Prediction: Pattison won't make it.

[Captain__Blood]

meyer has no heart  nor attitdue  from what i hear, maybe they should play him so his lil frame  can get polaxed

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[letsgetiton!]

meyer has no heart  nor attitdue  from what i hear, maybe they should play him so his lil frame  can get polaxed

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anyplayer at tigerland that does not have the heart and soul to be there, i will always wish them ill and bad fortune. thus if its true meyer has attitude problems cos he just does not wanna be a tiger, i hope all bad things go his way, however , if what i hear is all BS, then i wish him every success at tigerland

[mightytiges]

Meyer must have been switched on today if he snagged 3 goals in a quarter .

[letsgetiton!]

Meyer must have been switched on today if he snagged 3 goals in a quarter .

lol, he read my post! u see how much effect my opinion had on him! meyer owes me a few drinks.
btw i am not anti meyer in any way, i know he has skills to burn and has been likened to a "wanganeen" type player. i just hope he does well, and hope if and when he does, he does not go back home.

[blx]

who is meyers mentor this year? is it one of our ex-SA boys?

[mightytiges]

who is meyers mentor this year? is it one of our ex-SA boys?

Francis Bourke is his mentor. He was also Danny's last year.

[letsgetiton!]

after reading wp's review, im convinced patto will make it. his future wont be a fulltime fwd. his strength and assett is his endurance and fitness, and iirc, he is taller than simmo, thus his future is in the ruck once stafford retires. we will have 3 rotating rucks and fwds , snake, knobel and patto

[Captain__Blood]

after reading wp's review, im convinced patto will make it. his future wont be a fulltime fwd. his strength and assett is his endurance and fitness, and iirc, he is taller than simmo, thus his future is in the ruck once stafford retires. we will have 3 rotating rucks and fwds , snake, knobel and patto

Source? I'd like to read it.

I dug up this:

Pattison is a good kid which is a novelty at Tigerland, speaks maturely and
has some leadership qualities.

He plays mostly as a CHF and to be honest I was scratching my head at this
selection because I can't see him being a top-notch key position player.
He is a willing worker and determined. He trys to get to a lot of contests
and hit the packs hard and in that sense is a bit reminiscent of Benny Gale
whose work at CHF didn't feature a heap of marks, normally saw a defender
hanging off him and was basically about making a contest for the benefit of
the rovers.

Pattison has good stamina and speed for a big bloke but he has no change of
direction. He plays in completely straight lines and a CHB who can weave
and baulk can exploit him easily. There is no 'flow' to his game and
sometimes his stopping and turning can be timed on a sundial. Pattison gets
most of his marks through his ability to roam around the entire front half
and the inability of opponents to find the stamina to match him.

As I scratched my head and wondered why we did not take a ruckman, a little
light bulb went off. Perhaps we did take our ruckman?

At Northern Pattison would often start outside the square and then go on
ball. He is about 196-198cm tall which is just ruck height, by ruckman
standards he has great pace, stamina, skills and ball winning ability. He
has the ability to kick goals. By CHF standards he doesn't move well, but
by ruck standards he moves extremely well. His weakness with agility won't
really be exposed in the packs of the midfield.

If we are thinking of developing him as a ruckman then it could really work
out. Wallace said he wanted a Luke Darcy style ruckman by which I am
guessing he meant one who could play as a ruck-rover and linkman, not a tap
guy so maybe they see that in Pattison. I also suspect that the message
from the football department to the recruiters was to find a key forward
who can cover a lot of ground because if the game plan is going to be based
on lots of running players then they are going to need a guy who can come
out to the wing, and then get out to the other wing.

We could have gotten a legitimate big ruckman in Wood, but obviously our
future doesn't call for that type of player. If we were after a key forward
I would have gone for Tom Murphy.