The Master

[London Dave]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/may/20/the-joy-of-six-peter-daicos?

[3rd degree]

love it

[September Zeros]

Thanks London.

Right foot, left foot, tongue out, any angle.

Was before his time. And even now when the dribbled goal from the boundary is more common place, his highlights are still a standout.

He didn't master the art of the oval ball he invented the art itself.

Thanks for the memories daics

[Woods Of Ypres]

fantastic article , one of the best I have read on The Macedonian Marvel

[jackcass]

Great read, can't wait to see his kids representing the mighty Pies.

[Lazza]

[Holbrook Bloke]

I had the pleasure of picking up and dropping off Daics at his hotel for our function this year. On the way to the club, we talked about footy in general but on the way back I said my favourite moment was in the 1981 prelim against Geelong.

I see in the column this thread refers to the editor was after footage of this same passage of play as Daic nominated it as his fav goal of all time. Oddly, I can't remember the goal. As I said to Daics, it was more the mark, the handball over the head of Nankervis and Daics running around him, looking over his shoulder, bouncing, before straigtening up to kick the goal. It was sublime. One of so many memories of a Collingwood legend.

[Collingwood 4 eternity]

Love it

A once in a generation player

[Doc63]

What a great article, and such wonderful memories.

I consider it a privilege to have seen his first game, his last game, and most of the ones in between.

If I live to be 100, he will still be my favorite ever player.

[Funkadelic]

Onya London Dave great read, not too many players have invented new skills for the game, my old man believes the two guys who have done this are Polly Farmer with the handball and Daicos with his goal kicking. A true innovator, should be made a legend just for that. Does anyone else have a player in mind that changed the game like Daicos?

[uncanny]

Great article.
My son's initials are VJDS
You know what the D stands for
His unmatched skills are complemented by his humble and friendly approach to people.
Pure gold is the great Peter Daicos.

[stui magpie]

Great article, thanks LD.

The more things change the more it's right to go back and show who pioneered some of the modern play.

[London Dave]

I've always felt he never got the recognition he deserved from the general public and the media, probably because of who he played for. I never saw a lot of Bucks live, and was a bit young for JG, so for me, and I guess a lot of my 'generation', he was numero uno.

Glad you folks enjoyed the article.

[WhyPhilWhy?]

I'd never noticed the look of despair on Daniher's face before after the goal that sparked the team in the 1990 Grand Final.

[Mugwump]

It says it all that I omly had to look at the title of the thread to know what it was about. It is no disrepect to Nathan Buckley to say that Daics was the greatest Collingwood player of my lifetime.