Review Round 3, 2026 vs West Coast

[Ford Fairlane]

The "not 15" calls were happening so often, but the other one was how quickly we were getting called to play on, when we hadn't gone off the line, nor had we had it for too long.

The bounced one was horrible, but just before that, there was a soccer off the ground that Duursma 'marked', it went about 7m, and she blew a mark.

I was right behind the goal Waterman kicked from outside 50 and he had run at least 10m off his line before the umpire* called 'play on' (if they even did). The Port player was looking at the umpire practically pleading with them to make the call and ... nothing.

*may not have been Tee, but just to make the point about how much latitude they were being given.

 

[Portmagpies36]

And Soldo would be on more coin that the two of them combined

The amount of players at Alberton on big money big contracts and add nothing to that side is frightening.
Zak Butters should be on 5 million a year compared to some of that dross down there.

 

[malcheski]

I was right behind the goal Waterman kicked from outside 50 and he had run at least 10m off his line before the umpire* called 'play on' The Port player was looking at the umpire practically pleading with them to make the call and ... nothing.

*may not have been Tee, but just to make the point about how much latitude they were being given.

I was in line with it also.

Was 100% Tee who did not call play-on until he kicked the ball.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Luko should take every kick in with his distance and accuracy.

Of he ran it 20 metres then booted it, we'd be 80 from goal and at worst to a contest

And there’s no physicality involved.

 

[PowerLil]

I was right behind the goal Waterman kicked from outside 50 and he had run at least 10m off his line before the umpire* called 'play on' (if they even did). The Port player was looking at the umpire practically pleading with them to make the call and ... nothing.

*may not have been Tee, but just to make the point about how much latitude they were being given.

This continues to happen and it's quite alarming. We sit on the wing in Bay 135 and were right behind an Eagles kick for goal. Can't remember if this was the same instance as I can't remember who the Eagles player was but the mark was only a couple of metres in from the boundary. The Eagles player was at least 3 - 4 metres inside the mark. No call from the ump to kick over the mark and no play on until the Eagles player sailed past the mark. It's wrong, wrong, wrong. This freakin stand rule has totally stuffed the game.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I was in line with it also.

Was 100% Tee who did not call play-on until he kicked the ball.

He just ran around in a huge arc and that let him wind up to make the distance.

We, on the other hand, were getting called to play on as we walked back to our mark in a straight line.

 

[MrMeaner]

He just ran around in a huge arc and that let him wind up to make the distance.

We, on the other hand, were getting called to play on as we walked back to our mark in a straight line.

Or are standing still.

 

[240volt]

When you have replaced absolute dross with more dross is that really transitioning?

I liken it to a northern suburbs verge pick up.
You see all this shit piled up to be taken away.
Beds you wouldn’t let your dog sleep on and just broken and stained junk.
It all gets taken away but 6 months later they are throwing out shit that looks as bad as what they dumped 6 months before.
Just replacing shit with more shit.

 

[Willsy10]

I'm still waiting for an apology

 

[Expat power]

Is this a fitness issue? We have had a fitness issue for a number of seasons, and I've called it out.

It hasn't looked to be a fitness issue with the eye test, but the data is piling up suggesting we can't play 4 quarters.

We had a few players who looked absolutely cooked. Ewan McKinley really looked like he was struggling.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Whilst I am disappointed that we threw away a win yesterday, I wasn't surprised that West Coast beat us.

Against North I was pissed off because we didn't use our guts and heart, we didn't play with real drive and desire. Yesterday we didn't use our brains and ability. Dropped marks I50, straight forward missed shots on goal, skill errors on a beautiful day - imagine the fumbles of the ball if it rained.

A Richmond supporter dumped a truckload of manure on the door steps of the club after a poor loss, if I had the money I'd dump a couple of pallet loads of Gripo on the door steps of the club and tell the bloody players to use it. If we can't take simple marks and fumble the ball when you have glorious weather, what the hell will they do when its wet and heavy ground conditions.

I spent last year in Perth, so I watched a lot of West Coast, and they are a lot better side this year.

The key is their older players getting on the park and staying healthy, and contributing. Yeo was very good in the first half then didn't play in the 2nd half. Kelly the last couple of games has been important in the middle after a very poor year last year. If Baker and Duggan have good games the West Coast do OK. Yesterday they did. Waterman is a 2024 All Australian forward and played like an All Oz forward after only playing 8 games in the first half of last season.

They have 10 year KPPs in Edwards (out injured) and Shanahan. Shanahan can take a pack mark at CHF but that pack mark he took from the eventual centre clearance after Whitlock goaled and put us a point down, was bloody epic. When he took that I said we wont win now as it killed our momentum. Archer Reid at 202cm looks like a long term KPF forward.

The bottom line is that their young and/or inexperienced players are better than ours.

Port's average height in the footywire graphic below is wrong. It's about 186.4cm but the rest looks right.

Compare the skills and ability and look at where the players were drafted of Port's 9 under 50 gamers compared to West Coast's 11 under 50 gamers. We lack players will real high end skills and talent when we have 5 or 6 injuries/suspensions to our best players. Trading out so many picks over the last 6 years and picking up average delisted players has meant we have poor depth.

Whitlock is our stand out player in the list of 9 below. Games is number of games played before yesterday's game.




LKe

 

[Portmagpies36]

Whilst I am disappointed that we threw away a win yesterday, I wasn't surprised that West Coast beat us.

Against North I was pissed off because we didn't use our guts and heart, we didn't play with real drive and desire. Yesterday we didn't use our brains and ability. Dropped marks I50, straight forward missed shots on goal, skill errors on a beautiful day - imagine the fumbles of the ball if it rained.

A Richmond supporter dumped a truckload of manure on the door steps of the club after a poor loss, if I had the money I'd dump a couple of pallet loads of Gripo on the door steps of the club and tell the bloody players to use it. If we can't take simple marks and fumble the ball when you have glorious weather, what the hell will they do when its wet and heavy ground conditions.

I spent last year in Perth, so I watched a lot of West Coast, and they are a lot better side this year.

The key is their older players getting on the park and staying healthy, and contributing. Yeo was very good in the first half then didn't play in the 2nd half. Kelly the last couple of games has been important in the middle after a very poor year last year. If Baker and Duggan have good games the West Coast do OK. Yesterday they did. Waterman is a 2024 All Australian forward and played like an All Oz forward after only playing 8 games in the first half of last season.

They have 10 year KPPs in Edwards (out injured) and Shanahan. Shanahan can take a pack mark at CHF but that pack mark he took from the eventual centre clearance after Whitlock goaled and put us a point down, was bloody epic. When he took that I said we wont win now as it killed our momentum. Archer Reid at 202cm looks like a long term KPF forward.

The bottom line is that their young and/or inexperienced players are better than ours.

Port's average height in the footywire graphic below is wrong. It's about 186.4cm but the rest looks right.

Compare the skills and ability and look at where the players were drafted of Port's 9 under 50 gamers compared to West Coast's 11 under 50 gamers. We lack players will real high end skills and talent when we have 5 or 6 injuries/suspensions to our best players. Trading out so many picks over the last 6 years and picking up average delisted players has meant we have poor depth.

Whitlock is our stand out player in the list of 9 below. Games is number of games played before yesterday's game.

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LKe

Jacob Wehr is nearly 28 years old FMD. We gave him a 3 year contract!!!

 

[Minotaur2]

Jacob Wehr is nearly 28 years old FMD. We gave him a 3 year contract!!!

Jacob Wehr looks and plays like someone who was pulled from the under 16s at the last minute to make up the numbers. Just has no presence and no speed of thought - or any thought really. He had the ball on the North- Western pocket - 60 from goals and ignored two good leads into space 40 meters from goals just to end up having a shot himself which fell short. The whole passage of play was enough to draw a line through him. Agree cannot believe he is 28 and has a three year contract.

Luko needs to mark with his hands. Has he not heard the Lloyd story about Sheedy pulling him up in his first training session and telling him if he wanted to play full forward he had to mark with his hands in front - not on his chest. Surely someone somewhere has given Luko the same obvious piece of advice. Luko goes for the chest mark and gets spoiled all the time.

Butters is clearly Port's best player, but he looks like the good player in an Under 15 team who tries to do everything himself.

JHF is a good player, could be Butters level if he delivered consistently quarter to quarter and game to game. Starting to wonder whether that consistency will ever come.

Durbin seems to make the most of what comes his way.

 

[The Hobo]

Jacob Wehr looks and plays like someone who was pulled from the under 16s at the last minute to make up the numbers. Just has no presence and no speed of thought - or any thought really.

I absolutely cannot believe we've given someone like him a 3 year deal... Deplorable and a continuation of the poor list decisions we've made.


Can't blame this one on Ken.

 

[GremioPower]

we're just trying to get a high draft pick considering we don't own any right? this year is just about tanking and developing

Wrong account, mate

 

[Frank Hansen II]

Jacob Wehr looks and plays like someone who was pulled from the under 16s at the last minute to make up the numbers. Just has no presence and no speed of thought - or any thought really. He had the ball on the North- Western pocket - 60 from goals and ignored two good leads into space 40 meters from goals just to end up having a shot himself which fell short. The whole passage of play was enough to draw a line through him. Agree cannot believe he is 28 and has a three year contract.

Luko needs to mark with his hands. Has he not heard the Lloyd story about Sheedy pulling him up in his first training session and telling him if he wanted to play full forward he had to mark with his hands in front - not on his chest. Surely someone somewhere has given Luko the same obvious piece of advice. Luko goes for the chest mark and gets spoiled all the time.

Butters is clearly Port's best player, but he looks like the good player in an Under 15 team who tries to do everything himself.

JHF is a good player, could be Butters level if he delivered consistently quarter to quarter and game to game. Starting to wonder whether that consistency will ever come.

Durbin seems to make the most of what comes his way.

Way too many players trying to mark on the chest yesterday

 

[Scodges]

he was way off the pace. Stats are deceiving.

One game mate, maybe a couple games to get up to speed. He’s the least of our worries.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

We have played our part in history in the making again, that's the wrong history for us.

https://archive.md/JpAK4

They’re the AFL’s unlikely kings of the big comeback – and West Coast have become just the second team in the past 48 years to dig themselves out of such a big hole in successive weeks. The Eagles have recovered from deficits of 24 points and 22 points at quarter time to taste victory in their past two games. The only other occurrence of a side overcoming 22+ point margins to win in consecutive rounds since 1978 is GWS in 2017, rallying from 26 and 31 points down against Collingwood and Richmond respectively – with Andrew McQualter

Andrew Mcqualter

Age

39

Ht

179cm

Wt

74kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

5.6

2star

HB

7.2

4star

M

3.4

3star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.6

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

0.2

3star

on the receiving end of the latter as a Tigers assistant coach.

DOWN BY 22+ POINTS AT QUARTER TIME BEFORE WINNING - IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES

• WCE 2026: From 24 down to beating NM by 17, then from 22 down to beating PA by 2
• GWS 2017: From 26 down to beating Coll by 3, then from 31 down to beating Rich by 3
• NM 1978: From 25 down to beating Coll by 9, then from 31 down to beating Geel by 22
• Fitz 1976: From 24 down to beating StK by 19, then from 31 down to beating Geel by 23
• Coll 1935: From 24 down to beating Geel by 34, then from 22 down to beating Ess by 7

 

[Jojay]

He's not wrong.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Luko needs to mark with his hands. Has he not heard the Lloyd story about Sheedy pulling him up in his first training session and telling him if he wanted to play full forward he had to mark with his hands in front - not on his chest. Surely someone somewhere has given Luko the same obvious piece of advice. Luko goes for the chest mark and gets spoiled all the time.

During the telecast, perhaps more towards the end, Timmy G said that there should be a team rule where you are not allowed to mark on the chest at all.