Yeah - I guess you have to remember I have no idea what the eastern papers have been saying about Garlett - but that’s the comment from the boys. They mentioned some others of your players doing well on the day but to be honest I was interested in the WP titbits…
As for the remainder of your comments on the game, I read them as a fair assesment from a rival team supporter.
I agree that its early and outcomes have yet to be seen of the improvements ahaed.
I stiill believe though if WP doesnt plan for a Small forward line and begin to spot the open players /loose this selfish individualism, we will struggle for a little longer
Cheers for the great post
PS
I get the impression that the people who pick best on ground in the papers etc are stats driven - not by assessing a game - lazy reporting if thats the case and wrong for those players who dont do the ‘specky stuff’ but instead the ‘hard yards’…
Bill was very subdued addressing the players after the game, his main concern was the number of points kicked and the one goal five points kicked in the first half of the last quarter. Young Johnson had a bad cork and didnt play much after quarter time, one member said he should be dropped because he didnt do to much in the game. One member vented his anger at Bret saying sack the coach. Armchair experts, they havnt got a clue.
Crisp took on Garlett and tried to upset his game physically and it didn’t work, if anyone should be dropped it should be Crisp.
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Bill was very subdued addressing the players after the game, his main concern was the number of points kicked and the one goal five points kicked in the first half of the last quarter. Young Johnson had a bad cork and didnt play much after quarter time, one member said he should be dropped because he didnt do to much in the game. One member vented his anger at Bret saying sack the coach. Armchair experts, they havnt got a clue.
Crisp took on Garlett and tried to upset his game physically and it didn’t work, Garlett carved him up. Its bloody frustrating with some players, one week they show something and the next they don’t.
West Perth's 4th consecutive match v Swan Districts where they have scored under 100 points. Longest streak: 7 games from round 18, 1972 to round 20, 1974 and round 17, 1992 to round 20, 1994.
1st time since round 23, 2004 that Swan Districts have defeated West Perth when scoring under 100 points. Lowest winning score: SD 9.6 (60) v WP 8.9 (57) in round 7, 1956.
Equal 2nd most points scored in a fourth quarter for Swan Districts v West Perth at Arena Joondalup. Most points scored: 5.11 (41) in round 21, 1996.
Swan Districts 4th biggest winning margin v West Perth at Arena Joondalup. Biggest win: 36 points in round 7, 2009 and round 2, 2012.
Re: Crisp - I would have thought a players strategy would have been viewed or watched and decided upon from the coaches box.?
Surely the decision for Crisp to play the way he did and continue to do so on the day would not have been left solely to himself? Especially if ineffective…
There are several new roles the guys have take on this year - especially in the back line & for some they are developing the strength to carry this out on a weekly basis - - with the new forward defensive game plan it seems one half is working really well in that the ball is strangled to get out, but they still havent worked out how to kick to smalls on the way in so that the score board reflects the hard work and then of course goal kicking needs to be highlighted from the info I have?
Growler agree 100% on your comments. Coaches job! Crispy has been having a good Season this year
Hey Ric SD win mate. I think we will have to check out what Supplements Swans are on as they looked very quick and finished off Strong in the Last qtr.. 6 goals hurt.
After the 3 day break it was certainly a good recovery
Some sadder news. I did mention we could of seen him in some WPFC games from what I heard on the Freo Show but not to be. He is out for at least the Season.
I was looking forward to seeing Keplar in a WP jumper again as I enjoy watching him play. So if he doesnt come back we wont see him Again in a WP jumper while he is with the AFL due to the alignment. Hope he gets over his injury well and is back soon.
From WA TODAY
Fremantle big man Kepler Bradley could be sidelined for up to a year after suffering a suspected anterior cruciate ligament injury in the Dockers thrilling one-point win over Richmond at Patersons Stadium.
Bradley was helped from the ground early in the second quarter when the Dockers trailed the Tigers by 12 points after Dylan Grimes fell across his leg while he was getting a kick away.
If he has done hid knee Cardy, the Dorks will delist him because of his age, they would be looking at a young player to replace him on their list, good luck to Kepler.
not the greatest game last Thursday..
came down to who could make the least mistakes going into their forward line..
once again our disposal inside our back 50 was terrible, Simo and Howard gave goals from silly passes..
Twomey was the best, set up most of our goals along with Jetta..
footy has gone a bit strange with the press right up the ground, how many times was young Blakely out the back on his own
(i) I think that the flexibility he offers the Dockers he may well be kept on despite his age (I suspect that he is not on a huge salary relative to the cap) and would provide some valuable experience to the younger Dockers.
(ii) From a West Perth perspective, and to be honest West Perth has never been one of my favourite WAFL clubs, it would be very sad if due the alignment he was not able to play for West Perth again. Another reason to hold both WA domiciled AFL clubs and the WAFC in complete and utter contempt.
yes, solid game from Ames as was Hams, Hilda, Geaps and Robbo..
once again though we set up most of our scores from our defence, we struggled on ball even though big Wes probably shaded Kuenen..
really miss Roberts and a decent tagger..
WP’s leaders didnt stand up when the game was on the line in the last quarter, too many skill errors & poor decision making cost WP dearly. Too many times WP went sideways instead of going direct into the forward 50 to give our forwards a chance. It was one that definately got away. Well done to SD their leaders stood up well, Ames, Twomey, Hilda, Hams & Geappen were good when it counted.
i wonder whether WP wear themselves out with their game-plan, they seemed to kick short a lot and get a lot of possesions for not a lot of result..that is usually what Swans do - lots of possies for little result..
Swans took till the last qtr to get their running game going and it seemed to open up with easy goals
Looking at the above posts most are correct. You dont have to be a Rocket Scientist to see where we are falling down
Back Line good and keeping us in the game
To Many Handovers at vital stages of the game
Farking around with the ball going sideways when should be going direct.
Going direct is a problem as our Forward line needs to be sorted out and opposition always seems to be able to clear easily!!
Getting inside 50 ok but not putting it on the board to easy for Defenders to clr!
Match plan? What is our match plan?
WP not attacking in numbers leaving the work to 1 or 2 players as one poster said
Have noticed opposition has loose men everywhere which makes it bloody easy no manning up. Maybe one on one would work?
The opposition is allowed to control the game as a result of a lot of targets.
Missing easy goals as can be shown by our points tally
We are a 3 qtr team and rarely play out 4 qtrs.
Players fault NO…Coach must change his match plan.
If we get it together we would challenge any team.
Lets hope we can turn it around v EF this week. Cant see why not if we get it together. If we continue playing as we are EF will bury us
Appreciate previous posters input as it brings out a lot of these points so not entirely just my view.
We have a LONG rest as result of State Game and the the Bye before meeting Perth 25 May so it would be nice to go out with a Win this week..A must win
A bit of Trivia for those who might not have a look at Country league.
I see Brent Lecras is kicking a few for Cervantes. (Central Midlands Football league) Maybe another season up fwd for WP would of been handy Nah sure he is enjoying himself alongside a few WPFC x team mates.
3 Games so far and 1 loss to Jurien so not all one sided.
If your interested in following this league or any other Country league goto
We really don’t look any different than last season, senior players go missing when the game is there to be won, like you said the dreaded sideways kicks that eventually leads to the opposition gaining the ball and kicking into a open forward line for a goal, same old crap, we have all seen it before from West Perth, Swans wanted that game more than us, losing home games is unforgivable…
The worrying thing for me is that our Rezies are holding up the ladder at the moment, our depth is not very good? I am just a frustrated fan searching for answers… :unsure:
This weeks game v EF will give us a fair indication I reckon, we get Petters back who has been outstanding (Smith 1 goal, Jones 0, Holmes 0, Subi not sure, Mugumbwa maybe 1 goal). In all fairness to your comments, there was a return to the old ways v SD and there is a great opportunity for the boys to put it to bed, EF have lost 2 games at home thus far so we are well within a shout. The boys have a little bit more of an incentive as we were pumped by 100+ last time we met !
