Game Day Round 21, 2025: West Coast vs Melbourne

[Bender_]

Vote for your favourite West Coast vs Melbourne memory:


1: Choosing Jack Watts over Nic Naitanui






2: Halftime at the 2018 preliminary final






3: Liam Ryan

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Liam Ryan

Age

29

Ht

181cm

Wt

76kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.3

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

2.7

2star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.3

5star

D

9.9

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

3.3

3star

T

1.6

3star

G

1.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

2.4

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.8

4star

G

1.6

5star

's mark over Max Gawn

11

Max Gawn

Age

34

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

4: Harley Reid's goal of the year






5: Clayton Oliver

10

Clayton Oliver

Age

28

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.8

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

18.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

6.3

5star

CL

6.3

5star

D

25.1

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

4.6

2star

HB

14.6

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.8

5star

's flop

 

[jdisc]

My specific favourite moment was the bronx cheer when old mate missed this set shot (timestamped 2:55)

 

[MeltMan]

Not the preview we want... but the preview we deserve.

 

[Matele]

Vote for your favourite West Coast vs Melbourne memory:


1: Choosing Jack Watts over Nic Naitanui






2: Halftime at the 2018 preliminary final

Picture pending upload



3: Liam Ryan's mark over Max Gawn






4: Harley Reid's goal of the year






5: Clayton Oliver's flop

I really love that Melbourne posted Oliver’s flop on their own YT Page.

 

[Tugga27]

Vote for your favourite West Coast vs Melbourne memory:


1: Choosing Jack Watts over Nic Naitanui

Honestly mate

If there's ever been a better highlights package from anyone, I haven't seen it.

It actually gave me goosebumps.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Honestly mate

If there's ever been a better highlights package from anyone, I haven't seen it.

It actually gave me goosebumps.

Just watched it myself. I almost forgot just how freakish he was pre-knees, and then to come back post-knees with another 2x AA and 2x Woosha Medal? Unbelievable player. Miss him.

 

[southcoast]

NN highlights prove - at times like these it's best to live in the past.

He was special.

 

[Byron_Clanger]

Nic Nat did his ACL for the first time the very next week after that GWS game winner...you wanna talk about the agony and the ecstasy, just reverse it and that's what this was...AND it was in round 22 the literal worst time to do a knee so it fridged his entire '17 season.

 

[TY24]

Great preview, poindexter

 

[Smeg Head]

Talking about option 2 there

Mega-preview: Second preliminary final, West Coast v Melbourne

Eagles and Dees lock horns with a spot in the Grand Final up for grabs

www.afl.com.au

Melbourne by 7 points huh?

 

[Smotie2]

My specific favourite moment was the bronx cheer when old mate missed this set shot (timestamped 2:55)

Great preview.

Much sadness

 

[Tugga27]

I'll be on McVee watch.

Because so far, I'm not seeing it.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Honourable mention to the thread that suggested we should buy them and convert their HQ into our training base, and of course this majestic tweet.

 

[Barrybran]

Vote for your favourite West Coast vs Melbourne memory:


1: Choosing Jack Watts over Nic Naitanui






2: Halftime at the 2018 preliminary final

Picture pending upload



3: Liam Ryan's mark over Max Gawn






4: Harley Reid's goal of the year






5: Clayton Oliver's flop

Needs more Allen Jakovich

 

[Barrybran]

Poll options may as well be:

You are wrong
Half time at the 2018 prelim
You are wrong
You are wrong
You are wrong

 

[Bender_]

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Honourable mention to the thread that suggested we should buy them and convert their HQ into our training base, and of course this majestic tweet.

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Cheers - needed the pic!

 

[lmach]

The Dees board is good value right now

 

[mattyc75]

The Dees board is good value right now

They're probably saying the same about ours

 

[ziad]

Nic Nat did his ACL for the first time the very next week after that GWS game winner...you wanna talk about the agony and the ecstasy, just reverse it and that's what this was...AND it was in round 22 the literal worst time to do a knee so it fridged his entire '17 season.

dead right, I was at both games.

 

[Pwani Magharibi]

Honestly mate

If there's ever been a better highlights package from anyone, I haven't seen it.

It actually gave me goosebumps.

Still waiting for someone to compile a 10+ minute video of just Nic's ruckwork. That would be something to sit and watch over and over.

 

[Matele]

Nic Nat did his ACL for the first time the very next week after that GWS game winner...you wanna talk about the agony and the ecstasy, just reverse it and that's what this was...AND it was in round 22 the literal worst time to do a knee so it fridged his entire '17 season.

I will never forget those two games as the agony and ecstasy mirrored my own life at the time.

The week of the GWS game I was told I’d be promoted shortly. As a struggling student thinking I could splurge, I promptly paid for a ticket to the hawks game full of adrenaline after watching NN win it at the death.

The week of the hawks game I was told on the Friday arvo I was being let go from my role effective immediately, attended the hawks game bummed out, and then watched NN do his knee while it was raining. Sublime.

 

[Astro7]

Great preview, some joy from the past! Forget how great some of those players and games were. NN was one in a million, but how good was Josh Kennedy, miss him.

 

[FKASC]

I'll be on McVee watch.

Because so far, I'm not seeing it.

He’s gone backwards really badly this year. Quite strange. Looks really hesitant and behind the pace after coming back from injury.

Was very good in his first two seasons - showed a heap of promise as a 19-20 year old.

 

[Bender_]

He’s gone backwards really badly this year. Quite strange. Looks really hesitant and behind the pace after coming back from injury.

Was very good in his first two seasons - showed a heap of promise as a 19-20 year old.

Keeping his price down for us so we can still afford Jed Walter and Dev.

 

[ziad]

Isnt this a 2026 trial game for us?