Recommitted Chad Warner [Signs until 2027]

[Byron_Clanger]

If Freo hadn't gotten Bolton last year who was on apparently north of a million at Richmond then I'd understand having the money for Warner. But getting Bolton, Pickett AND re-signing Brayshaw to massive deals then getting Warner sounds like some magical Geelong style salary cap wizardry.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

If Freo hadn't gotten Bolton last year who was on apparently north of a million at Richmond then I'd understand having the money for Warner. But getting Bolton, Pickett AND re-signing Brayshaw to massive deals then getting Warner sounds like some magical Geelong style salary cap wizardry.

We just heard about Callaghan being offered 17 million over 10 years.

Cap is no problem. By 2027 they're anticipating 68 players earning 1 million+. That's basically 4 million dollar players per club.

People need to get their head around this new economy we're in.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

I guess a part from a bigger pay check Eagles don't have much to offer

• A culture and history of success
• A huge fan base that create an amazing atmosphere
• A playing group that is young and going to improve

Fremantle are absolutely in front us in terms of expectations for 2025, but they've been building for 10 years. The current list at Fremantle have achieved next to nothing, so this idea that he should go to Freo if he wants success isn't really grounded in logic.

Right here, right now neither playing list have done all that much at all, so I don't know why you're parading around in this thread as if your mob are so far in front as if they've actually won something, because they haven't.

Hope that explains it for you Huskii.

 

[WCE777]

• A culture and history of success
• A huge fan base that create an amazing atmosphere
• A playing group that is young and going to improve

Fremantle are absolutely in front us in terms of expectations for 2025, but they've been building for 10 years. The current list at Fremantle have achieved next to nothing, so this idea that he should go to Freo if he wants success isn't really grounded in logic.

Right here, right now neither playing list have done all that much at all, so I don't know why you're parading around in this thread as if your mob are so far in front as if they've actually won something, because they haven't.

Hope that explains it for you Huskii.

beautifully executed

 

[King Huskii]

• A culture and history of success
• A huge fan base that create an amazing atmosphere
• A playing group that is young and going to improve

Fremantle are absolutely in front us in terms of expectations for 2025, but they've been building for 10 years. The current list at Fremantle have achieved next to nothing, so this idea that he should go to Freo if he wants success isn't really grounded in logic.

Right here, right now neither playing list have done all that much at all, so I don't know why you're parading around in this thread as if your mob are so far in front as if they've actually won something, because they haven't.

Hope that explains it for you Huskii.

Cool story

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

Cool story

"Cool story"

 

[Purple Suit]

• A culture and history of success
• A huge fan base that create an amazing atmosphere
• A playing group that is young and going to improve

Fremantle are absolutely in front us in terms of expectations for 2025, but they've been building for 10 years. The current list at Fremantle have achieved next to nothing, so this idea that he should go to Freo if he wants success isn't really grounded in logic.

Right here, right now neither playing list have done all that much at all, so I don't know why you're parading around in this thread as if your mob are so far in front as if they've actually won something, because they haven't.

Hope that explains it for you Huskii.

What a crock. In the last 3 seasons WC have won 10 games & Freo 38, including a final. 2025 is actually the tipping point when our list is now older than yours. We have huge upside and the experts now know it & talk about it.

You are 3-5 years off finals and competing because you have botched your rebuild so bad. Warner is going to WC for money if he chooses you.

 

[Altum Volantes]

What a crock. In the last 3 seasons WC have won 10 games & Freo 38, including a final. 2025 is actually the tipping point when our list is now older than yours. We have huge upside and the experts now know it & talk about it.

You are 3-5 years off finals and competing because you have botched your rebuild so bad. Warner is going to WC for money if he chooses you.

You must be so excited!

Congratulations on 2025!

 

[Hamann188]

Who's closer to success.

Fremantle's rebuild started in 2017.

West Coast's started this year (kinda).

If Chad chooses WCE he has to know he is playing for the Eagles in 2026, not the Eagles 10 years ago.

It's all well and good playing for a club that has had past success, but if you're 28/29 by the time you get another sniff at finals, you gotta ask yourself "have I wasted my prime".

And he wouldn't have to look far to get a glimpse of it, poor old Nat Fyfe might look back on his career and wonder the same thing.

But hey, maybe the Dockers **** it up and waste this list as well, who knows? He might be better off staying in Sydney.

 

[Purple Suit]

You must be so excited!

Congratulations on 2025!

Why not just base your hope off the past instead. Nothing ever changes and you can just sit back and relax and watch WC never stay down for long. Is there inflation on that as it’s been 4 seasons out of finals now and 5 without a win so you are edging into the long room as we speak.

 

[We_The_West]

It's all well and good playing for a club that has had past success, but if you're 28/29 by the time you get another sniff at finals, you gotta ask yourself "have I wasted my prime".

And he wouldn't have to look far to get a glimpse of it, poor old Nat Fyfe might look back on his career and wonder the same thing.

95% of past and present Dockers players ask themselves this every day.

8 years into a rebuild you will want to show something this year

 

[Hamann188]

95% of past and present Dockers players ask themselves this every day.

8 years into a rebuild you will want to show something this year

Yeah, they probably do.

But nobody at Fremantle ever expects a rebuild be done in a year or 2 just because that's how quick it was last time.

 

[We_The_West]

Yeah, they probably do.

But nobody at Fremantle ever expects a rebuild be done in a year or 2 just because that's how quick it was last time.

There's always been very low expectations at Fremantle

 

[Altum Volantes]

Why not just base your hope off the past instead. Nothing ever changes and you can just sit back and relax and watch WC never stay down for long. Is there inflation on that as it’s been 4 seasons out of finals now and 5 without a win so you are edging into the long room as we speak.

Hey it’s all good - I didn’t even say anything about WCE - you said it yourself - you are basing something off what you hope will happen, not what actually has happened.

If come the end of the year you are polishing your new cup or toasting your Top 4 season, then fair enough - Fremantle is the place to be for ongoing success - but in reality that’s not happened yet and the post you responded to originally only highlighted the fact that both clubs lists are yet to achieve anything.

 

[Hamann188]

Hey it’s all good - I didn’t even say anything about WCE - you said it yourself - you are basing something off what you hope will happen, not what actually has happened.

If come the end of the year you are polishing your new cup or toasting your Top 4 season, then fair enough - Fremantle is the place to be for ongoing success - but in reality that’s not happened yet and the post you responded to originally only highlighted the fact that both clubs lists are yet to achieve anything.

No, no, no I understand what you're saying.

I agree, neither has achieved anything yet. But I guess I was responding to the fact that a lot of people just expect Warner to select WCE as his preferred destination because of their past success as if that has any bearing or sway on the future. I think we can both agree it's just not that simple.

Between you and me, and I've said this previously on this board, I'm not really phased if he does go to West Coast. He isn't really a need for our list.

 

[King Huskii]

Wow west coast supporters changing the tread from a Chad thread to a how's freo rebuild going thread while they are cemented in the bottom 4.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

What a crock. In the last 3 seasons WC have won 10 games & Freo 38, including a final. 2025 is actually the tipping point when our list is now older than yours. We have huge upside and the experts now know it & talk about it.

You are 3-5 years off finals and competing because you have botched your rebuild so bad. Warner is going to WC for money if he chooses you.

This is hilarious.

You're making a distinction here that just doesn't matter. No good player is saying "I want to go to Fred because they've won an aver of 11 games in the last 3 seasons".

It's not as if you're contending for top 4.

If we're talking about botched rebuilds, Freo is a great case in point. 10th season of the rebuild, one finals appearance to show for it and a playing list that plays the most boring football, but maybe that's because they have a boring coach. Imagine sacking Ross the Boss and finding a coach that instills an even more boring game plan, just with less success. Freo things....

What the experts talk about is how Fremantle have chronically underperformed and it's time they put their big boy pants on. No finals this year and the coach is getting sacked is what they say....

I can't imagine a player weighing up between West Coast and Freo and saying "oh yes, I want to go to Freo because I want sustained success" that you seem to imply.That's just me basing it offf Freo's track record with it's rebuild.

West Coast won't be out of finals for 5-6 more years, because only Freo (and Carlton) take 10 years to do a rebuild.

IF Chad leaves, he's not going to Freo (he will be open to chatting to you but that's it) and it won't be because West Coast are offering a deal that Freo refuse to match. That's just the facts, and you can pretend all you like, but it's because Freo are and always will be a minnow club that doesn't know how to be successful.

 

[Shermanator]

The mail is West Coast. Nice get.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

The mail is West Coast. Nice get.

It's only because West Coast are willing to pay him more than Freo

- Freo fans probably (even though Freo would match our offer if it meant getting Warner and do it with a smile on their face.)

 

[Purple Suit]

This is hilarious.

You're making a distinction here that just doesn't matter. No good player is saying "I want to go to Fred because they've won an aver of 11 games in the last 3 seasons".

It's not as if you're contending for top 4.

If we're talking about botched rebuilds, Freo is a great case in point. 10th season of the rebuild, one finals appearance to show for it and a playing list that plays the most boring football, but maybe that's because they have a boring coach. Imagine sacking Ross the Boss and finding a coach that instills an even more boring game plan, just with less success. Freo things....

What the experts talk about is how Fremantle have chronically underperformed and it's time they put their big boy pants on. No finals this year and the coach is getting sacked is what they say....

I can't imagine a player weighing up between West Coast and Freo and saying "oh yes, I want to go to Freo because I want sustained success" that you seem to imply.That's just me basing it offf Freo's track record with it's rebuild.

West Coast won't be out of finals for 5-6 more years, because only Freo (and Carlton) take 10 years to do a rebuild.

IF Chad leaves, he's not going to Freo (he will be open to chatting to you but that's it) and it won't be because West Coast are offering a deal that Freo refuse to match. That's just the facts, and you can pretend all you like, but it's because Freo are and always will be a minnow club that doesn't know how to be successful.

We were six seasons between final wins. WC is currently at 5 including a spoon and the worst run of any WA team ever. Good luck rebounding quicker than we have, which is still bloody slow but that’s what happens when good players leave.

The next 5 years are going to be rough, strap yourself in.

 

[Purple Suit]

It's only because West Coast are willing to pay him more than Freo

- Freo fans probably (even though Freo would match our offer if it meant getting Warner and do it with a smile on their face.)

It will be pay and I assume you will also offer two more list spots and bigger contracts for his brothers.

 

[Dom sheed pocket]

We were six seasons between final wins. WC is currently at 5 including a spoon and the worst run of any WA team ever. Good luck rebounding quicker than we have, which is still bloody slow but that’s what happens when good players leave.

The next 5 years are going to be rough, strap yourself in.

Final win 7th season after previous final win

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

It will be pay and I assume you will also offer two more list spots and bigger contracts for his brothers.

Delusional. Players that haven't won flags (Swans won't win the flag this year) don't choose money. He's coming to us because we're a much better organisation than Freo.

It's incredible that even at our very lowest players still choose us over you. It says something about us, but also says a lot about you (and your dodgy rebuild).

 

[Elite Pete]

But hey, maybe the Dockers **** it up and waste this list as well, who knows? He might be better off staying in Sydney.

This is true and there are no guarantees of premiership no matter how good your list is.

There has been a heap of player choose a club because the list is better and they other team leap frogged them and won a flag first (or 3 in Treloars case and get traded on)

Chad is also 23 not 33, plenty of footy to see the ups and downs.

Experts at rd 5 last year were saying the Hawks still had a 5 year rebuild ahead of them. It’s AFL and things change quickly.

If he wanted a better shot at winning a flag he would just stay at the Swans.

The money you sign on for is all but guaranteed so if he wants to come home might as well take that one guarantee $$ and play for a big club and not a minnow

 

[WilloTree]

Final win 7th season after previous final win

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

That's what you took from his post?

There were 5 points made in the post and you counted the years between Freo finals.

sheesh

 

[Farang83150]

What a crock. In the last 3 seasons WC have won 10 games & Freo 38, including a final. 2025 is actually the tipping point when our list is now older than yours. We have huge upside and the experts now know it & talk about it.

You are 3-5 years off finals and competing because you have botched your rebuild so bad. Warner is going to WC for money if he chooses you.

"Including A final"........ah the rich history