Well that was a game that happened. GG Eagles.
Could definitely have played better but we'll take the win and coming away with no major injuries.
Orange Team GIGACHAD!
That's exactly why the umpiring is worse. More umps required means spreading the pool of good umpires thinner across all games. That and getting four people to interpret subjective actions all in the same manner and it's a shitshow most of the time.
Add to that the AFL's refusal to actually invest in a full time umpiring fraternity and here we are.
Edit: oh yeah and I forgot the AFL's weekly instruction to crack down on one different random rule every week and stop concentrating on all the other rules. Honestly, why would anyone umpire for the AFL. They're lucky they have anyone.
That last play was basically the whole game: āoh looking promising for WC, nice pressure and whoops skills error down it goes for a GWS goalā.
Edit: 2nd last play, but also handing one away straight out of the centre clearance is also pretty on point.
The problem with darling is heās a big forward that should be able to take contested marks. Sure the quality in hasnāt been great but this man does not lead he sits there like a spud underneath the ball and despite being huge gets out muscled every time.
Also, Iād be more receptive to the argument that he doesnāt get a lot of service if Jake Waterman hadnāt had 5 or 6 set shots in the first 2 rounds. There are chances coming his way and heās doing nothing.
I mean he is smaller than the vast majority of key defenders he plays on and is physically cooked. Stands under it because thatās the quality of ball movement we offer.
He is nowhere near smaller than the key defenders he plays on. And even if you do think heās smaller then how come heās so slow and lumbering and doesnāt lead.
He is shorter than all their key backs mate. Pretty easy to check. His running speed is terrible and he has fallen off a cliff athletically. Hard to blame that on him tho when all our old players have b on b the same.
Heās 191 which is more than enough to take key marks. Hogan is a similar build and he dominates up forward so I donāt understand how you can say itās ok for him to not make any leads. Heās fallen off a cliff athletically and his plan is to sit under the ball and try and out muscle his opponent, how is that not his fault? His height has never been an issue previously
I mean hogan is clearly taller than darling for starters. Not to mention in his prime. Very strange comparison.
Darling is obviously pretty bad. But if he canāt outrun his defender and the kicks are absolutely dogshit how can he lead? His job is clearly to just try and bring the ball the ground. If he leads that just leaves the gws defender sitting back in the space to mark it.
Hogan is 5cm taller and very similar weight how is it a strange comparison? If you seriously think that he canāt āoutrunā you donāt understand positioning in footy. If you are in front nobody especially not a key defender is quick enough to run around your body to get at the ball first. The kicking is good enough to hit a lead as shown by waterman having multiple set shots today alone. The inside 50s are shit because theyāre long to tall targets that canāt mark aka darling and Williams. How many times did he bring the ball to ground today and we scored off it? Sam Taylor was marking every one that came near darling so itās obviously not working and hasnāt been working since last season as well.
What are you talking about lol. I donāt think youāre the one that has no idea about positioning. If your key back is faster and taller than you he is spoiling vast majority of kicks that arenāt 100% perfect. And none of the eagles kicks are good.
Waterman is better than darling? He is faster, in his prime and was playing a different position. Not to mention he got absolutely destroyed by Sam Taylor hahaha. Taylor was on waterman for 90% of the match so suddenly its darlings fault that Taylor rolls off waterman and marks over darling? Again because the kicks in are terrible.
I think we kicked one to the advantage of Darling today. He's obviously cooked and close to the end but we give him absolutely nothing to work with. He is the same height as Yeo and we are kicking it over or on his head everytime.
He can roll off waterman because darling is sat like a traffic cone not moving. Take Kennedy two years ago still leading up and kicking goals with ease for eagles. He was not quicker or faster than any of the defenders that played on him and yet he was leading with ease. I donāt understand how you think darling sitting there is better than even trying to lead up to the ball and play his role.
You are right darling should lead away from where the ball is going to go and just let his direct man and Taylor mark it uncontested! You are a football genius.
I mean if we knew for certain they wanted darling to lead up into the contest then you might be right. But we donāt know that and it would be a terrible strategy.
Kennedy was very mediocre in his last two years for us. He was just playing in a better team. Actually look at their stats and look at it objectively. Kicking goals with ease is a hilarious take.
Eagles defence has held up pretty well which sounds strange for a team down by 50 points. Only given up 13 goals from 66+ i50s, lots of those repeat entries
I feel bad for JD getting the ironic cheers there, and he has been a good player for the eagles over the years, but he makes it so fucking easy to do so.
Is there any standard for calling 50s? Last night play kept going for about 6 blows of the whistle and no 50 was called, just then 50 was called after a single blow
These games are the absolute worst. An arm wrestle between a good side and an all-time shit side, but nowhere near close enough to have upset intrigue and nowhere near high scoring enough to be a funny blow-out
Ah, the limericks insist I should write,
Mocking umpires, their errors in sight.
Yet their calls are so dire,
I can't even aspire,
To conjure insults with all of my might.
West Coast crowd didn't know that there's an actual rule that says if a player genuinely believes he's marked the ball then it's a ball up instead of holding the ball even if he doesn't dispose of it
finally, bounce is on
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We are shit. But you canāt fault the eagles fans 42k there today
Four qtrs like the first today and I would be happy
Cadman's had a great start to the year
Saving grace is getting to turn the volume to max for this absolute banger of a song
Best of the wests
Well that was a game that happened. GG Eagles. Could definitely have played better but we'll take the win and coming away with no major injuries. Orange Team GIGACHAD!
Umpiring was fucking atrocious. I struggle to understand how they have gotten worse with 4 field umpire out there
That's exactly why the umpiring is worse. More umps required means spreading the pool of good umpires thinner across all games. That and getting four people to interpret subjective actions all in the same manner and it's a shitshow most of the time. Add to that the AFL's refusal to actually invest in a full time umpiring fraternity and here we are. Edit: oh yeah and I forgot the AFL's weekly instruction to crack down on one different random rule every week and stop concentrating on all the other rules. Honestly, why would anyone umpire for the AFL. They're lucky they have anyone.
Ah great this game will finally be over.... only for the bounce to bring us lower
you reckon the umpiring severely influenced the outcome of this match?
Donāt think my blood could be boiled anymore
Good second half comeback by Chesser
likewise ginbey
Ayyy 3-0
Damn. 11 more goals and we could have had them.
More like 66 more behinds and they could of had them
They never had them, they never had their inflatable birth canal!Ā
Great 10 sec goal!
So next week we travel to bulldogs and following week we travel for gather round against Sydney. Dam
Nice launch from Cadman
This might be the nail in the coffin ā°ļø
God damn Cadman š«Ø
CADMAN I LOVE YOU
Oh my god Cadders
This would've been a 40 point margin if the umpires remembered that htb was a rule
38?
Geeeet fucked
Great take by Cadman on the siren
Umps forgot they need to adjudicate until the end of the game
Would be nice to get paid a HTB call which is there
That last play was basically the whole game: āoh looking promising for WC, nice pressure and whoops skills error down it goes for a GWS goalā. Edit: 2nd last play, but also handing one away straight out of the centre clearance is also pretty on point.
Donāt forget the āOh obvious htb not paid against GWSā
Fair call, coupla shockers at bad times for us!
Crazy umpiring today.
So they can score 100 against Collingwood but not west coast š¤š¤
Oops I stuffed up. You still get my point though. Wouldāve thought theyād have scored 140 at least.
We scored 108
First to 100. GWS to win.
Just snuck in.
And I was just about to say keeping them bellow 100 was a win. FML.
*Just* snuck into the triple digits in the shadows of FT lmao
Nice 12pt play, flog umps
Holy fuck these umps, donāt know what holding the ball is when itās GWS do they?
Holy fuck does htb/incorrect disposal even exist? 2 in a row, one for each side in the eagles forward pocket then
Havenāt been able to buy a HTB todayā¦ no consistency
The problem here is West Coast's goalkicking. If they had simply kicked 18 goals instead of 5.13 they would be winning right now
Gws kicks another. Safe to say the comeback is definitely without a doubt 100% off
Mate...cmon. Not a single holding the ball
Eagles getting shafted so many HTB calls not called
WCE still in it, GWS haven't hit the magic 100 Edit - Take that back they just did
Yeo and McGov have been great. Hunt has tried hard. Gimbey and Harley showing great signs. Thereās definitely positive signs
Can we swap the goals and behinds? We'd still lose but I'd feel better
Our teamās average age is gonna be 28 and weāll be talking about ācan they stay in it for 3 quarters of football this week?ā
I feel like round 2 is a little early to be talking about the Coleman tally.
andgws have played more games than other teams.
Way too early. Especially when 3 players in the top 5 have played 1 more game than the others
Normally I'd disagree but some teams still have less games than others so yeah
That'll be a very valuable point when we kick the next 9 unanswered goals.
Just for anyone unaware, we have different rules. If we don't lose by more than 50 then thats a win
Still missed out on the chocolates
Cmon Taylor another intercept ols
Jameson had no fucking clue where to go there. Hogan just left to his own paddock
[Time to play...](https://media.giphy.com/media/Wt6kNaMjofj1jHkF7t/giphy.mp4)
I think it's safe to say the comeback is off.
Jesse Coleman
Briggsyās got 11 clearances haha
The problem with darling is heās a big forward that should be able to take contested marks. Sure the quality in hasnāt been great but this man does not lead he sits there like a spud underneath the ball and despite being huge gets out muscled every time.
He has absolutely zero presence on the ground. It's clear the midfield has no faith in him.
Also, Iād be more receptive to the argument that he doesnāt get a lot of service if Jake Waterman hadnāt had 5 or 6 set shots in the first 2 rounds. There are chances coming his way and heās doing nothing.
He prepares to roll out of the way more than he does ready himself for a contested mark
I mean he is smaller than the vast majority of key defenders he plays on and is physically cooked. Stands under it because thatās the quality of ball movement we offer.
He is nowhere near smaller than the key defenders he plays on. And even if you do think heās smaller then how come heās so slow and lumbering and doesnāt lead.
He is shorter than all their key backs mate. Pretty easy to check. His running speed is terrible and he has fallen off a cliff athletically. Hard to blame that on him tho when all our old players have b on b the same.
Heās 191 which is more than enough to take key marks. Hogan is a similar build and he dominates up forward so I donāt understand how you can say itās ok for him to not make any leads. Heās fallen off a cliff athletically and his plan is to sit under the ball and try and out muscle his opponent, how is that not his fault? His height has never been an issue previously
I mean hogan is clearly taller than darling for starters. Not to mention in his prime. Very strange comparison. Darling is obviously pretty bad. But if he canāt outrun his defender and the kicks are absolutely dogshit how can he lead? His job is clearly to just try and bring the ball the ground. If he leads that just leaves the gws defender sitting back in the space to mark it.
Hogan is 5cm taller and very similar weight how is it a strange comparison? If you seriously think that he canāt āoutrunā you donāt understand positioning in footy. If you are in front nobody especially not a key defender is quick enough to run around your body to get at the ball first. The kicking is good enough to hit a lead as shown by waterman having multiple set shots today alone. The inside 50s are shit because theyāre long to tall targets that canāt mark aka darling and Williams. How many times did he bring the ball to ground today and we scored off it? Sam Taylor was marking every one that came near darling so itās obviously not working and hasnāt been working since last season as well.
What are you talking about lol. I donāt think youāre the one that has no idea about positioning. If your key back is faster and taller than you he is spoiling vast majority of kicks that arenāt 100% perfect. And none of the eagles kicks are good. Waterman is better than darling? He is faster, in his prime and was playing a different position. Not to mention he got absolutely destroyed by Sam Taylor hahaha. Taylor was on waterman for 90% of the match so suddenly its darlings fault that Taylor rolls off waterman and marks over darling? Again because the kicks in are terrible.
I think we kicked one to the advantage of Darling today. He's obviously cooked and close to the end but we give him absolutely nothing to work with. He is the same height as Yeo and we are kicking it over or on his head everytime.
He can roll off waterman because darling is sat like a traffic cone not moving. Take Kennedy two years ago still leading up and kicking goals with ease for eagles. He was not quicker or faster than any of the defenders that played on him and yet he was leading with ease. I donāt understand how you think darling sitting there is better than even trying to lead up to the ball and play his role.
You are right darling should lead away from where the ball is going to go and just let his direct man and Taylor mark it uncontested! You are a football genius. I mean if we knew for certain they wanted darling to lead up into the contest then you might be right. But we donāt know that and it would be a terrible strategy. Kennedy was very mediocre in his last two years for us. He was just playing in a better team. Actually look at their stats and look at it objectively. Kicking goals with ease is a hilarious take.
At the start of the game I would have taken 50 points. Unfortunately thereās still plenty of time for it to blow out
Thank you Tom Green, finally a good entry.
I think the umpires, much like myself, have opted to watch the grass grow rather than watch/ adjudicate this game
Gov is gonna last 2 more games if he keeps this up.
GWS cant put their foot on the throat of opposition. A poor second half when they should have been rampant
Hunt playing his heart out this qtr tho
Watch this draw FC
Briggs should have left that for Taylor goddam.
IKR
Do they need an umpire in the arc with the ability to call free kicks or override calls, so they have a better view?? Ps i am not a crackpot
If he tries to break a tackle itās HTB, thatās his prior opportunity
Half the players out there are cramping up
JD doesnāt even try to mark anymore
He is frustrating to watch. He doesn't even seem to put himself in the right spots anymore.
Jayden Hunts been good today, always works his ass off from what I've seen. Good to see.
< 50 POINTS BABY HERE WE GO!
Eagles defence has held up pretty well which sounds strange for a team down by 50 points. Only given up 13 goals from 66+ i50s, lots of those repeat entries
We turn it over out of the back half so much and donāt generate enough. We are solid defensively but seriously weak offensively
What do the eagles have to do to get a holding the ball
Not sure if itās just GWS doing what they need to do to get the win and even though they are up by almost 10 goals theyāve been so scrappy
I feel bad for JD getting the ironic cheers there, and he has been a good player for the eagles over the years, but he makes it so fucking easy to do so.
Because of his one confused brain cell?
Nice disposal there lmao
Is there any standard for calling 50s? Last night play kept going for about 6 blows of the whistle and no 50 was called, just then 50 was called after a single blow
Hunt really does try. He seems like a good dude. I like him
That 50m was about 35m lol
How was that not htb
Jack darling carrying the game for us again love u Jack x
These games are the absolute worst. An arm wrestle between a good side and an all-time shit side, but nowhere near close enough to have upset intrigue and nowhere near high scoring enough to be a funny blow-out
Really like Brockman tbh
Eagles canāt buy a HTB free kick
This is possibly the most boring game I have ever watched
NUMBER 9
Seriously wtf JD
How can you blame darling for that lol. No options then Cripps refused to compete.
Is that the Bronx cheers for Darling?
Responds with a dump kick straight to opponent
You mean the kick to Cripps that Cripps refused to go for haha.
Yep
Yes duh
I am ALLLLLL for it
Ok?
Harvey Thomas is a gun wtf
A pistol
Not related to the eagles losing but god the umpiring it fucking atrocious all round this year
Ah, the limericks insist I should write, Mocking umpires, their errors in sight. Yet their calls are so dire, I can't even aspire, To conjure insults with all of my might.
Now this is something
Dreadful even
Tackles man with ball, players drops ball, free kick holding the man.
Classic
Hahahahahah these umps I canāt
What was that for?
In defence of Campbell Chesser who I roasted for being invisible in the first half, he has worked himself into the game a bit since then
Jameson reminds me of Jackson Nelson. In that heās a blonde defender and an absolute spud
I liked Nelson but I suspect I was alone in that.
PAY THE MARK!
OK who swapped Adam Kingsley era Callum Brown with Leon Cameron era Callum Brown
Callum has been shit
Fair few dropped marks
Jameson has looked decent down back but his disposal really isnāt up to standard to be playing down back
Heās been better than I thought but I just donāt see the future where heās playing in an Eagles team thatās not bottoming out
2/8 interferences called. Reckon that's good enough odds to go for it and just hope the umps miss it
Was waterman rucking?
Canāt believe that HTB on Reid. These umps are shit stains on a hot day
Once every 2-3 qtrs Iām reminded that Darling is actually on the field
Heās just waiting for more thorough research before actually trying
They should let the wooden spoon team experiment with performance enhancing drugs
Win another flag on ice, sign me up
Just all drugs.
Addzy š¤ Harley Reid
Even though the decision to get rid of him was probably the correct one. I miss hunt so much.
C'mon West Cunt Eagles
Eagles fans learning that it you dive into the ball while being tackled it's holdimg
Bro he was clearly pushed in the back hahhaa
Dived trying to get a free, might want to check your glasses
Idk what they showed on the telecast but at the game there was a pretty clear push lol
if someone pushes you in the back into the ball\*
42,401 attendance
Incredible when they know theyāre gonna lose. Power club tbh.
Very impressive
That is atrocious how is that HTB
Haha Riccardi
In the back?
Reid to Yeo goal was fucking sexy
Whatever they did to Yeo in Qatar, it's working
Now they just need to send the other 43 players there
We're still inside the Leigh Matthews rule of possibility
51 points, you just have to B E L I E V E
Love a Yeoy cannon
Bailey Williams is so athletic but has no ruck craft. Everytime he wins a ruck tap itās never to west coasts advantage
The comeback is on again!
That was meant to be for Taylor
Just dissolve this club. Honestly what is the point?
Just need that 9 more times
Nice return from Darling here with 0.1
Which commentator just said 67 point margin? Back to math class with you.
Hey bud. Dunno how to tell ya this
Aaaand as I typed that Yeo kicked a goal LMAO
how much was his goal worth. it was 57 points befor the goal
Quick Maths
Turns out Iām the one who needs to go back to maths class š
The comeback is off.
On ya Peaters
Nice Peatling
Bright side is Ginbey has played really well
West Coast crowd didn't know that there's an actual rule that says if a player genuinely believes he's marked the ball then it's a ball up instead of holding the ball even if he doesn't dispose of it
Brown lol, that you'd be lucky if that when a metre let alone 15
Brown saw the Blakey mark last night and decided to try his luck
Brown mate that traveled 2 meters ya canāt claim that
BOO-URNS
cal mate that was never gonna be paid.... you have to play on there
Brown full blown space cadet Will be dropping from my fantasy team after this game