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Post: # 1606861Post Griggsy »

I'm starting a new thread because I'm sick of seeing the title of the other thread on page 1, should have been buried a week ago.

So anyway, really liked his game and he presented well, I think he is just around the corner from at least kicking 3-4, if he gets another game where our midfield is on top.

In 1 half he kicked a goal, passed off a shot on goal, missed 1 and missed another while concussed. That's 4 opportunities in 1 half for a guy with 8 games to his name, could have clunked another I50 mark if he and Bruce didn't collide. Also our mids really only got the ball rolling in the 3rd when he was done for the day. Once he settles the nerves and kicks accurately he will be well worth his position in the draft.

He has a real shot against Melbourne and GWS in a couple weeks in what I feel we must win at least 1 for the teams confidence, but obviously hoping for the double.


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Post: # 1606863Post samoht »

I'm sure he'll get it down Pat (feeble pun intended). He's a good kid. (I'm also not happy with the other thread's title).


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Post: # 1606867Post Sainternist »

Good to see a fresh thread started, particularly after his name was sullied by a forum troll.

That mark he took was very courageous. Paddy showed tremendous promise last Saturday. I think his AFL career is really nicely poised in order for it to starting flourishing this year.


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Post: # 1606871Post cwrcyn »

He is a seriously beefy unit, almost Tony Lockett like. He'll be impossible to push off the ball once he's and more time in the gym and gotten his fitness up the the required level.


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Re: McCartin

Post: # 1606895Post The OtherThommo »

I'll repeat here, what I mentioned in the less impressively titled thread: If Jonathon Brown rates him, I'm happy with that - not that I needed Brown's imprimatur, but I do like a touch of confirmation bias, particularly from a plain speakin' man who doesn't get buried in management speak and jargon (hello, Dermot).


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Post: # 1606897Post BigMart »

I think he's got a long way to go... But he's most likely going to get there.


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Post: # 1606900Post The OtherThommo »

BigMart wrote:I think he's got a long way to go... But he's most likely going to get there.
Further than Boyd, Watts, Franklin, Hogan, Kennedy, Riewoldt.J, Patton and a whole lot of other key forwards at the same stage and age?

Apart from Plugger, Brown and, more lately, Jeremy Cameron, how many big KP forwards have exploded in their 1st couple of years?

He'll get there, and I reckon it'll be quicker than most people think - mainly because he is a natural footballer, with smarts and a healthy dose of humility.


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Post: # 1606906Post Toy Saint »

doubt he'll ever be as good as Plugger


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Toy Saint wrote:doubt he'll ever be as good as Plugger

neither will anyone else


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Post: # 1606912Post MC Gusto »

Love the OP and concur 100%

Go Paddy!!


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Post: # 1606915Post st.byron »

ausfatcat wrote:
Toy Saint wrote:doubt he'll ever be as good as Plugger

neither will anyone else

Plugger was one of best two players I've seen. Paddy will be very good. That pack grab spoke volumes about his attitude, courage and ability.


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Post: # 1606916Post Sainternist »

st.byron wrote:
ausfatcat wrote:
Toy Saint wrote:doubt he'll ever be as good as Plugger

neither will anyone else

Plugger was one of best two players I've seen. Paddy will be very good. That pack grab spoke volumes about his attitude, courage and ability.
Not sure why people are making Lockett comparisons. Plugger is from an entirely different era of the game.

Paddy is only just about to turn 20 years old. That pack mark he took isn't a bad glimpse of what he is capable of doing on the football field. Two years from now he may be an absolute gun at AFL level. I quite like the odds of that happening.


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Post: # 1606925Post Zed »

I really like the comparison to WCE Josh Kennedy. They look very similar to me in style. Reduced rotations certainly works in his favour .


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Post: # 1606929Post RODOS »

Zed wrote:I really like the comparison to WCE Josh Kennedy. They look very similar to me in style. Reduced rotations certainly works in his favour .
reckon paddy is more of a natural footballer, Kennedy is a lunk (still a good natural footballer). Paddy's career will trend upwards sooner.


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Post: # 1606931Post Spinner »

Putting down that dropped mark and holding the ball down to nerves. Although there's been a bit of fumble and lack of awareness is other games too.

But gee does he get into the right positions, use his body to remove defenders like Reid and that clunk mark - amazing. He seems to have a bit of everything, a few tricks which will hopefully make him very hard to shut down which is what makes the good forwards great. Multiple strings to their bow.


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Re: McCartin

Post: # 1606935Post Trev from the Bush »

Glad to post here with sensible people that actually follow the StKilda Football Club.

I commented (to anybody within earshot at the 'G ) during the first quarter on Saturday that Paddy was providing a new focus in our forward line and the Magpies were stuck in two minds as to how to play him. They didn't have too many clues and obviously their dog ate their homework. Only feeble excuses for the Magpie defenders.

The mark he took, which ultimately ended his day, was one for the ages. Screamers come every week and the crowd roars. In Paddy's case the crowd was strangely silent when he bought the ball to ground (seeing stars no doubt) as its took a few seconds for what had jsut been witnessed to sink in. This was fearless, selfless football - Riewoldt like. Once it sunk in there was applause, albeit polite rather than rapturous. People were still coming to grips with what they had just see.

Paddy's true marking strength lies with is freakish ability to grasp the football. He is a clean two-handed mark from any angle with an incoming ball. He has such clean hands as he showed in the Melbourne game in round 17 last year.

He hasn't "arrived" as yet but, boy, am I chomping at the bit with anticipation. Just hope I am there to see it when he has a breakout.


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Post: # 1606936Post BigMart »

Chris Grant
Warren Tredrea
Nick Riewoldt
Nick Holland
Sav Rocca
Matthew Lloyd
Jason Dunstall
Tony Modra
Jesse Hogan
Matthew Pavlich

All impacted early

Please don't do any Plugger comparisons
At 19 after 2 seasons
He'd won 2 Goalkicking awards and had kicked 140 goals in 40 odd games
In a bottomteam


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Post: # 1606938Post RODOS »

BigMart wrote:Chris Grant
Warren Tredrea
Nick Riewoldt
Nick Holland
Sav Rocca
Matthew Lloyd
Jason Dunstall
Tony Modra
Jesse Hogan
Matthew Pavlich

All impacted early

Please don't do any Plugger comparisons
At 19 after 2 seasons
He'd won 2 Goalkicking awards and had kicked 140 goals in 40 odd games
In a bottomteam
hey it's wetmart


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Post: # 1606948Post longtimesaint »

BigMart wrote:Chris Grant
Warren Tredrea
Nick Riewoldt
Nick Holland
Sav Rocca
Matthew Lloyd
Jason Dunstall
Tony Modra
Jesse Hogan
Matthew Pavlich

All impacted early

Please don't do any Plugger comparisons
At 19 after 2 seasons
He'd won 2 Goalkicking awards and had kicked 140 goals in 40 odd games
In a bottomteam
Most of these were at least 21 before having a big impact (Lockett apart) and Paddy is still only 19!


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Re: McCartin

Post: # 1606950Post cwrcyn »

The only reason I made a comparison to Lockett was in relation to body size and shape. Most modern key forwards are a different shape to McCartin, who is more in the Lockett/Dunstall body shape. Lockett was a prodigy, and I doubt any player of his size and shape will ever match him for skill.


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Post: # 1606951Post BigMart »

Are you sure?

Nick h and Nick H won the RS award in their second year

Jesse Hogan at 20 last year

Modra started older but kicked a ton in his second year

Grant and Lloyd both booted 50 as teenagers

Cloke won s B&F at 20

Could go on... It's all individualistic

Some took years to make it... Like Hawkins

Paddy will be a player... But as I stayed, has a long way to go
His fitness and body shape are not that of an elite athlete, he needs to work hard.


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Post: # 1606954Post felix »

I think he plays more like a Jason Dunstall ..not a plugger.


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Post: # 1606955Post Myron Gaines »

felix wrote:I think he plays more like a Jason Dunstall ..not a plugger.

Good call.


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Post: # 1606957Post SemperFidelis »

MC Gusto wrote:Love the OP and concur 100%

Go Paddy!!
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Re: McCartin

Post: # 1606974Post Bunk_Moreland »

Why compare him to anyone?

He is not the next plugger, he is the first Paddy McCartin.

The game is so vastly different nowdays as to when plugger played that Plugger may not be at all suited to AFL.

Paddy needs to get his endurance up, as well as his physical appearance.

Considering he is still underdeveloped and still at teenager, his upside and potential is pretty encouraging.

He is beginning to show his awareness and forward nous, but in the seniors hasn't had any luck this season.

Needs a string of games to get his development going on an upward spiral.

Will be a significant target up forward, and with Bruce's hard running and currently with Roo still playing, we have a versatile mobile KP forward line. With swingmen like Gilbert, Carlisle, and Goddard (and Hurley when we grab him) our forward looks very solid.

Will Paddy be an out and out champion? Hard to tell at this early stage, but he will certainly be a target with the other talls mentioned rotating around him.


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