willo said:
Good point. But we have to delist at least 3 players at year end. Tivendale, you would think, is a lock. Hyde? Casserly (surely not)?? Jackson ?? Meyer??
I had Pettifer down as one of the easy ones. Obviously not. :-\
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Good point. But we have to delist at least 3 players at year end. Tivendale, you would think, is a lock. Hyde? Casserly (surely not)?? Jackson ?? Meyer??
I had Pettifer down as one of the easy ones. Obviously not. :-\
breakthru yr in his 8th yr its this kind of thinking that has had us mired in mediocrity. he should have been traded more likely delisted at the end of 04.The tooth said:
pettifer is one who will never get any better why because he has to many deficiencies they are there for all to see including opposition clubs.
the claw said:
The thing is I think Wallace & co. finally saw it as well this year.
That's why I find these current thoughts staggering (as Scooper put it).
I have a feeling we're only going to take 3 picks in the draft this year...
How else are we going to make room for Petts?
Unless they pull out a shock delistee such as JON I can't see us taking more than 3 picks.
How else are we going to make room for Petts?
Unless they pull out a shock delistee such as JON I can't see us taking more than 3 picks.
I'm no Pettifer fan but imagine the club would owe him, & anyone in his situation re recent major injury, a duty of care in the recovery/rehabilitation process. Like it or not , club & player are probably bound together for another year.
GR said:
This is absolute rubbish as it would be Wallace calling the shots on whether to offer him a new contract or not. Like Miller or not, Pettifer's supposed resigning had nothing to do with his departure.
SCOOP said:
Whilst I agree on the "get what we can" idea, I can't believe that you would get sucked in to thinking that Miller made a personal call on Pettifer and that it was the final straw for him, without Wallace being the one behind the call. Miller would only offer contracts to those that Wallace says he wants kept on. He has made some monumental stuff ups in his time with us but, fair dinkum, he cops flack for heaps of crap that isn't his fault. Wallace gets off lightly on many of these issues IMO.
jayfox said:
Agree with most of that Jay-Z but when new management comes in previous promises on payments & contracts may not hold any weight at all. Happens all the time in the business world. I don't think the Pettifer deal was the final straw at all but surely if Wallace reccomends that a player gets a contract then the Miller's of the football department can deny it and in this case that is exactly what should happen.
Agreed. No room for sentiment. He should have been delisted. You can't make one hard decision (get rid of Miller - correct in my view) and be weak on another (get rid of Pettifer).mb64 said:
What happens if Tivendale gets injured at Coburg? Do we keep him as well?
Pettifer said he was assured by Wallace he,ll be at Richmond next year.Nothing to do with what happened to Miller.
If I played with Pettifer, I'd be disappointed at his poor defensive pressure and lack of tackling. Especially if I'm working my guts out to win the ball or put pressure on the opposition if they have possession of it.IanG said:
Might be a great bloke, but when you go out onto the field of battle, you want to see everyone committed to the cause. After 100+ games, everyone would know what he's like.
