The Chad Thread

[Dancin' Douggy]

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.



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.

Kelly is worth 3 Wingards. Seriously.

[josie]

what a steaming big pile of "Meh"

Yeah he wants to go to the hawks, so what? What if they were offering an extra 200k per year? or 2 extra years? its not a reflection upon us, its called Business......

Whilst i would have loved to have Chad at the club, i think he is a great player and worthy of pick 7, maybe even as low as pick 5. The fact remains we have not "lost out" we are in a great position with a very good draft pick, were going to get a great FS and a great academy pick, and if we manage to lose Adams, probably another good pick in the mix too.

Our trading has been very good, Crozier and Trengove both really blossomed at the end of the year and id expect that to continue.

Chin up folks!

Bravo Reload! Reading these posts it sounds like some woofers think we are doomed. We have one if the most promising lists, a great coach, pick 7 to mull over for the next month and The Bont for goodness sake. Now we have a war chest it’s Mission Kelly for 2019. The drafting of Franklin, to date, has not won Swans another flag. And as good as Wingard is I do not see him as messiah for another Hawks flag either.

[Ghost Dog]

Whilst I agree with your general sentiment on high profile FA's being a little overrated, I am a massive Wingard fan and am shattered we couldn't get him over the line. He is top 10 in the comp on talent and has his best years ahead of him - would have been a fantastic get for the club for a number of reasons.

Can we do a 'Tom Boyd' and flip this on its ear? Maybe we can go to James Sicily's management and offer him a monster deal that the Hawks can't come close to matching. We will likely lose Adams so some quality key position defensive cover and good ball use out of D50 would be as welcome as Wingard's skill set.

There is a reason why Port wanted to let him go.

[Webby]

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

We will draft a jet.

And draft day will be so exciting.

That’s correct. It’s a blessing, not even in disguise.

[Sedat]

Can we all please stop using the term 'war chest'? Makes us sound like Norf.

[EasternWest]

Can we all please stop using the term 'war chest'? Makes us sound like Norf.

You're right Sedat.

Let's do whatever it takes.

[kruder]

um time to close the thread lets move

[azabob]

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.

Surely a contract has been offered already? I’d be staggered if we hadn’t tabled something,

[lemmon]

Apparently Burton is pretty cut up about being put up for trade.

Cue Michael Jackson popcorn gif

[Dancin' Douggy]

Apparently Burton is pretty cut up about being put up for trade.

Cue Michael Jackson popcorn gif

He heh heh.

F%$# I HATE Hawthorn. I wish them nothing but ill will for a century.

[Rocket Science]

Face-saving hindsight's a wonderful thing but couple of things now occur;

Despite his prodigious talent, a club surely doesn't invite shedding such a player without other misgivings. Port know him better than anyone. It always struck me as odd he was even 'gettable'.

But given we've embarked on a rigorous dickhead-shedding policy of our own over the past two years, and know all too well the consequences of blokes not fully buying in, why were we willing to entertain recruiting a new, high-profile, generously-paid one? And what message might that have sent to the rest the troops? ... All assuming knowledge of Wingard's schtick isn't confined to Port, and naturally, assuming there's any truth to it.

How can we be willing to make examples of our own for going rogue while rolling out the red carpet for another?

[choconmientay]

Apparently Burton is pretty cut up about being put up for trade.

Cue Michael Jackson popcorn gif

You meant to post this ...

[jeemak]

Face-saving hindsight's a wonderful thing but couple of things now occur;

Despite his prodigious talent, a club surely doesn't invite shedding such a player without other misgivings. Port know him better than anyone. It always struck me as odd he was even 'gettable'.

But given we've embarked on a rigorous dickhead-shedding policy of our own over the past two years, and know all too well the consequences of blokes not fully buying in, why were we willing to entertain recruiting a new, high-profile, generously-paid one? And what message might that have sent to the rest the troops? ... All assuming knowledge of Wingard's schtick isn't confined to Port, and naturally, assuming there's any truth to it.

How can we be willing to make examples of our own for going rogue while rolling out the red carpet for another?

I'm not sure that he qualifies as the traditional dickhead, does he?

If the scuttlebutt is true, perhaps Port just couldn't justify paying him top dollar when he wasn't prepared to go that extra mile. Perhaps we were willing to pay him and try and turn him around via a calculated risk.

[bornadog]

https://imgur.com/a/wyqfRgm

From a Port fan on Reddit. Posted without comment.

I mentioned earlier there must be a reason why Port are letting him go

[Grantysghost]

Burton and pick 15 is massive overs.