A lot went wrong in 2018 injury wise.
Three of our top 10 players missed finals.
JK missd a swag of games as did Shuey, Darling, Venables and Ryan.
So in no way was 2018 the perfect season.
Analysis Are we better in 2018 than in 2015?
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A lot went wrong in 2018 injury wise.
Three of our top 10 players missed finals.
JK missd a swag of games as did Shuey, Darling, Venables and Ryan.
So in no way was 2018 the perfect season.
I keep harping on about the comparison of WCE to the great Hawks dynasties and last year showed that.The Hawks would burst out of the blocks and win a swag of games then have a mini slump in the middle of the year then come back and surge towards finals.We didnt mean it to happen that way but it did.Compare that to Richmond who kept winning at the G' and put immense pressure on themselves and it broke at the wrong time.Our KPP stocks have soared,our defence runs deep,more midfield depth,crumbing forwards galore and most crucially NN come back in time for a run at the finals.Imagine building towards the finals at the back half of the season and being able to bring in a guy thats the best ruckman in the country,is an "A" grade midfielder and if he chose could probably rate in the best 2 or 3 key forwards going.Lack of talent wont stop us.Its very important that the coaching staff keep their feet on the ground.The history of the AFL is littered with teams going on long winning runs and failing in September hence the "April Premiers" title.Keep dropping under performing players,keep promoting WAFL form,dont play favourites,keep playing the younguns,keep the team humble! Simmo is already saying the right things.We can go B2B. I have mates who think we can go go X3.As an aside i am a BIG fan of the Dockers womens team.I hope they can win a flag coz that is the ultimate insult to Lyons mob.Imagine the years of shame ahead of them should it come to pass.
Really looking forward to tonight.Im very excited about Brander and Allen.I didnt think Cameron would feature this early but good on him for earning his possie and good on WC for giving him a crack.Surely we have the most talented indigenous players in the league.Watson,Rioli,Ryan and Cameron, very very exciting with the big plus that they bring a high work rate!
Its like the early 90s all over again, Eagles and Wildcats just racking up trophiesImagine if it turns out to be so.
Just Imagine.
If leave town if I didn’t support the Eagles
As a team cohesively we are way better. The talent of 2006 (midfield mainly) will take some beating though.
Be interesting to see yeo put a hard tag on judd....
Can you imagine ash hansen and q trying to score on barrass and gov.....
If the Q could get himself on a lead he'd be hard to stop, even for them. Of course our pressure would generally cause the other team to bomb it in though
IMO the 2018/2019 pyramid/hierarchy has more star level players than 05/06 and Kennedy and McGovern equalise Judd and Cousins almost.
Judd-Cousins
Cox-Kerr-Glass
Embley-Hunter-Wirrpanda-Braun
McGovern-Kennedy
Gaff-Shuey-Naitanui-Yeo-Hurn-Darling
Sheed-Barrass-Sheppard-Redden-Ryan-LeCras
Judd-Cousins
Cox-Kerr-Glass
Embley-Hunter-Wirrpanda-Braun
McGovern-Kennedy
Gaff-Shuey-Naitanui-Yeo-Hurn-Darling
Sheed-Barrass-Sheppard-Redden-Ryan-LeCras
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