Welcome Welcome to Hawthorn, Chad Wingard. 200 games! Announces retirement (2 Sept 2024)

[SSSSSS]

hopefully we end up with good Chad, and not bad Chad.

Bad chad would still be in our top 5 players.

 

[thundercloud]

hopefully we end up with good Chad, and not bad Chad.

Most likely good chad in new environment first year. Would be v interesting if bad chad started showing signs then and how clarkson manages that.

 

[thundercloud]

Overs??? For a player that is better than Rioli and Burgoyne combined?

Don't buy into the biased Vic media aspect.

He will also get the frees he never gets at Port.

Rubbish. Burgoyne should have been port captain and was then a much better player than wingard as per his last 3 years.

 

[Hodgey09]

This kid under Clarkson could be absolutely anything..limitless potential.

Genuine freak.

 

[Jables]

Overs??? For a player that is better than Rioli and Burgoyne combined?

Don't buy into the biased Vic media aspect.

He will also get the frees he never gets at Port.

Must be something in the water in SA ...

Port fans always have an obsession with saying a bunch of our players are garbage for some reason, half of them think Burton is vanilla. Rapt to have him but better than Rioli and Burgoyne combined, get real.

 

[Pessimistic]

Chad, Meet Cyril. get him excited.

 

[Gralin]

go away Rioli and Burgoyne are worth three times this chappy. For me he has always been Hodgey's chew toy........

You do realise Chad plays for us now right?

Clueless, you’ll see now.
Feel free to apologise in a few years time.
He smashes both on stats alone...in a comparatively crap team and younger!

I'm looking forward to what Chad can do under Clarko but don't think coming on here and bagging Silk, Cyril or Hodgey is going to get you far

 

[rjslcM]

Comes across to be pretty switched on.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Let's not go overboard, shall we?

I feel like that's a much more polite way of saying "Yeah, good one dickhead!".

 

[eldorado]

I feel like that's a much more polite way of saying "Yeah, good one dickhead!".

You see, I can do 'statesmanlike'!

 

[Billyc]

Pinching myself about this trade. Maybe it’s that people don’t watch much Port Adelaide, maybe it’s that his last 2 seasons have not been as good as earlier ones, but a lot of people don’t seem to realise how good he is. Reminds me a lot of when we got Burgoyne

 

[skipjack]

Really pumped. Excitement machine - really looking forward to round 1.

 

[sobrave]

Wouldn't surprise me if he turns into a top 10 player in the comp. Things are crumbling around our potato coach, i have no doubt wingard will tear things up for you.

 

[TylerDurden]

Wouldn't surprise me if he turns into a top 10 player in the comp. Things are crumbling around our potato coach, i have no doubt wingard will tear things up for you.

Cheers mate. Burto will be great for you guys too.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Reunites with Jarman Impey.

Possibly gets to wear No. 20 again.

Has excited me from afar has The Chad.

Graham Wright you lucky bastard.

 

[Fastback]

Unfortunately, I have issues with Chad at the hawks and paying overs for a guy who would have been a FA next year.

My feelings are shattered to lose Burton, it will take a lot for me to warm for the Chad.

Many folks rate Wingard - how do I welcome a player I was hoping the hawks would avoid.

Many would know there are players you don't warm yourself to and hope things may change one day.

I'm in the same boat, will need a lot of convincing...

 

[dp_ramas]

I just read on social media that Chads foster brother has just been abducted by his parents. Bloody hell bad news, I hope they find the kid.

 

[Hawk88]

What does he mean by hawthorn is very welcoming to the brothers? Was port not welcoming to the indigenous players/community?

Crazy stuff if true



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[MasterSamurai]

Reunites with Jarman Impey.

Possibly gets to wear No. 20 again.

Has excited me from afar has The Chad.

Graham Wright you lucky bastard.

That Dylan bloke isn’t half bad either.

 

[MasterSamurai]

I just read on social media that Chads foster brother has just been abducted by his parents. Bloody hell bad news, I hope they find the kid.

Wtf?

 

[Judd2Sewell]

What does he mean by hawthorn is very welcoming to the brothers? Was port not welcoming to the indigenous players/community?

Crazy stuff if true



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No, he just meant that Hawthorn are. Nothing to do with Port and that wasn't implied.

 

[Leeda]

Comes across to be pretty switched on.

He appears to know what Hawthorn is worth not just to us supporters.. but value is never counted in numbers.

 

[Leather Poisoning]

When mulling over Shiel and Wingard early in the trade period I said that Wingard was the one I wanted. Versatile, gamebreaker, POISE.

Will take a lot of pressure of Breust or can run through the midfield if Mitchell is getting tagged out of it.

 

[tommyk72]

It seems Chad had a very big mid-season turnaround. Is this only due to a shift to the midfield. I'm wondering, given the rumours about how Clarko has been interested in him for a while, whether Clarko might have had a small chat and said "show me what you can do".

If Chad can produce what he did in the second half of the season then this completely changes our mix in the midfield, if that's where Clarko chooses to play him. Check the bottom of half of the table at the end of this page:

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Chad_Wingard.html

Super impressive is his last game - 32 disposals with 75% TOG.

 

[beta_condition]

It seems Chad had a very big mid-season turnaround. Is this only due to a shift to the midfield. I'm wondering, given the rumours about how Clarko has been interested in him for a while, whether Clarko might have had a small chat and said "show me what you can do".

If Chad can produce what he did in the second half of the season then this completely changes our mix in the midfield, if that's where Clarko chooses to play him. Check the bottom of half of the table at the end of this page:

https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Chad_Wingard.html

Super impressive is his last game - 32 disposals with 75% TOG.

This is what Chad averaged in the last 12 rounds.
24.25 disposals .91 goals 5 tackles .5 goal assists 4.9 clearances