Hopefully the bookies and ozfooty posters are on the money

[one_time_only]

Allow me Grump.

Jordyn Baker, one of our Colts drafted by West Coast and played WAFL there for a couple of seasons.
A likely type of player who automatically comes back to the Club after de-listing and hopefully will stay.

[Kalal]

Cheers mate

[DG]

I rate your mids big time but freo made them look second rate disposal wise. You guys had a good crack well done. It reminded me of 2016 we tried our guts out but just didn’t have the stock on the big day. The cunts just get in front early and then shut you down with pressure and skill

[BC]

The big difference between yesterday and 2016 DG was the fact they had 17 of the pricks playing back then and the WAFC conspired to make sure its love child got over the line by asking the umps to favour the chunder as evidenced by the 19 to 6 free kick count. I think we received only one or two frees after half time from memory.

[DD]

Heard from a very good source Angus Schumacher is off to West Adelaide next year. Gf is from there and wants to go home.

[Kalal]

Not sure where you heard that but it’s incorrect. A) he’s Victorian and B) he won’t be leaving WA. Well and truly settled here and won’t be going anywhere. That rumor is just that and it’s completely wrong

[Kalal]

Sorry the last wrong point is that his partner is a west aussie so that rumor is all kinds of wrong and factually incorrect in all facets.

[Kalal]

DD apologies as I read ur post as he was from SA. Sorry mate jumped the gun but again, he ain’t going anywhere

[one_time_only]

Angus Schumacher was born in Naracoorte, SA and was drafted by Carlton from Bendigo Pioneers.
Came to East Perth in 2020

[DG]

[quote=“BC post=238197 userid=892”]The big difference between yesterday and 2016 DG was the fact they had 17 of the pricks playing back then and the WAFC conspired to make sure its love child got over the line by asking the umps to favour the chunder as evidenced by the 19 to 6 free kick count. I think we received only one or two frees after half time from memory.
[/quote]

Oath BC

[Frothy]

@DG post=238210 userid=857

[quote=“BC post=238197 userid=892”]The big difference between yesterday and 2016 DG was the fact they had 17 of the pricks playing back then and the WAFC conspired to make sure its love child got over the line by asking the umps to favour the chunder as evidenced by the 19 to 6 free kick count. I think we received only one or two frees after half time from memory.

Oath BC

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Just the one free kick after 1/4 time BC

[Archie_Duda_Goal_Mac]

@Kalal post=238173 userid=1929

someone said to me after the game, don’t get to gutted from the loss as it’s just a game…some people have no idea what it means to follow and love a football club

Kalal, I reckon such comments are often just throwaway lines from passionate supporters.
I’ve made comments like that before and they’ve been designed to make me feel better (always unsuccessfully) after a Royals’ loss.
And I absolutely love the East Perth Football Club.
Had we lost by just a few points, as we did to Claremont in 1996, I’d be inconsolable at the moment, but losing by 33 points means that there are no “what ifs?”.
However, on the two occasions that we seriously challenged Peel yesterday, they had all the answers.
Not taking anything away from the Thunder, who were clearly the better side, but I rate these as our major failings/shortcomings yesterday:
(1) Too many players had “stage fright” - most had neither played at Perth Stadium nor in front of such a large crowd (which was still 5000 fewer than I thought it would be be);
(2) Our tackling and competing were good, but we lacked pace (always have, bizarrely) and couldn’t counter Peel’s outside run;
(3) Our lack of marking power up forward (until Harry Macreadie was moved into attack) wasn’t helped by some poor delivery inside 50;
(4) We missed a number of gettable opportunities, and against sides like the Thunder you need to make every chance count (however, Sam Van Diemen was very good).

[Bazza]

Congrats to EPFC on the minor premiership and making the GF, but I think you were always going to be pushing it up hill against so many professional players and you lacked the big impact forwards they had.

Perhaps karma for when you hosted the WCE and got flags.

I notice EP support base has dropped a fair bit was expecting a bigger turn out. Mind you WP v EP only pulled 20,000 years back.

I guess we are stuck with this for a while yet, The Sanfl host clubs seem to be utterly crap.

I wonder if the eagles will ever come good.

Comp is not in a good place.