Toby Greene vs Chad Wingard - Who is better?

Toby Greene vs Chad Wingard - Who is better?

  • Toby Greene

    Votes: 86 75.4%
  • Chad Wingard

    Votes: 28 24.6%

  • Total voters
    114

Masqualero

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Both play similar positions.

Who would you rather have on your team for now and the future?
 

Deep

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Fair chance I'd probably get along with both like a house on fire if the opportunity arose so it doesn't matter that I find Greene to be partially a flog. I think he is the better footballer but I think Wingard made the better choice by saying he would leave GWS if they chose him.
 

blitzer

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Greene is a level above in my books. Just a super small forward who does everything at a high level. Other than his propensity to get himself suspended you'd love to have him playing for you.

Wingard's career really hasn't kicked on since he made AA rather unexpectedly in the beginning of his career (i forget whether it was his 2nd or 3rd year). He's now just another pretty good smaller forward type - along with so many others.
 
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Wingard's career really hasn't kicked on since he made AA rather unexpectedly in the beginning of his career (i forget whether it was his 2nd or 3rd year). He's now just another pretty good smaller forward type - along with so many others.

I rated Wingard very highly, but lately he seems to be very under whelming.

Greene at times plays a bit of "unsociable" footy, but he is a very lethal weapon in the forward line.

Wingard is in the area of requiring a rocket.
 

Jonts

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Probable bias but what Wingard did in the midfield on the second half of this year edges him over for mine

But if they were simply locked injustice f50 then Greene most days of the week
 

Beer n Skittles

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Would prefer Wingard. Just get that feeling in a big finals moment Wingard would do something special to win the game, or Greene would do something stupid to lose it.
 
Mar 18, 2013
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Would prefer Wingard. Just get that feeling in a big finals moment Wingard would do something special to win the game, or Greene would do something stupid to lose it.
I agree on this part - a player's game-winning ability is very high on my demands list. Wingard just has that X-factor that Greene doesn't. Over four quarters of footy though I take Greene, which is why I voted for him.
 
I'd like to have em both at the Hawks thanks.....Though I would still take Robbie Gray ahead of them both.
there is always one in every thread, isn't there?
 
Feb 23, 2009
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I agree on this part - a player's game-winning ability is very high on my demands list. Wingard just has that X-factor that Greene doesn't. Over four quarters of footy though I take Greene, which is why I voted for him.
Greene has a heap of X-factor imo, where he lets himself down is he is a hot-head and you can put him off his game if you get in his head.

If he irons that out of his game, there's no stopping him, ridiculously talented. Wingard to me just doesn't have the same consistency as Greene, although he doesn't lack in the talent factor.
 

RobbyRoy

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Wingard has struggled with injury to be fair. Voted Greene and do think he is better, but if Wingard can get a good run at it and back to his best it's a close one.
 
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Wingard has struggled with injury to be fair.

Has he really? He's missed 12 games total in six seasons.

Wingards form has dropped, not as damaging as he was.

Well, if people actually watched Port Adelaide this year, they'd see that he basically swapped roles with Robbie Gray, and is spending far more time in the midfield than he had prior. Is just as damaging and effective in a playmaking role as he is as a goalkicker.
 

RobbyRoy

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Has he really? He's missed 12 games total in six seasons.
Well up until 2016 he was playing pretty solid football consistently. In 2016 he was missing sporadic games and was clearly not playing the same kind of footy as he had up until then. This season he was very good in the first 8 rounds playing mostly as a midfielder then I believe he injured his ankle? Didn't spend too long out but was off the pace a little when he returned before finding some really good form in the last 8 rounds including a couple of top class performances.

Greene has clearly overtaken him in the last two seasons, I just don't think the gap is as wide it may appear to some.

On a side note, these two would be right up there for me in the "have a set shot to spare your life" stakes as well.
 

Richo83

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Has he really? He's missed 12 games total in six seasons.

Well, if people actually watched Port Adelaide this year, they'd see that he basically swapped roles with Robbie Gray, and is spending far more time in the midfield than he had prior. Is just as damaging and effective in a playmaking role as he is as a goalkicker.

And I don't quite understand why they did that. To me, Gray is a better midfielder while they're both gun forwards.
 
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And I don't quite understand why they did that. To me, Gray is a better midfielder while they're both gun forwards.

Probably playing with an eye to the future, given that Gray is 29 (30 early next season), and might need his workload managed (due to previous injuries) to prolong his career, and also give the next generation (Wingard, SPP, etc.) more time on the ball.
 
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