Past #20: Drew Petrie - NM '01-'16 (324gms/428gls) - WCE '17 (8gms/16gls) - thx for everything Drew

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RobZombie said:
Slow day and I'm idly browsing waiting for a meeting to start. In http://www.footyalmanac.com.au/so-this-is-christmas-old-dogs-top-10-of-2014/ is this gem:



Nice one.
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That whole thing was a good read. i particularly like his last point and his story about the Pakistani team. It reinforces the notion that footy is just as much about the 20-odd blokes that run out on to a country footy oval, uniting their town than it is the final siren on AFL Grand Final day.
 
Dish is just a great guy, make no mistake. Reading that i am reminded of the time at an inner sanctum night were late on he was chatting to one of the old ducks there. She said she was getting a taxi home and Dish offered her a lift home but that they couldn't go to the casino this time because he had a family to get home to.
 

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Petrie ponders life after 30

North Melbourne's key forward target Drew Petrie is absorbing inspiration off fellow star veteran Brent Harvey as he aims to continually deliver maximum impact in his post-30 years.

By his own admission, Petrie made a slow start to 2014 and for the first time coach Brad Scott began to field questions from the media about the 32-year-old's performance.

However, any queries about Petrie's form quickly faded into the second half of the season as the 197-centimetre goal-kicker finished with 50 goals for the year (the second most of his career) and the Roos, with Petrie as their No.1 forward, advanced to the second last week of the finals.

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LCynic said:
I wonder how many of us are disappointed by his not-impending retirement. Since he's apparently dead weight and a failure as a 50-goal-a-year scorer.
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I for one welcome Petrie to continue to hold our forward line together for the next two years.
 
TwentyNine said:
Geez, what's with all the folks predicting Drew's retirement at the moment? Anyone else realise he's kicked 200 goals in the last four years? Yes he's getting older but age is just a number - we should know that as well as any club. He's still performing at an elite level and I don't see any reason to believe he won't continue to do so next year and the year after, and even further than that if he wants to.
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http://www.nmfc.com.au/news/2015-01-28/its-not-my-last-year-nmfc

Told ya.
 
Kangaroos4eva said:
I for one welcome Petrie to continue to hold our forward line together for the next two years.
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I was flicking through the iQ a little earlier and noticed the North v * EF from last season on there. I had to watch the second half again before erasing it so watch it I just have (again). He can play for as long as he's contributing afaic. That last few minutes burst of his was Careyesque. Frank the Tank you f***ing beauty!

If you ever feel down just watch that second half. Unbef***inglievable!
 
Got at least 2 years left in him. I see him pulling the pin at the end of 2017 with a succession plan in place during the 2017 season if not towards the end of 2016.
 

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Twinkletoes said:
I was flicking through the iQ a little earlier and noticed the North v * EF from last season on there. I had to watch the second half again before erasing it so watch it I just have (again). He can play for as long as he's contributing afaic. That last few minutes burst of his was Careyesque. Frank the Tank you f***ing beauty!

If you ever feel down just watch that second half. Unbef***inglievable!
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I also have it recorded as well as the Geelong game. I've got it set up to start 30 seconds before Wright intercepts between Watson and ?????(Goddard???) then Benny Brown goes bang bang bang

Watched that quarter at least 8 times now. Love it. I'll have to download it to my computer before I delete it.
 
Lets just see how he goes this year, could be one big injury away, touch wood it doesn't happen but a year is a bloody long time in footy.

I hope he can match his output from last year, and continue on at that level for a few more years.
 
I underated his '14 campaign, not the defensive pressure aspects which were first class but his scoreboard output. 50 goals (10th overall) is nothing to sneeze at albeit in 25 games.

Waite is going to have a better season statistically than Petrie this year if my prediction is right and he can stay injury and suspension free but it will largely be because he will be opposed against the second defender and benefit from Petries unselfishness as a teammate.

My concern is that he seems to have lost the ability to gain separation on the lead which limits his ability to outwork opponents when they are getting the better of him in 1 v 1s or being double teamed. People harp about his concrete hands and goal kicking accuracy but I think they are overstated issues.

I predict Petrie to kick 35+ goals in the home and away season which may seem like a down year on paper but I believe it will indicate a healthy spread of goal kickers that any premiership contender needs.
 
Ocha905 said:
My concern is that he seems to have lost the ability to gain separation on the lead which limits his ability to outwork opponents when they are getting the better of him in 1 v 1s or being double teamed. People harp about his concrete hands and goal kicking accuracy but I think they are overstated issues.
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It's hard to get separation when he is being illegally obstructed from competing for the ball.
 
I'm saddened to read the title of this thread suggesting that Petrie won't be in full training until next January. Lucky we recruited Waite. :stern look
 
Rockstar6 said:
It's hard to get separation when he is being illegally obstructed from competing for the ball.
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Yeah that's a contentious issue between mates that support different teams and I. Whilst I agree wholeheartedly with you my mates argue just as vigorously that he gets a parade of free kicks. I think they are dead set wrong but I'm not vain enough to think I'm biased towards one of our own and that the truth is somewhere in the middle (but closer to our side!).
 
Ocha905 said:
Yeah that's a contentious issue between mates that support different teams and I. Whilst I agree wholeheartedly with you my mates argue just as vigorously that he gets a parade of free kicks. I think they are dead set wrong but I'm not vain enough to think I'm biased towards one of our own and that the truth is somewhere in the middle (but closer to our side!).
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It makes me that much more aggravated when a Hawkins or Cloke get a soft free kick for a tiny hold but Petrie gets half murdered before he even gets a second look let alone a free kick from the umpires. When Drew doesnt get held, he is close to unstoppable in the air.
 
Rockstar6 said:
It makes me that much more aggravated when a Hawkins or Cloke get a soft free kick for a tiny hold but Petrie gets half murdered before he even gets a second look let alone a free kick from the umpires. When Drew doesnt get held, he is close to unstoppable in the air.
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Well hopefully he he gets a better run at it this year, literally.
 
Twinkletoes said:
I was flicking through the iQ a little earlier and noticed the North v * EF from last season on there. I had to watch the second half again before erasing it so watch it I just have (again). He can play for as long as he's contributing afaic. That last few minutes burst of his was Careyesque. Frank the Tank you f***ing beauty!

If you ever feel down just watch that second half. Unbef***inglievable!
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I love that he attempted to tone down the celebration because of the situation in the game only to have it become a point of reference.

In fact it would be great to see the crowd at Etihad all in unison do the Frank the Tank whenever he scores a goal, accompanied with a chant of Drew the Roo, Drew the Roo.
 
I like Drew, he is just a frustrating player to watch at times because he will take the great mark and drop a lot of easy marks, kicks goals from the angle but misses a lot from straight in front. The frustration is that he could have been and should have been a significantly better player than he is if he executed the basics a lot better and there is no reason why he should drop so many easy marks or miss so many easy goals. He does the hard work but doesn't reward himself.
 
Only Forwards said:
In fact it would be great to see the crowd at Etihad all in unison do the Frank the Tank whenever he scores a goal, accompanied with a chant of Drew the Roo, Drew the Roo.
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A very good call there OF. In fact, now we're in control of the electronic signage surrounding the ground, we could have Dish's Frank the Tank silhouette doing the same thing all around the boundary fence and on level 2 after each of his goals.
 
Tas said:
I like Drew, he is just a frustrating player to watch at times because he will take the great mark and drop a lot of easy marks, kicks goals from the angle but misses a lot from straight in front. The frustration is that he could have been and should have been a significantly better player than he is if he executed the basics a lot better and there is no reason why he should drop so many easy marks or miss so many easy goals. He does the hard work but doesn't reward himself.
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For me it appears very clear that in the elimination final it was superb that both of his clutch goals came from general play when he didn't have time to go back and think about it. Just kicked them on instinct.

It was solidified by the miss of the set shot directly after the 2 goals.
 
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