Nick Davis Academy of Kicking

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  • ROK Lobster
    RWO Life Member
    • Aug 2004
    • 8658

    #16
    Originally posted by stellation
    I disagree; someone has to get the ball to him, but he has to execute.

    Judd and Ablett are an interesting comparison in this instance, I assume you are saying that because they are midfielders that can win the ball? Keep in mind that 3 of the 4 came from stoppages- of those 3 I think you could say 2 the stoppage would be credited to Davo, and the other 1 was very similar to Judd breaking from a pack after getting a quick handball?
    I blame you for his demise. You are the one that kept saying play him as a midfielder. You raised the bar too high. You wanted him to be like Didak. He was just there to kick goals and to be a favourite. I will never forgive you Stella.

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    • royboy42
      Senior Player
      • Apr 2006
      • 2078

      #17
      Bar ruckmen whacking it straight through from a hit out, it'd tough to score unless someone has delivered the ball . As far as I am concerned Nick Davis got us to a Grandy which we won. Keep your petty KFC crap to yourselves.

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      • stellation
        scott names the planets
        • Sep 2003
        • 9723

        #18
        Originally posted by ROK Lobster
        I blame you for his demise. You are the one that kept saying play him as a midfielder. You raised the bar too high. You wanted him to be like Didak. He was just there to kick goals and to be a favourite. I will never forgive you Stella.
        Bah! I just wanted him to play off half forward, but if he was going to play deep forward I wanted him to have longer midfield rotations. I just wanted someone kicking the ball long and straight into the forward line, instead of Kirky's 20 metre floaters.

        I'll never forgive you for not getting to that reserves match and stopping that butcher, baker or candlestick maker buggering up his knee.
        I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
        We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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        • ROK Lobster
          RWO Life Member
          • Aug 2004
          • 8658

          #19
          If you had taught him how to fight, like you always said you would, he would not have got tossed around by the butcher/baker/candlestick maker.

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          • Primmy
            Proud Tragic Swan
            • Apr 2008
            • 5970

            #20
            So I take it none of NARFS can answer my somewhat simple question?
            If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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            • Legs Akimbo
              Grand Poobah
              • Apr 2005
              • 2809

              #21
              Originally posted by royboy42
              Bar ruckmen whacking it straight through from a hit out, it'd tough to score unless someone has delivered the ball . As far as I am concerned Nick Davis got us to a Grandy which we won. Keep your petty KFC crap to yourselves.
              I liked Nick Davis. He could play and he was his own man. Didn't fit into the system in the end, but so what. How is the irony of certain people on this thread saying he had no sense of humour. Swish.
              He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.

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              • Jewels
                On the Rookie List
                • Oct 2006
                • 3258

                #22
                Originally posted by stellation
                I disagree; someone has to get the ball to him, but he has to execute.

                Judd and Ablett are an interesting comparison in this instance, I assume you are saying that because they are midfielders that can win the ball? Keep in mind that 3 of the 4 came from stoppages- of those 3 I think you could say 2 the stoppage would be credited to Davo, and the other 1 was very similar to Judd breaking from a pack after getting a quick handball?
                Spot on Stell! It stuns me that so many on here still don't give Dicky the credit he so rightly deserves for 2005

                Originally posted by DeadlyAkkuret
                Relax girls, it was quite tongue-in-cheek and I think he had just the right ammount of arrogance to be a great player. It's such a shame he didn't seem as driven as guys Kirk or O'Keefe, he would still be winning games for us.
                Hit the nail on the head there Deadly.

                Originally posted by Primmy
                So I take it none of NARFS can answer my somewhat simple question?
                To try and answer your question Primmy, my daughter works in Venue services at the SCG and has a little bit to do with AFLNSW, Roos and the academy. Dickie does work for the academy in some coaching capacity but isn't based at the SCG. She's not 100% sure but thinks he is based at Narrabeen or somewhere around there.

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                • Primmy
                  Proud Tragic Swan
                  • Apr 2008
                  • 5970

                  #23
                  THANK you Jewels, a bit of sense at last. Much appreciated. I seem to remember Narrabeen in the dim (shutup) recesses of my mind as well.
                  If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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                  • stellation
                    scott names the planets
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 9723

                    #24
                    Originally posted by ROK Lobster
                    If you had taught him how to fight, like you always said you would, he would not have got tossed around by the butcher/baker/candlestick maker.
                    I tried my best, but I think there's one thing that we've all learnt about Nick over the years; he's a lover, not a fighter.
                    I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
                    We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time

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                    • Xie Shan
                      Senior Player
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 2929

                      #25
                      I miss Davo threads...

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                      • ROK Lobster
                        RWO Life Member
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 8658

                        #26
                        Originally posted by stellation
                        I tried my best, but I think there's one thing that we've all learnt about Nick over the years; he's a lover, not a fighter.
                        He had no love for Canberra...

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                        • ROK Lobster
                          RWO Life Member
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 8658

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Xie Shan
                          I miss Davo threads...
                          I miss Davo...

                          Does anyone think we could "dream, believe, achieve" him back into the game?

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                          • unconfuseme
                            Regular in the Side
                            • Jan 2009
                            • 681

                            #28
                            I think he is still playing with Balmain this year isn't he? ... can't be far from there back onto the Swan's list ... I suppose that will all depend on his time constraints working as a racehorse strapper

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                            • Posman
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Oct 2010
                              • 21

                              #29
                              Gee double you Ess !! ???

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                              • Xie Shan
                                Senior Player
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 2929

                                #30
                                Originally posted by ROK Lobster
                                I miss Davo...

                                Does anyone think we could "dream, believe, achieve" him back into the game?
                                Maybe Rodney Eade could offer him a contract with the Dogs? It worked for one wayward Sydney forward... he could be the cautionary tale for Veszpremi, this is what happens if you don't work hard enough kind of thing...

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