Bobby DIGital said:
Explain how Mundine is more of a 5/8 than Daley. Mundine didn't have a long kicking game at all. Daley was not average at passing or kicking. He was miles ahead of Mundine in those areas anyway. He just wasn't as good as Ricky Stuart at both of these aspects of the game. So people didn't notice as much.
106-15 LOL.
Daley was better than Lyons & Lamb too btw.
Long kicking has nothing to do with it. I'm talking about attacking kicks such as grubbers and chips.
The traditional role of a 5/8 is someone who will run to the line and then either pass, kick or on occasion , run through it. Daley was such a strong runner, like Fittler and later Barrett, that he hardly ever kicked or passed near the defensive line (ala Walters, Lyons and Lamb). If he went to the line he was most likely going to try and beat his man - which he was very good at doing. This is why I said he was like a center (which is where he played before shifting to 5/8). So Mundine played more like a traditional 5/8 but Daley was a more effective player.
PS I don't think you can compare Daley to Lamb and Lyons unless you choose to be a one-eyed supporter who hates Manly or Canterbury. I hated them too but I can't ignore their incredible contribution in terms of talent and skill. They were, I hate to say, geniuses of their day.