Player Watch #1 GigaChad Warner: 2024 All Australian

[Kennedy Parker]

Chad Warner
When the Sydney Swans swept up Chad Warner

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Chad Warner

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

4star

CL

0.0

1star

with pick 39 at the 2019 AFL Draft, they secured a youngster with an insatiable appetite for the contest. Warner attacks the ball and opponents with aggression and is relishing calling midfield bulls Josh Kennedy and Luke Parker

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Luke Parker

Age

32

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

his teammates at the Swans. Warner impressed for Western Australia in the 2019 AFL Under-18 Championships, averaging 18.2 touches (50 per cent contested), 3.2 clearances and 6.8 tackles per game. He also tallied an average of 27.1 disposals, 6.4 clearances and 7.4 tackles per match at Colts level for East Fremantle in 2019. He earned his AFL debut against Richmond in Round 6 of the 2020 season, recording eight disposals and two tackles.

Chad Warner

1

Chad Warner

Age

23

Ht

185cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

3star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

1star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

2star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

2star

CL

0.0

1star

D

7.0

2star

K

4.5

2star

HB

2.5

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.5

4star

CL

0.0

1star

DOB: 19 May 2001
DEBUT: 2020
DRAFT: #39, 2019 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: Willetton (WA)/Aquinas College (WA)/East Fremantle (WAFL)

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[Adnico26Parker]

 

[Jimbo OZ]

It’s best for me to mentally prepare for his departure. I’ll enjoy his last year with us and then optimistically look forward to him becoming Tim Kelly and us getting the equivalent draft haul.

 

[caesar88]

Simply must play him at half forward this year IMO.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

Simply must play him at half forward this year IMO.

This board goes crazy when a player is played “out of position” but then demands that an incumbent All-Australian midfielder is played half-forward. Never change BF.

 

[caesar88]

This board goes crazy when a player is played “out of position” but then demands that an incumbent All-Australian midfielder is played half-forward. Never change BF.

Actually he's an incumbent All Australian half forward...

 

[Jimbo OZ]

Actually he's an incumbent All Australian half forward...

Good point. That is indeed where he was selected. Touché.

Do you happen to have statistics of the time he spent forward rather than midfield?

 

[Superstar swan]

Should have traded him this year. Would have got whatever we wanted from wce

 

[caesar88]

Good point. That is indeed where he was selected. Touché.

Do you happen to have statistics of the time he spent forward rather than midfield?

I've got no idea. There used to be heat maps that showed where players generally won most of their footy, but I can't seem to find them now!

 

[BloodySwan]

Actually he's an incumbent All Australian half forward...

so was Heeney

 

[The King!]

enjoy his final swans year I guess

 

[ashep]

So much for the insiders

Let's hope he goes out with a bang.

 

[Superstar swan]

Chads camps doesn’t exactly seem to be air tight. Nearly every move of his is reported in the media

 

[rye]

I've got no idea. There used to be heat maps that showed where players generally won most of their footy, but I can't seem to find them now!

You can find player heat maps and many other advanced metrics at https://dfsaustralia.com/

They used to be on the AFL website too, but unsure if theyre still there

On SM-A536E using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[ashep]

Chads camps doesn’t exactly seem to be air tight. Nearly every move of his is reported in the media

Just trying to goad us into offering $20m over 10

 

[caesar88]

so was Heeney

Heeney was also elite in winning contested ball & clearances.

 

[tombomb]

Warner in the centre is fine, as long as you have two ball winners with him. Same goes with Gulden.

If Mills gets back to his best and it isn't just all being left to Rowbottom and Heeney, then Warner is fine in the middle.

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

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I love the last part of it haha as if we can tell him where to buy property...

We will get a good haul if he goes to Fremantle he will play finals and boost them significantly while the Eagles are 5 years away from a top 4 finish so his prime will be wasted.

Its one player sure a very good one but teams win flags with balance and mindset

 

[McRobie]

I love the last part of it haha as if we can tell him where to buy property...

We will get a good haul if he goes to Fremantle he will play finals and boost them significantly while the Eagles are 5 years away from a top 4 finish so his prime will be wasted.


Its one player sure a very good one but teams win flags with balance and mindset

How would we get full value? He’s out of contract and will no doubt name a club.

Dawson take 2. wonderful. Only way this works out for both is if we win the flag and he walks for probably well unders.

Or we don’t win the flag and get bugger all.
And we could have got a swag if we had the guts to pull the trigger this off season.

likelyhood pick 15-18 from Freo that turns into 20-24 after academy etc.

 

[RUNVS]

It’s best for me to mentally prepare for his departure. I’ll enjoy his last year with us and then optimistically look forward to him becoming Tim Kelly and us getting the equivalent draft haul.

I don't understand though. If he wants to go back to WA so much, and has already decided he is going back, why didn't he request a trade a few months ago? Our bargining position would have been so much better in 2024 than it will be in 2025.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

We got screwed on the Dawson trade but Warner is a different situation. Dawson wasn’t as highly considered industry wise as Sydney. Adelaide are also pricks.

Better examples of out of contract trades that match Warner’s situation are Luke Jackson, Tim Kelly, and Tim Taranto.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

I don't understand though. If he wants to go back to WA so much, and has already decided he is going back, why didn't he request a trade a few months ago? Our bargining position would have been so much better in 2024 than it will be in 2025.

We are in the window now. Best to gamble some bargaining position to increase your chance of winning a flag in 2025 and still having a chance to keep him (ala Papley).

 

[SeanM]

If Warner has got the money to buy a house he likes in WA, it is probably better to do it earlier

Whether he is leaving at the end of this season or in a few years time.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

We got screwed on the Dawson trade but Warner is a different situation. Dawson wasn’t as highly considered industry wise as Sydney. Adelaide are also pricks.

Better examples of out of contract trades that match Warner’s situation are Luke Jackson, Tim Kelly, and Tim Taranto.

Luke Jackson is the one I would use as a comparison

Very similar situation to Chad - in demand by both WA clubs, being offered big money on a lengthy deal, out of contract

Melbourne got 2 x 1sts and a 2nd for a couple of late picks back

 

[McRobie]

We got screwed on the Dawson trade but Warner is a different situation. Dawson wasn’t as highly considered industry wise as Sydney. Adelaide are also pricks.

Better examples of out of contract trades that match Warner’s situation are Luke Jackson, Tim Kelly, and Tim Taranto.

Don’t know if I agree with this. I think after Dawsons last Swans season he was thought of very highly. Certainly higher than pick 18.

 

[The King!]

Prefer he stays obviously, but the whole year of chatter is going to be more annoying than him actually going.