How does WC make the finals?

[Alwaysacrow]

We wont. This will be the start of many years of finishing 9th. Like Richmond in the past. Get used to the name Ninth Coast Eagles.

You'll play finals next year I reckon with Nic Nat back; huge loss for your side this year.

 

[old55]

As much of this as possible - get your "boos" on

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...e/news-story/7b424b2eabb74da1ab325387991bf098

When it comes to which club gets the most favourable run from the whistle blowers on their home deck, it is West Coast, then daylight.

The #freekickHawthorn phenomenon is just a small ripple compared to the trend in the west that has seen the Eagles dominate the free kick counts at home over a decade.

And the Champion Data numbers show they are the most protected team in the AFL.

Over a span of 115 matches, West Coast has been paid 602 more free kicks than interstate opposition at Subiaco Oval. That’s more than five a game more than its rival, on average.

Free kick differential
RIGHT AT HOME - FREE KICK DIFFERENTIAL (2007-2017) Matches Differential
Team
West Coast 115 +602
Port Adelaide 112 +295
Geelong 82 +211
Adelaide 113 +187
Fremantle 114 +157
Brisbane 115 +64
Sydney 122 +42
GWS 59 +28
Gold Coast 66 +16
* Excludes matches against teams from same state
Victorian clubs
Free kick differential at MCG/Etihad vs interstate sides (2007-2017) Matches Differential
Team
Western Bulldogs 49 +228
Carlton 46 +185
North Melbourne 40 +127
Collingwood 49 +61
Hawthorn 41 +56
St Kilda 46 +45
Essendon 42 +30
Geelong 6 +23
Richmond 44 +14
Melbourne 48 +3

 

[Hobbes]

What for? To make up the numbers like you did for most of the nineties?

West Coast Eagles in the 1990s:

1 Prelim, 1 losing grand final, 2 minor premiership, 2 premiership, 4 semi-finalist, 2 elim finalist, zero years out of the finals.

Let's compare with Fremantle in 22 years

1 Elim Final, 3 Semi-Final, 2 Prelim, 1 losing grand final, 15 years out of the finals, 1 wooden spoon.

I'm no fan, but the West Coast in the 1990s outperformed Fremantle for its entire lifespan by quite a big margin.

 

[Hobbes]

As much of this as possible - get your "boos" on

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...e/news-story/7b424b2eabb74da1ab325387991bf098

When it comes to which club gets the most favourable run from the whistle blowers on their home deck, it is West Coast, then daylight.

The #freekickHawthorn phenomenon is just a small ripple compared to the trend in the west that has seen the Eagles dominate the free kick counts at home over a decade.

And the Champion Data numbers show they are the most protected team in the AFL.

Over a span of 115 matches, West Coast has been paid 602 more free kicks than interstate opposition at Subiaco Oval. That’s more than five a game more than its rival, on average.

Free kick differential
RIGHT AT HOME - FREE KICK DIFFERENTIAL (2007-2017) Matches Differential
Team
West Coast 115 +602
Port Adelaide 112 +295
Geelong 82 +211
Adelaide 113 +187
Fremantle 114 +157
Brisbane 115 +64
Sydney 122 +42
GWS 59 +28
Gold Coast 66 +16
* Excludes matches against teams from same state
Victorian clubs
Free kick differential at MCG/Etihad vs interstate sides (2007-2017) Matches Differential
Team
Western Bulldogs 49 +228
Carlton 46 +185
North Melbourne 40 +127
Collingwood 49 +61
Hawthorn 41 +56
St Kilda 46 +45
Essendon 42 +30
Geelong 6 +23
Richmond 44 +14
Melbourne 48 +3

Per match, Bulldogs at Etihad have them beat. Carlton, North, Geelong at Kardinia Park and Port Adelaide in Adelaide also have striking margins of difference.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Our tank is well and truly engaged. We ain't gonna get anywhere near Essendon

 

[Ok Boomer]

No chance after Sam Butlers retirement tbh.

 

[Greenstar5]

Makes for an interesting last game of the home and away season.

Assuming dees and dons win. What do you do if you are the coach. Play on at all cost?

Gonna be a great last round.

 

[blitzer]

Makes for an interesting last game of the home and away season.

Assuming dees and dons win. What do you do if you are the coach. Play on at all cost?

Gonna be a great last round.

That actually sounds pretty cool if it wasn't my team's spot on the line.

 

[Matele]

Win against Adelaide and hope Essendon lose/ Beat Adelaide by a lot and essendon to only win by a small margin ? And hope that saints and bulldogs don't have big wins. Is that it?

West Coast need to beat Adelaide by 30+ points, and then if Melbourne lose by 12+ points to Collingwood OR Essendon lose by any margin, we play finals.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

West Coast Eagles in the 1990s:

1 Prelim, 1 losing grand final, 2 minor premiership, 2 premiership, 4 semi-finalist, 2 elim finalist, zero years out of the finals.

Let's compare with Fremantle in 22 years

1 Elim Final, 3 Semi-Final, 2 Prelim, 1 losing grand final, 15 years out of the finals, 1 wooden spoon.

I'm no fan, but the West Coast in the 1990s outperformed Fremantle for its entire lifespan by quite a big margin.

If not for 2 "home" finals at the MCG, that record might have been a lot better too.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

now that we are in the finals. i seriously hope we destroy port the same way they did to us in 2007. make em weep. lick their tears.