Collingwood Father Son and NGA Radar

Presti35 · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:21 am

Both will be Collingwood players in a few weeks.

Lots to look forward to.

dalyc · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

I meant in regards to drafting.

Pebbles Rocks · Joined: 28 Sep 2008 Location: Collingwood

We will take both of them. Take it to the bank

themonk · Joined: 02 Mar 2004

mattys123 · Joined: 06 Jul 2009 Location: Narre Warren, VIC

We nominated both of them officially today.

MagpieBat · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 2:18 pm

Member 7167 · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:49 pm

Looks like we are trying secure both of them which is good news.

From the Collingwood web site

http://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/2016-10-31/pies-nominate-fatherson-duo

Quote:
Collingwood has formally nominated Callum Brown and Josh Daicos as potential father-son recruits during November's National Draft.

Both teenage pair will now need to wait until draft night before learning whether or not they will become Magpies in 2017, with the league's bidding system to be activated, allowing other clubs the chance to bid for Brown or Daicos' services during the meeting.

The National Draft will be held on the evening of Friday 25 November at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion.

Both Brown and Daicos represented Vic Metro in the National Under 18 Championships earlier this year.

Their fathers, Gavin and Peter, are members of the club's 1990 premiership side and its Team of the Century.

35forever · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:51 pm

Great news that we've nominated both, but how much more likely does that make it that we'll get them? I'm thinking particularly of Daics. We MUST get this kid. I know Brown looks like a real gun, but Daicos could be a game changer either way.
Anyone old enough to remember how average Gaz was when he started? There was even doubt about whether he'd play, and Nathan actually looked the better for a while. Then Gaz turned a corner and bang! One of the greats! It's not guaranteed of course, but if he succeeds like I think he will with his name it could be the start of a new Collingwood, it's that big!

The flip side could be a Daicos starring for Carlton, Essendon, or (I can't even type it... blue & White hoops, you know).
That would be a morale destroyer. Anyone got 30 years to wait?

And then there's Nick! How often is a younger brother even better!? But Collingwood don't like having brothers in the side for some idiot reason, and they don't like change.

Stupid spellcheck. don't like 'Gaz'

burnsy17 · Joined: 10 Aug 2003

ronrat · Joined: 22 May 2006 Location: Thailand

35forever · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 4:06 pm

Piethagoras' Theorem · the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk Joined: 29 May 2006

Be nice if they were half as talented as their old men.

One thing the old men didn't have to deal with was the burden of expectation, before even pulling a jumper on!

Clearly supporters are already getting ahead of themselves.

Who'd wanna be a son of a gun? Good luck!

Presti35 · Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:13 am

piedys · Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2016 3:11 pm

35forever · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 2:26 pm

Christ Ronrat! That was my point!
We have had probably better luck with brothers than anyone - in the old days!
The Coventrys, Shaws, Roses, Richardsons were so great for us, but since the '90s they won't cop it! If we get someone's brother, the original gets dumped!
Jason & Cam Cloke for e.g. it happens often enough to seem like policy. So why? What's the problem? What are they basing it on? There's been lots of chances to get talented brothers/cousins etc but no go. Anyone know why? A theory even?
Coz I don't wanna see a situation where theres 2 brilliant Daicos kids and we lose 1 to Richmond! Daicos need to be a Collingwood name, always! Like Coventry, Shaw, Rose, (yes, I know theres been players at other clubs), but great families are a huge part of the tradition of our game, of a team of guys from an area. I know it doesn�t happen anymore, but it�s a link, and it's pretty ingenuous to cite "tradition" as the reason why Josh can't have 35, and 42 can't take it's place as a living part of the Collingwood story, an ongoing part of our culture & an extra inspiration for that one kid each year to feel instantly part of something bigger. The game is changing, Americanising, way too quickly and most of it is simply about money, ratings & Ads, is that all our game is to you? It is to the pricks in suits at the clubs & the AFL. The bigger the game, the higher the numbers talked about, the more those pricks get paid. What we end up with is the nauseating spectacle of American sport with marching bands & fireworks and sheer bloody superficiality. I hate the way the games administrators seem to care about nothing except revenue, creating fake rivalries simply to falsify "blockbusters", to artificially boost crowds.
More than this I despise the way the AFL, especially under Pigboy Demetriou, has used Collingwoods money, membership & drawing power to help the rest of the AFL and gives us less than nothing in return. Every time a rule or circumstance of the game seems to benefit us they change that rule instantly. Interchange caps, Father/Son rules, If we start winning games by using the drop-kick (still legal) how long do you think it would take them to ban it?
This year they've named 20+ "blockbusters", none of which feature Collingwood. The whole concept is a result of huge crowds at our Carlton/Essendon games, now every close game engenders a rivalry! Gold Coast v West Coast? Are you kidding?
So who's fighting for us? Eddie is too busy with girls football & squiring whichever Celebrity is in town. Makes me nauseous!