Round 6: the other games.

[Sandridge]

The WA derby has been one-sided so far, just not in the way that you were expecting. Eagles 52 Fremantle 15 late in the first half.

Rather than Sydney's effort against them being relatively poor, West Coast's effort in that match was quite good. On this form, they won't be in the bottom four at the end of the season.

Yes, maybe our effort against them wasn't as sub-par as we thought! (Still a half to go, though.)

[liz]

The WA derby has been one-sided so far, just not in the way that you were expecting. Eagles 52 Fremantle 15 late in the first half.

Rather than Sydney's effort against them being relatively poor, West Coast's effort in that match was quite good. On this form, they won't be in the bottom four at the end of the season.

They won't be close to bottom four unless the injury curse revisits.

I do wonder what the long term effect will be on them, though. They are getting significant contributions from the likes of Yeo, Darling, Cripps, Kelly, McGovern, Barrass. That's not surprising. They are quality players. But, Reid aside, it's hard to tell how much genuine star power there is amongst their younger players.

I do think they're set for a forward line into the medium future, though. Waterman (25yo) has been great this year, Maric and Jack Williams look very promising, and of course there's Allen to come back.

[Kafka's Ghost]

Yes, maybe our effort against them wasn't as sub-par as we thought! (Still a half to go, though.)

Given the score at 3/4 time, our effort was definitely NOT subpar!


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[RogueSwan]

Pretty enjoyable game I thought, but of course all we'll get from the media for the next week is *that* decision.

Probably was holding the ball but no guarantee they'd have kicked the goal. Classic example of "multiple moments make up a game of footy but we only remember the last one".

To be fair, what I have read/heard so far is that it was probably the wrong decision but it shouldn't have determined a game in which the Dons were clearly the better team.

[Kafka's Ghost]

They won't be close to bottom four unless the injury curse revisits.

I do wonder what the long term effect will be on them, though. They are getting significant contributions from the likes of Yeo, Darling, Cripps, Kelly, McGovern, Barrass. That's not surprising. They are quality players. But, Reid aside, it's hard to tell how much genuine star power there is amongst their younger players.

I do think they're set for a forward line into the medium future, though. Waterman (25yo) has been great this year, Maric and Jack Williams look very promising, and of course there's Allen to come back.

I thought Ginbey looked very promising as well. He and Reid will be a pretty solid duo in the midfield.


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[Blood Fever]

Having just looked at the radar, I'm now interested in who will win, in the clash between the much vaunted drainage of modern football grounds and the rain bomb now descending on Brisbane.

Watched a fair bit of the game. Brisbane had heaps of the play but tried to play dry weather football all night and often turned it over. Geelong played smarter but Lions beat themselves to a large degree.

[Thunder Shaker]

Yes, maybe our effort against them wasn't as sub-par as we thought! (Still a half to go, though.)

Looking over the Eagles' fixture, they've had a few hard games.

Round 1: Port Adelaide away, 50 point loss.
Round 2: GWS home, 65 point loss.
Round 3: Bulldogs away, 76 point loss.
Round 4: Sydney home, 26 point loss.
Round 5: Richmond home, 39 point win.
Round 6: Fremantle home, 37 point win.

All four of their losses were to teams in the top 8. (It can be argued that the Bulldogs would not be in the top 8 had they not beaten the Eagles by 13 goals.)

The only real weakness they have is they have not won a fourth quarter in any match so far.

[Trever]

I’ve been going on about how Harley Reid is a combination of Chad and Dusty. Harley now is also a combination of Issac Heeney with his marking. He’s blockbuster.

[Thunder Shaker]

After the Hawks and Roos play their game, it's likely that that the ladder will be symmetrical at the end of the round. One undefeated team, one winless team, three teams with one loss, three teams with one win, and so on.

This will happen unless the Hawks and Roos play a draw.

[i'm-uninformed2]

They won't be close to bottom four unless the injury curse revisits.

I do wonder what the long term effect will be on them, though. They are getting significant contributions from the likes of Yeo, Darling, Cripps, Kelly, McGovern, Barrass. That's not surprising. They are quality players. But, Reid aside, it's hard to tell how much genuine star power there is amongst their younger players.

I do think they're set for a forward line into the medium future, though. Waterman (25yo) has been great this year, Maric and Jack Williams look very promising, and of course there's Allen to come back.

Spot on, they’re a mile off their long term needs. They’ve got barely anyone in the 23-28 age range. Allan and Barrass are excellent, then a couple of plodders in Duggan and Cole. Compare to that what we had in 2020 and 21: Mills, Paps and Heeney as A graders, then Ollie, Hayward Lloyd and Cunningham as solid citizens.

I do like Reid and Gibney enormously Cheesher has potential, and they’ve got some good role players like Williams, Hough and Long. But that’s it. It’s a long way from the group we had in Chad, McCartin, McDonald, Gulden, Rowie, McInerney, Blakey etc.

Mind you, there is always the dumb luck element to this. Norf knocking over the Suns late last year gifted Reid to WC, and Paps poor goal kicking in the final game of 2020 meant we were able to claim McDonald.

[longmile]

Just move the Roos to Tasmania. They shouldve been merged with Gold Coast like 15 years ago.

[dejavoodoo44]

Just move te Roos to Tasmania. They shouldve been merged with Gold Coast like 15 years ago.

I prefer moving them to the VFL.

[Sandridge]

I prefer moving them to the VFL.

I have no sympathy for them either - I'm with you!

[longmile]

I prefer moving them to the VFL.

I have no sympathy for them either - I'm with you!

Either or!

Not a fan either! The AFL needs to grow a spine and get rid of teams like North if they're serious about it being an Australian game

[Mountain Man]

2 'master coach' losses today; I'm sort of pleased