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Hmmm, a little tough on the team Ted.
DBW was outclassed by a far better opponent but he competed and tried hard all day. One day we don't rate Eyres and the next day we want him back. Without a doubt we need to recruit a top class ruckman but for now we have to back in what we have.

Four debutants today all did their bit. Langlands  a very get addition, Jye Clark, he can play., Hunter a good leading forward and kicked one suberb goal from a long way out but doesn't have the strength to be a back up ruckman, Josh Smith gives lots of run and drive, 
Downside, Fraser pulled a pec muscle and could miss a couple of weeks.

Overall a good team effort. Brady Grey was superb through the middle, Aussie Davis  was a good defender along with the usual suspects Sinclair,  Gibba, Taylor and Coniglio.

We maintained our intensity throughout the game and met every challenge WCE threw at us.
Winners are grinners and my thoughts are we did well for our first game and showed that we can compete .against all comers.

So for me...NOT unhappy Jan. The first 4 points in the bag.

I'm with you Smokey, that was a very good win full of character and Vardy as a late inclusion and McInnes spending the last 3 qtrs out of the game and Burner down in the 3rd qtr I thought the Eagles were going to overun us. I thought Margetts and his accomplices tried very hard for WC

A fast hard fought win in tough conditions. The boys stood up when it counted. Gutsy win.

good job Dees - can't have that shit winning too many for the sake of our finals series integrity great work boys

Gutsy win in the circumstances against the local mafia. We looked terrific going fwd through the middle at times. And they didn’t just bring their own umpire they brought fkn two!!

Not quite sure where some of you were this afternoon but it wasn't Lathlain it would seem.
Firstly - Clearances, we absolutely dominated clearances in the first quarter. I recall saying to someone at Qtr time we had something like 18 to 9 clearances in that quarter alone.
Pity the WAFL took that stat away.
And free kicks which were something like 29/21 in favour of WCE.
Our I50s were 69/46 for 28 scoring shots to 20.
Yes we probably should have won by more.
What more do you want.
I admit we  missed some soft goals but we also kicked some pearlers (including Sinclair).

Secondly DBW - again you must have missed something.
First of all let me just say Vardy is undoubtedly one of the best ruckman in the League.
His stats were HO 35 D 15 M 3 T 1
DBW HO 18 D12  M 2 T 4
Yes he probably lost the battle but he did toil manfully all day.
Overall our HOs were WCE 52 to 32.

But we were led by a midfield that is going to be amongst the best in the league this year given a good run with injury.
Newbies Langlands Smith Clark & Byrne all proved their class and work ethic.
We have never switched play and transitioned forward with that precision.
It was fantastic to see.

Our defence was outstanding Hill Davis (21) Coniglio (21) Taylor (23) Sinclair (15) did a terrific job with Giblett Hill and Nicholas all doing their bit.

McInnes looks like missing a couple with a strained peck.
That gives Reid and Bird a chance, probably Reid because he can pinch hit in the ruck.

Do not underestimate WCE they are a very good side and will win their fair share of games and fight it out for the final spots in the 5. A lot will depend on injuries to their AFL players of course.

All in all a great effort and we ran it out in hot conditions under pressure. A very good win.

I hope lots of people continue to think Perth will miss the 5 lots of luck!!!

I actually thought Two Dads did well and most of the people around me in the grandstand who had a good view of the game thought the same. It does appear that we all had the same view of Margets umpiring and I really think an official complaint needs to be made about him. I reckon 8 of their goals came from free kicks and 7 of them were from Margets. Even if half of them were legitimate that's still a lot of charity.

You're the expert STT.


Have a look at the stats again.

IMHO Busher was not influential.
DBW took Vardy most of the day.

Yes well you're the expert.

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