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Well after being clear favourites with the bookies to almost underdogs the Eagles were very disappointing to watch last night. They lacked match fitness and seemed to be lacking the commitment to put their body on the line in the tough contests. Clearly out muscled and outclassed.

It amazes me that West Coast are considered one of the flag favourites.

eagles are a bit overrated and suprisingly by large sections of the melbourne media. the eagles depth is overblown . a few injuries and they can wilt easily. and they already have a bunch of injuries before the season has really started. shuey is still a player with potential. not a star yet as everyone keeps saying. appears a quality boy though. at full strength wce very good. lose a few keys and they drop right back.

like adelaide they may be shaking out some cobwebs. its a long season\
looking forward to north melb and collingwood next weekend. very keen to see
how the shinboners do this year. expecting middle of the road stuff with flashes
of wow .

jardine wrote: eagles are a bit overrated and suprisingly by large sections of the melbourne media. the eagles depth is overblown . a few injuries and they can wilt easily. and they already have a bunch of injuries before the season has really started. shuey is still a player with potential. not a star yet as everyone keeps saying. appears a quality boy though. at full strength wce very good. lose a few keys and they drop right back.

like adelaide they may be shaking out some cobwebs. its a long season\
looking forward to north melb and collingwood next weekend. very keen to see
how the shinboners do this year. expecting middle of the road stuff with flashes
of wow .

Jardine, there's injuries and then there's injuries. The Eagles had people off the field that would beat teams on their own! I must admit that watching them lose didn't really hurt me like it used to, probably courtesy of the alignment I guess. Now I know how you feel watching your club.

Hawksta wrote: Well after being clear favourites with the bookies to almost underdogs the Eagles were very disappointing to watch last night. They lacked match fitness and seemed to be lacking the commitment to put their body on the line in the tough contests. Clearly out muscled and outclassed.

It amazes me that West Coast are considered one of the flag favourites.

Hey mate, are you the same hawksta from FG? Let's find out early so I can whack you on my 'ignore' list straight up.

Eags need kerr and Natanui, to be a real serious threat i reckon. Kerr is tuff quick good disposal, natunaui frees cox up, also Natuanui is hard to match up on....Cox by himeslf isnt as scary for oppo teams. Rosa embley are depth players, good honest toilers IMHO. Oh as an aside Langdon putting scott selwood above fyffe as most valuable footballers astonished me. Selwood scott, good footballer of couse, aint ever gunna be elite IMHO. More a priddis than say a murphy/cotchin/dal santo

Yeah i agree with that Anchorman, however i think the eagles run this year is a tad harder than last year and they don't seem to have allot of depth which they make out to have. The size of the midfield will see them struggle and the signings of bennel and morton are laughable at best. My ladder Prediction would be

Collingwood
Hawthorn
Geelong
Sydney
Fremantle
Essendon
Carlton
West Coast/Adelaide fighting for 8th spot.
Brisbane
North
Richmond
St Kilda
Bulldogs
Port
Melbourne
GCS
GWS

58 Shark i don't know u do i? Feel free to do what you wish. Strange question though????

Posted this on the Fremantle thread but all the discussion about the game seems to be here.

Great start to to the season to knock off the highly fancied coasters. Was worried early but under Ross Lyon we have shown the ability to tighten up and not panic. I reckon we got on top around the stoppages and that's what turned the tide our way.

Cox was on top in the first qtr but i reckon Griffo won the battle after that and played a big part in the win with very little back up though Kepler played his role and kicked a couple of important goals.

To the Freo knockers (not just WC supporters), stick that in your pipe and smoke it including those that knocked the recruitment of Danyle Pearce who has proven after one game what a great addition he is to our midfield and forward line.

Stephen Hill looks a different player to me. The one criticism I have had of him in his AFL career so far is he doesn't take the game by the scruff of the neck and was too much of an outside player. He looks to me to now be more willing to get stuck into the contest and win some hard ball and use his pace to the teams advantage. His game yesterday reminded my of Peter Matera.

Back to Danyle Pearce, this guy is slippery, very quick and sure hands and very good in tight situations. Can't wait to get our No 1 draft pick into this line up because he is another very evasive type, throw in Morabito as well with fingers crossed and there's a bit to look forward to.

Bit of a worry about Pav's report but to me it looked like he turned to minimise the impact and think it was on Schofield who didn't suffer in any way. Though Pav didn't contribute much to the scoreboard he is so important the way he commands the best defender and them some and brings the Walters, Ballantynes, Pearce etc... into the game.

Agree 58Shark Griffen I reckon now might be our No 1 ruckman and when Sandi is fit again he might have to come into the side as a tall marking player up forward or even down back and as support ruckman to Griffo. I reckon we can play both but then where does that leave Clarke? We could lose him at the end of the season i reckon but I'm not overly worried about that, we should use that to our advantage to pick up a late first round or early second round draft pick or maybe part of a Buddy deal? Maybe dreaming a little there?

Did we not defeat WC last year when they had Kerr? No excuses.