Game Day Round 7, 2026: West Coast vs St Kilda

[Smotie2]

Oh look, it's a 'Sack The Coach' posse forming.

Congratulations on holding off so long, especially after a 1 win season.

These guys are EASILY the most simple minded posters btw - I've been through Sack Woosha and Sack Simpson on here and this does not lead reasonable discussion.

Especially once the nicknames (McFaulter?) start to come out.

Well they did sack both so there you go lol

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

the.forward.line.is.too.bloody.tall

So much of the issue revolves around this if you ask me . Drop JWill and get another midfielder in

Also time for Liam Baker

3

Liam Baker

Age

28

Ht

173cm

Wt

72kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

7.9

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.7

3star

D

14.6

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

7.9

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

3star

CL

0.5

3star

D

14.4

4star

K

6.2

3star

HB

8.2

5star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

CL

1.2

4star

to show some leadership and get into the midfield. Id rather Cripps at HF then this guy

 

[DorothyG]

Really like to know what difference there is between this game and Simpsons last? I see no difference, same issues, same piss poor efforts. Change of cattle. These sort of games shouldn’t be tolerated anymore.

The only thing I can say is, we have double the number of dudes out there today who have less than 50 games. 2 of them are probably current best ons.

Simmo still had 10 premiership players running around.

This is a very young, inexperienced g team today. Plus their senior mentors are spudding it up big time.

One result is likely expected, the other shouldn't have been

 

[LewyBroome]

Serious question, who are the UFAs available this year?

We need to put a lot more support around the likes of Harley, Duurs & Hewett.

Was my shout last year, I would’ve taken a torn ACL Cal Ward, Brodie Smith, Boak just to be around our group. Our seniors aren’t leaders, they’re just seniors. Complete and utter shambles out there.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Steven King has done orders at Melbourne. What a loss for us

Can’t abide the Melbourne comparison with the most influential ruck and 2026’s best player in footy leading the charge.

It’s no excuse for today but our profile and Melbourne’s couldn’t be further apart.

 

[Bender_]

Me the past 4 weeks:

"That had to be some of the worst footy I've seen the Eagles ever play."

Topped every week, culminating with getting embarrassed by an absolute middling team by St Kilda.

I don't like dwelling on the negatives but Duggan and Kelly have been atrocious. Yeo with the most pathetic decision to rush a snap from 15m out to help give us some hope just baffling. Hewett finally getting a clean hit from a ball up in the goal square to try an handpass - WTF? That is supposed to be your signature move c*nt!

The arc review and call back just adds to the complete shambles this sport has become this year. The game is the worst it has even been. It is beyond a joke what it has become, and after a week of controversy from the tribunal you wouldn't think it could be topped.

Duursma, Lindsay, CDT and Young the only positives I can muster. Struggle.

 

[Coasters7]

Is it time to move on from Mini?

Seems like a great guy but I don’t think he’s got it in him to take us to the top. Doesn’t have the right mentality or hardness to be an elite coach imo and probably peaks at getting us to mid ladder. But worrying when he hasn’t really shown that much but could stick with him for years because it’s a “rebuild”.

From the start it always felt like the sort of move that was treading water. Massive sliding doors moment with King, who looks like he’s got Melbourne playing good footy, and came from a successful setup at Geelong.

 

[Doashuey]

That ARC call absolutely killed our momentum then we dropped our heads. Very frustrating game. Team should be training nothing except forward 50 entries.

Genuinely the worst decision I have ever seen and most footy fans would probably concur.
But we had no momentum, Saints were just missing their shots and we should have already been down by 5 goals. They just straightend up and we continued to fumble and walk around kicking stones hoping a goal might magically occur. This is worse than the Sydney game as it is against a genuinely spud outfit.

 

[Jeeves]

Going back to that review, at what point do those in the arc draw the line with the amount of time that passes before a review has taken too long and play continues? In this case it was 50 seconds, which in my mind is 40 seconds too long.

 

[Westend]

Oh look, it's a 'Sack The Coach' posse forming.

Congratulations on holding off so long, especially after a 1 win season.

These guys are EASILY the most simple minded posters btw - I've been through Sack Woosha and Sack Simpson on here and this does not lead reasonable discussion.

Especially once the nicknames (McFaulter?) start to come out.

well mini is very good losing ...I'll give him that

 

[Dark Sharks]

Honestly couldn't ask much more from Duursma and Lindsay. Insane games from those two.

CDT is also cracking in.


It's Kelly, Baker, Duggan, Hough, Yeo that are really killing our team right now. All of them need to lift. Throw Harley in there as well whilst we're at it.

 

[Smotie2]

Reckon the decision between King and McQualter will come back to bite us.

Don’t think McQualter is it.

Did we have a chance to get king? **** sake

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

b williams taps not only go to opposition, but he taps to player on his own with no WCE player in sight.

its unbelievable.

One ruck contest we had all 3 players on the defensive side of the contest. Why bother winning the hitout .

The setup is terrible. Shuey has to go

 

[ghostbat12]

I can see why J Williams isnt getting games. not aggressive enough.

Shanahan needs a week off poor guy.

 

[Smotie2]

Honestly couldn't ask much more from Duursma and Lindsay. Insane games from those two.

CDT os also cracking in.


It's Kelly, Baker, Duggan, Yeo that are really killing our team right now. All 4 of them need to lift. Throw Harley in there as well whilst we're at it.

Just watch us bring them back down to our shit level like Reid is now

 

[secondrate]

Genuinely have complete shock over that recalled mark

 

[bzparkes]

Oh look, it's a 'Sack The Coach' posse forming.

Congratulations on holding off so long, especially after a 1 win season.

These guys are EASILY the most simple minded posters btw - I've been through Sack Woosha and Sack Simpson on here and this does not lead reasonable discussion.

Especially once the nicknames (McFaulter?) start to come out.

It's incredibly obnoxious.

We're the youngest, least experienced side and most of our senior players are digester.

There's only so much a manager can do with shit staff.

I'm more pissed at the players turning the ball over under no pressure, fumbling and making shit decisions, as well as looking like they DGAF.

Only a few out there having an actual crack.

 

[Shuestar13]

the.forward.line.is.too.bloody.tall

So much of the issue revolves around this if you ask me . Drop JWill and get another midfielder in

Also time for Liam Baker to show some leadership and get into the midfield. Id rather Cripps at HF then this guy

I agree with the too tall. We had an opportunity to go a bit smaller this week, should have taken it.

 

[ghostbat12]

One ruck contest we had all 3 players on the defensive side of the contest. Why bother winning the hitout .

The setup is terrible. Shuey has to go

shuey isnt the ruck coach. thats Naitanui.

its underestimated how much we are missing graham and Robertson. take whithager and either Garcia or Flanders out of saints team today and add in graham and Robertson for us, it would be a different game.

 

[WCErevival]

Need to switch something up this half. Unlikely to win but let's actually see goals. These last few games have been boring as f... to watch.

 

[Scotland]

Shanahands is great, but he's not going to outmark Wilkie 1 on 1 or even 2 on 1 with the slop delivery we are providing.

We have Waterman, Jack Williams, Shanahan and CDT. Someone needs to stay in the goal square and someone needs to play a negative role and try and separate Wilkie from Silvagni and Marshall. Kicking to packs will not work.

 

[Sammy J]

The Yeo shank from the goal square and that miserable ARC call were the death knell of this game. Any chance to gain momentum snuffed.

 

[Mighty Eagles]

Steven King has done orders at Melbourne. What a loss for us

Melbourne have a superior list to us.

They have consistently drafted well over the past four years. Our list is kind of divided into two; those drafted before 2017 and those drafted from 2022 onwards. Big age profile gap on our list, and having two very good players between 24-28 would make a world of difference.

 

[bzparkes]

This is showing signs of leadership.

It's not coming from our captains and it's not coming from our coach

Well I'm not going to pretend our leaders are amazing but what's a coach supposed to do during the game?

Go down to the bench and point at everything like Voss does?

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

shuey isnt the ruck coach. thats Naitanui.

We won the hitout though and no one was contest side for Williams to tap too

That's on Shuey