Toast Ricky Petterd retires

[tugga]

effective immediately.
Played some bloody good footy for us. Had his limitations but didn't lack courage or effort.
all the best Ricky P.

 

[sante]

We are going to have a very young side next year.


All the best Ricky.

 

[Tiger71]

All the best Rick

 

[TimmytheTiger]

Agreed. Thanks Ricky...

 

[djspank]

Had a real crack, courageous and did the sash proud.

 

[DontArgue4]

I reckon he had a few absolute ripper games for us. Always put in 100%.

Thanks Ricky

 

[bananatigz]

Played some really good footy last year at times, really unlucky injury struck him down and he never got a chance to back that up, thanks for your service Ricky and all the best for the future!

 

[rfctiger90]

How old is he? Retiring due to injury?

 

[TimmytheTiger]

Out is Newman, Axel, Knights and Petterd. That is quite a bit of clearing the decks, without the club needing to pull the trigger. There has to be some coin in the old wallet now.. Pushing over a million bucks in space from that I would think...

 

[SpudsLoveChild]

He was an honest footballer that always had a crack and made the opposition earn it.
Cheers Ricky.

 

[Cotcho]

Can he play this week and at least knock out a few of the kangaroo thugs?? We may need a couple of enforcers!

 

[Tiges1229]

Can he play this week and at least knock out a few of the kangaroo thugs?? We may need a couple of enforcers!

lol, good call

 

[SunshineBoy]

Thanks for the memories, good luck in the future

 

[SunshineBoy]

Out is Newman, Axel, Knights and Petterd. That is quite a bit of clearing the decks, without the club needing to pull the trigger. There has to be some coin in the old wallet now.. Pushing over a million bucks in space from that I would think...

PD come on down

 

[Nostradumbass]

Good luck fella.

 

[Infamy]

Out is Newman, Axel, Knights and Petterd. That is quite a bit of clearing the decks, without the club needing to pull the trigger. There has to be some coin in the old wallet now.. Pushing over a million bucks in space from that I would think...

Was probably about a million before Petterd, would be well over now.
Knights was 300k, Foley 400k and Newman would have been 250-300k too as a veteran
Would think it would be pushing around the $1.2-1.25m mark now now Petterd has retired.
Players regularly in the starting 22 as they all were would at least get the AFL average salary

 

[Nostradumbass]

Out is Newman, Axel, Knights and Petterd. That is quite a bit of clearing the decks, without the club needing to pull the trigger. There has to be some coin in the old wallet now.. Pushing over a million bucks in space from that I would think...

Haven't paid 100 % of the cap for 2 seasons aswell, more money there.

 

[Groupie_]

Thanks Rick

 

[Mr Unbelievable]

Happy he came to our club. Happy that he gave it his best, unfortunately his injuries were too much.
Good luck Ricky

 

[Major Colvin]

I believe we stunted his development badly, I really rated him when he came on the scene.

 

[mattt]

How old is he? Retiring due to injury?

Only 27! Reckon he was told they'd be no contract next year? Poor bugger. Pretty injury prone.

I remember him kicking a cracking nine-pointer super goal late in a NAB pre-season game, and had high hopes he'd give us something special. Good luck with life after footy Ricky.

 

[DrMike]

4 in 4

Thanks for playing for us and giving your all Ricky. You fully represent what it is to put on our jumper

 

[Dunger]

Thanks Ricky, all the best

 

[Boggle]

Very sad to see any player forced out because of injury (There's a brief report on it here: http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-09-03/foot-injury-forces-tiger-petterd-to-retire-at-just-27)

Thanks, Ricky, for what you brought to the club. Sorry it didn't work out better for you. And all the best for the future.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Only 27! Reckon he was told they'd be no contract next year? Poor bugger. Pretty injury prone.

I remember him kicking a cracking nine-pointer super goal late in a NAB pre-season game, and had high hopes he'd give us something special. Good luck with life after footy Ricky.

Doubt it.

His body is ****ed and he has been thinking about retirement since Morris landed on him causing him to get injured in the first place. Probably took a leaf out of Foley and Knights book and decided that his body was no longer capable of handling AFL footy and now was the right time to retire.