List Mgmt. Welcome Jack Petruccelle (Pick 38, 2017 National Draft)

[Dark Sharks]

What potential do you see mate? Serious question. I don't even know how he got in the system. I would really like to know what you see.

Oh i dunno, not many people were complaining about him last year when he kicked 21 snags

He was a different player then. His trajectory looked good. Still got lost, still frustrated people but the positives in his game looked promising.


2020 a big backward step. I'm deadset against the fact we gifted him so many games, including a final to find something resembling form in 2020, and he squandered every opportunity. Incredibly frustrating player to watch this year. Couldn't remotely get going.

He's going to piss a lot of people off in 2021 if he shows the same lack of development in his 4th season, with still 2 more left on his contract.

 

[ziad]

Oh i dunno, not many people were complaining about him last year when he kicked 21 snags

He was a different player then. His trajectory looked good. Still got lost, still frustrated people but the positives in his game looked promising.


2020 a big backward step. I'm deadset against the fact we gifted him so many games, including a final to find something resembling form in 2020, and he squandered every opportunity. Incredibly frustrating player to watch this year. Couldn't remotely get going.

He's going to piss a lot of people off in 2021 if he shows the same lack of development in his 4th season, with still 2 more left on his contract.

Very tough year with injury and no WAFL to play regularly

 

[WCErevival]

5 of his goals came from 1 game in 2019 though so 16 goals in 19 games is not that great.

 

[Dark Sharks]

5 of his goals came from 1 game in 2019 though so 16 goals in 19 games is not that great.

Cripps kicked 9 goals from 14 games this year. He hasn't had a goal return that low since he was at the Saints in 2012, and still played 2 less games.


Where does that rate?

 

[WCErevival]

Cripps kicked 9 goals from 14 games this year.


Where does that rate?

Pretty average.

 

[Into The Black]

Gone backwards for sure. Is he maybe unhappy, wanting to go home ? Didn't seem to be interested at all.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Gone backwards for sure. Is he maybe unhappy, wanting to go home ? Didn't seem to be interested at all.

He can’t be unhappy as he just signed on for 3 more years, he must be pinching himself the club signed him on again. Why would you leave when someone offers you something no other club would.

 

[Into The Black]

Gone backwards for sure. Is he maybe unhappy, wanting to go home ? Didn't seem to be interested at all.

Ok *******, did you see we have just re-signed him ?

 

[Into The Black]

He can’t be unhappy as he just signed on for 3 more years, he must be pinching himself the club signed him on again. Why would you leave when someone offers you something no other club would.

Just read that, stunned tbh.

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Just read that, stunned tbh.

Probably not as stunned as Jack was himself lol

 

[06Premiers]

5 of his goals came from 1 game in 2019 though so 16 goals in 19 games is not that great.

In this day and age, roughly a goal a game is a good return from a small forward.

 

[RookiePick]

5 of his goals came from 1 game in 2019 though so 16 goals in 19 games is not that great.

A goal a game when you were behind JK, Darling, Cripps, Ryan, Rioli and Allen/Waterman in the pecking order when the ball is going inside 50.

It was a hugely promising year that we could get a goal a game out of him while he learned how to play football. You can carry the guy with that output.

2020...not so much.

Huge upside for us if he can find his feet at the level. 3 years is possibly too many but these are strange times. Let's see, I'm going to back Jack in to be a contributor in '21 and ahead.

 

[Optemizer]

Others on here have said it and i agree, The best position i think for Petch is on the wing. Use his pace to provide an option out of defence. Fingers crossed with enough development he can be like Peter Matera.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Really needs to learn to kick at pace.

 

[KERRPOW]

My jaw dropped upon hearing he had a 3 year contract extension.

Really needs to work on his workrate and build up his fitness so he can sustain repeated efforts.

 

[kane249]

Others on here have said it and i agree, The best position i think for Petch is on the wing. Use his pace to provide an option out of defence. Fingers crossed with enough development he can be like Peter Matera.

Why do people keep trotting this out? He lacks two pretty significant fundamentals to be like Peter Matera, namely game sense and kicking skills.

It's a common occurrence for Petrucelle once he gets into space his kick into 50 is either sprayed out on the full or shanked and dribbled.

 

[ChampRevesby]

Why do people keep trotting this out? He lacks two pretty significant fundamentals to be like Peter Matera, namely game sense and kicking skills.

It's a common occurrence for Petrucelle once he gets into space his kick into 50 is either sprayed out on the full or shanked and dribbled.

His ball drop and action looks awkward and unusual. I find it strange that all his coaches up to this point have not helped him with it.

 

[shooshka]

Really needs to learn to kick at pace.

Possibly just needs to slow down and settle a little as well - although the time to do that isn't as often there at AFL level (not so much that he doesn't have space - as his pace creates that - more than the window of opportunity to hit up leading forwards is limited so 1-2 more steps might mean a hit-up-on-lead turns into a kick-to-contest).

I'd like to see us train and use him more around stoppages (not centre bounces - around the ground) - maybe on the defensive side (mostly) rather than just trying to hit him up running through (which is predictable, and ends up being foiled by a defensive player at the stoppage). He would need to become an elite handballer (should be easier than training him to become an elite kick) - and his pace will be good both for pressuring on defence, and also to draw defenders to him when in possesion (hence the elite handballing - so he can draw defenders then feed the ball to Yeo, Shuey, Sheed etc in space).

 

[Chris_6678]

They should development as a HBF in the WAFL to get him to learn to play defensive. Might even rack up the ball and develop his accumulation and running patterns.

 

[THE A5]

Others on here have said it and i agree, The best position i think for Petch is on the wing. Use his pace to provide an option out of defence. Fingers crossed with enough development he can be like Peter Matera.

petch has no footy iq. Not sure if he will ever improve that to an elite level

 

[Balls In]

People underestimate the difficulty in returning off a bad injury and how it can affect a season. Particularly a soft tissue injury for someone reliant on their explosive pace.

 

[dkalphy]

Worse case potential: Walmart version of Gary Rohan
Ceiling: Prime Thomas DR "Best 16 year old i've ever seen" Swift

 

[FKASC]

"So lucky "

 

[RookiePick]

"So lucky "

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Later that evening...

 

[FKASC]

Later that evening...

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Never played Leisure Suit Larry but I ****ing loved those point and click type games.