- Apr 22, 2013
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cousins was an amazing player in his work ethic - he would run himself into the ground - as would kerr. You would see both of them bent over in absolute exhaustion when they went to the sidelines. His kicking let him down a bit - would shank a couple per match - but he could run and run.
it is difficult to remember just how good the west coast midfield was - around 2001-3 they routinely destroyed the brisbane midfield - voss, lappin, akermanis, power, black, ashcroft, johnson were just brushed aside routinely. it was a genuinely amazing thing.
their current side only runs forward and cheats a bit. on the weekend they had 3-4 players running as a wave forwards on 3-4 occasions because they had all broken forwards from a stoppage. You never saw that going backwards. Even their fast break goals our midfielders were the ones heading back faster, its just that the eagles players often got goal side
it is difficult to remember just how good the west coast midfield was - around 2001-3 they routinely destroyed the brisbane midfield - voss, lappin, akermanis, power, black, ashcroft, johnson were just brushed aside routinely. it was a genuinely amazing thing.
their current side only runs forward and cheats a bit. on the weekend they had 3-4 players running as a wave forwards on 3-4 occasions because they had all broken forwards from a stoppage. You never saw that going backwards. Even their fast break goals our midfielders were the ones heading back faster, its just that the eagles players often got goal side