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Trew is obviously not in the MC’s good books. Don’t know why they kept him on the list if this is how they regard him.

Could be - no actual evidence of this. Someone above referencing Tom Morris saying that he is not particularly sore. More likely it’s a planned rest. Simpson made allusions to this happening in some pre-season comments.

An alternative argument could be - stop the momentum and you’ll be back to square #1 again. Don’t like the practice of pulling star players for games you think you are either certain to win or certain to lose. Our team is not currently certain to win any game so by resting Harley it’s...

I was thinking likewise - that we were some sort of a chance with the Yeo, Harley, TK combo in the middle. If Harley doesn’t play our chance of winning is significantly (massively) reduced. I know the team is not a one man band but he’s a key player and game breaker. Not the same team without...

Adelaide robbed.

Rowell was good but he certainly didn’t burst away from packs and through tacklers like Harley. Harley is a key established member of our midfield after 5 games. He is a freak.

Has to be Sheed if he is fit, and I think this is the way the MC will go (despite the animus toward him of some/many on this forum). Johnston, like Rawlinson, is not yet ready for the AFL. We need a midfielder who starts the game not one who is the substitute.

Definitely worth sacrificing a list position to keep Harley. It’s already clear that Harley’s a freak. He is dragging the club up to competiveness and ultimately success. I have never seen a player come from junior football and impact games like he is.

Simpson’s head hanging by a thread half way through that quarter.

I have been a supporter of Darling for his entire career. I regard him as a great of the club. He tried really hard on Saturday and contributed although he doesn’t seem able to take a mark atm. I had expected him to reach 300 games in a canter but at the rate he is going he will be lucky to...

I would have liked to have seen Matt Johnson drafted in 2021. I am even more firmly of that opinion now, but we drafted Chesser and I hope he becomes a solid player although I am not seeing that now. Perhaps as many have said a solid block of games in the WAFL might help him find his game...

It’s obvious to everyone that we’ve ****ed up, except possibly the top echelons of the club who are still trying to hide and deny it. But this doesn’t matter, change has to come and soon. Yesterday is too late. There must be some at the top who recognise how bad things are. Pyke was brought...

Yes, but our club is diabolically bad, worse than any I can remember except Fitzroy when they were coming to an end in the mid 1990’s. I have been a supporter of the club since inception in 1987, and there have been some dark days in that time but this is the worst by far. There is no clear...

This was an appalling game and next week in SA against Sydney is going to be far worse. The club is miles off the pace. Are slaughtered by transition in every game and have no method going into f50 and then can’t kick straight when we do. Simpson has to be gone by the bye. We are an...

As you correctly point out, having big bank accounts and plush facilities, and a big membership etc etc, has nothing to do with the performance of the team on the weekend. Equalisation rules such as the salary cap, the draft, and the soft cap render all the money in the world irrelevant. On...

I know, I was being understated.

The ball is rarely in the forward line.

Jamieson is not even an average player at this level.

Picking Chesser ahead of Johnson was a very poor call.

But we could probably offer $500,000 pa more.

I agree with this. Virtually every other team, with the possible exception of NM, look like a team with a game plan. Our mob look like a bunch of individuals thrown together who have basically the same goal of getting the ball going our way but aren’t really a cohesive group. Bits of cohesion...

I don’t see Baker in a ‘must have’ category of player. If the price is right, then he could be useful. If not, let it go.

Still very disappointing that the best WA talent is likely to end up elsewhere. The academy regulations pumping up Sydney and Brisbane are scandalous. I can understand why the AFL needed to support Gold Coast especially, and GWS, although the free lunches should be over now.

Identity and develop talent for Geelong, St Kilda, Sydney and Brisbane?

How does the WAFC impact the Eagles success? Genuine question.

I actually have some faith in Don Pyke. I don’t think he is a loser or someone who sits on his hands and waits for things to happen.

If Starcevich is Ginbey’s ceiling it would still be a wasted pick considering the pick to acquire him was part of pick 2. Hewett would have to be pretty good to rescue it.

That would be very disappointing. We would have wasted a pick. Role players like Starcevich can/should be picked up in the 30’s and 40’s.

He had a very good moment when he broke a tackle, lowered his eyes and short passed to Cripps who goaled. The signs are there, he’s obviously not the full package yet. Patience needed.

Why does he open himself to get taken out every time he plays?