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Is this now Jake’s forward line with Oscar the sidekick? Crazy timeline if so.
Here for it but. Looooosh.
Here for it but. Looooosh.
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Mate Freo don’t give a crap about Harley, they are In their window. 19 or 25 years old they don’t care.
Loved how Schoey totally backed him in during the post-match presser.All of the Eagle fans in attendance cheered him as he was booed. Was quite surreal to watch a young kid take that all in and go even harder at the Freo mids.
While he had a brain fart and still had some maturing to go, he’s a beaut.
I’m not convinced he’ll stick around (honestly who would that isn’t from here) but gee I’ll enjoy the time we have with him.
The new coaching staff really need to spend a decent portion of the pre-season training working on the defensive positioning of our players.
You can excuse the younger players as they are still inexperienced and adapting to the level but a good portion of our senior players are equally as bad at it.
They haven't a clue when or how to hold their positions outside of a contest and cover the exits and when to go in to try and impact the contest and as such, we often leak easy goals in the process.
A good example being in the first half when we had the Dockers locked in our forward half and forced them wide to the boundary line, it was Ryan vs Draper (?) and, all Ryan had to do was hold his position to cover the exit and at best, Freo would have gotten a 50/50 long kick down the line but he chose to go into tackle and didn't impact which resulted in Freo getting a forward entry and a scoring shot.
We do dumb shit like this frequently in every game and probably give away atleast 3-4 goals a game in the process. Need to tighten up in this area if we want to improve next season and beyond.
Yeah stuff like this happens a lot. Whether it's our players getting sucked into the contest leaving the opposition free on the outside. Or then there's the transition from defence to goal and they just go over the top like checkers all the way.
Positive - just watched Jarrad Schofield’s presser. Man he spoke so passionately about Harley and how proud he was of how well he played and that he played right on the edge.
Legit looked fired up and ready to fight campaigners right there in the press conference room!
Edit - from 3:40 mark
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Full post-match, R20: Eagles
Watch West Coast’s press conference after round 20’s match against Fremantlewww.afl.com.au
Does it frustrate you to be so constantly and consistently wrong?
Does it frustrate you to be so constantly and consistently wrong?
Been pretty bad all year. I get he tried to be impartial but he goes the other way too much. It’s hard to listen too.Schofield wasn’t neutral, he was so biased for Fremantle that he was swinging off the pitch.
Wonder whether he has a bee in his bonnet about his mate Barrass trying to renegotiate his contract.
Don’t like ex WC players who are rats.
Oppo players wanting to make a name for themselves going after a 15 gamer, sure, I sort of get that.
As long as he gets them too. Can’t be one way traffic from the umps and Eagles need to go to the afl with visionUnfortunately Harley will continue to get that treatment. has brought it on himself largely. has shown you can get under his skin and he will give away free kicks.
As long as he gets them too. Can’t be one way traffic from the umps and Eagles need to go to the afl with vision
Does it frustrate you to be so constantly and consistently wrong?
Contested possessions ≠ Hard ball gets.This idea that Yeo is the bull isnt based off much. Kelly had 18 contested possessions today. Yeo had 8.
Funnily enough he actually kicked his set shots last night but Ryan's field kicking, although still sometimes mercurial is becoming less consistent.Williams (forward) looks like he is a find up forward which is a big deal for the future.
Oscar Allen paired with him will be great if he can get an injury free run through a preseason and through the season.
Liam Ryan looks like he has lost some pace and his finish wasn't the same sublime place I feel like it usually is, or has been.
Good luck through the rest of the year!
1000% this. Shits me to tears. Cheeser could play his role.Another game where watching Tim Kellyannoyed me.PLAYERCARDSTART11Tim Kelly
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You look at the stat sheet and it screams good game, and yet he has once again been frustrating. I really don't know what it is about him that always gives the impression he's done **** all?
Perhaps it's hard ball he doesn't get, which is quite different from normal contested possessions. Bit like Daicos.
I feel like Kelly skates on the back of Yeo and Reid doing all the heavy lifting... Which is totally fine, IF you're actually damaging with the ball. Which he isn't.
He should be getting off the chain. He isn't tagged, all the attention is on Reid. Yeo is a bull and really can't do much more... Which leaves Kelly. The AA superstar Brownlow runner up we paid a the king's ransom for.
It's probably not fair, but it's just initial thoughts. Cripps being an absolute potato and Darling clearly needing to retire, are the other 2 initial thoughts.
Unfortunately Harley will continue to get that treatment. has brought it on himself largely. has shown you can get under his skin and he will give away free kicks.