Petterd played some very good footy in the midfield. If you took your blinkers off and went to games you'd see that.
Petterd is a bit part player who should stay on the flanks, preferably in the VFL. If it must be in the seniors, forward flank where his disposal doesn't hurt the team as much and can utilize his marking. How many other clubs in the league would want or play Petterd in their midfield rotations? I'm thinking a very low number, most likely 0.
Any reason why? The few games I remember him playing forward, he kicked 2 goals v North and shut down Heath Shaw v GWS.
We lack creativity up forward as it is. Getting his clumsy antics and turnovers away from the backline is a plus but he's not talented enough to consistently offer anything up forward. You need to do moreadays than just stop an opponent. He would be an offensive liability and we need to start blending in the likes of Lennon, McDonough and co to give us more talent up front not work in more battler types.
For the record he kicked 1 goal vs North, he did shut down Shaw but he is very susceptible to tags and he only gave us 6 disposals and 0.1 the other way. The the other week he played forward vs Essendon he tagged Hibberd who touched him up and again offered nothing offensively with 8 disposals and no score. He was quickly moved to the backline after that because it wasn't working.