Josh Daicos has his “fingers crossed” brother Nick will be capable of take the sector in subsequent week’s preliminary ultimate after a troublesome interval coaching alone.
The Brownlow Medal contender was once more put by way of a solo operating session on Wednesday as he pushes by way of his restoration from a hairline fracture in his knee.
The isolation on the observe had been “tough” for the star however he wasn’t tiring of the additional periods as he approaches a return, Josh Daicos mentioned.
“He’s actually not (sick of it), he’s pumped to be back running after a few weeks of not having it – I think he really took for granted just how good it is to be healthy and to be a part of the group,” Daicos advised reporters on Thursday.
“He’s done everything possible to put himself in the position to play, so fingers crossed he’s playing next week.
“It’s definitely been tough for him, he loves being part of the group … but I think the Melbourne weather’s turned it on for him a little bit and made it a little bit easier for him to get out there early and running … and he’s running really strongly at the moment.”
Daicos mentioned his fellow All-Australians Nick and captain Darcy Moore, who at present has his hand in a forged to handle a wrist tendon challenge, would profit from the sooner Friday evening preliminary ultimate ought to the Magpies advance to the decider.
“Darcy is going really well, it’s an injury he has been managing for a while now and obviously hasn’t affected his play with the way he’s been performing,” he mentioned.
“The extra day obviously would all help us recover from the preliminary final.”
He mentioned Collingwood gamers would watch the semi-finals carefully this week, with a bunch to attend Friday evening’s Demons-Blues conflict on the MCG earlier than testing subsequent week’s opponents in both Port Adelaide or GWS on TV.
“It’s been a great week, obviously we spent the first couple of days really enjoying that win against Melbourne,” Daicos mentioned.
“It gave us the chance to have a week off, reset … we’ll watch some football this weekend, see who we’re playing and get ready for what will be a really big prelim game.
“We’ll be going as spectators just purely to enjoy it. We might pick up a couple of things but it will be a really cool night.”
Daicos mentioned he was not involved after recording his lowest possession rely of the season within the qualifying ultimate, managing solely 14 disposals and one sort out on the wing.
“It was so much fun, I might not have had the impact individually but as a team we were awesome,” he mentioned.
He mentioned teammates welcomed the tribunal’s determination to clear Brayden Maynard after the first-quarter collision that left Angus Brayshaw unconscious for 2 minutes.
“We know that Brayden’s a really fair player, and we were quite happy with the decision knowing that his intentions were always pure,” Daicos mentioned.
“It was tough … our thoughts are with Angus, and we hope he has a really speedy recovery.”
Source: www.news.com.au
