Who's closer to a flag, Fremantle or West Coast?

[CM9000]

As the title says, who is closer to a flag out of the two WA teams.

Fremantle have very deep midfield and lack a proper KPF.

West Coast have some of the best KPPs in the comp but an inexperienced/untried midfield unit.

Who's closer to one?

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Fremantle is closer by far.

 

[PerfectFooty]

Fremantle already started their rebuild, West Coast have got some work ahead

 

[greatwhiteshark]

Midfielders win flags, the Eagles have one good midfield player in Shuey, after that we have b graders at best. Club has not sorted out the midfield for over 10 years.
Fremantle are Closer unfortunately.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Eagles should be closer because apparently it's easier to develop mids than KPP, but Eagles have failed at this since Kerr and Judd came through

 

[CM9000]

Fremantle is closer by far.

Fremantle already started their rebuild, West Coast have got some work ahead

I'd say it's more of a reset then a rebuild. The loss of Matt Priddis and Sam Mitchell should be covered pretty easily, plus we got Nic returning (hopefully in some semblance of form).

 

[craffles]

Who gives a shit outside of WA

 

[Van_Dyke]

I'd say it's more of a reset then a rebuild. The loss of Matt Priddis and Sam Mitchell should be covered pretty easily, plus we got Nic returning (hopefully in some semblance of form).

Who is covering the loss of two former Brownlow medalists? Ah Chee?

 

[Rob]

Jeez I hope we're closer, because West Coast are about as far as you can possibly be.

 

[CM9000]

Who is covering the loss of two former Brownlow medalists? Ah Chee?

Sheed, Shuey, Yeo, Ah Chee, Duggan, Redden, Venables.

Let's not pretend that either player was in form (especially Priddis).

 

[Mitchell54]

Fremantle will forever look like they’re getting closer but they won’t get one with Ross in charge.

West Coast are closer imo. They will severely notice the loss of the 2 brownlow medalists though. Duggan needs to step up and fill one of these holes to some extent. The other hole will be left wide open next year. Can’t see anyone filling in

 

[King Brown]

Unless you seriously believe either can win in the next four years, then this is a meaningless question.

And no, I don't believe either can win in the next four years.

 

[dean33]

As the title says, who is closer to a flag out of the two WA teams.

Fremantle have very deep midfield and lack a proper KPF.

West Coast have some of the best KPPs in the comp but an inexperienced/untried midfield unit.

Who's closer to one?

Sort of like asking which is closer to the equator, the North or South Pole.

 

[SHill Shall]

Both such a long way off it seems a slightly irrelevant question.

Sheed, Shuey, Yeo, Ah Chee, Duggan, Redden.

Our like for likes are Neale, Fyfe, Blakely, S Hill, Tucker, Mundy with Brayshaw/Cerra now also in the queue.

 

[Collins-Langford-Ayres]

Jeez I hope we're closer, because West Coast are about as far as you can possibly be.

Sadly, the Eagles coaches would beat your chumps in a game...

Two words... Ross Lyin...

 

[SHill Shall]

Sort of like asking which is closer to the equator, the North or South Pole.

Agree - although this time a year ago you would not have believed that in 10 month’s time you would be basking in premiership glory. WC are better placed to produce a “Richmond” than Freo.

 

[The Joker]

West Coast, as long as they have Kennedy they will be. The rest of the team maybe extremey average but with JK up forward it doesn't matter!!!

 

[branedotorg]

I think west coast the tide is going out and they missed the chance for this cycle (FWIW i thought the same about richmond two years ago).

Freo drafted some prime mid talent this year and have a few top players so should be primed to be in the top group before WC geos again.

 

[MightyTiger]

Sheed, Shuey, Yeo, Ah Chee, Duggan, Redden, Venables.

Let's not pretend that either player was in form (especially Priddis).

They were your arguably two of your best players for the year, lead your club in most important midfield stats, without checking if assume they both finished high up in the BnF. Let's not pretend neither didn't play a large role in the Eagles making the finals this year, with those two gone your lesser lights have a huge gap to fill, remains to be seen if they can.

 

[Deep]

Midfielders win flags, the Eagles have one good midfield player in Shuey, after that we have b graders at best. Club has not sorted out the midfield for over 10 years.
Fremantle are Closer unfortunately.

Fortunately

 

[CM9000]

They were your arguably two of your best players for the year, lead your club in most important midfield stats, without checking if assume they both finished high up in the BnF. Let's not pretend neither didn't play a large role in the Eagles making the finals this year, with those two gone your lesser lights have a huge gap to fill, remains to be seen if they can.

I'll give you Sammy. He was a delight to watch this year even if somewhat past it.

But Priddis? Ask anyone on our board and they'll tell you he was one of our worst this year. He regressed in nearly every statistic and his slowness (combined with Sammy) killed us on the rebound. We played 10 times better when he was out of the side.

This is also coming from one of his biggest fans, so I can tell you first hand how hard it was to watch.

 

[Colonial]

Cant see that far ahead into the future.

 

[Tyler Hodges]

Yeah Pridda needed a zimmerframe for parts of this year, was a negative asset on the field. FWIW I watched Pridda live in a game pouring with rain vs Richmond and it was one of the best performances I've ever seen live so I'm a fan of his- but man did the game pass him by quickly.

 

[theGav56]

Who gives a shit outside of WA

Heaps of replies from posters outside WA, so looks like shits flowing.

 

[Belnakor]

Jeez I hope we're closer, because West Coast are about as far as you can possibly be.

West Coast haven't realized they need to rebuild yet, we're in the 3rd year of a rebuild.