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From the Book of Woosha Ch 2 Rd 12
And so it came to pass on the eve of his trip to the east, Woosha sat and preached a sermon to the disciples. And as he spake unto them, Woosha was seized by the gift of prophecy and he looked to the east and said.
Come, I will show you the way to the east. Last week, you fell into sin, but I say to you this will not be so again! For there are strange times ahead. Those who are high shall be laid low, and you shall be the ones who do this. The one who comes from the east, but liveth in the west shall return to the east and smite them most grievously, and then declare himself to be a knob. And the great whore of the Royals, he who calls himself 'Porno' shalt once more be chosen. And their shall be wailing and gnashing of knees, and Porno shalt smite down friend and foe alike. Since round 2, none have known the hour or day of his return, but I say to you, look for him today!! And there shalt be many changes to the disciples and you shall be better for it. And yea, the great Kings of the League shall be cast down and ground into dust. Goals shalt be kicked from everywhere, Haynesy's undergarments shalt be bared unto the world, all these strange signs and portents will be seen, and they shall signal the coming of the end times for the Lions!!
At this, disciple #40 raised his hand. 'Um, Woosha, doth this mean I'm getting a game?' Woosha nodded.
'Yea, Willow, it does. Don't muck up'
The Good
Wow. All I can say is I'm glad that this game came before the bye. Hopefully it will give all the West Coast players, coaching staff and fans a chance to sober up before the next round. Wow.
You'd have to say this was probably the West Coast's best game this year, and arguably our best in the last 4 years. What comes close to this? Maybe v Brisbane last year, maybe v the Kangaroos in rd 1 2000, not much else, though. It pretty much all went right.
Our midfield rebounded in outstanding fashion after the slack effort last week Cousins was a ball magnet, picking up a lazy 35 touches for the day. Fletcher was lethal, combining his usual high work rate with some deadeye finishing. In the last few minutes of the game, Fletch did his best impression of a certain teammate of his, gathering the ball in the forward line, breaking a couple of tackles, turning on the pace and slotting the goal.
As for Judd, well, what can you say- pretty good for most of the first half, except for a 5 minute period where he simply looked superhuman. I just watched that part of the tape again, and some of the things he did, well, let me just say I am really really glad I support a team with Chris Judd in it, because I wouldn't want to come up against him. Kerr, Braun and Adkins were also noteworthy, and what stood out was that not only were we winning the ball, our disposal was top notch, which gave our forwards an easy time of it.
Gardiner treated Brisbane's undergunned ruck division with the disdain it deserved, whilst Doogs had a decent outing, taking some strong marks up forward and rucking well. If I had to choose right at this moment, I'd say he should get a guernsey ahead of Cox. Oddly enough Brisbane actually got more hit outs than us, but this didn't have any impact on the game.
As a whole, the forward line functioned very very well. Jakovich enjoyed a truly dominant outing at CHF, finishing with 23 disposals and seven marks.
Also, welcome back Willow. The big fella certainly picked a good day to make his come back, and did enough to guarantee he'll be there after the break. One thing which struck me was that Wilson seemed to be making a conscious effort to appear less one dimensional, pushing further up the ground, handing off a few goals, and even putting in some second and third efforts, perish the thought. Porno also gets a special mention for his utterly hilarious attempt to snap the ball over his head late in the game.
Rowan Jones found the ball and finished with three, although his kicking let him down again. Embers had another of the lazy 20 odd disposal, 3 goal games that have become par for the course for him. Sampi also had a solid and at times brilliant outing in the forward pocket, meaning the forward line put in a very solid effort indeed. It certainly didn't look like an outfit missing the league's leading goal kicker.
Our defence had a mixed day. Wirrpunda continue his usual trend of taking strong marks, gathering the ball with ease, and wellying it 80m from kick ins. Banfield had an excellent game, simultaneously taking his man out of the game and pushing up the ground to find a lot of the footy. Given he was lucky to be in the side after a very poor effort last week, Banners certainly took his opportunity. Green and Haynes were both serviceable off the HBF.
Its hard to pinpoint where we won this one. Brisbane actually broke even out of the centre for much of the game, but it just seemed we had a bit more talent than them in every department. Our tackling was outstanding, and every pass seemed to be hitting a team mate on the chest. I suppose its difficult to know what to make of this- sometimes you just have a very good day, but this was almost a 'showcase' game- if you wanted to show someone why West Coast were a bloody outstanding side in every regard, you'd lend them the tape of this game.
The Bad
Our two key defenders had mixed days at best. Glass was okay on Brennan early, and McIntosh had an enthralling duel with Lynch, with Alastair slowly getting on top. However, after Milli went down Lynch cut loose and towelled Glass. By the fourth quarter, Glass didn't even seem at all interested in trying to stop Lynch.
Incidentally, our taggers simply didn't. Given that Black finished with 36 disposals and Lappin with 33, Josh Wooden might appear to have a bit of explaining to do. Its hard to know what to make of it, though, because it seemed as though both midfields simply backed off each other and had a shoot out. With this being the case, our big guns were simply better, so I'll take a free running shout out in these circumstances.
The Ugly
Tough break for Morrison, who earned himself a recall only to be struck down by injury. Hopefully he'll be right after the break.
It was another crappy day of umpiring, which makes more ****ed off at Giesch than the hapless schmoes out there. Umpires seem to go through different phases- so far this year we've had the 'kicking less than 15m', 'everything is a hanging on', 'if its out, its deliberate' and 'look at it the wrong way and you're holding the ball,' phases. Right now, we're in the 'what the heck is a free kick? You mean these whistles have a purpose?!' phase. All I can do is look at the situation in a cool and objective manner, take a deep breath and say is STOP ****ING OUR GAME YOU ****ING ****S!!!! ****ING WELL CALL EVERY****INGTHING WHICH IS ****ING WELL IN THE ****ING RULE****INGBOOK AND LEAVE IT AT THAT, YOU ****S! Or something like that.
Additionally, McBirney still can't bounce it, and he looked bloody ugly in that silly hat of his.
Anyway, kudos to Haynes for showing us all his choice in underwear. He always struck me as the boxers type, but I guess it just goes to show you can never tell. Also, Dermott can go and get ****ed for doing his best to spoil the best 10 minutes of an viewing for an eagle fans this season by tossing on about supposedly trading for Judd.
The final entry in the 'ugly' is Ackermanis. Just because.
Well all up not a lot to complain about from where I'm sitting. A fantastic win which makes up for last week's debacle, and puts us right back in the mix at the break. Later this week, I'll be posting a truly gi-normous GBU for every single player for the first half of the year. Once we come back, if we're going to make a run for a flag this year its time to start revving the engine.
And so it came to pass on the eve of his trip to the east, Woosha sat and preached a sermon to the disciples. And as he spake unto them, Woosha was seized by the gift of prophecy and he looked to the east and said.
Come, I will show you the way to the east. Last week, you fell into sin, but I say to you this will not be so again! For there are strange times ahead. Those who are high shall be laid low, and you shall be the ones who do this. The one who comes from the east, but liveth in the west shall return to the east and smite them most grievously, and then declare himself to be a knob. And the great whore of the Royals, he who calls himself 'Porno' shalt once more be chosen. And their shall be wailing and gnashing of knees, and Porno shalt smite down friend and foe alike. Since round 2, none have known the hour or day of his return, but I say to you, look for him today!! And there shalt be many changes to the disciples and you shall be better for it. And yea, the great Kings of the League shall be cast down and ground into dust. Goals shalt be kicked from everywhere, Haynesy's undergarments shalt be bared unto the world, all these strange signs and portents will be seen, and they shall signal the coming of the end times for the Lions!!
At this, disciple #40 raised his hand. 'Um, Woosha, doth this mean I'm getting a game?' Woosha nodded.
'Yea, Willow, it does. Don't muck up'
The Good
Wow. All I can say is I'm glad that this game came before the bye. Hopefully it will give all the West Coast players, coaching staff and fans a chance to sober up before the next round. Wow.
You'd have to say this was probably the West Coast's best game this year, and arguably our best in the last 4 years. What comes close to this? Maybe v Brisbane last year, maybe v the Kangaroos in rd 1 2000, not much else, though. It pretty much all went right.
Our midfield rebounded in outstanding fashion after the slack effort last week Cousins was a ball magnet, picking up a lazy 35 touches for the day. Fletcher was lethal, combining his usual high work rate with some deadeye finishing. In the last few minutes of the game, Fletch did his best impression of a certain teammate of his, gathering the ball in the forward line, breaking a couple of tackles, turning on the pace and slotting the goal.
As for Judd, well, what can you say- pretty good for most of the first half, except for a 5 minute period where he simply looked superhuman. I just watched that part of the tape again, and some of the things he did, well, let me just say I am really really glad I support a team with Chris Judd in it, because I wouldn't want to come up against him. Kerr, Braun and Adkins were also noteworthy, and what stood out was that not only were we winning the ball, our disposal was top notch, which gave our forwards an easy time of it.
Gardiner treated Brisbane's undergunned ruck division with the disdain it deserved, whilst Doogs had a decent outing, taking some strong marks up forward and rucking well. If I had to choose right at this moment, I'd say he should get a guernsey ahead of Cox. Oddly enough Brisbane actually got more hit outs than us, but this didn't have any impact on the game.
As a whole, the forward line functioned very very well. Jakovich enjoyed a truly dominant outing at CHF, finishing with 23 disposals and seven marks.
Also, welcome back Willow. The big fella certainly picked a good day to make his come back, and did enough to guarantee he'll be there after the break. One thing which struck me was that Wilson seemed to be making a conscious effort to appear less one dimensional, pushing further up the ground, handing off a few goals, and even putting in some second and third efforts, perish the thought. Porno also gets a special mention for his utterly hilarious attempt to snap the ball over his head late in the game.
Rowan Jones found the ball and finished with three, although his kicking let him down again. Embers had another of the lazy 20 odd disposal, 3 goal games that have become par for the course for him. Sampi also had a solid and at times brilliant outing in the forward pocket, meaning the forward line put in a very solid effort indeed. It certainly didn't look like an outfit missing the league's leading goal kicker.
Our defence had a mixed day. Wirrpunda continue his usual trend of taking strong marks, gathering the ball with ease, and wellying it 80m from kick ins. Banfield had an excellent game, simultaneously taking his man out of the game and pushing up the ground to find a lot of the footy. Given he was lucky to be in the side after a very poor effort last week, Banners certainly took his opportunity. Green and Haynes were both serviceable off the HBF.
Its hard to pinpoint where we won this one. Brisbane actually broke even out of the centre for much of the game, but it just seemed we had a bit more talent than them in every department. Our tackling was outstanding, and every pass seemed to be hitting a team mate on the chest. I suppose its difficult to know what to make of this- sometimes you just have a very good day, but this was almost a 'showcase' game- if you wanted to show someone why West Coast were a bloody outstanding side in every regard, you'd lend them the tape of this game.
The Bad
Our two key defenders had mixed days at best. Glass was okay on Brennan early, and McIntosh had an enthralling duel with Lynch, with Alastair slowly getting on top. However, after Milli went down Lynch cut loose and towelled Glass. By the fourth quarter, Glass didn't even seem at all interested in trying to stop Lynch.
Incidentally, our taggers simply didn't. Given that Black finished with 36 disposals and Lappin with 33, Josh Wooden might appear to have a bit of explaining to do. Its hard to know what to make of it, though, because it seemed as though both midfields simply backed off each other and had a shoot out. With this being the case, our big guns were simply better, so I'll take a free running shout out in these circumstances.
The Ugly
Tough break for Morrison, who earned himself a recall only to be struck down by injury. Hopefully he'll be right after the break.
It was another crappy day of umpiring, which makes more ****ed off at Giesch than the hapless schmoes out there. Umpires seem to go through different phases- so far this year we've had the 'kicking less than 15m', 'everything is a hanging on', 'if its out, its deliberate' and 'look at it the wrong way and you're holding the ball,' phases. Right now, we're in the 'what the heck is a free kick? You mean these whistles have a purpose?!' phase. All I can do is look at the situation in a cool and objective manner, take a deep breath and say is STOP ****ING OUR GAME YOU ****ING ****S!!!! ****ING WELL CALL EVERY****INGTHING WHICH IS ****ING WELL IN THE ****ING RULE****INGBOOK AND LEAVE IT AT THAT, YOU ****S! Or something like that.
Additionally, McBirney still can't bounce it, and he looked bloody ugly in that silly hat of his.
Anyway, kudos to Haynes for showing us all his choice in underwear. He always struck me as the boxers type, but I guess it just goes to show you can never tell. Also, Dermott can go and get ****ed for doing his best to spoil the best 10 minutes of an viewing for an eagle fans this season by tossing on about supposedly trading for Judd.
The final entry in the 'ugly' is Ackermanis. Just because.
Well all up not a lot to complain about from where I'm sitting. A fantastic win which makes up for last week's debacle, and puts us right back in the mix at the break. Later this week, I'll be posting a truly gi-normous GBU for every single player for the first half of the year. Once we come back, if we're going to make a run for a flag this year its time to start revving the engine.
