Analysis Why have the Eagle never played well in wet games?

[Obeanie1]

How long have we been in the comp for? 35 years +

Never in our entire history has an Eagles side played well in wet conditions. Why not?

And until this issue is addressed we are nothing but a down hill skiing, fair weather football club.

Is it acceptable that as soon as it gets wet we become non competitive and often, like today, the joke of the competition?

Its at the stage where the club needs an outsider to come in and workout where we are going wrong.

 

[DanWCE]

 

[random260]

We are s**t full stop. Wet dry we are s**t. This is on simmo. We have a good list. Simmo is the issue failure of a season

 

[Godfather32]

Buying eskies comes out of the soft cap now

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

 

[Balls In]

Our good eagle versions played well anywhere. This particular team is mentally weak, poorly coached and allergic to physical contact.

 

[Obeanie1]

Oh and an odd win in the wet v Freo is papering over the cracks. And we all know it.

 

[EagleEgo]

Eagles played quite well in the wet under Worsfold.
Efficiency might not be high but flighting spirit was quite good.
R4 2012 beating Hawthron is an example. It was an ugly game, a lot of behinds, but a narrow win against the minor premier.

 

[Ok Boomer]

Great sides play well in all conditions. We are not a great side and haven't been since September 2018. We're not even good now.

 

[Cornelius Roy]

Should look to hire Sanderson from Collingwood as an assistant, he's a weird cat but first thing he did after taking over from Neil Craig was get the bikes out the club and enforce body contact/contested work, something we thoroughly need.

 

[amazingjoshy]

How long have we been in the comp for? 35 years +

Never in our entire history has an Eagles side played well in wet conditions. Why not?

And until this issue is addressed we are nothing but a down hill skiing, fair weather football club.

Is it acceptable that as soon as it gets wet we become non competitive and often, like today, the joke of the competition?

Its at the stage where the club needs an outsider to come in and workout where we are going wrong.

This current team, yes. Over our history, just completely not true

Over our history we've had great wet weather teams. The early 90s side under Malthouse were fantastic in the wet. Dean Kemp was one of the best wet weather players ever.

Judd, Cuz and Kerr didn't have any problems in the wet

This current side however is a slave to a game plan that relies on perfect skills and contested marking and doesn't value the hard stuff. That's on the current coaching group

 

[Dark Sharks]

Because we don't turn the sprinklers on or dunk the balls in esky's enough at training, amirite!


Nah face it. It's all about contested and ground ball gets, which we struggle with at the best of times. Then there's mindset. Something we also struggle with.


Also the fact our teams based out of the state with the best weather and beaches

 

[Patron]

A few of our teams have probably been okay over the journey but...

1. Perth is a pretty dry place that doesn't get a lot of dew typically either.
2. Good talls, less good smalls
3. Game plan (chip kicking is not wet weather footy)

 

[Obeanie1]

This current team, yes. Over our history, just completely not true

Over our history we've had great wet weather teams. The early 90s side under Malthouse were fantastic in the wet. Dean Kemp was one of the best wet weather players ever.

Judd, Cuz and Kerr didn't have any problems in the wet

This current side however is a slave to a game plan that relies on perfect skills and contested marking and doesn't value the hard stuff. That's on the current coaching group

I would say no Eagles team was a good wet weather team. Sure Judd, Kerr, Cousins helped that team be better in the wet than the current bunch, but that doesn't mean they were good in wet weather.

Maybe we need to target Victorian, strong ground ball mids who grew up playing in crap wet conditions in winter.

Because right now if the game is wet we lose, simple as that Simo / O'Brien. So lets do something about it and stop making BS excuses.

 

[Doashuey]

This is exactly what I thought of when I saw the thread title. This and the night Cameron Kicked 4 against the Dockers in another wet weather special.

 

[DirtySandman]

thankfully, the grand final is played in springtime.

 

[ioppolo]

I remember Darren Glass

Darren Glass

Age

42

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

4.3

2star

HB

6.4

4star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

5.6

2star

K

2.6

1star

HB

3.0

3star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.0

3star

and Drew Petrie

Drew Petrie

Age

41

Ht

197cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.3

3star

K

8.6

3star

HB

3.7

3star

M

5.4

5star

T

2.7

4star

G

1.3

5star

No current season stats available

D

5.2

2star

K

4.0

2star

HB

1.2

2star

M

1.6

2star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.0

1star

being soaked in mud at Subi circa 2003. I think Ashley Sampi kicked the sealer (as usual around that time, guy was clutch AF)

 

[Ochre]

Rained in Melbourne on September 29 2018 iirc

 

[ziad]

Should look to hire Sanderson from Collingwood as an assistant, he's a weird cat but first thing he did after taking over from Neil Craig was get the bikes out the club and enforce body contact/contested work, something we thoroughly need.

Thats how the Pies have fallen over a cliff?

 

[Schmedit]

Rained in Melbourne on September 29 2018 iirc

Yep halfway 3rd quarter, sitting at Collingwood end and they started cheering as the drops started falling.

 

[Chris_6678]

Pretty sure when we played GC at Subi in 2015 we floggedf GC by 90 points in the wet.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Was it raining during the 2015 Qualifying Final or only when Pridda strolled out from the stands to the adoration of his fans?

 

[DanWCE]

Was it raining during the 2015 Qualifying Final or only when Pridda strolled out from the stands to the adoration of his fans?

Didn't rain until the final siren went, pretty much.

 

[squashface]

Didn't rain until the final siren went, pretty much.

Pridda getting soaked in his suit with a huge grin on his face is one of my fondest football memories

 

[DanWCE]

Pridda getting soaked in his suit with a huge grin on his face is one of my fondest football memories

I might need to re-watch that game. Not sure I have lived it through TV yet, somehow.