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3 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I think we persist with Petty. You need absolute competitors up forward in finals. Finals tend to bring heaps more pressure on the ball carrier, and at times we may need to just bomb it in long to gain territory. Petty, at his best, is a fantastic contested mark and is someone who could have one of those nights to turn a game. 

Do you mean

1 "One of these nights" by the Eagles or

2 "One more night" by  Phil Collins??

 
4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Do you mean

1 "One of these nights" by the Eagles or

2 "One more night" by  Phil Collins??

all we want mr fence is just "a liitle bit more"

On 26/04/2024 at 23:29, KingDingAling said:

The Swap is that Petty is a higher quality back, and Tmac is a level above Petty as a forward. So it’s a no brainer. 

Don't think T-Mac.will be changing roles up forward anytime soon King.

Playing some of his best footy in a few years down back and has trained solely as a defender pre-season and so far throughout 2024.

We are relying on his intercept, one v one defendong and short game to slice and dice our way from deep in defence out towards the wing, while maintaining possession as much as possible.

Out of all our regular defenders in 2024, he's also one of our most accurate users of the ball by foot, running at 81% kicking efficiency only 2nd behind our best kick, McVee, on 84%

Very much doubt he'll be going forward unless all key forwards ended up off the ground injured.

#25  T McDonald 2023 2024 % Change 
Contested Poss 5.2 3.8 -26.5
Uncontested Poss 6.2 8.2 33.0
Effective Disposals* 7.8 10.4 32.8
Disposal Effeciency % 77.9 87.1 9.3
Contested Marks* 1.0 1.0 0.0
Marks inside 50* 1.2 0.0 -100.0
One Percenters* 2.0 5.8 190.0
Clearances* 0.5 0.0 -100.0
Rebound 50s* 0.2 4.0 2300.0
Inside 50s* 1.7 1.2 -28.0
Tackles* 1.8 2.4 30.9
Score Involvements* 4.0 2.6 -35.0
Meters Gained 167.0 194.2 16.3
Turnovers* 2.2 1.6 -26.2
Intercepts* 1.3 5.4 305.0
Tackles Inside 50* 0.7 0.0 -100.0
Time On Ground % 77.0 98.8 28.3
Goals* 1.3 0.0 -100.0
Hit Outs to Adv* 0.3 0.0 -100.0
*DD's Player Rating  2.1 3.0 46.3

Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Edited by Demon Dynasty

 

After watching a number of games over the weekend I think most other games would take HP in the blink of an eye

Our favourite columnist and tv journo (Ralphy) reporting that Adelaide have out their 2 first rounders (this year and next) on the table for Will Hayward. 
 

Tells me:

1) They are not dealing for Petty this year. He may just walk next year if we let him.

2) Haywards asking trade price is going to be way too high for what he is worth.


Petty is only 24. He has 8-9 years of footy ahead of him.  Premiership winning defender at aged 21 (3/4). He is better as a key defender (that’s his best place for sure).  

26 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

Our favourite columnist and tv journo (Ralphy) reporting that Adelaide have out their 2 first rounders (this year and next) on the table for Will Hayward. 
 

Tells me:

1) They are not dealing for Petty this year. He may just walk next year if we let him.

2) Haywards asking trade price is going to be way too high for what he is worth.

Isn’t Hayward a free agent? 

3 hours ago, godees said:

Isn’t Hayward a free agent? 

restricted

i can't see crom offering up two first rounders for him, but they will need to trade out of 2024 as scott welsh's son is reportedly a top five to ten quality kid

 
4 hours ago, godees said:

Isn’t Hayward a free agent? 

And Petty contracted next year too so no one is walking

Edited by John Demonic

On 25/04/2024 at 10:32, JJJ said:

It is accurate. We have less depth than last year and against the Cats and Blues over the next fortnight and other contenders later in the year we can’t carry players. Couldn’t care less about teams like the Tigers. 

The window for us is closing so we need to make every post a winner.

Welcome back Harry.  Your contested marking tonight was first  rate.  
So glad the selectors don’t decide according to the demo(n)cratic votes on this forum.  


8 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Welcome back Harry.  Your contested marking tonight was first  rate.  
So glad the selectors don’t decide according to the demo(n)cratic votes on this forum.  

It’s been easy to forget just how good he is. He was huge tonight… he’s back.

Massive game by Petty. I’ve always believed he was the most promising young back man in the league, and he probably was. But to start to do it as a forward, then get injured, and come back, and face doubters. It’s refreshing to see a performance like tonight. I still think he’s our future post Steve May. But at the very least, if he keeps this up, and does wish to go back home, Crows will have to cough up a couple 1st rounders, and one will be low. 

Played a good game tonight. The stats sheet won't tell but he took some clutch contested marks.

Inching his way back into form.

Can't remember the last time we had another big key forward who can take huge contested marks to influence a game like Petty did tonight. I thought his work up the ground as a genuine CHF was outstanding in the last. We usually leave it to Max to get clobbered and take those marks down the stretch. But Petty just took ownership.

His disposal wasn't great but boy did he present well and was a catalyst for many of our looks at goal with his body work and positioning. 

That hand he got on the cats kick across half back to spoil and eventuate into the Fritta goal to win the game was crucial.

Loved his honest interview after the game too. Saying he owed the team a better performance. Also the way his team mates celebrated him expressing how impressed they were with his big marking as they all walked off together.

We've been missing a player with this size and presence and he's starting to come back into form.


On 18/04/2024 at 20:12, Jeremy said:

On the last day of trade Adelaide offered two first rounders, 11 and 15 

His Value just went up stupendously tonight.

Enormous game by the big fella tonight, just proves how much of a loss he was going into the finals last year.

Edited by YesitwasaWin4theAges

Ok, I might have got it wrong.... Kudos he was phenomenally good tonight.... Better than I thought he was.!

Edited by picket fence

7 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Ok, I might have got it wrong.... Kudos he was phenomenally good tonight.... Better than I thought he was.!

I’m not convinced yet. It was a stellar game and it does look like an upward trajectory in performance for a few weeks now. 

I’d give it a few more weeks to see where he gets. 


Kudos to Petty, l for one went very hard on him about form & body language.

Really thought he should’ve been dropped 

7 hours ago, picket fence said:

Ok, I might have got it wrong.... Kudos he was phenomenally good tonight.... Better than I thought he was.!

One week does not make a swallow(or something like that)so rapt for him last night

Petty looked like a guy coming off a serious injury and limited preseason regaining confidence in both his ability to launch at marks and get to more contests. Great to see unlike a lot on here the coaches persevered as it was only a matter of time the dukes were back to clunking them. 

 

That pack mark he casually took at Half Back was the turning point, he didn’t even need to be there.

Watching a big bloke with sticky hands is one of the truly beautiful things about football.

9 hours ago, monoccular said:

Welcome back Harry.  Your contested marking tonight was first  rate.  
So glad the selectors don’t decide according to the demo(n)cratic votes on this forum.  

He was very good. He also played a lot higher up the ground which I think is where he should play (or down back of course). Playing him deep as a forward is still not the solution. 
 

Some of his decision making and skill execution was still pretty poor but I am happy that he has some form. 


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