The season Nick Daicos is having as a 20-year-old has arguably never been seen before in the AFL.
In just his second year in the competition, Daicos is putting up numbers that see him sit atop of the coaches votes after eight rounds and claim outright favouritism in the Brownlow Medal.
Given the hype, a lot of the narrative surrounding Collingwood has been around the form of Daicos, but SEN’s Cam Luke believes his fellow midfield counterpart, Jordan De Goey, has had a more influential start to the year.
“I think Jordan De Goey has had a more influential start to the year than Nick Daicos,” Luke told SENTrack.
“I don’t want to diminish Nick Daicos and I think Collingwood have three of the best 15 players in the game in De Goey, Daicos and Darcy Moore.
“De Goey’s start to the year has been incredible, neither (Daicos or De Goey) will get votes on the weekend against Sydney so there’s that and Daicos won’t get votes last week against Adelaide.
“I’m also mindful that umpires get a little caught up in the narrative at different times so he will get some votes that other people might not necessarily give him.
“But De Goey’s ability to stand up in the biggest games of which Collingwood play in a lot of dating back to the 2018 finals, makes me never doubt him in any match up.”
De Goey is averaging 23 disposals, eight score involvements, 6.4 clearances and 3.4 centre clearances this year.
Nick Daicos and Jack Crisp claimed the most Brownlow votes for the Pies last year with 11 whilst De Goey was their next best with 10.