Mega Thread Port Forum General AFL Thread Part 25

[Burningleviathan]

Is Schofield there now?

Looks like strategy and stoppages coach. Not an assistant

 

[tribey]

That’s the thing, we’ll probably be watching them play off in a Grand Final within 4-6 years.

Twice they’ve been absolute poo and rebounded at a rate usually only reserved for 90’s expansion/merger teams.

2001 (5 wins) —> 2005GF/2006
2010 (4 wins) —> 2015GF/2018
2023 (1 win*) —> 20??

2001: Judd, Sampi, Seaby, Hansen, Q Lynch

2010: Gaff, Cripps, Darling, Lycett

2023: Reid?…

 

[Coobk001]

Especially our mate Snake Baker

Those Kangas are still comin

West Coast will be ruthless, they will sack coaches, staff ( Trevor Nisbett should be first he's been CEO for 24 years) and players, and then go and chase players, ex WA guys as well as from other states, and can attract them with big ASAs - both salary capped and independent outside the cap.

They will get plenty of picks and recruit a whole lot of WA's best kids and be back within 3 or 4 years. They have the resources to get out of the s**t quickly.

I think part of their problem will be they'll be looking for the quick rise. They need to settle in, it's been obvious the last few years that a very long rebuild was on the cards. They're literally looking at a 5-7 year total rebuild to get to that challenging level again. Cutting corners will only get them stuck in a low-mid table funk.

 

[Mayes2Gray]

Jr must be so relieved.

 

[Grave Danger]

Yes, it's the "quite brilliant" Shane McInnes saying this...



...but



Hopefully our lack of killer instinct in that game doesn't cost us a ladder position.

 

[Mayes2Gray]

Did the football world seem to care about us or Melbourne this much when we were pumped by 100+ points every week? Or nah?

 

[gbear]

Just saw the Sydney v west coast score. Wtaf!

 

[Papa G]

Holy fcuk. Just saw the Sydney West Coast score. When was the last time a team scored over 200?

 

[Coobk001]

If some of these teams outside the 8 can keep winning, it's setup for a great end of the season crunch for the 8.

Essendon, StKilda, Adelaide, Geelong, Fremantle, Richmond, Gold Coast. None of them have been convincing, and if you were to look at that list you'd actually say the better teams are a few of those outside the 8.

If the Bombers lose tonight and we beat them, they start to fall right back. The Saints look on track to drop out. The Crows have the easiest draw in history at home which might sneak them in. It's really all about whether a couple of those sides outside the 8 get a bit of a roll on.

I'd love to see GC just get it rolling and squeeze in, but not sure they've got it in them just yet.

 

[Coobk001]

Holy fcuk. Just saw the Sydney West Coast score. When was the last time a team scored over 200?

2011 - Geel 230ish v Melb

 

[Coobk001]

Did the football world seem to care about us or Melbourne this much when we were pumped by 100+ points every week? Or nah?

The sheer scale of what WC is doing is on a completely different level. It is all time bad, not just a crash, but years of failure culminating in an all time worst season.

 

[gbear]

Surely Simpson is gone by Monday!

 

[afl2004]

Sean darcy

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Sean Darcy

Age

26

Ht

203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

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10.1

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

1star

K

2.0

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.8

4star

HO

20.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

HB

6.8

5star

CL

2.6

5star

HO

32.0

5star

back = freo good

 

[Mayes2Gray]

Holy fcuk. Just saw the Sydney West Coast score. When was the last time a team scored over 200?

2011. Geelong

 

[Mayes2Gray]

The sheer scale of what WC is doing is on a completely different level. It is all time bad, not just a crash, but years of failure culminating in an all time worst season.

Melbourne still has the highest loss of recent times being that of 186 points in 2011 against Geelong, and another in 2013 to the hands of Essendon of about 148. I don’t remember so many people caring outside of Melbourne fans. Maybe because I live in Perth..

No one gave a shot about us and called for us to be dropped from the league.

WCE current predicament is self inflicted. Not years of failure, they won a flag 5 years ago. This isn’t Carlton 25 years of agony yet.

 

[Capital Power]

So the whole percentage argument is completely compromised this year in favour of the teams playing WCE twice - it's basically as good as three lots of four points. It's entirely possible this year that ninth could be simply decided by a team not playing WCE twice.

Would never happen, but perhaps a fairer way of doing this in a compromised competition is to average the percentage from double up games and just add that once (eg 100-50 and 200-50 double up scores against one team instead of being counted as 300-100 would be 150-50).

 

[OneGreatClub]

Looks like strategy and stoppages coach. Not an assistant

I thought he went there for a promotion?

 

[Mayes2Gray]

If some of these teams outside the 8 can keep winning, it's setup for a great end of the season crunch for the 8.

Essendon, StKilda, Adelaide, Geelong, Fremantle, Richmond, Gold Coast. None of them have been convincing, and if you were to look at that list you'd actually say the better teams are a few of those outside the 8.

If the Bombers lose tonight and we beat them, they start to fall right back. The Saints look on track to drop out. The Crows have the easiest draw in history at home which might sneak them in. It's really all about whether a couple of those sides outside the 8 get a bit of a roll on.

I'd love to see GC just get it rolling and squeeze in, but not sure they've got it in them just yet.

It depends on which ones play WCE and north again.

 

[240volt]

Looks like strategy and stoppages coach. Not an assistant

Matthew Knights (midfield), Jarrad Schofield (strategy and stoppages), Daniel Pratt (backs) and Luke Webster (forwards).

 

[240volt]

I thought he went there for a promotion?

Strategy and stoppages looks like a glorified ruck coach.

 

[240volt]

With Essendon going down tonight that puts us 4 games clear inside the top 4.
Not bad for a little suburban club after 15 rounds.

 

[gbear]

Matthew Knights (midfield), Jarrad Schofield (strategy and stoppages), Daniel Pratt (backs) and Luke Webster (forwards).

Well all their future aspirations are in the toilet. A gap would be better on your resume than listing west coast as your 2023 employer

 

[Duck Farmer]

Well all their future aspirations are in the toilet. A gap would be better on your resume than listing west coast as your 2023 employer

 

[Greasyrhys]

Next week definitely won't be easy for us even if the bombres are struggling tonight.

 

[Marmozet]

Coming off a 16 day break next week vs Essendon coming back from Perth, there should be no problems beating them.