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

[threesixpio]

Scrimmers and Wingers head to Dingers and make us grinners?

Makes the oppo kick pingerz while we become the zinger singers and wingerz and Scrimmerz’ moments lingers for eons in the halls of Dingerz

Now say it in Pirate

 

[Hawk_francais]

Makes the oppo kick pingerz while we become the zinger singers and wingerz and Scrimmerz’ moments lingers for eons in the halls of Dingerz

Now say it in Pirate

Could you direct me to the thread about the Hawthorn player Chad Wingard?

 

[MrPremiership]

 

[Slick]

I think a realistic expectation for Chad for 2019 is to play the rest of the season through the middle, average 20 touches a game and familiarise himself with our systems.

 

[hardway]

Keep it up Chad, you are rising fast!

 

[kirbatron]

starting to click

 

[CHUBBSS]

Worpel & The Chad.... has a nice ring to it

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Worpel & The Chad.... has a nice ring to it

Let’s do the Chad Worp again!

 

[The Jet From Poowong]

Let’s do the Chad Worp again!

I just admire his jump to the left, and then a baulk to his right

 

[Brishawk]

Chad was very good. Going to be a very good midfield next year.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

Freak

 

[MrPremiership]

Low centre of gravity, has an excellent shimmy

Playing midfield minutes has been great for him. Looking like the player we paid 15, 35 and Burton for

Has that little x-factor that the rest of our midfield doesn't, like Mitchell Worpel Jaeger Shiels

 

[SSSSSS]

Just 66% gametime.

This isn't even his final form.

 

[Zack]

Been exceptional the past two weeks.

Sees the game unfold as good as anyone in the modern era.

He was completely unfit early in the year, but fit geez he is good. TBH, better than I thought good.

 

[Dew2KFC2Flag08]

He’s really really really good.

 

[MrPremiership]

Just 66% gametime.

This isn't even his final form.

yep, limited pre-season and injuries throughout, just building. Can't wait for 2020

 

[Schulzenfest]

Wingard hasn't played good footy up forward since 2015. Stick him in the middle full-time and you'll see how good he is. Whether he's fit enough for that yet I don't know.

He's not a forward pocket. He's just not. Continue to play him there and this is what you'll continue to get. Put him in the middle and you might get what you paid for.

If that's what you recruited him as you shouldn't have bothered recruiting him. 2015 was a long time ago.

Chad Wingard from Rounds 1-11 last year when played up forward: 69.8 ranking points per game
Chad Wingard from Rounds 12-23 when played in the middle: 102.75 ranking points per game
Chad Wingard up to Round 7 at Hawthorn playing up forward: 65 ranking points per game.

There was a time when he was a very good forward pocket. That time has passed.

When Wingard was last All-Australian, so were Josh Gibson, Robert Murphy, Matt Priddis, Sam Mitchell and Brett Deledio. Things change. He's a very different player now with a very different body type and skill set to what he had four years ago.

'Wingard is a midfielder' is the hill I will die on. He doesn't even play for my club anymore and it still pisses me off to see him wasting away in a forward role that he's no longer suited for and he hasn't been for some time. He was playing so poorly there for us last year that was serious talk that he might be dropped, then he went into the middle and dominated the second half of the year, scored more B&F votes than any other mid on our list over that period after not even being in the top 10 after the first half of the season. Then he moves to Hawthorn, goes back to the forward pocket, and there's talk of him being dropped again. It's not a coincidence.

Clarkson may well have originally brought him in to be a forward, but he's a very smart guy and it won't take him long to figure out that in 2019 he's a midfielder. Looked like he played that role more on the weekend and it was probably the best game he's played for the Hawks so far. Keep him there and he'll play plenty of better games than that one. He certainly did for us last year.

Told you.

 

[Judd2Sewell]

Told you.

Been with you on this the whole entire time.

 

[Ned Ryerson]

Told you.

Also a true believer.

Holy shit he’s bloody good to watch.

 

[HairyO]

Told you.

He was playing forward pocket because he had no tank. Im pretty sure Clarko always wanted him rotating regularly.

Frawley is probably our only player who only has one role.

Chad had a great game last night. Always willing to get in and under and isnt afraid the break tackles. Still gets caught sometimes but when he's 100% he will be a gun again.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Easily his best game for the club last night. Cracked in all night and his skills on a wet night were a class above anyone else on the field.

From the last couple of games it appears obvious Chad is a midfielder / forward rather than a direct replacement for Cyril.

The difference to how he is playing now fit compared to the start of the year is amazing.

He plays like this for 2020 and the trade is a win.

 

[x_les_x]

Clarkson is actually a miracle worker. Hes hardened up Wingard better than Hinkley ever could. Everyone says Hinkley is a leader of men Clarkson makes players hit puberty twice.

Never would Ken make Wingard not wear longsleeves in conditions like that he didnt have the balls to. Not saying Chad was soft but i was actually gobsmacked when he didnt have one on as he usually does, infact i think no one in your team did.

The even better thing is Wingard embraced it and played a ripper for you bloke. Shows that Clarkson is doing what he does best and is turning Chads career around as he does to all his players so kudos to him and your team

Elated to see Wingard hitting his straps and doing so well. I fear you blokes in 2020 when your midfield consists of wingard mitchell scully omeara worpel and no doubt youll either trade or draft another ripper player. All the best

 

[TylerDurden]

Clarkson is actually a miracle worker. Hes hardened up Wingard better than Hinkley ever could. Everyone says Hinkley is a leader of men Clarkson makes players hit puberty twice.

Never would Ken make Wingard not wear longsleeves in conditions like that he didnt have the balls to. Not saying Chad was soft but i was actually gobsmacked when he didnt have one on as he usually does, infact i think no one in your team did.

The even better thing is Wingard embraced it and played a ripper for you bloke. Shows that Clarkson is doing what he does best and is turning Chads career around as he does to all his players so kudos to him and your team

Elated to see Wingard hitting his straps and doing so well. I fear you blokes in 2020 when your midfield consists of wingard mitchell scully omeara worpel and no doubt youll either trade or draft another ripper player. All the best

Thanks mate. Burton a ripper too. A win win trade. Plus Duursma looks gold.

 

[Sixpence]

I've seen a few comments saying his last 2 games have been great. That's just ridiculous. His last 4 games have been brilliant! Since coming back from injury, from the Geelong game onwards he's been in our best 2 (shaded only by Worpel each time).

Wasn't sure how I felt giving up Burton for him at the time, but I have absolutely no issue with what we paid now. I feel he's far more dynamic than Shiel would have been in our midfield, even with him travelling well at Essendon.

Great to watch!

 

[Mojo]

Just 66% gametime.

This isn't even his final form.

Super Saiyen 1, you reckon?