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In the words of Neidermeyer from Animal House Peel are worthless and weak. Demons easily.

Mmmmm. The quarter time score could be better. Kicking 2 goals 1 minor and 13 points down. Lets hope Perth pick up the pace and go into half time with a significant lead. And the hopefully they crack on in the second half and bring home the chocolates.

Surely the Wafl website has malfunctioned and is incorrect?? 21 minutes has elapsed into quarter 3 and Perth only have 3 goals on the board? And are over 10 goals down?

Stand the Test wrote: In the words of Neidermeyer from Animal House Peel are worthless and weak. Demons easily.

Ouch!

mikeh wrote:

Stand the Test wrote: In the words of Neidermeyer from Animal House Peel are worthless and weak. Demons easily.

Ouch!

That sounds bad mikeh.
If we are to believe the Wafl website, I'm quite stunned and currently speechless!

Sure it would have been tough for a Perth forward today with ordinary delivery and the like but Wally and Stack 5 disposals each. No goals.

Can not have them both in the same team. I would prefer neither in the team. Wally is not up to it and Stack is keeping a youngster out and he applies no forward pressure at all. Occasionally looks like he is but is in fact only running along side his opponent when they have the ball.

Glad I choose my games now.

Honestly Cant believe Wally gets a game and am starting to doubt the Duke.

I am a lifelong Perth supporter. I am also a supporter of the whole game at all levels. In particular I am a supporter and lover of the WAFL. Individual clubs at all levels are responsible for player development, welfare, recruitment, coaching and anything else with regards to the playing structure of the club. But in every competition, there is a governing body whose responsibility is to ensure the competition as a whole is successful by looking at the big picture and doing everything possible to ensure the competition is viable, successful, exciting and of the highest quality. A major part of this responsibility is to do everything possible to ensure that all clubs are as close as possible so that games are competitive and there is always a sense of uncertainty in the results of any game. Those responsible for the running of the WAFL competition as a whole should be hanging their heads in shame that they have allowed this completion to become what we see now and what we have seen for many years. Has a crisis meeting been called for first thing tomorrow morning to address this weekend's results? How one team with seemingly unlimited financial resources can be two games clear at the top at this early stage of the year. How a team who has not played finals for 20+ years can be anhillated by a team full of professional players. Does anybody take responsibility for this competition? Is there any long term strategy to even the competition and to ensure success is shared among all clubs over time? Who is the actual governing body of the WAFL? Who are the leaders who drive this competition and show the passion, energy and enthusiasm needed to drive an even, enjoyable, fair, exciting, dramatic, challenging competition for the people of this state? Does anyone take responsibility? This is a serious question. I don't know the answer. I seriously would like to know who is the governing body who oversee this competition and what have they done, and what are they doing, for the long term success of the WAFL.

Country member wrote: I am a lifelong Perth supporter. I am also a supporter of the whole game at all levels. In particular I am a supporter and lover of the WAFL. Individual clubs at all levels are responsible for player development, welfare, recruitment, coaching and anything else with regards to the playing structure of the club. But in every competition, there is a governing body whose responsibility is to ensure the competition as a whole is successful by looking at the big picture and doing everything possible to ensure the competition is viable, successful, exciting and of the highest quality. A major part of this responsibility is to do everything possible to ensure that all clubs are as close as possible so that games are competitive and there is always a sense of uncertainty in the results of any game. Those responsible for the running of the WAFL competition as a whole should be hanging their heads in shame that they have allowed this completion to become what we see now and what we have seen for many years. Has a crisis meeting been called for first thing tomorrow morning to address this weekend's results? How one team with seemingly unlimited financial resources can be two games clear at the top at this early stage of the year. How a team who has not played finals for 20+ years can be anhillated by a team full of professional players. Does anybody take responsibility for this competition? Is there any long term strategy to even the competition and to ensure success is shared among all clubs over time? Who is the actual governing body of the WAFL? Who are the leaders who drive this competition and show the passion, energy and enthusiasm needed to drive an even, enjoyable, fair, exciting, dramatic, challenging competition for the people of this state? Does anyone take responsibility? This is a serious question. I don't know the answer. I seriously would like to know who is the governing body who oversee this competition and what have they done, and what are they doing, for the long term success of the WAFL.

I think the short answer to that question CM is bugger all. This either makes the WAFC totally incompetent or maybe this is the grand plan coming to fruition for the new AFLWA.

It seems the answer to my question is that the WAFC are the guardians of the WAFL. I must be mistaken clearly because I thought the WAFC was the body established to oversee the development of the game as a whole in this state at all levels and to help provide players with the best opportunities to achieve their potential at whatever level they may be playing. I am sure that every other competition in this state has its own governing body. I don't believe the WAFC run the WAAFL, or the Avon Football League, or the East Kimberley Football League or the Ravensthorpe Football League. They all have their own governing board, their own association, all run by passionate people with their aim of creating and maintaining an entertaining, vibrant, relatively even ( and, therefore, interesting) competition for their players, followers and sponsors, with the support of the WAFC. Why doesn't the WAFL have such an organisation? If they did, I am sure there would be an early morning crisis meeting tomorrow to do something about this rapidly deteriorating competition. Or, more to the point, they would never have let this happen in the first place.

Check the "About Us" page on the WAFC website. I don't read anything on this link about the "running" or even promotion of the WAFL, only that the WAFC "recognise the WAFL as the pre-eminent league in the state of Western Australia." So who, then, is actually responsible for the governance of the WAFL and its competition? Again, I stress that this is a serious question, not a rhetorical one. Can someone who knows more than me please post an answer?