Traded Paddy Ryder [traded to St Kilda with Dougal Howard]

[stfan]

nothing from the saints about this Deal being Done. still not confirmed IMO

How can it be?

Trade period has not commenced and Ryder will only involve a late pick, and so exactly what late pick will be available will not be known till late in the piece when the other more important trades are down (ie INS Hill...then perhaps Jones and Keath - OUTS Bruce and Steven).

 

[Great8]

Thank goodness he isn’t coming back

 

[bird_man]

Has chosen Saints. Will sign a 2 year deal on below average salary.

Can't see him costing too much. I think Port have a heap of 4th rounders this year so maybe a future 4thh rounder.

I think if form permits then both Marshall and he play in the same side, otherwise we've got a cheap back up for Marshall for a couple of years.

 

[Unfazed]

Thank goodness.

 

[bird_man]

Thank goodness.

Yeah the last thing you guys need is a cheap ruck that can give you a couple of years while the other young bloke gets going....

 

[Unfazed]

Yeah the last thing you guys need is a cheap ruck that can give you a couple of years while the other young bloke gets going....

Last thing we need is another injury ridden ruck to spend the season rehabbing with TBC. We need a younger guy.

 

[bird_man]

Last thing we need is another injury ridden ruck to spend the season rehabbing with TBC. We need a younger guy.

Ryder injury riddled?

Did he even have an injury this year?

Seems to have been pretty durable over his career and would not have missed a great deal of games through injury

 

[Unfazed]

Ryder injury riddled?

Did he even have an injury this year?

Seems to have been pretty durable over his career and would not have missed a great deal of games through injury

Serious? Big achilles problems these past two years. Hence Port giving him away.

 

[bird_man]

Serious? Big achilles problems these past two years. Hence Port giving him away.

Well he played 17 games in the AFL and 3 in the SANFL this year

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Ryder injury riddled?

Did he even have an injury this year?

Seems to have been pretty durable over his career and would not have missed a great deal of games through injury

Hope the club has done better research than the supporters lmfao

 

[bird_man]

Hope the club has done better research than the supporters lmfao

Must have just been all those peptides that have got him to 240 games lmfao

 

[Unfazed]

Must have just been all those peptides that have got him to 240 games lmfao

better stock up if you're planning on getting many games out of him.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Must have just been all those peptides that have got him to 240 games lmfao

Are you deliberately being obtuse? Ryder's had numerous issues with his achilles over the years and has noted it's an ongoing issue last year. You should probably read up on your big fish.

 

[bird_man]

better stock up if you're planning on getting many games out of him.

I'll be happy if we get 20 games like this year, even if they are all in the VFL.

 

[bird_man]

Are you deliberately being obtuse? Ryder's had numerous issues with his achilles over the years and has noted it's an ongoing issue last year. You should probably read up on your big fish.

Who's claiming he's a big fish? I Think we all know there's a fair chance he'll be playing at Sandringham for fair chunks of it.

Suggesting he is injury riddled is way off though. Many players struggle with different things, but he's played 20 games this year and a total of 243 over his career. Not exactly what I'd call an injury riddled player.

Anyone of that age is going to have a few body issues but he would have been a handy pick up for your mob which is exactly why you were chasing him.

 

[stfan]

Are you deliberately being obtuse? Ryder's had numerous issues with his achilles over the years and has noted it's an ongoing issue last year. You should probably read up on your big fish.

Big fish? He is cheap back up ruck who will only cost a very late pick.

An actual Big Fish I am sure will cost at least one first rounder, otherwise well the are just not Big Fish

 

[TerryWallet]

I like Paddy's style.

Twice now he has made his feelings about EFC abundantly clear.

 

[Great8]

Well he played 17 games in the AFL and 3 in the SANFL this year

And hardly trains because of it. I think he has one year absolute tops left in him.

 

[Great8]

I'll be happy if we get 20 games like this year, even if they are all in the VFL.

Let’s hope he doesn’t sulk it up like he did in the SANFL when he was sent back there.

 

[Vindicater]

Was hoping he would come for 1 year but did not want to guarantee 2.

St Kilda could give him security we could not.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Hope the club has done better research than the supporters lmfao

He didn't miss a single game in 2019 due to injury.

Was hoping he would come for 1 year but did not want to guarantee 2.

Considering he had a one year offer at Port, you'd have to be pretty dense to think he'd pack up and move his family for no additional time.

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Who's claiming he's a big fish? I Think we all know there's a fair chance he'll be playing at Sandringham for fair chunks of it.

Suggesting he is injury riddled is way off though. Many players struggle with different things, but he's played 20 games this year and a total of 243 over his career. Not exactly what I'd call an injury riddled player.

Anyone of that age is going to have a few body issues but he would have been a handy pick up for your mob which is exactly why you were chasing him.

Ryder has had a recurrent achilles problem that dates back to his time at Essendon. It quite clearly still affects him; if you had watched him during his prime and what he has been the past couple of years the difference is crystal clear. His jump and his mobility, both formerly were key traits, are now diminished to the point where Scott Lycett has surpassed him at Port Adelaide.

Adam Cooney played 250 games, would anybody in their right mind suggest his career wasn't curtailed by injury?

People seem to forget how good Ryder was at his peak. If he wasn't half of what he used to be, he wouldn't be fighting for two year deals as a backup ruck.

He didn't miss a single game in 2019 due to injury.

Adam Cooney played 20 games for Essendon in 2016.

 

[bird_man]

Ryder has had a recurrent achilles problem that dates back to his time at Essendon. It quite clearly still affects him; if you had watched him during his prime and what he has been the past couple of years the difference is crystal clear. His jump and his mobility, both formerly were key traits, are now diminished to the point where Scott Lycett has surpassed him at Port Adelaide.

Adam Cooney played 250 games, would anybody in their right mind suggest his career wasn't curtailed by injury?

People seem to forget how good Ryder was at his peak. If he wasn't half of what he used to be, he wouldn't be fighting for two year deals as a backup ruck.


Adam Cooney played 20 games for Essendon in 2016.

His Achilles injury was so bad at Essendon that he went on to make the AA team in 2017...

Scott Lycett is a good player at the peak of his powers. Ryder is 31. No one's claiming he's going to get back to his best footy at his age, but he's a handy addition to a side that doesn't have a back up ruck and he'd be a handy addition to a club that has Bellcambers as their first ruck.

 

[eth-dog]

I wouldn't have minded Ryder but I would prefer someone in their mid 20's like Nathan Vardy or Darcy Cameron.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Glad he didn't go back to ****ing Essendon.

Hopefully Sam Gray nominates the Saints as well so we can get one half decent pick for them as a duo rather than two s**t ones for them in separate deals.