Game Day West Coast Eagles v Geelong Cats - Saturday Afternoon at Optus Stadium

[Smotie2]

You mother****ing cheating scum ****er he ducked you campaigner

 

[woosha24]

Well if you had told me that we'd be within 3 kicks of Geelong at 3qtr time I would have called you a liar.

Poor quarter overall, but not out of it yet. Get Mick down to the rooms for a good ol' rev up spray.

 

[southcoast]

Gaff needs to go for weeks for that bump.






Means we won’t see him in centre square for a while. Force MC hand.

 

[joeyavalanche]

Credits in the bank

What credits does Gaff has as an inside mid? May as well play him FF

 

[Bort Cummings]

Credit where it’s due, Gaff went hard then. Whole team has looked more aggressive today.

 

[Eaglemaniac]

For those whinging about Gaff.

He IS starting on the ******* wing. The wingers run into the middle as soon as the ball is bounced, which is why you see him there. Is he supposed to let his opponent run in there by himself?

No he hasn’t. He’s been in the centre bounce this quarter more times than the wing. Meanwhile, our big bodied inside mid that we drafted, has been starting in the wing where Gaff should be. Our coaching is backwards.

 

[Balls In]

Gaff is playing well. **** off with all the negativity

 

[Doashuey]

The rules of this game are absolutely ****ed. Cameron put himself in a dangerous position, Gaff did everything right played the ball got the ball and Cameron gets a free..
Horrendous. When will they put the onus on the player to protect himself?

 

[ARCHIE66]

Sorry to intrude - That's a cooked free-kick umpires are basically telling the players not to go hard for the ball now, what has this game come to?

 

[Magnum27]

That last play is where Petch let's himself down, he chip kicks to Willie then barely jogs, he needs to sprint his ass off and be an option, he will either get the ball or open space for someone else, because a defender further up the ground will need to peel off for him.

 

[Mulldogg]

For those whinging about Gaff.

He IS starting on the ******* wing. The wingers run into the middle as soon as the ball is bounced, which is why you see him there. Is he supposed to let his opponent run in there by himself?

Nope, had at least two or three centre bounce attendances that quarter after none in the first half.

Keep him on the wing which coincided with our solid first half.

 

[woosha24]

No he hasn’t. He’s been in the centre bounce this quarter more times than the wing. Meanwhile, our big bodied inside mod that we drafted, has been starting in the wing where Gaff should be. Our coaching is backwards.

Yeah this sh*ts me off too. Simmo so badly wants Gaff to be an all-round midfielder but he just cant cut it. Let Gaff do Gaff things on a wing and stop trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole.

 

[bzparkes]

Three shots after the siren from the Cats.

Name.
A.
More.
Iconic.
Duo.

 

[Doashuey]

When are we going to acknowledge that West is a time traveller from 1981?

He is actually a stunt double in Stranger Things.

 

[HoneyBadger35]

Disappointing to be down three goals at 3QT against Geelong is not where I expected to be coming into this one.

Come on West Coast. Win lose or draw, fire a few more shots. Have a crack. If we lose by 30 cause we kick the next two and go all out to win it, exposing the backline? Do it. Have a swing boys.

 

[joeyavalanche]

Gaff is playing well. * off with all the negativity

In what world is he playing well?
Is role is to roam free and play link up footy. Don’t get fooled by the stat sheet

 

[bzparkes]

No he hasn’t. He’s been in the centre bounce this quarter more times than the wing. Meanwhile, our big bodied inside mid that we drafted, has been starting in the wing where Gaff should be. Our coaching is backwards.

The last 3 bounces had Shuey, Redden & Rioli.

 

[Magnum27]

And the AFL wonder why crowds are down when a free kick is paid like that, they have taken physical play out of the game.

 

[bzparkes]

Sorry to intrude - That's a cooked free-kick umpires are basically telling the players not to go hard for the ball now, what has this game come to?

A cheapie post for free likes but I'll allow it.

 

[ziad]

Put Gaff on the ******* wing or trade him. We have Clarke and West who are proven pure inside players crying out for a go and we persist with the same piss weak guy who in 10+ years has shown nothing that he can play inside.

No intensity, can’t tackle, not a ground ball winner. Not only is is he s**t those things, the strengths that he does have are not used in those positions

While I agree with your sentiment - Gaff is better than the other two. The lack of class in many of our players is showing

 

[Biggie]

Disappointing to be down three goals at 3QT against Geelong is not where I expected to be coming into this one.

I refuse to be invested dammit

 

[Doashuey]

Waterman’s been good today, clever kick.

Been excellent. Who would have thought a forward might play better when the team is competitive and moves the ball quickly?

 

[Balls In]

Watching that last free kick in replay.

AFL is in serious trouble

 

[Biggie]

While I agree with your sentiment - Gaff is better than the other two. The lack of class in many of our players is showing

Gaff is not better than the other two inside.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Umpires certainly turned around from first half that quarter. Unfortunately too many players not clean enough. Intensity has been very good from the team but few players not up to it with their skills