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AFLW 2024 - Round 6 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Jungle drums beating louder
Things were looking rosy after we beat Melbourne but sheez been ordinary since. Perplexing case of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. I reckon he would have been cut more slack if he abandoned land of the giants after it was shown not to work and played the yoof. Still would've got flogged but at least people could see we were trying to move forward.Looking back I reckon only Ron Alexander was treated unfairly. 11-11 record for an expansion team's first season is ridiculous. Especially when it was only announced in October 1986 for a March 1987 start.
Simmo's been given more than enough time to prove he's the man to take us forward, and we shat the bed with as close to a full strength team as you're ever going to get. So just like Mick in 1999 and Woosha in 2013 ... IT'S TIME.
Doesn't take away 2018 and never will. Club legend.
Crap comment, just because people want the club to have new head coach.Plenty want to dance on his grave.
Says more about those posters I guess.
I'm a Simmo fan but like most thought it was time for change.Crap comment, just because people want the club to have new head coach.
You dramatically claim they want to dance on his grave.
Go tune into Bold and the beautiful ya drama Queen!
Well saidMy five cents worth as a pleb who realistically wouldn't know one end of a football from the other, but who has supported the club since day one and been a member for 20 years, both in WA and over this side.
I love Simmo, but I love our club more.
Whether it's today or the end of the season, Simmo deserves to go out with respect. He coached us to a premiership, something the majority of AFL coaches don't achieve in their careers. We rebounded quickly from the trough we were in when Woosha left and 2015-2018 were great years, the 2015 GF disappointment aside. He deserves full credit for that. He also deserves great credit for the way he has conducted himself through the last three years of failure. Let's not dance on his grave.
The club hierarchy decided to try to keep our premiership window open for a few years after 2018 and the gamble seemed reasonable at the time. Who knows, if many of the players had been hungrier for more success rather than content with 2018, and if Willie had handled a drug test differently, we might have genuinely contended again.
However ... After a perfect storm of bad luck, bad decisions and inadequate culture, we are now scraping along the bottom in our sixth year of a premiership hangover and change is clearly required. The indicators continue to be dreadful, gameplan and team selection foremost among them. This has to be on the head coach now. I wouldn't have minded if he'd gone at the end of last season, but it is crystal clear now we need someone else.
Let's not kid ourselves about how dire the state of our playing list is. Whoever gets appointed has an enormous job ahead of them and needs a good long run at it. A lot of things have to go right for us to avoid being stuck in the bottom half of the ladder for the next decade. Securing the right coach (and assistants) is one of them.
I support this club through thick and thin, but I want to see hope for the future. I want to see us for the remainder of this season focusing on development of our young players and finding out which ones have a future with us by actually playing them at AFL level, and not as subs or for just one or two games.
Whether it's today (preferably) or the end of the season, a new Eagles era is beginning. I'm looking forward to the ride.
Was an unbelievable game and a shock premiership win given pre-season expectations - so an unreal experience.You guys won 2018 which was a remarkable achievement for a non-Vic side since 2007
2019 - that Richmond game at the MCG looked like it was destined to be replayed on the last day in September again - a GF between the last 2 premiers - and instead, we finished 5th and went out second weekWas against in season sackings - but have come around to it pver the past few days.
Pretty keen to just put the last 3-4 years of this club behind it.
Royal commission needs to be conducted into whatever caused the fall off after 2019. As much as 2018 was great, the list should've been in the window to seriously contend for the next 2-3 years.
Surprised Kelly couldn’t have just text over his thoughts againSurprised Kelly couldn’t have just text over his thoughts again.
Carry on Tugga, I’m a fan of the WCE football clubI'm a Simmo fan but like most thought it was time for change.
The difference is, I don't enjoy it and continue to post derogatory posts like you and a few others.
You peanut.
Surprised Kelly couldn’t have just text over his thoughts again
If thats true he should be shown the door. Didnt Simmo accept him when he sooked up because he was homesick? I used to like him as a player.. Now he is on the s### pile. He should count himself lucky that they accepted him . This is only if is correct about leaks!!!
Kelly is one player who can talk given he came from a pretty successful clubSurprised Kelly couldn’t have just text over his thoughts again.