Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 11

[Portmanteau]

Interesting watching with commentary as a neutral (watch our games in silence these days). The barracking from the yobs in the box is staggering. I wonder if it's merely done to keep viewers from switching off, but it's really unprofessional.

It definitely is. BT is on record as saying he barracks for the underdog/comeback. Makes for pretty bad listening, but yeah it’s by design.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Wingard literally just standing in the middle without a man not even walking while play goes on at the wing. Wow.

 

[Capital Power]

I expect to hear info and insights I can't see for myself. Lucky these days I can follow along with the Port Board Game Day thread

 

[El_Scorcho]

Wingard handballed off a set shot from 50 earlier on. His self belief looks gone.

 

[Boss351]

Seeing either of these teams win is like asking for a punch in the balls or prefering a swift kick

 

[Magus]

Chad CAN do it, there's no question about it, but you have to admit his attitude stinks at the moment. Will be fascinating to see what Clarko does from here.

 

[Marmozet]

EAD Hawthorn

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Going to admit, Wingard is playing as if football is very secondary in his life

 

[240volt]

Chad= second rate Sammy

 

[240volt]

Going to admit, Wingard is playing as if football is very secondary in his life

Heard that before somewhere.

 

[LukeSA]

Chad CAN do it, there's no question about it, but you have to admit his attitude stinks at the moment. Will be fascinating to see what Clarko does from here.

I said this before but got accused of victim blaming somehow (???), Chad has the talent to be an absolute superstar but my opinion is that he doesn't have the mental toughness.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Chad will tear Carlton a new one probably.

 

[Magus]

Remember when we thought Troy Menzel had all the tools to be elite? Shows how far a bad attitude gets you.

 

[TeeKray]

Once Clarko realises he's a midfielder not a forward, he'll start firing. I do fear they've gone way too hard on this Cyril replacement narrative though and it could take a while before they admit they got that bit wrong.

 

[Janey]

I feel like Chad is more in love with the idea of being an AFL footballer than the reality of it. He possibly would fire up in a finals game, but you have to do the hard yards in the h&a games to get there. I wonder if he thought moving to the Hawks would help him regain the spark and love for footy that he had in his first couple of years. Time will tell I guess, he may still regain that at the Hawks, but the last couple of weeks he looks like he is just out there because he has to be, not because he loves the game.

 

[wayb2912]

Chad looked stiff, his calf is not 100%. Had an opportunity to kick a clutch 50m goal in the last quarter and handed it off to Sicily. Hes definitely not right, will be good but is just not fit atm

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[Janus]

Once Clarko realises he's a midfielder not a forward, he'll start firing. I do fear they've gone way too hard on this Cyril replacement narrative though and it could take a while before they admit they got that bit wrong.

Are you trying to say that super coach Alastair Clarkson has got it wrong, while you have it right?

He's not a midfielder. To be a midfielder with the rule changes you need to be able to run hard both ways and play around stoppages, which requires a bigger body because of the physical attrition that it puts on a player. That's why we tried to put muscle on him but because he never applied himself in the gym the extra fuel he was getting just turned into fat. There's a reason why we don't play Robbie in the midfield much anymore.

He can pinch hit in centre clearances but that's it. Against crap teams like North he'll be able to dominate but against any team with a sense of system he will fail, because he doesn't have the mental acuity to keep in the game when he's not getting his hands on the ball.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

You guys are reacting way too quickly to Wingard Hawfy time he'll settle in & get match fit.. The group thought here last year was that Rocky was a cooked busted backside things change.

 

[wayb2912]

I wanted us to pick him up as a DFA and everyone on this board was giving me crap. Hes a great tall wingman with good skills

Why did the Crows delist Henderson?

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[RossFC]

Particularly since Chad mentioned he was sick of not playing finals at Port

Well he would've played at least one more in 2017 if he hadn't stuffed that kick against West Coast.

Impey was the guy that cost us that game and Wingard joins him.

 

[Janus]

You guys are reacting way too quickly to Wingard Hawfy time he'll settle in & get match fit.. The group thought here last year was that Rocky was a cooked busted backside things change.

This is his third game. Wines had 35 disposals in his third game of the season coming back from the same amount of time out.

If he's not match fit now, there's a problem. I didn't think that Rocky was cooked because I could see how hard he was working and he had games where you got glimpses of what he could be when fit.

Wingard just looks like the same player he was at Port.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Impey is a bit of a nothing player. Was exactly the same at PAFC. Hard to say what his role is and what his expected output is meant to be. He's just there getting a few touches here and there.

 

[Duckimus Prime]

Wingard just looks like the same player he was at Port.

He's not looking close to the player he was at Port.

 

[snozulu]

I reckon Chad has already reached his ceiling. He will still be the occasional match winner for them but he played his best footy at Port IMO. I could be wrong though.

 

[Troopsy]

He's not looking close to the player he was at Port.

He looks worse than his down games last year on observation