I gotta track down the second half before I can comment...I went to see the Dave Matthews Band last night with the missus, she wanted a good spot up front cos we're both on the stumpy side of short, but I made her drink beer with me at the Fox & Lion so I could catch the first half...Dyksey was f**king excellent, I was ecstatic to see him playing at half.
Someone mentioned before about Dykes getting caught with the ball being a problem...I don't think so. This has been a part of his game for awhile, but I see it as a strength of his over Kimmorley. Noddy if he carries the ball on the fourth and looks like getting tackled throws a hospital pass to someone under pressure so he can get back to make the kick. This often shuts down our forward movement and quick play the ball. Dykes on the other hand will only pass to a player in a better position than he, and will take the ball himself on the 4th to get a quick play the ball for a kick by someone else in a decent attacking position with a roll on. Like I said, I didn't watch the game, but if we had a 5/8 with a decent kicking game losing our playmaker on the last wouldn't be an issue.
Hopefully Dykes gets to keep the 7 jersey. From what I saw, he was brilliant. We've needed creativity at half for almost 12 months now since he was last there...it's about time.