He's 19 now so I would say he was probably 16 when he signed. Possibly 17.

Don't think Paddy Flynn counts as club trained in the official sense of the word. You have to complete 3 full years at the club before your 21st birthday. A quick google search will tell you that he was still playing for Thatto Heath in 2006 and he has just turned 23 now. If we picked him up for the 2007 season, he was already 19 mkaing it impossible for him to club trained for us.

Paddy needs a big year for 2011, he's gone of the boil lately.

Put up him outside Tyrer and watch him shine! He went off the boil when Toa bowed out mainly due to lack of service IMO. Looking above, Greg Scott will defibately end up club trained and do we miss out on Paddy if never been a junior elsewhere? Not a major deal but would be a shame!

Always been a big fan of Paddy. Just wish he didn't do so much work as to be completely knackered later on in the game. If Craven wasn't such a decent looking fullback I would have persisted with Flynn there.

Dont think it was as much a case of going of the boil ,more lacking centres with ability to get there winger in space. When at times you have Haggerty and Varkulis there , both more suited to the pack , wingers will struggle. For me he will thrive outside Ropati . Thought Paddy had a very good season on the whole last year.

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Also as J20 has said, he does that much work in the middle of the pitch, he's not doing himself any favours. A typical set of 6 will see Paddy chase back and take the 1st drive, usually followed by the other winger or fullback and Paddy will then take the 3rd drive. Even if we did make a break in that set, Paddy is going to be a) too knackered to sprint away and b) probably not even on his wing to recieve the ball.

IMO Paddy had a better season in 2009 than in 2010. In 2009 when he was fresh on the scene, he caught people off guard down the middle and made quite a few breaks. This season, however, I can't remember too many breaks and more often than not he was being flattened by opposition forwards. Its not Paddy's job to run at props down the middle and he's lucky he hasn't been injured doing one of his suicide runs. Hopefully with a new coach, he'll stay more on his wing, as for too long now we've relied on our backs to drive the ball out of own half. It was a novelty to begin with watching Gaskell and Flynn both hammering down the middle, but its worn very thin and doesn't work IMO.

tyrer n paddy were good together at the back end of 08 season and with 2 more added years of sl experiance for tyrer since then stick him outside him again let them reek havock together.get a fresh combo on the otherside with ropati n gaskell