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[JimmyBC]

I've been hearing people say today there should be a Chad Wingard

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Chad Wingard

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.3

5star

K

11.0

4star

HB

7.3

5star

M

3.5

4star

T

2.9

4star

G

1.5

5star

No current season stats available

D

10.2

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

5.6

4star

M

1.6

2star

T

2.0

4star

G

0.2

3star

farewell thing before the game, but I think the last thing this meek club needs is a touchy feely moment shared with a club you are about to battle in a final.

*And I love The Chad

 

[#Port Patriot#]

I've been hearing people say today there should be a Chad Wingard farewell thing before the game, but I think the last thing this meek club needs is a touchy feely moment shared with a club you are about to battle in a final.

*And I love The Chad

Do it after the game and chaired off. Not before. Like you said, no touchy feely crap prior to battle

 

[PowerBaz]

Do it after the game and chaired off. Not before. Like you said, no touchy feely crap prior to battle

We should chair off Hinkley after the loss.

 

[Andy_B]

We should chair off Hinkley after the loss.

More fitting send off

 

[Expat power]

We seem to always have really sore players at this time of year well moreso than other clubs anyway.

Think it’s fair to say at this time of year every club has the majority of their playing group running out sore..

 

[JimmyBC]

Think it’s fair to say at this time of year every club has the majority of their playing group running out sore..

Thanks for the wheeled out generic reply not addressing the point.

 

[Expat power]

If we are any chance of winning, the conman grifter has to start Rozee of half back, & play DBJ up front in exchange for McEntee (Dropped forever).

Bring in Williams for Lachie Jones who looks completely lost out there.

Banish Dixon to the local V8 car meetup for Marshall.

Sinn comes in for Narkle & Frankie makes way for Lorenz.

You lost me at Williams

 

[PowerBaz]

 

[Expat power]

Thanks for the wheeled out generic reply not addressing the point.

Did you have a point? We have “more sore players” compared to who? Collingwood? Carlton? I don’t think clubs release a 1-10 of who is most sore.

I’m assuming that the majority of us being from Adelaide or another football state would mean we know through connections current or past coaches. Obvs my mates who played are older (they have kids who play) but my kids have been to school with kids who have parents who have coached or currently coach, kids who’ve gone on to play, kids whose parents are in the recruiting department and kids who will be drafted next year. Adelaide is small. Sorry Jimmy but this is basic common knowledge, it’s the pointy end of the season it’s a game of attrition and survival of the fittest. Yes JHF has a bad back, Aliir has buggered his ankle (again) I don’t think any of it is a massive secret.

FWIW this year we’ve been pretty good at looking after our players but it’s finals now so there’s not a lot of “resting” players.

 

[johnnysix]

The change that will have the biggest effect on this week's game (if any):

In: Do or die for Ken
Out: Expectation

 

[Scodges]

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Pin this up in the change rooms, Choco would.


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[nadsee]

if rozee, butters & jhf are all carrying injures, if all 3 play, do they rotate more forward.

lorenz in as a mid.

lord, marshall in as forwards.

ratugolea 2nd ruck option.

we need to find a plan to slow the ball going into there forward line, to help out our defence.

but no matter what way i look at the side, we are just too slow..can not kick enough goals.

 

[JimmyBC]

Did you have a point? We have “more sore players” compared to who? Collingwood? Carlton? I don’t think clubs release a 1-10 of who is most sore.

I’m assuming that the majority of us being from Adelaide or another football state would mean we know through connections current or past coaches. Obvs my mates who played are older (they have kids who play) but my kids have been to school with kids who have parents who have coached or currently coach, kids who’ve gone on to play, kids whose parents are in the recruiting department and kids who will be drafted next year. Adelaide is small. Sorry Jimmy but this is basic common knowledge, it’s the pointy end of the season it’s a game of attrition and survival of the fittest. Yes JHF has a bad back, Aliir has buggered his ankle (again) I don’t think any of it is a massive secret.

FWIW this year we’ve been pretty good at looking after our players but it’s finals now so there’s not a lot of “resting” players.

You do realise we have a history of playing injured players in finals yes? it was completely unprofessional last year in particular, we also picked a guy last week that basically hops on one leg is that professional in your eyes?

We are not talking general soreness here as I said "really sore" it's a legitimate question with our history as you glance on watching our pedestrian players this time of year while other sides look really on top of the ground.

 

[RangaInTeal]

if rozee, butters & jhf are all carrying injures, if all 3 play, do they rotate more forward.

lorenz in as a mid.

lord, marshall in as forwards.

ratugolea 2nd ruck option.

we need to find a plan to slow the ball going into there forward line, to help out our defence.

but no matter what way i look at the side, we are just too slow..can not kick enough goals.

This is why we should have blooded games into the kids when we were ‘going alright’ blindly playing the same 25 all year then whinge we don’t bat deep…

Been doing it for years, when we decide to play the kids we play a heap of them and write the year off, when we have promising kids like Lorenz playing reasonable footy in the twos they sit there until their confidence is shot or become disillusioned.

Surely we could blood kids consistently against the bottom 4 teams. North in Tasmania, West Coast, Richmond round 19

 

[FishingRick04]

Well it is disrespectful, even if we deserve it, but he’s probably only sucking up the Vic centric rhetoric

 

[OneGreatClub]

Apologies if this has already been posted

Will Day has officially been ruled out

Won’t matter will it

 

[Gryllis]

It does seem insane that Tommy A was talked up as close to debut mid-season, then never played, and now we're planning a final with Evans, McEntee and sometimes Mead as small forwards, with Narkle as sub. Alongside Dixon and Ratugolea, who also aren't likely to score.

Lorenz did get a game - except he didn't actually get to play a proper game.

Now watch Hawthorn's first year players outscore Port's total score this week.

 

[PJ Power]

All my patients at work think I'm an absolute glutton for punishment going to Friday's game.

I've never heard the general feeling from the supporter base so down and gloomy during finals that what we are experiencing now.

It felt very gloomy before the SF last year too.

 

[b0ydman Jr]

Unlike some people here, I don't think "they'll get up for daddy doughnuts" will be a factor on Friday as the Hawks will be playing for Breust's 300th & someone else's 100th.

 

[Sozabarus]

The Ginnivan stuff is just him having a laugh with a former teammate, as if anyone is riled up by it.

 

[FishingRick04]

The Ginnivan stuff is just him having a laugh with a former teammate, as if anyone is riled up by it.

Poor timing laugh

 

[StueyDaDew]

Everything against us. Not expected to win. Coaches job on the line.

You see where I am going with this right? See you at the SCG

Ok.

 

[Willsy10]

Unlike some people here, I don't think "they'll get up for daddy doughnuts" will be a factor on Friday as the Hawks will be playing for Breust's 300th & someone else's 100th.

Who gives a shit about milestones or Hinkley, it’s a semi final, that’s more to play for than the other crap.


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[Willsy10]

The Ginnivan stuff is just him having a laugh with a former teammate, as if anyone is riled up by it.

No one is riled, but Ginnivan is clearly a tosser and if we can use his idiocy to try and spark our players up then that’s a good thing. You don’t ignore that shit, you use it as fuel.


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[Windy Cindy]

This would be enough for the old port Adelaide to flog this mob

But not this bunch of mental and physical lightweights