Prediction Changes v Whoever The **** It Is After The Bye

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I don't get it. Simply don't understand the direction the club is going with these selections. Just a lack of imagination or purpose after having 2 weeks to think about how to arrest our slide down the ladder after 3 losses

Cole in for Butler is a positive as is the return of Barrass but that's where it ends.

We now have 4 KPDs plus Petrie, Vardy and Darling as talls when a lack of run/pace has been a glaring issue. Barrass should have come in for one of Mackenzie or Schofield rather than Hill because that change unbalances the side and exacerbates a problem rather than address it.

And why Hill anyway? Why not Lecras? If one of the other KPDs was dropped for Barrass we could have brought in Lamb and tried that. Or if we wanted Hill out why not play Karpany who is at least a like for like of sorts and a had an encouraging game against the Giants

I assume we are going to play one of those KPDs as a forward -why not play McInnes who is actually a forward and in decent WAFL form. Why elevate big Fraser off the rookie list if you're not going to select him. It's a pointless elevation

Our midfield has been our weakness yet we make no changes there. None. The demotion to WAFL was good for Barrass as he went back there and rediscovered some form and is now back in the side. Duggan is struggling so why not give him a spell and reward an in form Partington whilst his confidence is up. Didn't even give him the encouragement of naming him as an emergency but put Masten there instead

At least we seem to be making Masten and Redden earn their spots with sustained form in the WAFL rather than bring them back in after a single good game. Bringing an injured Wellingham back through the WAFL rather than straight back into the seniors is also encouraging I guess

I'm a Simpson fan and I've previously understood his loyalty to players by backing them in to turn things around but they're letting him down consistently now

Hopefully there's been some soul searching done over the break and we see a rejuvenated and hungry Eagles side run out tomorrow night that plays like it knows their season is on the line

But the eeyores have won and I just can't see it happening - I'm not seeing what the club are seeing
 

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Keys said:
I don't get it. Simply don't understand the direction the club is going with these selections. Just a lack of imagination or purpose after having 2 weeks to think about how to arrest our slide down the ladder after 3 losses

Cole in for Butler is a positive as is the return of Barrass but that's where it ends.

We now have 4 KPDs plus Petrie, Vardy and Darling as talls when a lack of run/pace has been a glaring issue. Barrass should have come in for one of Mackenzie or Schofield rather than Hill because that change unbalances the side and exacerbates a problem rather than address it.

And why Hill anyway? Why not Lecras? If one of the other KPDs was dropped for Barrass we could have brought in Lamb and tried that. Or if we wanted Hill out why not play Karpany who is at least a like for like of sorts and a had an encouraging game against the Giants

I assume we are going to play one of those KPDs as a forward -why not play McInnes who is actually a forward and in decent WAFL form. Why elevate big Fraser off the rookie list if you're not going to select him. It's a pointless elevation

Our midfield has been our weakness yet we make no changes there. None. The demotion to WAFL was good for Barrass as he went back there and rediscovered some form and is now back in the side. Duggan is struggling so why not give him a spell and reward an in form Partington whilst his confidence is up. Didn't even give him the encouragement of naming him as an emergency but put Masten there instead

At least we seem to be making Masten and Redden earn their spots with sustained form in the WAFL rather than bring them back in after a single good game. Bringing an injured Wellingham back through the WAFL rather than straight back into the seniors is also encouraging I guess

I'm a Simpson fan and I've previously understood his loyalty to players by backing them in to turn things around but they're letting him down consistently now

Hopefully there's been some soul searching done over the break and we see a rejuvenated and hungry Eagles side run out tomorrow night that plays like it knows their season is on the line

But the eeyores have won and I just can't see it happening - I'm not seeing what the club are seeing
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Without even the slightest hint of irreverence may I say that it's a waste that you're not engaged by the club in some capacity, Keys. Certainly know your shit.

:Bowdown:
 
I hate thinking this way but I almost want them to get torched by Geelong to highlight the complete ineptitude of the match committee.
 
Happy to see Cole get a game and a good step to omit Butler ..Barrass was good last week so no point leaving him in the Twos..

Hill has been poor and could easy have been a coin toss with him , Cripps and Lecras all 3 have been disappointing..
 
Captain Hero said:
Without even the slightest hint of irreverence may I say that it's a waste that you're not engaged by the club in some capacity, Keys. Certainly know your shit.

:Bowdown:
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I appreciate the sentiment but the reality is I'm just a silly old man with too much time on his hands.

There's posters on this board that know far more than me let alone guys that have spent years in the AFL and would have more football knowledge in their little finger
 
Keys said:
I don't get it. Simply don't understand the direction the club is going with these selections. Just a lack of imagination or purpose after having 2 weeks to think about how to arrest our slide down the ladder after 3 losses

Cole in for Butler is a positive as is the return of Barrass but that's where it ends.

We now have 4 KPDs plus Petrie, Vardy and Darling as talls when a lack of run/pace has been a glaring issue. Barrass should have come in for one of Mackenzie or Schofield rather than Hill because that change unbalances the side and exacerbates a problem rather than address it.

And why Hill anyway? Why not Lecras? If one of the other KPDs was dropped for Barrass we could have brought in Lamb and tried that. Or if we wanted Hill out why not play Karpany who is at least a like for like of sorts and a had an encouraging game against the Giants

I assume we are going to play one of those KPDs as a forward -why not play McInnes who is actually a forward and in decent WAFL form. Why elevate big Fraser off the rookie list if you're not going to select him. It's a pointless elevation

Our midfield has been our weakness yet we make no changes there. None. The demotion to WAFL was good for Barrass as he went back there and rediscovered some form and is now back in the side. Duggan is struggling so why not give him a spell and reward an in form Partington whilst his confidence is up. Didn't even give him the encouragement of naming him as an emergency but put Masten there instead

At least we seem to be making Masten and Redden earn their spots with sustained form in the WAFL rather than bring them back in after a single good game. Bringing an injured Wellingham back through the WAFL rather than straight back into the seniors is also encouraging I guess

I'm a Simpson fan and I've previously understood his loyalty to players by backing them in to turn things around but they're letting him down consistently now

Hopefully there's been some soul searching done over the break and we see a rejuvenated and hungry Eagles side run out tomorrow night that plays like it knows their season is on the line

But the eeyores have won and I just can't see it happening - I'm not seeing what the club are seeing
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Great post Keys, as I too, don't get the direction that the Club is going in, specifically the midfield denial :huh::eek::rolleyes: that prevails at MC selection time week after week.

It's a WTF from me, leaves me despondent when I look at where the Club is heading and find it staggering that PAID professionals just cant see the bleeding obvious.

I do like both Cole and Barrass in the side........ that a step forward.

That said this current Football Department is starting to really " PISS ME OFF " in a big way.

For a Club that once embraced a best practice search for excellence mind set :thumbsu: , we really have of late adopted a taste for mediocrity :thumbsdown: in a big way.

I guess drugs can do that to a Club. :(
 

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Maybe I'm being cynical in the wake of bad news selections, but the reluctance to give exposure to guys like Partington and Karpany and the re-signing of Priddis recently almost makes me think we don't rate that next tier at all. Surely with our premiership hopes dashed, this is the season to try and expose and develop guys like that but instead we show a reluctance?

As I said, it's good that Cole's in, and if what they said about Venables being close is true, that's encouraging, but otherwise there seems to be a distinct lack of confidence.
 
lewigie said:
Does anybody know how it works inside at West Coast, specifically between the match committee and the coach?

How much input does Simpson have in selection?

Malthouse managed to drop Worsfold back in the day, part of me thinks that would never be allowed to happen nowadays
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"And the purple slice will be how many clearances we project we'll get..."
 
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lewigie said:
Does anybody know how it works inside at West Coast, specifically between the match committee and the coach?

How much input does Simpson have in selection?

Malthouse managed to drop Worsfold back in the day, part of me thinks that would never be allowed to happen nowadays
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It goes a bit like this :

Firstly two senior WC ( unnamed ;) officials ) meet and plot what the team and the game plan will look like.

Then

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He instructs the MC...... ( sorry suggests ) what changes need to be made and what the game plan is .

He then sits in the Coaching Box to observe that all the instructions ... ( sorry suggestions ) are acted upon.
He reports all his observations and notes back to this bloke below .
Just in case you were unsure why he is in the coaching box in the first place.


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And the sooner the pair of them Fu(k off........ the better it will be for the Club going forward.
 
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