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Looks like PJ will be picked up by the Hawks after all. Wish him well. He has always had the perfect body shape, however never worked out how to use it properly. Daniher summed him up pretty well when we got him from West Coast - 'He's a big lump of a lad, when he finally works out how big he actually is he'll be a good footballer' (or something like that!) Pity he had so many injuries. Hopefully he can put it together and do well (just not against us!)

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HA!

Yeah. He'll get a run of their ruckman all get hurt AGAIN. And in a decent side, he'll go alright, though he's really just a worst case scenario measure... Renouf and Bailey will be given games before him at every chance.

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It just proves how much better it is to be tall! So many average players get a game purely for the fact that they are taller or bigger and you need to have bigger players with some degree of athletic ability.

I cant see him playing well too often, may get a game and do his usual stuff. Try hard at times, look agile for a big man, drop easy marks, be pushed off by small players and get less than 5 touches a game. He will not be missed.

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Loved PJ, followed him from juniors and always thought he had something. Last couple of years with us were particularly poor, and he never really delivered on the 'potential' some of us saw early on... But good luck to him.

I hope he gives it a red hot crack and does well, hopefully just not against us. And FWIW, i rate him better than Renouf, and jury is still out on whether Max Bailey's knees will hold up. PJ should play some games, no doubt.

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It just proves how much better it is to be tall! So many average players get a game purely for the fact that they are taller or bigger and you need to have bigger players with some degree of athletic ability.

I cant see him playing well too often, may get a game and do his usual stuff. Try hard at times, look agile for a big man, drop easy marks, be pushed off by small players and get less than 5 touches a game. He will not be missed.

Not with our list of ruckmen... we have 3 youngsters who we're going to want to test out. Spencer, Gawn, Fitz... and even Martin qualifies.

What's the old saying? A midfielder has 5 minutes to impress his coach. A ruckman gets 5 years...

Plenty of guys hung around and only started playing well in their late 20s, after doing nothing before. PJ just needs to be in a side where they don't rely on him for anything other than a big engine and pretty kicking action. He won't do much, but good on him... his problem was never application.

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I hope he goes well.

Whatever deficiencies he had, one thing could never be challenged.....his persistence. He tried his best for our Club.

I'll never forget an Anzac Day in Sydney when he dived to knock the ball out when we desperately needed it. He did his shoulder and missed the rest of the sesaon. He got a couple of good goals in that great win, too. Perhaps his career would have taken a different path if he hadn't injured himself that day.

Remember when he ran down that Brisbane small man in that great win on the MCG?

Good Luck, Paul!

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Guess I'm in the minority, I thought he would/should have been retained and was sorry to see him go.

Good luck PJ.

I'm probably in this camp, but as soon as someone puts on a Demons jumper I like them and never want to see them go.

Hawks need a backup ruck.

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Dappa, I believe it's that a midfielder has 5 minutes to show that he has what it takes, while a tall has 5 years to show that he doesn't.

* Unless you are Jack Watts, then supporters begin baying for your blood after 5 weeks.

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