Dayne Beams - the silent assassin?

[Dave The Man]

[rand corp]

Have always liked him as a player and think he is now one of the elite players in the competition

[MJ23]

I know pure stats are not everything, but on those numbers wow.

Voss made a great observation on him.
Most Mids get a "one two" handball out the back of a contest. That is they might get a clearance or pick the ball up in traffic and shoot a quick handball out then run to space and receive it back.They are the creative types that the team wants the ball in their hands so they pick up the additional stat. Swanny does it at times so does Pendles. Jud, Murphy do it and Ablett is an absolute master at it.

Beams though wins the footy and clears it to a team mates advantage. OR he wins the footy just on the outside and takes off on his "arc" that he runs at times and kicks the ball long or to a target.

When Beams gets 30+ touches in a game they are legitimate touches and are most often damaging.

With Swan and Pendles he absolutely fly's under the radar. Footy followers know he is good however I don't think until this article it has been pointed out exactly how good he is


Just as an aside, you hear these things about Beams whether it be in this Forum, the press or from the club and you get the profile of a young man with fantastic work ethic, loyalty and character.
Now I loved Daisy before he left however even at his best and most popular I cant recall anything said or written about Daisy and these character traits.
When it comes to deciding on who gets $700 k or even $400 k if that was offered for me from the clubs point of view the decisions become relatively easy !

[uncanny]

Good to read about Beamer's background thanks Qldmagpie67.

I got the impression when the pies drafted him that other clubs were scared off by the tatts and unconventional football pedigree, being from Qld.
Another feather in the cap for our recruiting team that they looked beyond this to see a footballer with a great game sense and capacity to continue to improve. Beamer has future captain written all over him. Just gets the job done with a minimum of fuss and continues to lead by example.

[3.14159]

Beams, the silent assassin?

I've never sat next to him so I wouldn't know.

[thebaldfacts]

[qldmagpie67]

[stui magpie]

Nice stuff mate.

just for those playing at home, yarrawonnga is in the Ovens and Murray league which is a very strong league. they've won a couple of premierships with Fevola in the last couple of years but for a small town to compete in that league for a long time is a big effort.

I grew up in Tocumwal. Went to the drive in at Yarra a couple of times. A mate of mine played for wang rovers for a year and came up against a bloke on the wing who had left the VFL club Hawthorn the year before. I remember him telling me how this bloke called Garry Ablett could play the game.

There's been lots of blokes up in the Ovens and Murray and the Murray League who were more than capable of having an impact at VFL level, but back in the day the financial incentive was no where near what it is today. If beamsies old man did well in that league, he could play.

[TheJonesBoy]

Still genuinly believe if he had been fit and firing at the back end of 2011 we win the flag.
Wasnt to be, but moving forward, in our Top 3 most important players for mine with Cloke and Reid.
Just know when he's "on", not only does he rack up touches, but hits opposition sides where it hurts. Scoreboard.

[AN_Inkling]

Not a bad article. Getting worried about how many positive Collingwood articles we've seen in the last couple of weeks . It's a very simplistic analysis though and comes in a season where, so far, Beams has not hit top form. Starting to kick more goals now, but I'd think his disposals have generally been down and disposal efficiency ordinary in some games.

[Neil Appleby]

[AN_Inkling]

I think the most I've given him in a game this year is a 4. Not saying he's had a bad season, just not in top form yet. Getting closer though.