Quote: B&Wlad "I may be in the minority here but I'm not convinced about Paddy Flynn, I'm not saying he's not good enough but when was the last time we saw him beat a man on the outside or outstrip the defence, or burn anyone off with sheer pace? I think he takes the ball up too often for my liking, and maybe this saps his energy too much and stops him showing his real pace when it's needed.'"
He's not as quick as we like to believe but his acceleration is incredible. I get what your saying but when he played with Kohe he often beat people oustide and scored lot's of tries problem was he never got ANY ball in the 2nd half of the season. None of our wingers did!
As for taking the ball up, IMO that's a damning on the other players in the squad not him. All wingers should get involved around the ruck early in the count at some stage (Nightengale for kiwis) but you need forwards taking the ball away from him not letting him take it in, then send him back to the wing on 3rd tackle or so. He didn't see the ball unless he came in for it so I for one don't blame him one iota for that!