lets see what do we have with petterd? what are his strengths and weaknesses and lets relate them to performance.
as the resident pessimist i will start it of with
slow as a wet wick.
shocking kick.
is supposed to be a good aerialist but only takes one contested mark every two games.
hes supposed to be a tackler but the stats tell us he lays just 2.5 a game.
hes not a huge possesion winner and for a bloke with such lousy foot skills he kicks way more than he handballs and gets way more u/c possesions than c/p
hes a liability in defense to slow poor disposal panics under pressure.
cant play in the midfield wouldnt find a ball in a footy factory or have the awareness to not be panicked.few clearances and who would want him delivering the ball inside 50.
poor forward record few i/50 mks and kicks less than 1 goal a game slow and lays few defensive tackles.
if you watch him play you see mediocre. ffs hes a battler 8 WHOLE YRS TELL US THIS. the stats back this up. his performances do to, over 8 yrs they are in a word poor.
Hes a limited player with many deficiencies he doesnt bring one outstanding attribute to the table.someone anyone please point out one single outstanding attribute that could potentially off set all of his deficiencies.
theres all this but by heck lets play him he has a go. what the hell is wrong with our supporters. it seems mediocrity has been ingrained into us.
if a premiership is the ultimte goal and we supposedly have a lot of the foundation blocks in place we should not even be looking at such deficient players like petterd and a fair few other favorites.
in defense id rather we played and put the time into the likes of vlastuin, ellis mcintosh and dea as there is some scope of improvement and hope we will find a decent player.
in the midfield you could just about play the entire list in front of him.
as a forward id take a edwards anyday and id certainly be looking at the likes of ohanlon knights gordon lloyd instead.
what the hell are we doing its like going back to the bad old wallace days.
i sometimes have to ask myself are they even assessing players strengths and weaknesses. have they become like regimes before so obseesed with the now and finals that they cant see thay are missing the boat long term.
ive said this a fair few times on here but it is relevant. it seems the more things change the more they stay the same in some things.
