Pat McGinnity

[Father Jack]

Paddy McGinnity (Rov, HBF, BP) - 18 February 1989, 182cm 75kg. WA/Claremont

A snippet from the Claremont website:

A medium-sized midfielder with good pace and ability at the fall of the ball, McGinnity can play a run-with role and he has the ability to win his own footy. He was very impressive in Western Australia's win over Vic Metro in the first division-one match, which was his debut at under-age level for his state.

From the Drafts and Trading Board (via Embers post on the Eagles Board):

"Weaver: His one-man dismantling of blue-chipper Cotchin will have seen him become a big-ole ink-stain shaped blob on everyone's radar. Deceptively quick, obviously disciplined and competitive. Showed stamina and reasonable skills with the footy. Dean Polo got himself drafted early on the back of some elite tagging at the Nationals. If McGinnity has any sort of Club form behind him he too could get his name called.
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"Recruiter 1: He was hard at-it and played in a similar vein to the traditional Victoria Metro midfielder. He refuses to give-up the ball with any ease. While he is not the flashiest player going around, he definitely has the level of commitment required for us to follow him in future matches
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"Recruiter 2: An impressive type of player who was in and under at most opportunities. He rarely lost a one-on-one contest – a player who like Rhys Palmer, set the tempo for Western Australia.
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"Kevin Sheehan: A medium-sized midfielder with good pace and ability at the fall of the ball, McGinnity can play a run-with role and he has the ability to win his own footy. He was very impressive in Western Australia's win over Vic Metro in the first division-one match, which was his debut at under-age level for his state.
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"ant555: Paddy McGinnity – 182cm, 75kg-Claremont- One of the lesser knowns of the all star WA midfield but deserves a mention in his own right. Took Cotchin out of the game in their game against Vic Metro while still winning his own footy. Can run with opponents all day and has good speed. Skills are good and he can win the footy at clearances. His tagging was very disciplined.
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Grub29: Showed enough in the midfield at the champs to be of real value at this pick. Has a very good motor and has pace as well and has shown he can not only shut down an opponent but win the footy as well.Ideal "bloods" type.

So there you go, an introduction. Sounds like we have another good hard-running midfielder.

[sydney eagle]

Hard running, hard working midfielders seem to be all the rage at the Eagles at the moment. A team of players in the midfield who will run all day and wear down the opposition.:)

[Lynch takes a mark]

Certainly seems that way Sydney Eagle

I think that it showed in the finals this year that hardness at the contest and ability to run out games is more important that pretty much anything. Stupid to try and play a free flowing type of game in the H & A and then try to bring the same game plan to finals (port) or rely on having loose men at half back (hawks)

Just look at the guys we picked up, 4 genuine hard at the contest midfielders with reasonable pace, big endurance and ok foot skills. It's like we are building a side purely to compete in the finals regardless of the competition.

You can really see that with the selection of Masten over Morton. By right Morton had every reason to be taken at 3 with his skills, height and engine but instead went for the guy who NEVER backs out of a contest and gets the majority of his disposals from contested situations (this is very Judd like, just without the pace and goal kicking)

We were certainly looking for a type of player in this years draft, much the way we went for talls last year and next year may go purely for Rucks and outside mids.

[sydney eagle]

I'd like to see us go for a small, quick, goalsneak type and a small defender next year. We need a crumbing forward who can kick goals and our small defenders such as Waters and Nicoski have had injury problems. Maybe McGinnity could be trialled as a small defender ? How is he going in the WAFL ? Reports from "Inside Football" suggest that he is struggling at the moment.