Player Watch #1 GigaChad Warner: 2024 All Australian

[Kennedy Parker]

Chad Warner
When the Sydney Swans swept up 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

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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[Superstar swan]

You don't tend to buy $3 million houses if you intend to live in it in 5 years time. Maybe if it was a $1 million property I could believe it was an investment property, but not $3 million.

Exactly , a 3 million dollar house has little room for growth, if it was a million it makes more sense as an investment.

Throw the investment property theory out of the window

 

[bedford]

You don't tend to buy $3 million houses if you intend to live in it in 5 years time. Maybe if it was a $1 million property I could believe it was an investment property, but not $3 million.

Why not it might be worth 5million in 3 years

 

[Slingshot Footy]

What large fish is coming ? People keep dangling this carrot. We havnt signed anyone since buddy , unless they are salary dumps or unwanted by their clubs.

The reality is the market we are in, is not conjusive to signing superstar players.

I didn’t say there was one superstar.

But that is how trade and free agency works right? Having the money to spend on a player to acquire their services?

I understand how you feel when we constantly get stood up at the negotiation table as it seems most player agents just use us as a bargaining tool to drive their client’s price up but that doesn’t mean we stop offering good players great deals at every opportunity.

The irony now is that one of our own players appears to be driving his price up against us as well.

Wherever Chad ends up I’d be very curious to know the salary he’ll command next year regardless.

 

[Superstar swan]

I didn’t say there was one superstar.

But that is how trade and free agency works right? Having the money to spend on a player to acquire their services?

I understand how you feel when we constantly get stood up at the negotiation table as it seems most player agents just use us as a bargaining tool to drive their client’s price up but that doesn’t mean we stop offering good players great deals at every opportunity.

The irony now is that one of our own players appears to be driving his price up against us as well.

Wherever Chad ends up I’d be very curious to know the salary he’ll command next year regardless.

We aren’t a viable option for players in their prime anymore . Even if the salary is above market value, they’re paying considerably more just to live in Sydney .

Another major factor is reduced opportunity to make money outside of the club . Teams in footy states can get players much more money by doing appearances, 3rd party sponsorships etc. there is only so much money to go around and rugby league players will be taking the lions share or the corporate money

 

[Tedeski]

What large fish is coming ? People keep dangling this carrot. We havnt signed anyone since buddy , unless they are salary dumps or unwanted by their clubs.

The reality is the market we are in, is not conjusive to signing superstar players.

Oliver & his sideshow.

 

[Tedeski]

Back to the bad old days of bleeding wanted players to
other clubs.
We didn’t lose wanted players under Roos.
ROK for example. He stayed & helped win the flag in 2012.

We are slowly but surely becoming that club again where we lose them at peak like the basket case clubs have.

 

[hairy biker]

We didn’t lose wanted players under Roos.
ROK for example. He stayed & helped win the flag in 2012.

Some degree of revisionist history there.

Two reasons ROK was exploring his options
1 he wanted a 4 year contract, the club was only offering 3 and
2 Roos was publicly chasing the contracted Daniel Kerr and stated (again publicly) that we'd have to give up 2 1st rd draft picks for him (and guess which uncontracted player was going to bring in that second 1st rounder?) Needless to say Ryan wasn't thrilled.

Kerr signed a new contract with WCE, ROK got his 4 year deal and suddenly the supposed homesickness disappeared, although to be fair he did get some extra midfield minutes.

So if Roos had had his way it would have been Kerr in, ROK out.

 

[Superstar swan]

Back to the bad old days of bleeding wanted players to
other clubs.
We didn’t lose wanted players under Roos.
ROK for example. He stayed & helped win the flag in 2012.

We are slowly but surely becoming that club again where we lose them at peak like the basket case clubs have.

Although everyone in the media says we don’t lose players

 

[Deccas]

You don't tend to buy $3 million houses if you intend to live in it in 5 years time. Maybe if it was a $1 million property I could believe it was an investment property, but not $3 million.

There was a quite recent political scandal about someone on a wage not as good as Warner's buying a 4 million dollar investment property what are you talking about?

 

[bedford]

I didn’t say there was one superstar.

But that is how trade and free agency works right? Having the money to spend on a player to acquire their services?

I understand how you feel when we constantly get stood up at the negotiation table as it seems most player agents just use us as a bargaining tool to drive their client’s price up but that doesn’t mean we stop offering good players great deals at every opportunity.

The irony now is that one of our own players appears to be driving his price up against us as well.

Wherever Chad ends up I’d be very curious to know the salary he’ll command next year regardless.

It's not about the money really , it's more the pressure of the girlfriend . He is a superstar whatever , some use that name wrongly

 

[Millky95]

Yep. A large part of me wishes he requested a trade in 2024. Then we would be done with this shit. Him staying an extra year just feels a bit selfish.

He did. We declined

 

[joeykanga]

I say in the next two days

By lunchtime on the 3rd day

 

[Superstar swan]

He did. We declined

Probably why he’s trying to strong arm the club now by leaking real estate purchases etc

 

[Adnico26Parker]

Just as a comparison, by late March 2024, it was reported that Liam Baker had bought a house in Perth; the rest is history.

Same with Luke Jackson.

 

[tombomb]

He did. We declined

That doesn't make any sense.

He didn't need to ask the club's permission to request a trade.

Both West Coast and Freo had more than enough draft capital to make an offer that we wouldn't have refused. His management would have pushed it through if he wanted to move last year.

 

[Jimbo OZ]

I’ve heard reports that he’s got a property portfolio in Sydney too.

 

[Millky95]

That doesn't make any sense.

He didn't need to ask the club's permission to request a trade.

Both West Coast and Freo had more than enough draft capital to make an offer that we wouldn't have refused. His management would have pushed it through if he wanted to move last year.

Report was he asked if he could get traded in 2024 but was understanding if the club wanted him to complete his contract. The club said they'd want him for 2025 and he was happy with that

 

[tombomb]

Report was he asked if he could get traded in 2024 but was understanding if the club wanted him to complete his contract. The club said they'd want him for 2025 and he was happy with that

I'm sceptical on that sequence of events.

Maybe he raised the idea of being traded with the club to see if they would be open to it to get some kind of certainty. Maybe he just wanted to keep all his options open and give the club as much notice as possible.

I say 'maybe' because I doubt that happened, but it could have.

But if he really wanted to leave last year, he would have been traded. Warner might not be across the trade market and how a deal could get done, but his management would have made it happen if that is what he wanted.

 

[hairy biker]

Report was he asked if he could get traded in 2024 but was understanding if the club wanted him to complete his contract. The club said they'd want him for 2025 and he was happy with that

And I'll repeat what I said previously (in early December 2024) when another posted made this same claim;

Show me one semi-credible report that stated he asked for a trade.

Amazing how you know the inside word yet not one journo as picked up on it.
They are reporting on a game of golf, reporting on a house viewing, but they forgot or missed the bit where he asked for a trade and the Swans said no.

I'm still waiting for that 'semi-credible' report.

tombomb pretty much nailed it;

It was mentioned by someone, who knew someone, who knew someone else, on bigfooty.

It had about as much credibility as Cliff from Clematis.

So Millky95 your semi-credible link?

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

Report was he asked if he could get traded in 2024 but was understanding if the club wanted him to complete his contract. The club said they'd want him for 2025 and he was happy with that

If so then we cannot whine and complain when we get below value.

If i was Eagles/Freo list manager i would offer a first round pick and thats it.

 

[Millky95]

And I'll repeat what I said previously (in early December 2024) when another posted made this same claim;

I'm still waiting for that 'semi-credible' report.

tombomb pretty much nailed it;


So Millky95 your semi-credible link?

Just repeating what I read here. Take it or leave it

Regardless of that, nothing he has done reported by journalists (contract talks on hold, buying the house, meeting both WA clubs) suggest to me that he is staying

 

[hairy biker]

Just repeating what I read here. Take it or leave it

C'mon you're smarter than that.

Somebody starts a rumour on BF (WCE board?) with no source then it gets trotted out here and you post on it giving it a degree of credibility?

Journos are all over the Chad story.
As I said not one semi- credible media story on him actually requesting a trade.

Regardless of that, nothing he has done reported by journalists (contract talks on hold, buying the house, meeting both WA clubs) suggest to me that he is staying

That's fine and I happen to think you'll probably be right.

But the difference is that you are offering an opinion, rather than repeating a 'report' with no standing.

 

[tombomb]

Just repeating what I read here. Take it or leave it

Regardless of that, nothing he has done reported by journalists (contract talks on hold, buying the house, meeting both WA clubs) suggest to me that he is staying

He might be destined to leave, but I think it is illogical that we know he is leaving and held him anyway.

We must think he is a good chance to extend.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

I presume it would have been his management, in the course of standard communications between them and club management, that make enquiries to the club about any probability or, possibility of Chad leaving early, not Chad directly. To be clear, I have no knowledge of any such meeting or discussion occurring.

IIRC, this year is the cheapest/lowest of his current deal as it was front-ended. So keeping him this year would have been best for the club, given the year he just had.

There could also be an outside chance that the club could tweak his deal for this year, and give him a bit of extra money as a trade-off, like the Bombers have just done with Merrett.

EDIT: I have amended the above post to allay any misconception that I was repeating or agreeing with any rumour.

 

[hairy biker]

I presume it would have been his management that would have asked the club about the probability or, possibility of Chad leaving a year early, not Chad directly, and we would have said to them, no.

And once again I ask on what is that 'presumption' based?

My guess is that Chad will leave at the end of 2025.
There is absolutely nothing to suggest he wanted out at the end of 2024 (other than some random WCE supporter posting something that popped into his head?).

Every time someone talks about a 2024 requested trade the story gains leverage.
Repeating some random self-serving post (from the WCE Board?) and giving it credence is frankly embarrassing, particularly from respected posters such as yourself and Millky95.

And just for clarification on another matter, no matter how many times the story is repeated,including by Donald Trump,no, Haitian immigrants were not eating domestic pets in Springfield Ohio.

We currently live in a World where misinformation is rampant, please don't add to it,even in this overall trivial matter.