Eagles can't fly at the MCG but they have no problems at other away grounds. The Arc
mattsea has done some analysis during Simpson's reign.
https://thearcfooty.com/2017/04/23/cant-eagles-fly/
In the past few years, since Adam Simpson took over as coach
1, the Eagles have played 9 games at the MCG and won only 3 of them, a meagre 33.3% win rate. Meanwhile they’ve won 75.6% of their games at Subiaco.
All up, the Eagles have won 53% of their interstate games since 2014, just scraping into positive territory. Their record interstate is comparable to the Cats and Crows.
The difference between the Eagles’ win percentage in their home state (75.6%) and interstate (53%) is 22.6% – the third largest in the league, but not a million miles away from some other quality teams.
https://thearcfooty.com/2017/04/23/cant-eagles-fly/
Port's small differential is due to maintaining a good away from home, better than our long run away average of 41% but dropping too many games at AO since we lost to the Eagles in Rd 6 of 2015. [Eagles are 2-0 against us and 2-1 against the crows at AO which is long and skinny like Subi]
As this covers from Rd 1 2014 ie start of AO and Ken's second year, our record in that period is;
* At AO we were 8-0, (inc the 2011 game before the redevelopment) before we lost the away showdown in Rd 15 of 2014 and went to 13-4 after winning the away showdown in Rd 3 2015. But then came that WCE game where they closed us down after half time and the scoreboard flattered us a bit with only a 10 pt loss. Since that game we have gone 11-13 at AO mainly due to a 2016 record of 4-8 to only have a 24-17 record at AO but a 22-17 record from Rd 1 2014 to R4 2017 as per the Arc's graph ie a 56.9% win-loss record at home.
* In our away games, our away record since R1 2014 to Rd 4 2017 is 18-16 ie 52.9% which gives the 3.5% differential as per The Arc's graph.
We have to get back to winning at least 2 out of every 3 games at AO and if we can maintain a 50%+ win-loss record on the road then we are approaching Top 4 status.
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