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Traded 2. Paddy Dow
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http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2017-11-24/pick-3-paddy-dow
DOB: 16.10.1999
Position: Midfielder
Height: 184cm
Weight: 78kg
Club: Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country
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Congrats Paddy well deserved! 
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Looked like a child still in the GF sprint, disappointing 9th of 10 too.
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hopefully soaking in the atmosphete of a GF might help spur him on a bit to improve his fitness skills and decsion making thus a great effort!
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I'd said about 6 months ago that it was frustrating how much energy Dow was putting into developing his aerobic base for seemingly little reward, when what was stopping him from playing to his strengths was literally his size and strength. It seems his program has evolved now and he has gotten massive in a matter of months, which is what you'd expect from a fast twitch fibre dominant individual. I'm sure he still struggles to run out of sight on a dark night but at least he looks capable of making and breaking tackles at ease, fitting in with the Martin, Petracca mould. I'm really keen to get him in the 1s for the centre clearances now, coming in for Martin seems as good an option as any.
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I saw it completely different C2K, when he was playing as a full time mid under Bolton he would regularly have very strong first quarters with 7-8 touches then go missing and struggle to get that many for the last three quarters.
I put a lot of that down to missing the end of his draft year and a chunk of the following pre-season with the shoulder reconstruction and then missing a big chunk of the following pre-season with injury as well.
if he could play closer to three quarters as well as he played the first quarters we’d have a bit of a contested ball beast on our hands.
Well done on passing the 50 game mark. Hopefully you get better development and coaching as soon as possible so you can truly flourish. Hopefully at Carlton and not somewhere else. Been a tough first few years experience but you can make it mate.
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He's an interesting one because for all his known flaws, he is capable of racking up clearances in a short space of time like few others we have can. Really hoping he can make it (with us).
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I didn't realise it was Dow's 50th game on the weekend. Watching this video just reminds me of how good some of his traits are, I just hope he can get the confidence back to play like this again.
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I'm surprised at the flack Dow is copping for that moment where he thought Pittonet should pick up the ball and dish it off to him running toward goal. If any other player on the list was in Pittonet's shoes they would've picked it up and given it to Dow, the only reason it was a problem is that Pittonet is generally pretty useless. I can understand Dow seeing a navy blue jumper in front of him and thinking, "it's his ball, I'll receive the handball", and then looking up a little further and seeing that it's Pitto and then thinking, "Actually, I should go and get it myself."
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Just needs opportunity. Similar to Parish at Essendon. Dow has star potential. Needs to work hard and he will be rewarded.
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Dow has a good strength, very good at stoppages with that burst of speed. But that is it. Has zero outside game gets zero ball around the ground.
If he makes it, it depends if he can learn the link up game, learn to find space, spread from the contest. At the moment EVERY possession is contested at a stoppage.
Brayshaw (Freo) is a very similar player, good inside game, but he finds space and is always in the game. Dow needs to watch players like that and learn, actually we have one of the best Walsh learn from him, yes Walsh has a much better tank but Dow just needs to find another 10 easy link up possession and he is there.
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Don't look now, but Paddy is growing into his role. Confidence is coming.
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