Brad Helbig and Ricky Petterd

[TheAnt]

First of all does anyone know if Helbig is any quick? I feel as though Richmond need a line breaker...stood no chance against Collingwood when they were pressing in the third quarter. Foley back will help but until then Helbig on a half back or a wing could be useful...
As for Petterd...3 costly mistakes, how many chances does he get?

[Toga]

Agreed we need someone with a bit of pace to come into the team, that's why I think Brandon Ellis might have to make way for Robin Nahas or Matty White this week... Especially at Subiaco, that's where pace can count!

As for Helbig, was impressive on the weekend for Coburg by the sounds of it, not sure about his speed but this is from his profile on Richmond FC:

A quick, hard-at-the-ball midfielder from South Australia, Helbig is also a fierce tackler.

Quick, and a good tackler? Sounds like something we might've been lacking a bit last week?



And not sure about Petterd, wasn't able to watch the game on the weekend, what happened?

[TheAnt]

Fierce tackler is definitely what we need.. bit surprised Hardwick is saying we might need a 4th target at Patersons, i'd say its the other way around and you need more pace.
As for Petterd he dropped a mark in the defensive 50, dropped a mark when Richmond were pressing which led to a Collingwood scoring shot and made another costly fumble somewhere else

[Jroo]

I reckon Helbig will be given a go this week he's been impressive in the VFL. Would like to see Petterd given one more chance.