The Chad Thread

[Dancin' Douggy]

OOOOh ouch I simply loathe Sicily. please no.

[EasternWest]

OOOOh ouch I simply loathe Sicily. please no.

I don't care for him either, but the boy can play.

[Grantysghost]

So explain how Geelong have gone with Dangerfield ? Continuing to top up and tread water . Hawthorn have lost their last 4 finals and does anyone think they’ve got great young talent ? Richmond won their flag on the back of their superstars , whom funnily enough they drafted with early picks .

Nankervis, Caddy and Prestia may have helped .

[Happy Days]

If we're gonna get a total germ of a player then I'd rather it be King Toby.

[EasternWest]

https://imgur.com/a/wyqfRgm

From a Port fan on Reddit. Posted without comment.

[Testekill]

https://imgur.com/a/wyqfRgm

From a Port fan on Reddit. Posted without comment.

It paints an absolutely shocking picture of the man. we'd be bringing him in on a ton of money and it seems like he's a child that refuses to put in the hard yards.

[GVGjr]

With the Ceglar rumour of leaving, and being a KPD down, I wonder if they look at Jordan Roughead as cheap cover for both spots.

I think he might be worth staying with us and used in the same manner you've described

[Flamethrower]

Phew - dodged a bullet there - Wingard thinks he is worth $850k to 1m per season for a flakey flanker who flopped badly when tried out in the midfield. Only worth $600k tops. (Actually probably only worth about $75,000 but AFL salaries are ridiculously inflated compared to their actual worth to society).

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

I'm not fussed that we missed out on Wingard, but I am puzzled by our approach.
I just don't understand why we needed to even comment.
Hawks didnt feel the need to come out and say they wanted Wingard. They let Wingard do that.

[jeemak]

I'd forgotten about this article, probably because I just really really wanted to get some A grade talent onto the list.

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/...530-zrt9s.html

So it seems his general lack of interest in football probably drives the behaviour, and that's fine. However, huge dollars and a lack of interest in maximising physical attributes probably isn't a good mix.

I'd be really interested to see the deals tabled to him compared. A lot of thought goes into this stuff retrospectively, but mostly a pragmatic reason drives the outcomes and I'd be surprised if (though it's not impossible) this didn't come down to a financial and or tenure based decision.

[Grantysghost]

I'm not sure belittling a two time All Australian that the most successful team in the last 40 years just secured justifies missing out on his services. We wanted him, he's a good player , he chose Hawthorn. How do we become more appealing?

[jeemak]

Whose post are you referring to?

[choconmientay]

From Sam Landsberg's article we clearly didn't rate him to be worth this year's pick 7.
Next year we are expected to claimb up the ladder. So maybe a pick between 10-15 for him.

The Bulldogs were hoping to use their future first-round pick for Wingard but Port’s preference was to secure their first selection this year, No.7.

We clearly have someone in mind which would keep this year pick 7 for.

Put in a decent year, keep the war chest built up and go after Kelly.

[Dancin' Douggy]

One day we'll be saying thank F%$#@ we kept pick 7.

We will draft a jet.

And draft day will be so exciting.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

We need to get on the front foot now with a long term offer to Bonti, post haste.
If Wingard doesn't believe in us, I'd love for Bonti and the club to show their commitment to belief in our future.