Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 15

[OneGreatClub]

Why shipping off Burton for Chad was the right call for the Hawks

Hawthorn made the right call to ship off Ryan Burton and bring in Chad Wingard, writes Marc McGowan

www.afl.com.au

 

[El_Scorcho]

That all australian stat has a best before date on it i feel we will have 3 in the AA team and 2 of them will be players that will come from that post 2006 batch of players imo.

Boak is 2006, Dixon was developed by Gold Coast. Jonas, DBJ, Butters?

We'll see. I think the only lock is Boak at this stage.

 

[Greasyrhys]

Straight kicking at goals does it every time.
One day it will be our turn

When pigs fly...

If only more time could be taken for our players to practice set shots

 

[Dylan8]

That Butcher Embrace...

 

[Power Girl]

Pretty sure that's Ottens. He was 6'8 in the old and Farnham was 6'9.

That was gigantic back in the day.

I reckon it still is

 

[gbear]

Why shipping off Burton for Chad was the right call for the Hawks

Hawthorn made the right call to ship off Ryan Burton and bring in Chad Wingard, writes Marc McGowan

www.afl.com.au

That article has aged well

 

[240volt]

When pigs fly...

If only more time could be taken for our players to practice set shots

With all this modern day training ideas do they still seriously practice goal kicking?
They need Jay out there to show them how it’s done.

 

[Grave Danger]

Richmond's 3 behinds all rushed.

So Riewoldt says **** that.

 

[240volt]

That article has aged well

It will be a good trade for us if we can get Burton on the park.

 

[OneGreatClub]

That article has aged well

Basically it is saying that even though the current Chad is average, lazy and unfit and regularly injured they made the right call because they have ample defenders lol

 

[gbear]

It will be a good trade for us if we can get Burton on the park.

Indeed, i am hoping Burton will become less injury prone as he ages. I am excited to see what he brings to the backline when he returns.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Would welcome Wingard back but it is odd that he's completely hopeless, even as a forward for us 20 possessions/game was also what he gave us.

That said I can't say we won that trade considering Burton is always injured and that Wingard still has 2x AAs and a B&F over the trade package

 

[El_Scorcho]

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That Butcher Embrace...

Somewhere in my heart I'm always dancing with you in the summer rain

 

[240volt]

All I can say right now is FU West Coast.
That p***k Shuey has the most punchable face in the AFL.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Wingard + Polec going to the Crows next season would be something though

 

[240volt]

Somewhere in my heart I'm always dancing with you in the summer rain

You been on the turps again?

 

[DaTBird187]

Jack Riewoldt is just an arrogant bell end.

 

[philthy05]

My theory is and always has been that gut running til your near ready to collapse is the reason why goalkicking is so poor.

skills haven’t gotten worse, only kicking for goal. It’s well known across all sports that people execute skills poorly when they’re suffering fatigue in their muscles and when they’re mentally fatigued.

footballs running and physical contact are far more challenging on the body than basketball or soccer.

I’m not sure why people keep asking why goalkicking is so poor. It’s obvious I think.

 

[OneGreatClub]

 

[gbear]

West Coast should bounce back against Essendon next round, though Richmond will thrash Freo also. Good battle on for the top 4. Port will have to earn their spot or they will find themselves in 5th.

 

[Malibu#27]

Basically it is saying that even though the current Chad is average, lazy and unfit and regularly injured they made the right call because they have ample defenders lol

The counter argument is that they made the wrong decision ‘Even if chad is good’ because the rest of the team is average and ageing.

They need to build for next group rather than try to hang on with current side.

 

[Papa G]

Would welcome Wingard back but it is odd that he's completely hopeless, even as a forward for us 20 possessions/game was also what he gave us.

That said I can't say we won that trade considering Burton is always injured and that Wingard still has 2x AAs and a B&F over the trade package

Yeah but those 2 AAs and BnF were with us. We have them plus Duursma and Burton. Hawthorn have a lazy player who doesn't look like getting back to anything like a BnF or All Australian. We are killing this trade.

 

[240volt]

My theory is and always has been that gut running til your near ready to collapse is the reason why goalkicking is so poor.

skills haven’t gotten worse, only kicking for goal. It’s well known across all sports that people execute skills poorly when they’re suffering fatigue in their muscles and when they’re mentally fatigued.

footballs running and physical contact are far more challenging on the body than basketball or soccer.

I’m not sure why people keep asking why goalkicking is so poor. It’s obvious I think.

Mate our guys can miss 20 meters out straight in front in the first 5 minutes of a game.
Half the time you can see there going to miss just by there run up.

 

[backtozero]

Wingard + Polec going to the Crows next season would be something though

Surely Polec is damaged goods at this point.

 

[backtozero]

Duursma will be a super long term player for us. He may be in a funk at the moment but thats only temporary.