Toast Incredibly Proud

[HoneyBadger35]

The ultimate goal is the flag, but only one team can win it every year. Does that mean that every season is an abject failure for 17 sides? I get both arguments.

However, barring a premiership, there's a few things every footy fan wants to see from their club. Heart. Direction. Purpose. An observable game plan. Players playing with intensity and passion.

The Eagles had an interesting season; huge hopes coming in, shaky foundation, a few key injuries, some great games and some bitter disappointments, but I'll be damned if I'm not proud of this last month. Derby win (always fun), but then the effort against GWS, Hawthorn and Adelaide, when it counted, on the road, against the odds in some, showing backbone in others. It's exactly what we ask from the team, it's what we've become known for not doing, and we ****ing nailed it. Not everyone can win the flag, and we didn't set ourself up for a true flag assault with early results and Nic's injury.

Flat track. Can't win away. Can't beat top eight. Can't beat top four. Kennedy can't kick multiples against good teams or good defenders.

In a league where only one team 'wins' every year, I've got to say I'm proud as hell of how we closed the season, in hugely uncharacteristic style, and that makes them winners in my book.

 

[Matera92]

How crazy is it that we just won the three games we'd almost penciled in as losses?!

So pumped.

 

[ChampRevesby]

Even if we don't win it, so proud of this team. This is all we can ask as supporters, heart and determination. They have showed that in spades. 2016 has been a success. Love this club.

 

[Quinz]

Hugely impressed with the last three weeks.

Our losses against the Pies and Crows might wreck our top 4 hopes, but all you can do is learn and improve from your mistakes, and we've taken three huge scalps in a row.

Gives me a lot of confidence for next year even if we don't get there this time around.

 

[Crimson King]

Just watching the boys grit it out and fighting hard has made me proud of them. Absolutely sensational performance. Huge credit to Sinmo too.

 

[Gunstall555]

You guys are the real deal.

Your team is the team I fear most in the finals.

 

[eaglespremiers]

Couldn't agree more.

 

[the harry]

The effort is all most of us wanted all season (maybe because if we put the effort in we thought we were good enough), but the last 3 weeks have been fantastic.

Great to see & at worst, good base for next year and beyond.

 

[Gods_Son23]

Love all around. Hopefully peaking at the right time.

 

[wce4premiership]

That heart tho

 

[Natho]

Cbf finding my post but i said we'd lose to the crows by 10 goals after the pies game

 

[new breed]

That was pleasing after one tough week .

Hope the season can go on , win a final because that was good to watch !!

 

[Brave Sir Robin]

Can't win away from home
Can't beat top 8 sides
Can't win without Naitanui

 

[ziad]

Feel for Nic.

 

[salo]

gotta admit, it was becoming hard to watch us underperform (relative to post 2015 GF-expectations) week after week, showing nowhere near enough effort and hearing simmo repeatedly roll out the "we've got work to do" line...

but they have responded well by rolling 3 big finals players to close the regular season, and finally a few of our guns are starting to click on the same paddock on the same day.

can't argue with our form going into the finals. arguably only the swans look better right now. i just hope they end the year with the same sort of effort in the finals. there'd be no shame in bowing out early as long as we show the same heart and grit we have for the past 3 weeks.

ending with a whimper (ala 2015) would be hard to take and raise quite a few questions about our immediate future.

 

[TheGhostOfJohnBelushi]

Been waiting all year to hit this form. We knew this is what this team was capable of. 16-6 gets you top 2 almost every year, if not top 4. Easily. Scary to think the Bulldogs are likely to be 16-6 and only going to be 7th! O.O

We're either top 4 or a first up elim at home. Week off and let's make this a ****ing September to remember!

Wooo!

 

[ChampRevesby]

Can't win away from home
Can't beat top 8 sides
Can't win without Naitanui

These things we all true 4 weeks ago

 

[Smeg Head]

Call us the West Coast ****ing Edge Lords.

What a ride.

 

[Wadsworth]

I can't really add anything else to the OP, so I'm just gonna go with BOO-YAH!!!!!

 

[squashface]

rip my tips tho

 

[TheGhostOfJohnBelushi]

rip my tips tho

I piss on your tips.

 

[squashface]

I piss on your tips.

hardly sanitary

 

[lewigie]

I'm dressing my son up as Jonathon Giles for book week next week.

 

[QS]

Lost me $50. campaigners.

 

[WCE_phil]