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Re: Paddy
With his concussion history I will be happy gets through the first 6 or so games with no hassles, even if he does not have much impact, and even with a game off. Can hardly be flying with confidence, after his issues. Needs games under his belt and I am confident he will deliver. No more concussions please. Quiet today but still could easily have kicked 3.
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Re: Paddy
The irony of all this is that we panicked and picked Paddy because the thinking was that big key fwds were so rare and valuable after Tom Boyd had signed his 6 year $6mill contract or whatever it was after being poached from GWS. Now Tom Boyd can't even get a game at the Bulldogs......
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Re: Paddy
Gee I'd love Townsend in my team right now
At this stage of his career Paddy is a liability to his team. Sounds harsh, but this is a ruthless caper. Can't afford to carry passengers
Play him against weaker teams only or we risk any chance of making finals. Even then he has to earn his spot. He has to nail his opportunities.
At this stage of his career Paddy is a liability to his team. Sounds harsh, but this is a ruthless caper. Can't afford to carry passengers
Play him against weaker teams only or we risk any chance of making finals. Even then he has to earn his spot. He has to nail his opportunities.
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Re: Paddy
Agree what were they possibly seeing in this unfortunate diabetic suffering, over weight kid to think he would remarkably turn into an AFL footballer? Let alone someone worthy of No 1 draft choice? As I have said he will go down as one of the worst No 1 draft picks in draft history. If he suffers more concussions he wins the prize as the absolute worst.Drake Huggins wrote:Plus one. To quote Lethal Leigh when talking about Jack Watts, " I haven't seen anything in this kid that would warrant taking him as a number one pick." I thought the same the first time I saw Paddy. I couldn't see what the hype about him was, although he did look handy. Go back and look at his U/18 YouTube highlights. Good, but not great. Nothing there that would warrant a number one pick being used on him. To rub it in, Petracca is already performing at a high level and will only get better.SaintPav wrote:Petracca in the forward line with short bursts in the midfield would have been nice.
Thanks Trout
Like many, I was hoping, rather than believing in Paddy. I really hope he proves us doubters wrong. He needs to if we are going to succeed in the medium to long term. Somehow, I don't think it's going to happen and I'm not basing that just on one poor game today. Most of his games have been poor and he's hardly shown a thing up to now, his fourth year. Not athletic, not quick, no endurance and an average kick for goal at best. Four preseasons in and he's still struggling with his running. He should be flying by now.
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Re: Paddy
What gets me is that I saw him training late last year and he looked FIT.
Earlier in the preseason I saw him training and he looked FIT.
Today he looked like he ate all the pies.
Just gotta keep playing him.
Earlier in the preseason I saw him training and he looked FIT.
Today he looked like he ate all the pies.
Just gotta keep playing him.
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Re: Paddy
iwantmeseats wrote:Blind Freddy would have picked Petracca
Going early some!!!!!
'Cause StoneCold Said So'!!!!!
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Re: Paddy
stonecold wrote:iwantmeseats wrote:Blind Freddy would have picked Petracca
Going early some!!!!!
Early?? He's into his 3rd year isn't he? Or is the 4th? Most #1 picks have made an impact by now
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Another loyal servent, gotta love em!!!!!Moods wrote:stonecold wrote:iwantmeseats wrote:Blind Freddy would have picked Petracca
Going early some!!!!!
Early?? He's into his 3rd year isn't he? Or is the 4th? Most #1 picks have made an impact by now
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Re: Paddy
stonecold wrote:Another loyal servent, gotta love em!!!!!Moods wrote:stonecold wrote:iwantmeseats wrote:Blind Freddy would have picked Petracca
Going early some!!!!!
Early?? He's into his 3rd year isn't he? Or is the 4th? Most #1 picks have made an impact by now
Just a disappointed servant. Our young blokes aren't coming through. Great to see Acres play well. Ross got into the game late, Dunstan has been dropped. Sinclair was average.
On a brighter note Billings was very good and created heaps of goals. Just needs to kick straight and he will elevate himself to A grade.
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So Acres and Billings are not young and getting better then?????Moods wrote:stonecold wrote:Another loyal servent, gotta love em!!!!!Moods wrote:stonecold wrote:iwantmeseats wrote:Blind Freddy would have picked Petracca
Going early some!!!!!
Early?? He's into his 3rd year isn't he? Or is the 4th? Most #1 picks have made an impact by now
Just a disappointed servant. Our young blokes aren't coming through. Great to see Acres play well. Ross got into the game late, Dunstan has been dropped. Sinclair was average.
On a brighter note Billings was very good and created heaps of goals. Just needs to kick straight and he will elevate himself to A grade.
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Re: Paddy
Give him 5 games in a row and see how he is tracking.
Jury well and truly out, but you can't judge him on a first round performance in a brand new role.
Jury well and truly out, but you can't judge him on a first round performance in a brand new role.
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I dearly hope Paddy makes it but he's a long, long way off right now. It's going to hurt seeing Petracca start to dominate from this season onward. I know it's a pointless, painful hypothetical but imagine if we had taken Petracca and then landed Lynch this year. There's no way we'd miss finals in 2019 lining up like this...
B: Webster, Brown, Geary
HB: Savage, Carlisle, Roberton
C: Sinclair, Steele, Acres
HF: Billings, Lynch, Petracca
F: Gresham, Bruce, Membrey
Foll: Longer, Steven, Ross
Int: Clark, Coffield, Dunstan, Newnes
That would be one of the most deadly half forward lines ever assembled.
B: Webster, Brown, Geary
HB: Savage, Carlisle, Roberton
C: Sinclair, Steele, Acres
HF: Billings, Lynch, Petracca
F: Gresham, Bruce, Membrey
Foll: Longer, Steven, Ross
Int: Clark, Coffield, Dunstan, Newnes
That would be one of the most deadly half forward lines ever assembled.
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Re: Paddy
Paddy supporters are really just hopers.
As a comparison, Membrey was very good from day 1 and always showed a bit of talent.
Paddy is a nice guy but nowhere near a No 1 pick.
A shame for him and the club.
As a comparison, Membrey was very good from day 1 and always showed a bit of talent.
Paddy is a nice guy but nowhere near a No 1 pick.
A shame for him and the club.
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So it's ok to write the game has passed ' Hickledik' by and comment that he is not up to it, but not ok to make accurate assessment on Paddy?stonecold wrote:Some of you really support the 'Filth’ don't you!!!!!
You are acting as a hypocrite my good man!!!!!!!!
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Who cares about your opinion?stonecold wrote:Some of you really support the 'Filth’ don't you!!!!!
You’re Paddy’s number one fan yet if we were talking about Hickey you’d be bagging him a hundred times harder than anyone else.
Smells like a troll, looks like a troll.....
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Re: Paddy
No mate. Just calling a spade a spade. He has shown sfa towards justifying being a first round pick, let alone number one. Agree with others.....slow, didn’t hold his ground, for all his “McClunkin” hype, he’s not that great a mark and not that great a kick. Looks like a complete stuff up by Elshaug.stonecold wrote:Some of you really support the 'Filth’ don't you!!!!!
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Into his fourth year.Moods wrote:stonecold wrote:iwantmeseats wrote:Blind Freddy would have picked Petracca
Going early some!!!!!
Early?? He's into his 3rd year isn't he? Or is the 4th? Most #1 picks have made an impact by now
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Apart from a few minutes verse Rance in 2016 I’ve seen nothing to suggest Paddy makes it as a longterm AFL player let alone the dominant forward we all hope he becomes. If he wasn’t pick 1 he would’ve been close to delisted by now. Looks like a country footballer.
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+1.Myron Gaines wrote:Apart from a few minutes verse Rance in 2016 I’ve seen nothing to suggest Paddy makes it as a longterm AFL player let alone the dominant forward we all hope he becomes. If he wasn’t pick 1 he would’ve been close to delisted by now. Looks like a country footballer.
We only signed him again because nobody else in the country wanted him.
It was purely a token effort to justify the ridiculous decision to draft him in the first place.
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Re: Paddy
The play which nearly got Bruth killed was bad, really bad.
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