I've seen enough from Paddy to suggest to me he'll be a very good player for us. Just seems like a natural forward.
Think we have a tendency to focus really heavily on negatives. Paddy was good against West Coast. Poor against Bris. Next thing it's "how long do we give Paddy?"
The TOG% thing is interesting. I'm not sure its all about fitness, just dont think Richo was liking the forward setup last week for whatever reason. Would explain why he's out of the side this week too.
It's funny because when we drafted Paddy we were light on for forwards. Now with Bruce, Membrey, Roo and now Battle we have a glut. At most bottom 8-10 teams Paddy would be playing every week. I have no doubt we want to play him every week too but we need a setup that gives us the best chance to win games and the pressure that Long will bring probably gives us a better chance.
I reckon we made a bit of an error bringing Paddy back into the side so quickly too. He was essentially dropped for the Melb game, had an ok outing in VFL then came back. Give him some weeks in VFL and let's see him start really dominating there before he comes back full of confidence.
Think we have a tendency to focus really heavily on negatives. Paddy was good against West Coast. Poor against Bris. Next thing it's "how long do we give Paddy?"
The TOG% thing is interesting. I'm not sure its all about fitness, just dont think Richo was liking the forward setup last week for whatever reason. Would explain why he's out of the side this week too.
It's funny because when we drafted Paddy we were light on for forwards. Now with Bruce, Membrey, Roo and now Battle we have a glut. At most bottom 8-10 teams Paddy would be playing every week. I have no doubt we want to play him every week too but we need a setup that gives us the best chance to win games and the pressure that Long will bring probably gives us a better chance.
I reckon we made a bit of an error bringing Paddy back into the side so quickly too. He was essentially dropped for the Melb game, had an ok outing in VFL then came back. Give him some weeks in VFL and let's see him start really dominating there before he comes back full of confidence.