Game Day Round 9, 2025: West Coast vs Richmond

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Shanahan is going great in the WAFL but he is still skinny by AFL standards. I’m sure he’ll get a run soon but let’s pick our battles.

A measured, calm take from you eaglesnutcase. A distinct lack of exclamation marks too. Did you take your meds this morning?

 

[DanWCE]

I'm not edging you

Why not?

 

[THE A5]

Why not?

Cause DArk Sharts isn’t a rock hard man in his 20’s

 

[RustyShacklefordFalcon]

Got to wait and see till it’s confirmed but dropping Jack Williams and retaining archer will a massive cross against him. Archers promising but hasn’t kicked a goal in close to a month and his impact his been dwindling. Kid was on the verge of needing a rest pre ankle issue last week and after that incident needed to be rest.

I can understand the exploring the list and etc but the two ruck combo really should have come out a week earlier if not round one when we went up against witts (if not the next game we come against an elite ruckmen). As a coach he should have been expecting Gawn to go big and done something about it last week but him and the team got their pants pulled down now he is reacting to it a week later against Nank who won’t have anywhere close to the inpact gawn had last week.

The subbing and eventual dropping of Gross is another massive cross. Gross had a great debut and backed it up well and certainly deserved his spot ahead of few other kids and a handful of other seniors.

I think you're underselling Nank, they don't call him the tank for nothing. Tough and very effective in his role.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Actually confirmed now. Williams for Williams, Brock for Gov, Gross for Allan. Edwards travelling emergency. JWill officially omitted. Johnston not in the squad despite traveling.

No idea what’s going on.

 

[THE A5]

Lol at owies retaining his spot too.

 

[WCErevival]

If Owies isn't sub we riot.

 

[Shuestar13]

Let’s see how the 2 rucks go. You would (hope) A Reid is fully fit. Gross in is good. Kelly and Owies need big games.

Not melting over a coach’s selections 9 games into his tenure.

 

[larrikin]

Genuinely don't get the Jilliams thing. I would have had him comfortably ahead of Archer at this stage.

 

[Happy Mastenator]

Genuinely don't get the Jilliams thing. I would have had him comfortably ahead of Archer at this stage.

Probably a load management thing. He’ll be back next week you’d think

 

[wadistance]

Applies to lots here too

 

[frenchconnection]

Hopefully Jack and Jobe go ham for the Beags then.

Seems odd to put Archer on a flight unless they are pretty confident he gets up. Sitting in the pressurised can never seems to be great for injury management.

Archer Reid needs to learn how to kick a goal so on that basis would have Jack Williams in instead.

 

[THE A5]

Genuinely don't get the Jilliams thing. I would have had him comfortably ahead of Archer at this stage.

Not saying this as his sponsor but he is head and shoulders above reid as a forward and has been playing the ruck. He’s been playing 71% tog while splitting time between fwd/ruck and with Baz coming in would have been able to spend more time on ground and up forward. Reid after being promosing early in the year has dropped off considerably over the last month. The omission of Jilliams is a a farce and actually mind boggling.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

Dropping Jack Williams for potentially a second ruck is a disgrace.

Disappointing for this to happen. At least Gross is in. Will be pissed if he's the sub.

 

[KERRPOW]

Flynn & BJwilliams in the side...retaining owies, dropping Jwill...


PURE TRASH SELECTIONS

Tiggas by 40pts

 

[amazingjoshy]

Applies to lots here too

Sorry if that's a anyone on here but that twitter account pops up constantly in my feed and the Nest reply is spot on

 

[squashface]

"Mini is just exploring the list guizzz!"

Exploring keeping Owies in the side despite being a genuine A grade potato
Exploring dropping one of our more promising KPP talents in J.Williams
Exploring persisting with A.Reid who is not impacting games

 

[Scotland]

Actually confirmed now. Williams for Williams, Brock for Gov, Gross for Allan. Edwards travelling emergency. JWill officially omitted. Johnston not in the squad despite traveling.

No idea what’s going on.

I'll say one thing our selections are no longer predictable.

I would've thought with Allen playing back it's a choice of two of Archer Reid, Matt Flynn and Bailey Williams to go with Waterman and Jack Williams. I thought wrong. Maybe Mini was as irrationally angry and JWill's kick that led to a Viney goal and Allan suspension as I was watching...

Clay Hall had 26, 27 and 32 touches in the last 3 WAFL games. Surprised he hasn't had a look in since Gather Round.

Flynn, Hewett, Reid, Kelly in combo at centre bounces doesn't excite. That's not really 'protecting' Harley. Maybe if Harley was fit and Kelly was in 2019 it would work.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Applies to lots here too

I think I’d enjoy winning more than complaining, but to be honest my memory’s not good enough to remember what the former feels like.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Like I said after last weeks game, the Carlton game spooked match committee to never dropping [PLAYERCARD]Tim Kelly[/PLAYERCARD] again. Nothing was learned or gained from that one game in the WAFL, just ordinary output as usual from number 11.

 

[WCEswift]

 

[Keys]

Looking at the side selected

• Edwards only flies over if there’s doubt on the availability of Allen. No issue with Brock being selected ahead of him
• Would like to know the reasoning behind playing Archer Reid ahead of Jack Williams
• The sub seems a choice between Owies and Gross - hope that it’ll be Owies but not convinced it will be
• If it is Owies being used as the sub, I’d prefer that to Long being the sub - Noah needs as much game time as possible so better him playing a full WAFL game than a quarter as sub
• Kelly is lucky to hold his spot. Very lucky and needs a big game to repay McQualter’s faith in him
• Johnston travelling with the team makes no sense unless there’s doubt over Duggan’s availability
• Bailey Williams had a good outing in the WAFL so it’s worth seeing how he performs in tandem with Flynn - it’s just that it should’ve been at the expense of Reid rather than Jack
• No issues with Shanahan biding his time in the WAFL. Same goes for the likes of Hall and Grego playing and learning their midfield roles at WAFL level

Overall, the only real issue is the Reid over Williams decision (pending who is played as the sub)

Not sure why some are melting so hard

 

[Lyyynnnchy]

When was the last time we came out of a game going, sheesh, we went in to small there and we got completely out marked in contests

Compared with

Geez we got run off our feet, did we go in too tall?

Yet we keep going back

 

[Farmer Lister]

I'm mostly happy with the team selection. Watching BBBW attack the game in the WAFL last week he deserves a go so why not give two rucks a go. Gross back in is great too.

But Owies man... I always enjoyed watching him at Carlton and was psyched for him to come play for us, but until now he's just been a fumbley mess. I hope he can pull it together. Hopefully when the team starts winning a few, he'll find some form. Until then put my shining boy Davis in his place you cowards!

 

[VicBased]

Why oh why are we persisting with Owies!!!
Are we to proud to say " FMD we got that wrong didn't we".
Give him back to Carlton, who by the way, must be laughing their arses off.
Don't start me on [PLAYERCARD]Tom Cole[/PLAYERCARD] either who carrys a Get out of jail card.
Either that or he is playing for nothing.
Go Eagles