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- Apr 23, 2020
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- Richmond and Collingwood.
The Legendary Mighty West Coast Eagles vs Colliwobbles lol.
The first elimination final to determine who will face the loser of the qualifying final. We're Collingwood's kryptonite so we will win the flag after smashing the next four teams.
They don't match up well against us having been their kryptonite like Collingwood has been to Richmond. We've smashed them by eleven goals earlier in the year when JK was playing like a god and we just couldn't miss. We've managed to beat them in our first encounter in 2019 but they smashed us in the fourth quarter in our second encounter against them and we lost by one point. Of course who on Earth can forget our 2018 grand final win with Mr Clutch Sheed.
Good news us we should be getting Shuey, Redden, Cripps, Jetta, Gov and JK back but we'll miss Yeo for the rest of the year.
The legendary moment when Mr Ice Clutch Sheed won us the Granny. Never gets old.
May edit this part until game day.
Collingwood have been inconsistent in moving the ball. They always handball it ten metres back only to blindly bomb it so the oppo defense can set up easily. Although they do have the capability to play quick and that's where they've been damaging. They're also a strong contested ball winning side so our mids will need to be more harder and NOT be afraid to put their head down for the footy (we badly miss Yeo).
Buckley and co have NEVER tried or found a way to stop our kick mark game so we'll just kick mark at will until we overwhelm their so called defense. We just simply have to keep doing our kick mark style since they always defend space rather than a man. Plan B would be just to go down the line where JK, Darling and Allen bring the ball to ground or spoil it to the boundary line where Nic Nat can work his magic against Grundy. In order for the down the line plan to work, we'll need one of our KPFs going for the ball and have crumbers ready to pounce.
Without Yeo our best two way running mid, our mids Shuey, Kelly, Sheed, Redden and Gaff will need to stand up like in the Saints game where our best players stood up. Either Nelson and Duggan have to go in the middle to provide mongrel that Yeo provided and tackle hard as well without giving away a free of course. Nic Nat will have to play more minutes (he only spent 58% TOG when we last played them) to have an impact so our mids can get first use and give us an advantage going to our forward line where JK, Darling, Allen, Ryan and co can pounce. Accuracy is very important so we have to try and replicate our accuracy when we last versed them since their backline is really strong having bailed them out in close games.
Collingwood's forward line hasn't been functioning well for the year but we cannot underestimate them as their forward line can be lethal when firing. We'll need to block Cox's space so he can't get a run and jump at it and we'll also have to block De Goey's leading space as well. I reckon Schoey has to play and go on De Goey instead of Sheppard because as great as Shep's been, he'll need to go on Stephenson as Stephenson can be damaging when back to his best which we could play him into form if we're not careful.
Tagging one of their mids is a must as it's worked before against them. Ainsworth should get the nod ahead of Hutch so if either of them play then I reckon they should tag Pendlebury since Pendles has been one of their elite ball users and Treloar and Adams provide burst and grunt respectively but neither of them are good ball users like Pendlebury is.
Key Matchups.
Nic Nat vs Grundy: This is a huge matchup here to prove who truly is the best ruck in the league and to show why Nic Nat is MUCH better value for money. Nic Nat will have to out jump and out muscle Grundy to give our mids first use so we can dominate their mids in clearances. This will need all of our mids to show more grunt.
Nic Nat is the true best Ruckman in the comp. Nic Nat mashing Grundy will expose that Collingwood wasted one million a year for the next seven years on a non important position.
Ainsworth OR Hutch (depending who plays) vs Pendlebury: Pendlebury is a damaging ball using mid so he'll need to be stopped especially that Sidebottom (poor against a hard tag lol) will miss out for the rest of the season. Adams is a grunt type mid and Treloar is a burst type mid (a downgraded version of Shuey lol) but neither of them are good ball users so if Ainsworth or Hutch can take out Pendlebury then their forward entries will be more messier assuming we provide strong pressure allowing our defense to thrive.
Barrass vs Cox: Cox can be damaging when at his best so Barrass will need to stop him just like he did at our first qualifying final in 2018. He'll need third man up help to block his run and jump. Stopping Cox is very important if we're going to have a strong chance of winning.
Time for Barrass to end the American experiment once and for all.
Kennedy and Darling vs Moore and Roughead: Collingwood's defense has been strong this season but we match up well against them. We'll need to get it in quickly so they don't have time to set up or use our kick mark gameplan to move them around to awkward positions in the field so JK, Darling and co can have a field day.
Shuey vs Treloar: The battle of the two burst mids. Shuey will need to step up and put his body on the line if we're going to match them in contested possessions and he'll need to be clean with the footy when we win clearances and use his great ball using skills to deliver the footy in dangerous areas.
Last five matches.
West Coast Eagles.
L vs Surging Richmond 61-88.
W vs No more Woosha Bombers 60-45.
L vs Flukey Dogs 47-49.
W vs Fake St Kilda 65-50.
W vs Cellar Dwellers Norf 49-34.
Collingwood.
W vs Cellar Dweller Norf 65-35.
W vs We're tanking again Carlton 72-48.
L vs The worst top 2 team Brisbane 34-42.
W vs Downskiiing as always Suns 68-46.
L vs Top of the table Port Adelaide 45-61.
Our last five matches against Collingwood.
R8 2020: W 111-45. We smashed them and JK played like a god against them. We just couldn't miss that day.
R17 2019: L 77-78. We did well against them up to the third quarter but they out grunted us in the fourth. Probably costed us top 4 if the Hawthorn game didn't cost us already.
R3 2019: W 98-76. We showed why they don't match up well against us.
GF 2018: W 79-74. Mr Sheed clutching with ice as always. What else is there to say?
QF1: 2018: W 86-70. Jetta's snap was clutch and helped got us the win.
Teams.
TBA at 4.20 pm the day before the game.
Predicted changes: Petch and AhChee make way for Jones or Jetta and Cripps, Schoey makes way for Gov, Williams makes way for Shuey and Foley makes way for Redden.
Predicted 22.
B: Sheppard, Barrass, Rotham.
HB: Hurn, McGovern, Nelson.
C: Sheed, Shuey, Gaff.
HF: Cripps, Darling, Jetta or Jones.
F: Ryan, Kennedy, Allen
R: Nic Nat, Redden, Kelly.
I/C: Duggan, Cole, Ainsworth, Waterman.
Will be updating this part once the team sheets come out. Actual 22 will be below.
Obviously Shuey, Redden, JK and Gov comes in for Foley, Rotham (injury), Williams and Schoey (would've loved him to play against the Pies, perfect match up on De Goey IMO). Nice to see JK getting the green light to play.
Weather Forecast.
We should be all good: Partly cloudy. Slight (20%) chance of a shower, most likely in the morning. Winds southerly 20 to 30 km/h tending southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h later.
Where can I watch the game on TV or hear it on the radio?
Free to air: Seven or Seven Mate at 6.00 pm AWST considering all of our (and Freo's) games are free to air to please us non Foxtel WA viewers.
Subscription TV: Fox Footy.
Streaming/IPTV: Kayo.
Mobile: AFL Live pass.
Radio:
West Coast Eagles BigFooty Commentary: HoneyBadger35 will send us a link above the post. Eddie is soo bland, boring and pathetic when he tries to act "excited".
Venue Tickets.
Visit: https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/wes...od-burswood-03-10-2020/event/2500593290EB109D
We must overrun Optus with Eagles supporters and give our boys the needed morale since we'll be in QLD for the next three weeks. We cannot let Pies supporters overwhelm us otherwise our 2020 season is finished so get to Optus and barrack for our legendary mighty Eagles.
Best to take the Armadale train line to Optus since it's much better than finding parking spots which will most likely fill up ASAP.
Predictions.
Pre weather forecasts.
West Coast Eagles by 28.
We'll once again be Collingwood's kryptonite. Nic Nat will get on top of Grundy and start our midfield dominance. Pendlebury will be quiet and our forward line will have a field day. Barrass will end the American experiment once and for all that the Pies will be getting Gunston and Brown. Sheppard will stop De Goey from making an impact and Stephenson, Thomas and Hoskin-Elliot will go missing. May change this part and the predictions section once the weather forecasts came out. It will be closer than last time though.
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