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Although it is extremely frustrating, I understand where Sutherland is coming from- he's going to have had lawyers tell him he needs to follow due process before sacking Smith, otherwise the decision will be open to challenge. I think it is fairly obvious how he feels about it. It is appalling...

If you don't think Smith should be sacked you don't understand anything about sport. 'Everyone else does it', 'other people do worse and get away with it' are not legitimate excuses, they are things which are true every time someone get caught doing something shit, and they are things that weak...

Schofield's been a good servant of the club etc etc, but as a senior player he looked absolutely cooked last week against inexperienced forwards. As key defenders who play from behind age, they get to a point where they simply don't have the agility or acceleration to stay with forwards on the...

I don't want to be a jerk about it, but I thought it was obvious a serious rebuild of the midfield was needed at the end of 2016, and posted as much (elsewhere) at the time. In terms of its impact on the team in 2018, recruiting Sam Mitchell and Petrie, and persevering with Priddis and to a...

Darling is tracking along okay- his numbers are exactly what are needed from a second fiddle tall, and there have been small, incremental improvements in his game this year- particularly late in the season he stood up and delivered in some key moments in crunch games. I think he gets judged...

It was obvious that the list was in bad need of rebuild at the end of last year- I'm not just saying this with the benefit of hindsight, it was really really obvious, and a lot of us posted as much at the time. To do nothing, and in fact drastically worsen the state of the list by bringing in...

In retrospect, Shuey kicking straight against Port, and/or Darling holding the mark on the goal line against Adelaide are two bits of bad luck for this club, because they will leave the powers that be with a false sense of achievement and probably mean Simpson will keep his job- he really really...

Yeah it's not great and there's a big gulf between good WAFL sides and bad WAFL sides. In an ideal world I like the idea of a 16 team AFL, and a 20 team second tier league comprised of the most competitive WAFL/SANFL/VFL/other teams, with conferences to minimise travel and a top 2/bottom 2...

Spot on. I think Vardy shows a lot of potential- if he can learn to be even an adequate tap ruckman he will probably edge Lycett out of the 22 because of his forward ability. Ruckmen tend to improve at ruckwork a lot with age, so Vardy's worth persevering with. But again, there's been almost a...

I'm sorry but I totally disagree with of that. 1. All of our retirees have had great long term careers, it's hard not to respect Petrie in particular for his efforts this year, but the truth is west coast owe him and mitchell nada, nil and nothing. The harsh reality is we took them on because...

To put things in perspective, that was the worst finals loss for west coast since 1998.

Honestly I'm expecting a moderate improvement next year, based on - Return of the Nicnat going somewhere to fix what, for all the talk about Vardy and Petrie having good years, has been easily the worst ruck division in the league. -Priddis and Mitchell being replaced with surprising ease by...

Don't be like that, there are probably quite a few more mediocre, middle of the road finishes to come in the Simpson era.

This is cringey now- for the last 10 minutes GWS had absolutely nothing to play for and every reason to put the cue in the rack and they're still ripping us a new one hard. The holes in our list, and the huge gulf in ability between these two sides are glaring.

It really did set the tone for this week. Facing a must win, do or die game, the eagles sent a message to their playing group via the selection committee, and that message was 'let's not do anything too risky'

Which of course is why Simpson rested some older players and brought in some fresh legs. Oh hang on..

If Naitanui had played there would have been about a 10-15% chance that he would have somehow played a game winning blinder despite being underdone. 10% is considerably higher than what our chance of winning this one is without him.

If you look at the stats sheet for last night you would think Martin had a run of the mill really good midfielder game, but that's just because there isn't any one statistic which accurately records footballers turning contested 50-50 situations into lace out easy goal scoring opportunities for...

I agree with him. Punches are different, because at the end of the day if you get suspended for the softest most superficial fairy tap in the history of the sport, it's still on the back of a stupid unnecessary decision you've made to do something which is outside the rules. But suspensions...

Smashed in clearances? Check Smashed in inside 50s? Check Continued reliance on the same old tired midfield group? Check Extraordinary late game capitulation from elderly players who can't run out games? Check And all this against a bottom four side with 2 fit players on the bench. It is...

Channel 7 with an interesting stat- freo have played in a total of 46 derbies and so have west coast.

(Hill tries to rough up Lecras) (..) (dislocates shoulder) This second half has been utter hilarity. Freo should be about 6 goals in front based on their dominance in general play, if they weren't so, Fremantle.

I was laughing uncontrollably after Stephen Hills last deer in headlights effort that quarter- 35m from goal, directly in front, no one on him, how can you be afraid to go for goal in that situation?! Oh Freo. Don't ever change, we like you just the way you are.

If you never ever want to feel comfortable paying taxes again, spend a year or two in a government department in Canberra. You can find entire open plan floors jam packed with cubicle bound APS6s (85k a year) reporting on a 2:1 ratio to their EL1 'managers' (90-110k) who in turn report on a 3:1...

That Jetta goal, epic kick

His record of interview at the police station would make for interesting reading. PC PLOD: "Now do you remember where you were on the night of the 27 May 2017?" ACCUSED: "BOY WOWWEEE!! The big clash, Dreamtime at the G! Dusty splits feedeediddle!!! And didn't the boys get around him!!!" PC...

Judging by the headlines I was expecting to see footage of Ivan Milat in action, but that's just a fairly bad punch in the middle of a melee. Certainly warrants 6-8 weeks. I'm sure he will lose his job however. Stupid to offer a reference when you don't have your own house in order.

Boxing keeps bringing the lolz. This result makes me feel bad for Horn. The fact that he battled hard all fight and won a lot of credibility as a fighter is going to get completely lost in the media shitfight which will now ensue.

For what you get paid, being an effective police officer is one of the most ridiculous jobs in the world. You have to simultaneously be - fit, strong and able to handle yourself in a physical confrontation - good with dealing with people and resolving conflicts - well organised and good with...

We have worked really hard to get this right. Like any good recipe the starting point is quality, organically grown ingredients. You take a locally grown fan, age them for about 10 years in the membership waiting list, whilst infusing just the right amount of 'those bloody eastern staters are...