Opinion Chad Wingard

[drcollossimo]

Wingard hate in here is laughable, if he got his leg fixed he’s literally an upgrade on all our small forwards

It would take a team of 22 Jed’s to out perform one chad

Pull your bloody heads in !

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Shocking thread.

Along with Robbie, Boak and Ryder was one of the few that brought joy in a our games despite consecutive shitty seasons as a club.

He's twice the player Burton and Duursma are.

 

[240volt]

Excuse me but Butcher's comeback was an unmitigated success. He took a huge mark and kicked a big goal to win us the game in the SANFL before injury.

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He was injured before we drafted him, that’s why he lasted to our pick.
Year before he got injured he was looked upon at going possibly pick 1 but teams smarter than us didn’t take the risk. At the time we was in the market for a forward and took the risk, it never paid off.

 

[backtozero]

Made even weirder by the fact half of these flogs stick up for Fantasia despite him being way less professional, way less fit and way less likely to play to his potential than Wingard.

Show me someone that defends Fantasia, because I honestly haven't seen it.

 

[PortPortPort]

How come Amon don't get the same love as Wingard?

 

[edgie]

How come Amon don't get the same love as Wingard?

Solid half back/Winger compared to matching winning mercurial forward mid?

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[Rendaw]

So much wasted potential

 

[Handyandy]

I would take wingard back in a heartbeat. Felt very sorry for him. Loved watching him play & my wife loved watching him too. Such a talent.
Hawks initially bulked him up & tried to make him a tough midfielder but he found form in that difficult high half forward role.
Forget midfield, exactly the type of player we need up forward.

 

[Andre]

He was injured before we drafted him, that’s why he lasted to our pick.
Year before he got injured he was looked upon at going possibly pick 1 but teams smarter than us didn’t take the risk. At the time we was in the market for a forward and took the risk, it never paid off.

We also were running the shittiest football department at that time. Our fitness coach literally had Moobs. It's almost certain his injuries were mismanaged, in addition to his lack of being backed in. Between those two, at any of those other 'smarter teams' he'd have been a solid 200 game journeyman KPF. No Buddy , N. Reiwoldt or Tredrea, but then most forwards aren't. Butcher and Wingard - I feel my blood pressure rising at how Ken kills careers as effectively as he does non-performing dogs.

 

[Mundusa]

Wingard was my favourite Port player... I'd take him back for the romance it

 

[JimmyBC]

How come Amon don't get the same love as Wingard?

Not fit to tie peak Wingard's bootlaces.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Would've been on board before the Achilles, but now there's unfortunately no point.

 

[LittleLika]

Bring our son back home. I don't give a *. Whatever it takes, he deserves to retire with us. * you ken

 

[MrPower]

Bring our son back home. I don't give a *. Whatever it takes, he deserves to retire with us. * you ken

Yes. Let's show them what "We are Port Adelaide" means or should mean

 

[Portology]

Bring our son back home. I don't give a *. Whatever it takes, he deserves to retire with us. * you ken

“Whatever it takes” is about winning flags, even when said as a dark joke about Essendon.

“We exist to make sentimental gestures” on the other hand is about some little battling club at Alberton.

An extremely talented yet ultimately underachieving small forward who may just get on the park for one year in 2025 is not your “missing piece”.


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[Memphis]

Should we consider redrafting him if he gets delisted?
He has a year long injury but his form before was excellent.

No he had his time and he peaked early in his career.

He is cooked.

 

[Memphis]

Are we desperate or something?

I'd imagine us being desperate would be a move to bring Buddy out of retirement for a handsome contract and that sounds more enticing then bringing back wingard.

 

[LittleLika]

“Whatever it takes” is about winning flags, even when said as a dark joke about Essendon.

“We exist to make sentimental gestures” on the other hand is about some little battling club at Alberton.

An extremely talented yet ultimately underachieving small forward who may just get on the park for one year in 2025 is not your “missing piece”.


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Sure, but we're going for a 30 year old ruckman who's one serious injury away from his career being over and that's supposedly the missing piece.

If we can delist Fantasia and get Chad for nothing, I don't see what the issue is. Especially when Jed mcentee is running around week after week. In Chad's last 4-6 weeks, he showed to me that there's still something there that could be cruicial in a finals series.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Sure, but we're going for a 30 year old ruckman who's one serious injury away from his career being over and that's supposedly the missing piece.

Wingard has already had the serious injury that means his career is over, that's the obvious difference. He'll play little to no football next year. At which point he'll be nearly 32 heading into the 2025 season.

 

[Puddy]

No he had his time and he peaked early in his career.

He is cooked.

If we offered him a 2 year contract, 150k a year with incentives. Definitely would have been playing for us this year, had a fantastic month of football before he got injured.

 

[Macca19]

Wingard hate in here is laughable, if he got his leg fixed he’s literally an upgrade on all our small forwards

It would take a team of 22 Jed’s to out perform one chad

Pull your bloody heads in !

Is it really any different to the over the top Shaun Burgoyne hate that was here for a decade?

 

[Macca19]

People realise he's likely not playing at all next year yeah? Which would make it 4 seasons since he's had a full season (a season in which he was ordinary for most of it anyway). A lot of love for a small forward who kicked 9 goals in 14 games this year.

Hard pass. Hard hard hard hard pass.

 

[bomberclifford]

Is it really any different to the over the top Shaun Burgoyne hate that was here for a decade?

I still resent Burgoyne.

 

[Ljc_86]

Love the idea but the injury has made him a no from me.

I rate him above Rioli and Fantasia when able to play though

 

[PowerBaz]

I still resent Burgoyne.

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