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Reid has got lucky IMO. Eagles are the biggest club in the competition and have finished last through very bad luck with injuries whilst bottoming out. Eagles always recover from bottoming out to winning premierships. If you play over 150 games for west coast you are almost guaranteed to win...

No well run club will make a final decision this far out from the draft, you just don't know what will come up between now and the draft, if north get pick 3 compo then offer pick 2,3 and future first then eagles will need to have a discussion internally. IMO North would be mad to not take...

There is no way we'd trade pick 1 for 2 and 21, that's laughable. West coast will always entertain a trade for anything, they would be stupid not to but 2 and 21(which will likely end up being a pick 25 to 30) isn't even worth discussing.

I remember Judd saying his was staying also. Not really too much benefit him saying he is leaving at the moment if he still intends to, doesn't help anyone. I'm interested to get your take on our game plan and how it differs to the better sides.Can you explain specifically what you mean.

Oscar Allen is the captain, quite obvious watching the team on and off the field that he is the captain.

Cummins is a genuine snake in the grass. I don’t see how his teammates who aren’t in the NSW sandpaper gang(smith, khwaja, starc, Hazelwood, Lyon, Warner) could trust him to be honest. I think it says a lot about his character, and indeed the character of he and his mates is the reason Langer...

Well, Simpson publicly implied if JK and Hurn want to play on they will and JK very clearly publicly wants to play on. To can him now after the season he has had would seem illogical to me as he was better this season than last unless the club plan on a full bottom-out rebuild.

Yeo is ultra-competitive which is why he is so successful but his ultra-competitive approach will rub some guys up the wrong way, putting the most competitive guy as captain in the side is not necessarily going to be helpful. Berating some players will get the best out of them but it will...

Success papers over peoples issues, and it is very difficult/pointless to change things when things are going well, so people tend to shut up and be thankful they are at a successful club. However, when things aren't going well, people start to point fingers and get frustrated about how much...

I don't think that is fair, the guy just can't stay fit. He has started 20 of 39 games in the past 2 years, how many of these games did he finish uninjured, 16 odd? Let him focus on his body.

I don't think it gets changed but the player must be able to lift his side on the field in-game, there are only a few guys on our list who can do this. Shuey is one of them but he just needs to focus on his body as does Gov. Nic is the man, JK & Hurn Vice-Captains for me. Nic is hungry and he...

I think sticking to what has got us to this point will be more than enough to move us up the draft order.

I do have a suspicion that they tried to replicate the approach they took into the fourth quarter post lightning vs Melbourne which appeared to work then but resulted in the worst first quarter of any side in 2021 vs Freo.

So what I am hearing is you want a proper review of our failings this year and then action to be taken to address said issues? I think this is the most likely course of action. I hope based on the rare footballing comments from trev post the Collingwood game, a review is already underway into...

This differs from any other off-season strategy how exactly?

It would be more fitting if we miss on percentage so we can have the annual discussion on percentage costing us again, then do nothing about it again next year. It just feels like the right thing to do. It would be very on-brand for us to do this. Then we can lament our ironic ambivalence to...

Would you believe that there are athletes within far more professional sports than the AFL that employ private coaches to work on basic skills one on one, indeed it is becoming very common at the highest level in bigger sports because it is not really something that is expected to be required at...

That would be "Family, Friends, Flag" It had an 's' in there for a reason. I was thinking something along the lines of "Future career prospects, Finances, Footy Trips" going foward.

Disagree, once he has done his return the media spotlight drops off him significantly as their story arc is complete, we need to get this done and dusted so they can move on to the next story and he can move on without Lachy Reid chasing him around town all summer.

Probably the only positive we can get out of this game is getting this circus out of the way.

I’ve never seen a more disinterested west coast side. It’s almost as if some of the senior guys are going through the motions and have absolutely no interest or enjoyment in playing and know they can get away with it. An experienced coach could see this side is in dire need of a shakeup. The...

I think you are getting him confused with Danny Southern, a coward attack comes from behind, an easy mistake to make.

Out: Slow players who can't apply defensive pressure In: Players who want to run and chase all day and are faster than a snail.

There is no chance the AFL will do us any favours, I fully expect this one to be a GMHBA.

Redden has been one of our best players this year, lets not go crazy. Too many slow players is an issue no doubt but let's not get rid of a player who has been very good this season.

Some might ask was 2018 an anomaly but if you look at the individual accolades of the playing list we have, at their best they are better than any side in the competition, collectively at their best. On pure talent it's one of the best squads we have ever had, unfortunately, they look like a...

If there has been a worse performance from this club I haven't seen it. We have scored less, we have lost by more but never have I seen a team wearing an eagle's jumper, with the talent they have, produce such a pathetic display on such an important occasion.

Forgive me for not making the hyperbole clear. But by all means lets play technicality game. No current senior player at the club has ever been dropped by Adam Simpson.

Sorry but this thread is a waste of time, Simpson doesn't drop senior players. The players know it, the coaches know it and the fans know it. There is no accountability for average performances from senior players and they all know it.

There is only half a dozen players It is a serious issue that has been manifesting for years, all the senior players know they will not be dropped.