Ben Paton

[fugazi]

Even though the seasons over, I'm going to call it: this kid will be really good.

He is a good mark, good kick , quick, disciplined and tough.

Would love to see him after another 10 games under hi belt.

Just watched the replay , and he is on the way to becoming a really good running half back.

Unfortunately we have a team full of them.


Long, Coffield Paton
Jones Roberton Webster
Savage Clark Hind
Wilkie Geary Wilkie


Whose your pick?

[SaintPav]

That’s nearly an entire team.

[shanegrambeau]

Yes, we seem to have two mini-teams of prototypes.

Team A - Mobile, middle-sized defenders
Team B - Smallish utility/forwards who can run (at mediocre levels) in the midfield.

Just wish we could have some key position players, pure classy mids and out-and-out specialists.

[Devilhead]

Is or will he ever be good enough to break into the mid field?

[Linton Lodger]

The kid is a gun.

[Moods]

I must have been watching a different game. Thought he looked small and ineffective. Couple of tackles he simply had to make in the 2nd half, he didn't make. Looked like he was running in quicksand.

[Spinner]

Is or will he ever be good enough to break into the mid field?

He keeps getting himself selected in front of others.

Club must have big wraps on him!

[saynta]

Is or will he ever be good enough to break into the mid field?

I say yes. I'm a big fan.

[Vazelos]

Agreed I am a Paton fan for awhile he is going to be very good player.

[PADDLEPOP1001]

I think he good be a player!

[shanegrambeau]

...(edit..cut)....



Long, Coffield Paton
Jones Roberton Webster
Savage Clark Hind
Wilkie Geary Wilkie


Whose your pick?

How do you rank these guys in terms of value...in a game of Survivor? (This is Covid Isolation Exercise at its lamest, I know..) I mean at footy, not at surviving Corona vius!

From first to get thrown off the lifeboat to last.

Clark
Hind
Savage
Paton
Coffield
Webster
Long
Jones
Roberton

I have no idea how good these guys really are..none whatsover...I base this on second hand hype I've heard. Can anyone who has actually got a clue, seen them play a bit comment?...(apart from the obvious futuiity of the exercise, because I know conditions, match-ups will play a huge role in determining their value week to week) Think of it like value to the list itself.

[BackFromUSA]

Just my ranking - first is first to get thrown out of the liferaft ... and some of this is on pure upside / downside thinking

Savage
Hind
Webster
Coffield
Paton
Long
Jones
Clark
Roberton (is a gun and a leader)

BUT all are in our best 28 players

[remboy]

I like Paton. I wouldn’t go so far to say he’s a gun but he seems to be a well rounded player with good decision maker. He won’t be a match winner but a reliable player.
I read an article when he was drafted saying that he spent an extra year in the under 18s when he didn’t get drafted. Because he’d already spent a year as a forward and his second as a mid he asked to play in defence in his third year as he felt it would help him develop more.
I think that says a lot about his character. It would have been easy to play midfield against younger players and try to impress that way but he was looking at the bigger picture.

[To the top]

In terms of defenders to support our KPP resources and Roberton who is class, I look to Clark, Long and Coffield

Long will be a “steal” coming to St Kilda from the VFL as he did whilst the Draft positions of Clark and Coffield speak

IF any of those progress to mid-field roles on a full time basis then opportunity will open up for others

But my first priority is to establish our back 6 hence I would be saying this is your role, cement it

One thing the second half v NM showed was our thin delivery options because once Gresham went down and Long was inconvenienced we lacked delivery options (pace, class)

It was a bit akin to watching the match v Geelong

The second half saw Geelong respond putting pressure on our second tier who were found wanting - and so the season turned out

Winning that match cost us ultimately

My view anyway for a bit of chat in our changed world

[shanegrambeau]

I wrote Clark..as first thrwon off. I mistook the name with McKenzie...that is McKenzie of least value and Clark as top three.

[Zed]

will take Geary's spot in 2022