AFL Toast RND 6: Win In the West

[ant555]

My main disappointment was we shouldve known they would bring extra pressure and attack at the contested ball after all the media scrutiny.
So unsurprisingly they smashed us in 1st quarter in ground ball gets, contested ball, pressure rating etc, Which resulted in us going back to the terrible slow chip kicking game.
It required a quarter time coaches address for the guys to be reminded that's not how we want to move the ball now.
I've been saying it since mid point of last season but this is why I'm really down on ridley, mcgrath and redman as I feel like they should be the ones keeping the backline on message but often it's them falling back into old habits (mcgrath with dump kicks, redman going missing and ridley going the dinky kicks that pad his stats sheet).
Ridley so often takes the safe little kick to the pocket from a kick in that does nothing but invite more pressure on a guy with less kicking skills than him, it came a cropper in 3rd quarter when he turned the ball over to hewett for a goal. Wouldn't he rather turn the ball over up the ground than have us hemmed in our d50? It may result in him having a lower DE% but means our backline is under less pressure.

It's actually the three newest defenders in reid, prior and Roberts who lead the way with ball movement/compsure from our d50, a great example was Roberts was about to give a handball whilst being tackled but realised the guy he was targeting was under pressure too, he was able to stay strong in the tackle and find a longer option in clear. Redman and mcgrath would've just taken the first option.

Two others I'll give some positive praise for in getting us back on track were shiel and Setterfield, zach had a down game by his standards but they kept fighting through and stuck to the forward hand ball type game we want in the midfield congestion.

Eagles always play us man on man style as the know it’s our weakness.
I agree with what you say but I don’t get disappointed as I know we have to bring players through.
The new style will come when the younger players push through. Johnson. Clarke. New players from the draft.
Everyone wants a brand but it takes time to build from scratch.

 

[justlookingaround]

Two youngest sides of the round against each other and I thought Eagles played well. Was more like their showing against Brisbane than Carlton.
Let's be real, we are one of about 4 teams WCE could beat at home if they play to their absolute best, they nearly did that but we pipped them despite being pretty beat up.
I'd be a lot more worried if we rolled over after being 5 goals down.
Also Menzie has really taken some steps. He is looking noticeably stronger too, no puppy fat.

 

[astrowizzle]

Maybe he's just not invested with WCE but on what I 've seen tonight and a couple of earlier games I'm not convinced he's worth the trade currency that's being talked about. And on what he saw tonight, maybe he's not overly keen to come to the Hangar.

Maybe when you over act up it's to try and throw your current club off the scent of change

 

[bommer16]

Never easy to play in the west. Wc always turn up.
Got the 4 points although at a significant cost. Go dons.

 

[jannissary]

not going to be a happy clapper, but west coast did only barely lose to brisbane, too. something like 20~ points. we should’ve/ could’ve won by more but a win in perth is always difficult

 

[BringFevBack2021]

Hey, any mail on Duursma? Little bit worrying, might’ve just copped it to the solar plexus but just want to know if he’s alright

How fitting having the GOAT take the last intercept of the match, the player WCE could’ve had twice

 

[jannissary]

Hey, any mail on Duursma? Little bit worrying, might’ve just copped it to the solar plexus but just want to know if he’s alright

How fitting having the GOAT take the last intercept of the match, the player WCE could’ve had twice

brad scott said something about it in the presser “allegedly” fine, but we’ll see in a few days

 

[thebigboy]

It's hard to get excited when in a 'rebuild' year your starting center bounce set up is Merrett, Setterfield and Shiel.

We've got a sniff of a mid table finish and we'll fight our way to 10th.

Parish, Guelfi, Langers, Goldy and Laverde will be in by years end as well. We aren't that young.

2nd youngest team of the round

 

[bommer16]

Just watching the replay. 3rd qtr was fantastic. Perkins 2 in 2 was incredible. That mark in the first goal was very courageous. He’s second goal was competitive.

Drapers custom goal - at least he got 1 in.

McGrath was on fire second half. Shiel was great.

Pete’s goals. Brilliant.

Merrett can have a quiet one. He deserves it. Guy carries the team most of the season. Last week he had 37 poss and 9 score assists. Just preserving himself for Anzac Day.

Duursma is just so reliable to put in 110% each week

 

[JayJ20]

I mentioned earlier this week that you have the fixture to play finals.

Brad Scott’s an extremely high quality coach and your supporter base should be expecting finals by year 3 of his tenure.

Come back after we get thrashed by Collingwood