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Now come the Power and Drew. The Magpies won each of their contests last season, although Drew was praised for helping to curb Daicos in round 19, when the playmaker was held to 25 touches, having averaged 33 to that point of the season. Drew had 16 possessions, and a career-high 16 tackles that night in Adelaide.

Daicos is often the focus of tagger speculation, and understands what’s needed to shed the shadow.

“I think just being flexible. It might not be my day, but helping the team, and sort of helping to break their (opponent’s) system. I think if we can make it two versus one around the ground, and manipulate that tag, (that’s) where it works best. As I said, I can play a number of roles, so as long as we get the win at the end of the day, I’ll be happy,” he said.

Veteran star Scott Pendlebury (fractured rib) faces a fight to prove his fitness, while Daicos said Nathan Murphy (concussion protocols) continues to work towards a return via the VFL.

“I think he is progressing well. It’s obviously a slow process, a bit of a frustrating one for Murph, so we are just getting right behind him,” Daicos said.

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