News Insightful and Inciteful - 2022 Media Thread

[FKASC]

Just finished listening to this. This is my attempt at a transcript as close as I could get to being word for word accurate.

Karl Langdon : Clubs don’t like to call it rebuilds but you committed long term to west coast until 2025, what’s your focus from here for the club and the direction you want to take?

Simpson : Well we’ve been on the path Karl, I mean pretty much last year we went to the draft and this year as it’s turned out we’re going to be second last or last so we’ll hit the draft again. We’re pretty clear on our direction. What is a challenge is, you know, what does it look like if we do get Sheed, Cole, Allen, McGovern, you know Naitanui full season (KL says Chesser), do you bounce, Chesser, or do, is it a longer term situation so I think we’re going to stick to the draft, stick to getting the best talent we can to the club and work our way through it and it’s not just a quick fix. So we recognised this probably two years ago where it was heading and now it’s about going through the hard times to hopefully set us up for the good times. It’s not just a quick fix

Karl : And it’d be handy to keep blokes fit during a preseason too wouldn’t it mate, I mean to compound the problems you had a lot of your senior players just break down at a time that impacted badly and then covid hit and it’s been a really tough start to the season which really you just haven’t recovered?

Simpson : No, no, I mean covid had an affect but then the injuries, you know I mean, Yeo’s another classic that, you know, we haven’t had him properly for a couple of years. So that’s not an excuse, it’s a whole program we’re looking at here so if we get that right, we get our full list available which years gone by we have. In between 15 and 19 we had a really good availability so that’s the challenge for us to get these guys fit and fresh and available for round one next year and with a sprinkling of young talent and growth that’s, you know, hopefully an exciting future, but at the moment it looks pretty tough doesn’t it


I don’t think it’s beyond the realms of possibility that with better availability, we might bounce up higher than this year. In fact I think it should be expected to see improvement

Beyond that, I feel he’s acknowledging that we need to be going to the draft as he rightly points out we did last year and that it’s not going to be a quick fix

We sank to the bottom quicker than expected due, at least in part, to factors outside our control so the extent of our decline in 2022 was something of an aberration

Compared to what I hope is happening behind closed doors, I think his answers are a skin deep analysis of what needs to be addressed but at least there’s an acknowledgment that the draft is the road out and it’s not going to be quick or easy

Highlights that we did have a good run with availibility between 2015-19.

I remember pointing this out regularly in injury discussions on here during that time - whilst we had injuries to some of our guns like every other club, our midfield core of Priddis, Shuey, Redden, Gaff, Masten and Yeo (before his OP) were generally all available at the same time. So we were blessed with continuity in our midfield for a number of years.

That trend has obviously reversed recently

 

[kane249]

Yikes @ 19/1 they have to be the longest odds for a long long time ? View attachment 1470786

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From memory I think we had worse odds vs Norf when we had all those COVID top-ups

 

[Cuzz09]

Yikes @ 19/1 they have to be the longest odds for a long long time ? View attachment 1470786

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might as well be $19000/1

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[ziad]

might as well be $19000/1

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That I would put $1 on for giggles.

 

[Agent93]

Highlights that we did have a good run with availibility between 2015-19.

I remember pointing this out regularly in injury discussions on here during that time - whilst we had injuries to some of our guns like every other club, our midfield core of Priddis, Shuey, Redden, Gaff, Masten and Yeo (before his OP) were generally all available at the same time. So we were blessed with continuity in our midfield for a number of years.

That trend has obviously reversed recently

Which highlighted the poor planning / recruiting by the club over the same period.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Thought the interview was pretty good tbh

 

[Rowan18]

Highlights that we did have a good run with availibility between 2015-19.

I remember pointing this out regularly in injury discussions on here during that time - whilst we had injuries to some of our guns like every other club, our midfield core of Priddis, Shuey, Redden, Gaff, Masten and Yeo (before his OP) were generally all available at the same time. So we were blessed with continuity in our midfield for a number of years.

That trend has obviously reversed recently

I think part of this is just players getting old. In 2008-2010 we dropped down the ladder when we lost some stars (Judd/Cousins etc) and a bunch of our veterans started getting injured frequently (Embley, Kerr, Cox) - this forced us to play the kids and the rebuild was on.

I still think this current rebuild will play out in a similar way. We're likely to get a season or two where our senior players are on the park again (Gov, Yeo etc) which will push us up the ladder (and give our young guys big game experience). We'll then dip down for a season or two once the senior players retire, then we'll be ready for a sustained push for finals.

As others have said, this season might be a blessing in disguise as it has forced us to be bottom 2, rather than maybe 11th-9th. We might also be better served with another bottom 4 finish next year.

 

[Free Agent]

Shock suitors emerge for Pies’ $7m man as call on future looms: Trade Whispers

Shock suitors emerge for Pies’ $7m man as call on future looms: Trade Whispers

www.foxsports.com.au

How stupid. This article suggesting clubs to go after Josh Kennedy.

Are they living under a rock and even understand that he retired not because Eagles wanted him too. Josh Kennedy wanted to retire himself and doesn't want to play at the top level anymore.

Just pissed me off reading this garbage.

 

[DanWCE]

Kennedy SMACKS DOWN ‘silly’ talk of a footy comeback

Outgoing West Coast champion Josh Kennedy has swiftly ruled out making a return to football elsewhere and said other clubs would be “silly” to put a contract in front of him.

www.perthnow.com.au

 

[Nuke Fremantle]

That Simpson interview, he mentions Nicnat, Yeo and McGovern by name. I hope he's not expecting much from them next year because the first of those has plodded around with a gut all year and the latter 2 have been barely sighted for 3 years. What gives him the confidence it will change in '23?

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

The difference is one was a marking attempt and one wasn’t, you stupid, stupid mother******s.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

 

[Truckosaurus]

Oh that West Australian. So in the Eagles' pocket that they're... still complaining about Willie Rioli

15

Willie Rioli

Age

28

Ht

175cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.6

3star

not being suspended in Round 1 five months later.

 

[THE A5]

Both 360's and on the couch hardly spent time on JK last night. Laughable but expected

 

[Tugga27]

Both 360's and on the couch hardly spent time on JK last night. Laughable but expected

TBF, JK got a huge pump up last week.
Was also Gerard's "Monday Love" where he got another big mention.

Also got another mention tonight by Jack Reiwoldt.

 

[WCE_phil]

Oh that West Australian. So in the Eagles' pocket that they're... still complaining about Willie Rioli not being suspended in Round 1 five months later.

Paper got bought out by the HUN (im very sleepy so can't remember the exact deal) which is why it has become more and more over the top and full of s**t.

 

[Farang83150]

Shock suitors emerge for Pies’ $7m man as call on future looms: Trade Whispers

Shock suitors emerge for Pies’ $7m man as call on future looms: Trade Whispers

www.foxsports.com.au

How stupid. This article suggesting clubs to go after Josh Kennedy.

Are they living under a rock and even understand that he retired not because Eagles wanted him too. Josh Kennedy wanted to retire himself and doesn't want to play at the top level anymore.

Just pissed me off reading this garbage.

Although not surprised by who's idea it was, the guy's a dead set FI.

 

[ziad]

Both 360's and on the couch hardly spent time on JK last night. Laughable but expected

The world moves on. JK is to days fish and chips wrapping.

 

[Tugga27]

No surprises Bung and JK crack a mention.

The 11 players former umpire loved officiating the most

A list from the former umpire.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Farang83150]

Would probably head there to watch if I lived in Oz, good weekend away with the family or mates, incorporate some surfing or fishing!
Kennedy is set to play a game with Mark LeCras

Mark Lecras

Age

37

Ht

184cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.6

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

4.5

3star

M

4.5

4star

T

2.7

4star

G

2.0

5star

No current season stats available

D

9.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.4

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.4

5star

and Harry Taylor for Northampton that Margetts has committed to umpiring.

 

[06Premiers]

No surprises Bung and JK crack a mention.

The 11 players former umpire loved officiating the most

A list from the former umpire.

www.sen.com.au

No mention of Coxy? Must've been a falling out between the best buds.

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

No surprises Bung and JK crack a mention.

The 11 players former umpire loved officiating the most

A list from the former umpire.

www.sen.com.au

3. Harry Taylor (Geelong)

“I’d always feel guilty giving him a free kick because he would come up with, ‘Deano, what was that for?’.

“I’d always question whether I got it right or wrong because he would ask in such a nice way, I’d just want to give him a cuddle.

 

[MrKK]

3. Harry Taylor (Geelong)

“I’d always feel guilty giving him a free kick because he would come up with, ‘Deano, what was that for?’.

“I’d always question whether I got it right or wrong because he would ask in such a nice way, I’d just want to give him a cuddle.

In Round 1 2022 it would’ve been a 50m penalty instead of a cuddle.

 

[KERRPOW]

Why isnt dean cox

Dean Cox

Age

42

Ht

203cm

Wt

107kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.9

4star

K

8.9

3star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.3

5star

T

1.5

3star

G

0.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

5.8

3star

HB

7.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.0

1star

on that list.

 

[ConcreteWaters]

Why isnt dean cox on that list.

He requested the beef main at the wedding, but unfortunately they had run out so had to have the fish.