Has there been a change to the blood rule?
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New midfield coach stat plzNaitanui's inability to punch the ball forward and out of congestion despite getting hands to it first left me scratching my head.
Rarely did we win a clean take away from a clearance off a hitout, instead hit to a stationary player and either coughed it up or got wrapped up.
Just basic match day coaching IMO. Didn't mix it up, it was disappointing.
That was a joke but wait until they roll out the "you are allowed to KO someone 100m off the ball" rule.Has there been a change to the blood rule?
Positive - Tim Kelly didn't get injured.
They won't win next week, with or without Hawkins.That was a joke but wait until they roll out the "you are allowed to KO someone 100m off the ball" rule.
Fair call. Fickle supporters quickly forget just what this group of players achieved last year against all odds. Courage or heart is not something I would question, I think they have proven they have it in spades.To be fair, at the time and the way we were playing I thought there was ZERO chance we'd fight back from 32 points.
I was a total wreck, couldn't eat, screaming at the TV, most emotional I've been in a game all year..
And then they did it. Turned a 32 point defecit into a 7 point lead. Just ground it out and got back on top. Backs against the wall, playing like garbage, amazing.
Not at all surprised they flopped in the last. You can only keep Dangerflog down for so long and he made Yeo look silly in the last quarter, which rarely happens.
Sure we coughed up some INFURIATING games (Hawks, Collingwood at home) which probably directly cost us our flag tilt..
But after everything we've done over the past 24 months, is there still people out there questioning the ticker of this group?
If so, fold your account.
Was at the game, ground level...Theres were my take aways:
-Hutchings is so limited offensively
-Masten, Waterman kept getting heckled saying this isnt the WAFL..both got done for holding the ball
-Gaff was massive for us.. really feel bad for him
-Kennedy didnt do enough
-Mcgovern and Barrass keep getting beat 1 v 1
-Cripps MIA
-Sheed MIA?
To be fair, at the time and the way we were playing I thought there was ZERO chance we'd fight back from 32 points.
I was a total wreck, couldn't eat, screaming at the TV, most emotional I've been in a game all year..
And then they did it. Turned a 32 point defecit into a 7 point lead. Just ground it out and got back on top. Backs against the wall, playing like garbage, amazing.
Not at all surprised they flopped in the last. You can only keep Dangerflog down for so long and he made Yeo look silly in the last quarter, which rarely happens.
Sure we coughed up some INFURIATING games (Hawks, Collingwood at home) which probably directly cost us our flag tilt..
But after everything we've done over the past 24 months, is there still people out there questioning the ticker of this group?
If so, fold your account.
If hawkins gets a week i will be happy. They just played their GF, emotionally, and the tigers will do them overTough game. I was really worried we'd fold with all the rioli stuff. The fightback shows the team has great spirit, just couldn't keep going after a long year with short pre-season. I think the winner was always going to be thumped to Tigers so not the end of the world.
Hawkins to get one week. Deserves 2 but they won't rule him out for GF.
Defence needs to sort itself out. Barass and Gov need to start spoiling more and not just going for the intercept. Teams have worked them out so time to get back to fundamentals. Both are still excellent readers of the play and will bounce back.
If hawkins gets a week i will be happy. They just played their GF, emotionally, and the tigers will do them over
Thanks mate, all the best for the finals and you are correct the competition is so tight that we didnt improve enough to stay ahead of the curve. That is life i guess. Yes still very happy with a a premiership last years. Just shows how hard it is to win one so I am grateful for that. Once again all the best mate to you and your tea.Just wanted to pop my head in and say commiserations on the loss last night. It’s been a funny year where nothing (okay, except maybe the AFL’s manufactured return games) has split the top five or six clubs who are all very capable and unfortunately I think you were a victim of that. I think there’s a lot for you to be proud of and the gap between all of the remaining sides is negligible - everyone is very capable of beating everyone else on the right day and you just got unlucky that yesterday wasn’t yours.
If I could, I’d gladly take the net result of a premiership and a semi final exit over the last two years if it were offered to me, so the Eagles have achieved plenty and both the players and fans have won plenty of admirers along the way.
All the best for next season. I look forward to our next meeting (but I’m also s**tting myself at the prospect because you’re ******* quality).
Not wrong there 7 grand finals in 33 years and 4 premierships we are damm spoiled. I am proud of the team culture and our leaders. The Willie Rioli incident aside our club has not really put a foot wrong since 2007.Problem is winning a flag sets the bar so damn high for the next season and the fact that both Geelong and Hawks have won multiple premierships in the span of a few years makes it hard not to see events like this as a failure, it's like if they get multiple flags why can't we?
Fact is making a GF is tough as fu**, winning it even tougher. Sometimes we forget just how awesome and lucky we are to support a club where getting knocked out after a Semi final away from home against the minor premiers the year after winning a flag feels like a massive failure; how many clubs would be chomping to have their team perform like West Coast consistently does?
We don't accept failure, our club's CULTURE* is success (and dem sweet sweet drugz) but sometimes as fans we need to temper expectations.
Work on the system, work on the fitness, work on the skills.
2020 starts soon.
You’re all class TarksJust wanted to pop my head in and say commiserations on the loss last night. It’s been a funny year where nothing (okay, except maybe the AFL’s manufactured return games) has split the top five or six clubs who are all very capable and unfortunately I think you were a victim of that. I think there’s a lot for you to be proud of and the gap between all of the remaining sides is negligible - everyone is very capable of beating everyone else on the right day and you just got unlucky that yesterday wasn’t yours.
If I could, I’d gladly take the net result of a premiership and a semi final exit over the last two years if it were offered to me, so the Eagles have achieved plenty and both the players and fans have won plenty of admirers along the way.
All the best for next season. I look forward to our next meeting (but I’m also s**tting myself at the prospect because you’re ******* quality).