It's something that I'll probably have to carry throughout the whole year."

www.zerohanger.com

Confirmed that he’s been carrying an ankle injury since round 2.

 

[jonbe54]

ND’s awareness is striking. Watching him live he’s always working, getting to the right spot, offering an option to escape or knowing where the next best placed player is and hitting him up. And this all happens at speed. We know that can’t be taught - it’s innate.

Edit: I’m not sure his teammates are fully utilising him yet. But that will come.

I'm sure his team mates are still getting his positioning and running patterns into their psyche - anyone who has played team games to a decent level understands much of the decision making process is subliminal and almost sub conscious.

Part of this is 'exposure time' - once that hit's critical levels it will start working to his advantage.

 

[JoinDate]

Magpies young gun carrying injury

"It's something that I'll probably have to carry throughout the whole year."

www.zerohanger.com

Confirmed that he’s been carrying an ankle injury since round 2.

Same injury that saw him on the sidelines last year Jen2310 ?

 

[Apex36]

Same injury that saw him on the sidelines last year Jen2310 ?

That was a soft tissue injury iirc.

 

[KillerMagpies]

Not that it particularly matters…
However, at this moment Sam De Koning

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Sam De Koning

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23

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204cm

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97kg

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of Geelong is the Rising Star at the moment (IMO).

 

[jonbe54]

Not that it particularly matters…
However, at this moment Sam De Koning of Geelong is the Rising Star at the moment (IMO).

Yep . . .

It doesn't particularly matter.

 

[VinnieB]

He will destroy Hawthorn this week.

 

[Copeland]

He will destroy Hawthorn this week.

I was thinking he may be rested, but when is our bye?

 

[loki04]

He will destroy Hawthorn this week.

Hope we are not breaking him for wins...suggestions it will need surgery end of the year.

Why risk it on a up coming star for us and in a year that was meant to be about "development", pushing for finals instead...

 

[loki04]

I was thinking he may be rested, but when is our bye?

Apparently it requires surgery. So not sure rest will fix it more so needs to have it done now as to not further create issues.

 

[jmac70]

Hope we are not breaking him for wins...suggestions it will need surgery end of the year.

Why risk it on a up coming star for us and in a year that was meant to be about "development", pushing for finals instead...

Because we exist to win games of footy.

 

[loki04]

Because we exist to win games of footy.

We exist to win flags.

We don't exist to potentially cause further injury to a key player in our next flag tilt at 19 years of age.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

We exist to win flags.

We don't exist to potentially cause further injury to a key player in our next flag tilt at 19 years of age.

I’ll leave it to the medical experts to determine the best approach. Some injuries can be managed until the end of the year without risk of getting worse….where minor surgery is needed to correct the problem. This sounds like the situation.

If rest helps, great, maybe he needs a week off …… but the club doctors know more than you and I.

 

[TradeDraft]

19 Classy Touches in 1st Half so could be in for a Career Game today

 

[jonbe54]

19 Classy Touches in 1st Half so could be in for a Career Game today

Superior vision, superior disposal - maybe call him Amatil - one of the great distributors

 

[stormskye]

I will say it again best hands I have seen since Diesel…………elite.

 

[loki04]

I’ll leave it to the medical experts to determine the best approach. Some injuries can be managed until the end of the year without risk of getting worse….where minor surgery is needed to correct the problem. This sounds like the situation.

If rest helps, great, maybe he needs a week off …… but the club doctors know more than you and I.

Yeah well I'd imagine it puts more strain on other areas of the body hence increasing risks of other injuries.

 

[Timmy from Thomastown]

Yeah well I'd imagine it puts more strain on other areas of the body hence increasing risks of other injuries.

Medical experts don’t “ imagine”.

His major injury risk is leather poisoning

 

[The Royal Sampler]

Gained nearly 800m today. Immense.

 

[Daicosian silk]

He will destroy Hawthorn this week.

Prescient comment VB. Dominated the Hawks today

 

[Harry O]

Some of the things he does are so clean and happen so quickly that I don’t think people realise how good he is