News Insightful and Inciteful - 2022 Media Thread

[Ambrose Burnside]

So far, credits in the bank hasn't extended to players who have retired.

I think you'll find the phrase transitions from "credits in the bank" to "jobs for the boys" post-retirement.

Steve Malaxos is back at the club for some reason

 

[THE A5]

Lol -at least the truth is out there.

I think this is Simmo backing in the old guard to see if they can get it done. If not, it gives the club licence to look at changing things. It could spur Shuey to retire or him or Yeo to move to HBF.

I wouldn't be surprised if the club goes hard until the bye, but if things are still grim, guys like JK and Hurn retire and they start developing youth.

Yeo at the time being is a good rotation at half back as he lacks the match fitness. That said he's 28 and by far our best inside mid in a team thats an average contested Possie team. Rather see TK/SHuey spend a lot more chunks out of the midfield and allow XON, Clark, Edwards get more time on ball.

 

[Wild Kelly]

I think you'll find the phrase transitions from "credits in the bank" to "jobs for the boys" post-retirement.

Steve Malaxos is back at the club for some reason

Multiculturalism?

 

[Goroyals22]

On ya will or whoever did this


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[Avalor]

Tell you what, I have been listening to Bucks a bit lately on footy talk shows, and he is good to listen to. He used to be all figjam and arrogance a few years back, but he is now a thoughtful, reasoned man, quite impressive in the media.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

I guess humility is what happens when you cough up a 5 goal lead in a grand final to this board's choice as the worst coach in the league.

 

[MrKK]

Tell you what, I have been listening to Bucks a bit lately on footy talk shows, and he is good to listen to. He used to be all figjam and arrogance a few years back, but he is now a thoughtful, reasoned man, quite impressive in the media.

I liked his special comments on our game last week. Really called out the terrible ball movement.

 

[Truckosaurus]

I recall before he went into coaching Buckley spent time on the rules review committee, before quitting and calling for a moratorium on rule changes. I've had a soft spot for him since then.

 

[kane249]

Someone's had a big day

Freo fan gets heave-ho after breaking into Eagles HQ

A Fremantle Dockers fan has reportedly broken into West Coast’s football headquarters to pretend to play a starring role out on the field - before being swiftly removed.

www.perthnow.com.au

 

[Bender_]

Someone's had a big day

Freo fan gets heave-ho after breaking into Eagles HQ

A Fremantle Dockers fan has reportedly broken into West Coast’s football headquarters to pretend to play a starring role out on the field - before being swiftly removed.

www.perthnow.com.au

Likely still on a bender since their derby win.

 

[Shuestar13]

Who from their board was it?

 

[DanWCE]

Who from our board was it?

Fixed

 

[kane249]

Fixed

Wearing Dockers attire, so probably EP then

 

[ziad]

Likely still on a bender since their derby win.

I am sure they were corralled

 

[Truckosaurus]

MRP security organised by the same people as the SCG's?

 

[Bleedblueandgold]

The club spelt Clark's name wrong twice in the same post.

 

[kane249]

The club spelt Clark's name wrong twice in the same post.

It's even got the correct spelling in the video thumbnail in the same post ..

 

[flamingEMBERS]

Stocks on Saturday: The facts of Kelly trade

It could be another JK Rowling best seller. Titled something like ‘Tim Kelly and the half-told truth.’

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

Only Saw this today, but I had to post about this in disgust. A pointless article that needn’t be written that tries to sugar coat the trade by adding faces to the subsequent trades we made after receiving Geelongs 3rd/4th rounder.

The article is beyond embarrassing and something a betacuck club would post

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Stocks on Saturday: The facts of Kelly trade

It could be another JK Rowling best seller. Titled something like ‘Tim Kelly and the half-told truth.’

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

Only Saw this today, but I had to post about this in disgust. A pointless article that needn’t be written that tries to sugar coat the trade by adding faces to the subsequent trades we made after receiving Geelongs 3rd/4th rounder.

The article is beyond embarrassing and something a betacuck club would post

Lel. The club is in full crisis mode.

You can’t really use Jamieson’s senior debut (not his fault, but one of the worst in recent memory) and Winder’s development (seems to be behind top up players) as strong points in your favour.

Maybe improve your ‘optics’ through strong on field efforts rather than deflective articles.

 

[Ochre]

Ignoring the more obvious issues there, but referencing a book series that were last released in 2007 seems very fitting for our off field team.

 

[DanWCE]

There must be some angry letters being written to the club for that trash to be put to print.

 

[flamingEMBERS]

There must be some angry letters being written to the club for that trash to be put to print.

I’m currently holding myself back from writing in mostly about all the off field embarrassments and this is one of them. Miguel summed them up pretty well in his tweet over the weekend

 

[ziad]

I’m currently holding myself back from writing in mostly about all the off field embarrassments and this is one of them. Miguel summed them up pretty well in his tweet over the weekend

I just figure it is a complete waste of time.

 

[Balls In]

Stocks on Saturday: The facts of Kelly trade

It could be another JK Rowling best seller. Titled something like ‘Tim Kelly and the half-told truth.’

www.westcoasteagles.com.au

Only Saw this today, but I had to post about this in disgust. A pointless article that needn’t be written that tries to sugar coat the trade by adding faces to the subsequent trades we made after receiving Geelongs 3rd/4th rounder.

The article is beyond embarrassing and something a betacuck club would post

It was a triple **** up. We could have just drafted him but no, we instead paid miles over at the worst possible time when we should have been consolidating our list with young draftees. Total list killer.

 

[Grahame]

Regarding the Stocks article ... pure unadulterated spin. There are just so many ways to pick this article apart. So many in fact that it is not even worth starting. Plus its tone is both arrogant and aggressive.

But let's allow Mr G Stocks to speak for himself ...

... the Cats received two first round and two second round draft picks in the 2019 and 2020 drafts. For those selections the Eagles received Kelly.
In addition to Kelly, the Eagles also received two third round draft selections in return from Geelong ...

So the whole story in 16 words is: Geelong got two 1st and two 2nd picks, we got Kelly and two 3rd round picks.

End of story.

Whatever happened with those picks - their on-trading, to whom, and when, and who we eventually ended up with ... is all just smoke. In fact by putting this rather unprofessional effort on the WCE website the Kelly trade will now be scrutinised by even more people. You've made it an 'official' issue. (And I'd say raising it - in such a clearly shallow piece - might be upsetting for TK.) All up, I'd say an own goal Gary.

However, I hope WCE management is not on board with this article because his attitude worries me. Is this a part of a larger retreat to the bunker? Are we seeing an inability to accept that maybe, just maybe, some club decisions are worthy of scrutiny and god forbid, some might be wrong. (And then not having the bottle to fess up.)

In this case it is about trades, but my bigger worry is ... are we starting to see a pattern? For example, it could also be the refusal to accept that the GF/PF is out of reach, that wins are worth chasing by playing ageing champs, that teams are being selected on reputation not form. Or, like the spin of the Stocks' article, am I being asked to believe the spin? It is just a lack of ... synergy.