2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Operation get Mason Wood

 

Petty and mcadam can’t be in that forward line next week. Petty averaging 6 disposals and has kicked one goal in 6 matches. Goodwin is clueless. Ben brown is cooked. Turner ain’t a forward. A complete failure on our coaching and recruiting staff to solve a problem that has been going on for years.

 

 

Petty,?? Totally overated ! See if Adelaide are still intererested! 

1 minute ago, wonnabeeri said:

Petty and mcadam can’t be in that forward line next week. Petty averaging 6 disposals and has kicked one goal in 6 matches. Goodwin is clueless. Ben brown is cooked. Turner ain’t a forward. A complete failure on our coaching and recruiting staff to solve a problem that has been going on for years.

 

 

It’s not looking good, is it?

We have no Key Forward scoring Power, at all

We have all been waiting for it to come good, but today showed that it’s just not going to work, on many levels.

 
So frustrating because last year we could have really screwed Adelaide for Picks and Players,

Adelaide have some good attacking forwards and they were desperate to get Petty home, he was there playing Golf with his mates, now he will go quietly for nothing….

I haven’t seen much of today’s game fortunately but he looks so far off match fitness it’s not funny. 

4 hours ago, Jeremy said:

If we trade him this year we won’t get anything near what we were offered on the last day of trade period last year, two first rounders, might as well keep him and turn him into a full back like we know he can be 

Yep

We are going to have to spend an almighty amount of money to fix this situation 

It’s almost all mental.

Look at Tom McDonald forward in the second half. Jumped at the ball and nearly clunked a few, looked twice the player he was last year.

Look at Disco in his first game as a forward. Led and jumped at everything.

First month or so, Petty was tracking completely fine for a guy with no preseason, we get towelled by Brisbane who have him in a mind warp and he hasn’t been the same since (short of a cameo against Geelong).

This forward line, the coaching, the midfield supply it’s killing careers.

He’s just not a natural forward.

It’s that simple. 

5 hours ago, M_9 said:

In fairness, his 2 disposals today was only marginally less than the 6 disposals he’s averaged over the last six weeks. 

Well that's just it isn't it? This is the new norm for Petty.

I really don't want to hear about unrewarded leads this week either.

He is OVERATED been sayin so for  LOOOOONG TIME!

14 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

It’s almost all mental.

Look at Tom McDonald forward in the second half. Jumped at the ball and nearly clunked a few, looked twice the player he was last year.

Look at Disco in his first game as a forward. Led and jumped at everything.

First month or so, Petty was tracking completely fine for a guy with no preseason, we get towelled by Brisbane who have him in a mind warp and he hasn’t been the same since (short of a cameo against Geelong).

This forward line, the coaching, the midfield supply it’s killing careers.

It’s killing a team of potential and spark.

You don’t score you don’t appear fun to watch. 

Too much preservation over 5   years has worn us down and no confidence to attack for fear of failure. 

How good was he realistically going to be today when we had 35 inside 50s, 31 fewer than Fremantle?

There’s an important discussion to have about Petty but IMO it’s not the priority. The priority is the other two thirds of the ground.

6 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

How good was he realistically going to be today when we had 35 inside 50s, 31 fewer than Fremantle?

There’s an important discussion to have about Petty but IMO it’s not the priority. The priority is the other two thirds of the ground.

This seems logical. We need to get back to our brand of contest/defence. Can't expect our forwards to fire when we can't even get it in there.

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

He is OVERATED been sayin so for  LOOOOONG TIME!

I don’t rate him at all

8 hours ago, picket fence said:

He is OVERATED been sayin so for  LOOOOONG TIME!

Over rated as a forward…..

 

as a backman he’s fantastic

Isn't this the reason why we have a forward coach to help petty be a forward? I know he's an easy target but our forward line issues have been happening for a couple of years now. 

Isn't it Stafford's job to sort this out & function it?

10 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

It’s not looking good, is it?

We have no Key Forward scoring Power, at all

We have all been waiting for it to come good, but today showed that it’s just not going to work, on many levels.

 
So frustrating because last year we could have really screwed Adelaide for Picks and Players,

Adelaide have some good attacking forwards and they were desperate to get Petty home, he was there playing Golf with his mates, now he will go quietly for nothing….

Petty is not putting in its so obvious

He looks to me like he doesnt give a S$%T

Luke Jackson ‘Departure Lounge’ vibes

10 hours ago, picket fence said:

He is OVERATED been sayin so for  LOOOOONG TIME!

You also said Jack Billing’s was playing well, Josh schace was having a terrific summer, and that Ben brown would be our main forward target this year 😂 

JVR and Jeffo need to click, help us Jeffo...you're our only hope.

McAdam needs a rest, Petty go down back and Tmac up forward.

Can't wait for Milkshake to come back and Jeffo to get up but without our mids none of it matter.

31 minutes ago, Jeremy said:

You also said Jack Billing’s was playing well, Josh schace was having a terrific summer, and that Ben brown would be our main forward target this year 😂 

And ya know what, I'd back each of them NOW!!

10 minutes ago, Young Angus said:

JVR and Jeffo need to click, help us Jeffo...you're our only hope.

McAdam needs a rest, Petty go down back and Tmac up forward.

Can't wait for Milkshake to come back and Jeffo to get up but without our mids none of it matter.

I do assume you mean he just needs to be dropped because if he needs a physical rest right now then god help us. 

 

11 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

It’s almost all mental.

Look at Tom McDonald forward in the second half. Jumped at the ball and nearly clunked a few, looked twice the player he was last year.

Look at Disco in his first game as a forward. Led and jumped at everything.

First month or so, Petty was tracking completely fine for a guy with no preseason, we get towelled by Brisbane who have him in a mind warp and he hasn’t been the same since (short of a cameo against Geelong).

This forward line, the coaching, the midfield supply it’s killing careers.

Agree re: the mental side of things. I don’t want to harp on about the loading aspect and tactics etc. but the mental side of things is at least 50% of the ball game - true of pretty much all sports. Anyone who has played to a reasonably competitive level knows that. Yes, the running game and fitness, and tactics are all important and make up the other 50%. You can’t do it without those, but psychology is so important. They just don’t believe this year.

11 hours ago, JJJ said:

He’s just not a natural forward.

It’s that simple. 

this focus Goodwin had of trying to find defenders and turn them into forwards and they end up doing neither well.  Turner and Petty are lost in those positions.  No idea.  Delivery to them is horrible.  No forward craft by anyone.

Goodwin new game plan is horrendous.

17 hours ago, M_9 said:

In fairness, his 2 disposals today was only marginally less than the 6 disposals he’s averaged over the last six weeks. 

The 6 average comes mostly from his time relieving the ruck. 

He is a shell of a footballer at the moment.