Positive: one week closer to the sun engulfing the earth.
Coach killing stuff. So many blokes should have just played their last game for a month after that effort, passengers galore.
Two or three guys can hold their head up, rest are not cut out for this. Win or lose regardless of who you’re...
Positives
Lindsay very very good, should be rising star.
Duursma elite, thrilled for him
Ginbey’s a beast
That one Champion play shows why we need to just lock him in the team for a month and see what comes of it
Negatives
Let go of the rope completely. We’ve been better at not doing that...
A beating was coming a mile off given the gulf in class and four of our better pressure players all gone at once, but Jesus that was an absolute procession.
Positives
Bo Allan’s going to make it, hey? Bloody good effort all day and even got a nice midfield shift down the end. Worked super hard...
Careless, medium impact, high contact for Dev who has been given a week.
Other notable takeaways from our game, Liam Baker has been given a $1000 fine (early plea) for wrestling with Zak Butters, who for good measure has become the first AFL player to notch over $50,000 in fines.
2ez.
Positives
Nice to get a win I guess
Yeo’s presence was enormous. Two goals and some great work in the contest is one thing, but his leadership, directing traffic, dropping behind the ball late when everyone was losing their mind. Great veteran presence. Also huge to cut celebrations of...
Roll up, roll up, it's the...
Saddest Show on Turf!
The resistible force meets the movable object in a sad little Sunday twilight game. Come one, come all...
In a sad way, this has turned into quite the rivalry. Since 2020, West Coast and North have met eight times, with every game decided by...
Assuming no injuries.
In: Baker, Edwards
Out: Cole, Flynn
Reid and CDT in the ruck. New ruck rules have impacted Xerri most of all, our forward pressure is too slow to carry four key forwards, roll the dice on the younger and athletic guys to jump at it all day.
Kelly next in line if any...
Bit to take from that. Even when the scoreboard was at its worst, the intensity wasn’t the problem. Fixed up the centre training drill business and lo and behold a game broke out against the best (?) and most kissed on the dick team in footy.
Positives
Horrible first half on the scoreboard, Q3...
The Eagles need your help. This Friday night at Leederville Oval, West Coast face Carlton in the last round of the season/virtual Elimination Final. The winner makes the eight. The loser goes home.
This group has worked their asses off in the two years under Daisy Pearce, and more than deserve...
It would have taken some pretty remarkable foresight to predict West Coast would come into this game ahead of the ever-present Adelaide Crows. And yet, here we are.
The final month of the season will decide whether Daisy’s Eagles make their first ever finals campaign, or are left to rue a close...
The team:
One change, as Franklin comes in (against the team that didn't want her she didn’t want) for Lindgren. A huge chance for Frankie, who has started to tumble down the pecking order with the emergence of rookies Painter and Riggs, and the ever imposing physicality of Lakfer.
Just take...
The vibes? Immaculate.
The lineup? Unchanged.
The season? Genuinely building into something, if we can navigate past a Power side that have multiple game winners and are riding high off a record breaking 108-point game last week.
When the sides last met, the situation was pretty similar - could...
For the second time this year, the West Coast Eagles clash with St Kilda during Indigenous Round.
Will the W join the men and make it Waalitj Marawa 2, Euro-Yroke 0? Tune in from 1:05pm to find out.
Big Riggs’ debut is a cause for celebration, and she’s joined by fellow debutant Courtney...
Deluge of late goals, as per usual. Build those tanks in the offseason and it could really start to build.
Positives
Shanahan, again
Cripps, Graham, Baker, Kelly all good. Important for Cripps and Kelly given they’re the areas we desperately need some seniors to lift up the kids.
Ginbey is so...
For reasons that are abundantly clear, it’s nicer to think about what’s to come rather than what’s been.
For this exercise, we’re assuming Allen is gone and no unexpected player movement occurs. Take it to the trade and draft threads.
The Core
The players who should be playing 20+ games.
FB...
One to go.
In: Grego, HEdwards
Out: Cripps, Bazzo
Owies seemingly untouchable on his bad days and he was generally better than Cripps today, so Cripps goes. Newton needs a full game, make Cole sub I suppose?
Can’t believe we’ve gone a whole year without playing HJ, his hands just seem so...
Starting to think the Flynn/Hall/Hewett/Graham midfield might not be able to win a flag. Bugger.
Positives
Chesser was pretty good, showed his wheels
Shanahan is sick (radar weirdly off today)
Ginbey very good again
Liam Baker Woosha Medal by so far
One year closer to the removal of father son...
In: Dewar, Long
Out: Duggan (susp), Owies (Owies)
Long clear best on in the WAFL. Dewar’s numbers pop thanks to an incredible number of kick ins, but he showed a lot of good intent late both defensively and to spark some attacks.
Maric out injured might be the only other one. If so, give...
Do we win that with Jake and Harley? Or Yeo and Allen?
I don’t know. All you can do is put your best team of that week out there and hope they turn up, regardless of who it is and who they’re against.
**** me, the boys turned up. Had an absolutely massive dip against a side that has been...
A centralised thread to discuss any changes at the club in the 2025 offseason.
Hoping this leaves the McQualter thread free to discuss the coach, game plan growth that we’ve seen etc, rather than assistant coach and footy dept chat.
Starting with:
In: Brock, Champion
Out: Bazzo, Owies/Cripps
Pending anything miraculous in the WAFL.
Could make a ruck change if you felt like it, who could be bothered assessing that situation at this point.
Need Brock in against Adelaide monster forwardline.
Midfield bath was always to be expected in a post-Reid world. Pleasing to see who stepped up early, before the tires blew out and we were just jogging out the game.
Positives
Hewett, Hall good in the first half. Faded as it went on, as per, but really good signs from both of them to step up...
In: Champion, Grego, Gross
Out: Owies (tragic), Duggan (inj), HReid (inj/rest)
Throw the midfield to the wolves sans Harley and just see if anyone wants to have a dip.
Dewar to HBF for Duggan, Gross into the guts, Grego gets the dickhead debut as a sub.
Beat the line, didn’t jeer off an injured player. We call that a W where I’m from.
Positives
Hall growing week on week. Clean disposal today and important in the link up. Happy for him, proving me wrong. Second half impact will hopefully lift before the end of the year and that’s a locked in...
Good growth today. Frustrating as it went on, but really good signs.
Positives
A little bit of possession game early. We don’t need to go full Simmo, but nobody can’t sprint for four quarters so just massaging the ball around for a bit is a massive string in the bow. Hope we see more of this...
Now now, don’t all start the changes thread at once.
13 blokes sub-50 games, so typically would suggest we’re at our youth limit but it’s genuine who gives a **** territory for the remaining games. Pump some games.
In: Gross, Grego, Chesser
Out: Hutch, Duggan, Kelly
Champion full game for...
5. Ginbey
4. Ryan
3. Reid
2. Shanahan
1. McCarthy could at least kick.
HM: Edwards battled his ass off, Hall tried hard first half but gee he’s a butcher. Then again, when your captain throws in that brutal of a performance with the pill, maybe he’ll be elevated to the leadership group.
Never...
Plenty to like, namely that I’ve got my whole weekend ahead of me.
Shanahan is great. Giants song is the best song in the league to have to hear twice. Great day at the footy, really.
But yes, an enormous step back, both in structure and workrate. Good times.