No contest I'm afraid, Paton is much, much better.
Paton also played his last season in the second division, when Ricky played int he second division for us he wasn't paricularly good, and only really kicked people(5 bookings in 12 games IIRC),
I'm not sure Little is good enough for the first division, he struggled in the second, but was a lot better last season.
Paton has a much better final ball and generally is a better footballer.