Two sacrileges in fact !
First I would like to say that years ago, I was probably one the the first who went on record asking for Ken Judge to be sacked. In fact when he was invited to be our head coach I was totally dismayed by the decision and knew it would be a disaster for us. It was.
Now let me be one of the first to go on record to say that our current coach John Worsfold as much as I like him as a person and as much as I admire him as a great player and captain of the Eagles, has given already everything he knows as a coach and his slide down has began. It all started last year at the end of the footy season. A really good coach wouldn't slide from second to 8th in a few games. We almost didn't qualify for the finals. Wosha is now another Peter Schwab and another Danny Frawley. They started well at their respective teams but they are now a shadow of what they used to be. Yes they can win a few games but both Hawthorn and Richmond are just making the numbers. They will never challenge for the title with those coaches. Now in regard to Wosha and the Eagles please save me the same old excuses about injuries, bad luck, etc.
Now talking about making the numbers here goes my second sacrilege. I have said this before and the more I see the more I'm convinced that both the Eagles and the Dockers are just decorations in a cake. The cake being the AFL competion. We are decorating the cake but will never eat it. That means that we are just making the numbers but will never challenge for the title. This town is big enough to have two competive teams but not big enough for either of them to challenge for another premiership. To win the title we needed a very, very strong team " a la Eagles" 1992/1994. I won't explain why because I did it already one year ago and I got exhausted with answering questions and even getting a bit of abuse.
There are several reasons why a second team was created in WA. One of them being that the Subiaco Oval was too small and many people couldn't see the Eagles playing. A second team solved this problem and now you can have 40.000 people watching an Eagles game and 30,000 at a Dockers game. However the right solution should have been the construction of a new stadium for 80,000 people and maintain only one team. Had that happened we would have a team to win premierships. The way things are and no matter how delusional the supporters of the Eagles and the Dockers are, neither team will win a premiership for a very, very long time if ever. Now if you live in Perth and look at the AFL competition as a theatre or a circus where you can watch games just for the pleasure of it, then there is no problem. But if you are either an Eagles or a Dockers fan and aspire to see your team win a premiership then you are up for a loooong path filled with disappointments and no light at the end of the tunnel.
First I would like to say that years ago, I was probably one the the first who went on record asking for Ken Judge to be sacked. In fact when he was invited to be our head coach I was totally dismayed by the decision and knew it would be a disaster for us. It was.
Now let me be one of the first to go on record to say that our current coach John Worsfold as much as I like him as a person and as much as I admire him as a great player and captain of the Eagles, has given already everything he knows as a coach and his slide down has began. It all started last year at the end of the footy season. A really good coach wouldn't slide from second to 8th in a few games. We almost didn't qualify for the finals. Wosha is now another Peter Schwab and another Danny Frawley. They started well at their respective teams but they are now a shadow of what they used to be. Yes they can win a few games but both Hawthorn and Richmond are just making the numbers. They will never challenge for the title with those coaches. Now in regard to Wosha and the Eagles please save me the same old excuses about injuries, bad luck, etc.
Now talking about making the numbers here goes my second sacrilege. I have said this before and the more I see the more I'm convinced that both the Eagles and the Dockers are just decorations in a cake. The cake being the AFL competion. We are decorating the cake but will never eat it. That means that we are just making the numbers but will never challenge for the title. This town is big enough to have two competive teams but not big enough for either of them to challenge for another premiership. To win the title we needed a very, very strong team " a la Eagles" 1992/1994. I won't explain why because I did it already one year ago and I got exhausted with answering questions and even getting a bit of abuse.
There are several reasons why a second team was created in WA. One of them being that the Subiaco Oval was too small and many people couldn't see the Eagles playing. A second team solved this problem and now you can have 40.000 people watching an Eagles game and 30,000 at a Dockers game. However the right solution should have been the construction of a new stadium for 80,000 people and maintain only one team. Had that happened we would have a team to win premierships. The way things are and no matter how delusional the supporters of the Eagles and the Dockers are, neither team will win a premiership for a very, very long time if ever. Now if you live in Perth and look at the AFL competition as a theatre or a circus where you can watch games just for the pleasure of it, then there is no problem. But if you are either an Eagles or a Dockers fan and aspire to see your team win a premiership then you are up for a loooong path filled with disappointments and no light at the end of the tunnel.