Petterd

[TigerTime3]

His best is definitely good enough, he's shown that with some BOGs, but the problem is he puts in 4-5 crap ones for every good game.

THIS is the best post of the thread.

Could potentially be at the same level as Shane Edwards.

 

[Groupie_]

Can't kick for shit though

Best 22 for now

 

[unfoley926]

He has been used around the ground but best used as a tagger. Ticker will take you a long way but he soon will not be amongst our 22

 

[SpudsLoveChild]

He's no gun but there's a lot to like about our Pettard.
Hard at it with a touch of mongrel about him, leaves it all on the ground, and strong overhead.

I'd rather him than some of the downhill skiers we have in the team.

 

[tropicaltiger]

good, honest, smart, gutsy, versitile player, has already put egg on the faces of many posters on here, if he can get over his many persistent niggly injury issues and stays fit will be one of the first picked in 2015 and be making more uncooked omlettes for MT, Bob and others.

 

[pebblestone]

good, honest, smart, gutsy, versitile player, has already put egg on the faces of many posters on here, if he can get over his many persistent niggly injury issues and stays fit will be one of the first picked in 2015 and be making more uncooked omlettes for MT, Bob and others.

Guilty. However I reassessed my position pretty early on.

 

[Mr Anderson]

Yeah yeah yeah... great heart, goes in hard, plays his role, all true... terrible disposal, especially under pressure, makes some outrageous turnovers, goes missing every 3rd week, perhaps due to role he's asked to play. Unable to hit a target leading to his right, or only 20m away - every kick goes left and high because his ball drop is too high. Exactly the sort of player that gets you to finals but contributes to getting beaten in elimination games.

I do love his effort, heart etc. I get so frustrated when he has the ball. Pity using the ball well is a key attribute in AFL football. He has to get it 30 times a game to make up for the fact that <50% of his disposals are to the team's advantage.

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

It's amazing the amount of time people put into talking about Petterd.
For what it's worth we actually have a list full of blokes that will get you to finals and then let you down in the actual big games.
Heaps of them.
Suppose at least He can plead innocent I guess as he was sub.
Bottom line though is we have a lot of shit players and that's why he is comfortably in the team at the moment.

 

[bananatigz]

Tigerbeb

haahhaha, Tigerbob shall now always be referred to as Tigerbeb

 

[Dragonss]

Almost forgot he was on our list.

 

[Mr Anderson]

It's amazing the amount of time people put into talking about Petterd.
For what it's worth we actually have a list full of blokes that will get you to finals and then let you down in the actual big games.
Heaps of them.
Suppose at least He can plead innocent I guess as he was sub.
Bottom line though is we have a lot of shit players and that's why he is comfortably in the team at the moment.

What else is there to talk about at this time of year?

The day he's not comfortably in our best 22 is the day we are a genuine contender.

 

[TJTIGER]

I like Ricky, he brings it week in week out when in the ones. I don't have any figures, but it wouldn't surprise me if his kicking is up there with many of the clubs good kicks. It's just that when he has a bad kick we seem to notice it. But he's not alone in that department.....One thing we can say is that with Dimma's arrival this is an area the RFC has lifted dramatically.....

 

[MR]

I think I've made my position clear on Petterd and until players like Dea, Hunt, McIntosh etc prove that they are good enough to take his spot, then he is well and truly in our best 22.

And to all the people who don't like him and are calling him non - AFL standard, you sound quite silly. There's a huge difference between premiership standard and AFL standard. Petterd would walk into most teams' best 22.

Every premiership team has a battler. No team can have 22 Deledios.

 

[Madtiger2006]

It's amazing the amount of time people put into talking about Petterd.
For what it's worth we actually have a list full of blokes that will get you to finals and then let you down in the actual big games.
Heaps of them.
Suppose at least He can plead innocent I guess as he was sub.
Bottom line though is we have a lot of shit players and that's why he is comfortably in the team at the moment.

The worst part is he gets games over a dozen better players on our list. I hope he doesn't keep his spot on the list after this year

 

[Madtiger2006]

I think I've made my position clear on Petterd and until players like Dea, Hunt, McIntosh etc prove that they are good enough to take his spot, then he is well and truly in our best 22.

And to all the people who don't like him and are calling him non - AFL standard, you sound quite silly. There's a huge difference between premiership standard and AFL standard. Petterd would walk into most teams' best 22.

Every premiership team has a battler. No team can have 22 Deledios.

Dea and Hunt are easily better. They just aren't coaches favourites

 

[theflea]

I think I've made my position clear on Petterd and until players like Dea, Hunt, McIntosh etc prove that they are good enough to take his spot, then he is well and truly in our best 22.

And to all the people who don't like him and are calling him non - AFL standard, you sound quite silly. There's a huge difference between premiership standard and AFL standard. Petterd would walk into most teams' best 22.
Every premiership team has a battler. No team can have 22 Deledios.

I agree to a certain extent but do agree with the afl standard point. Its a contradiction in terms.

 

[theflea]

Dea and Hunt are easily better. They just aren't coaches favourites

Dea isn't.

 

[Madtiger2006]

Dea isn't.

Better kick, more composed, bigger, taller, just as courageous. He's better

 

[theflea]

Better kick, more composed, bigger, taller, just as courageous. He's better

More composed? He isn't bigger either, or a better kick. His action may be better but i don't think he hits targets any better. Sorry disagree. I think Dea is overrated a tad.

 

[Madtiger2006]

More composed? He isn't bigger either, or a better kick. His action may be better but i don't think he hits targets any better. Sorry disagree. I think Dea is overrated a tad.

Dea is far from the terrible kick Petterd is. Of course he's bigger. His arms are twice the size. He's an inch taller too

 

[Rodney Dangerfield]

Dea shmea

 

[TyroneVickery29]

Ridiculous how overrated Dea is on here. Anyone who watches enough VFL will be able to tell he still has a long way to go.

 

[Mr Anderson]

Ridiculous how overrated Dea is on here. Anyone who watches enough VFL will be able to tell he still has a long way to go.

Personally prefer Petterd to Dea at this time, which says a bit about Dea. Look, I actually do rate Ricky Petterd - his good attributes are really valuable, just his disposal is streaky and on his bad days he literally can't hit the side of a barn with either hand nor foot - from the inside.

 

[Mr Anderson]

Dea is far from the terrible kick Petterd is. Of course he's bigger. His arms are twice the size. He's an inch taller too

But he doesn't have have the physical presence nor the confidence to back himself, almost never does the instinctive things - he takes the safest option nearly every time and then the clangers he does make, not infrequently, really hurt. He's a good athlete playing football, not a natural footballer, IMO.

 

[TyroneVickery29]

But he doesn't have have the physical presence nor the confidence to back himself, almost never does the instinctive things - he takes the safest option nearly every time and then the clangers he does make, not infrequently, really hurt. He's a good athlete playing football, not a natural footballer, IMO.

Exactly, he is a basketball player playing footy. I know a lot of people will say that plenty of good basketball players turned out to be great footy players, but majority had a fair bit of experience actually playing AFL before being drafted, where as Dea did not, he had played only a hand full of games.