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Eagles Have No Plan B

By Christoper Perrella on Sun, 10/04.2011

Eagles fans, John Worsfold's reign is quickly coming to an end.

After two wins including a promising display away to Port Adelaide, fans' expectations came crashing back to earth and another year of heartache with Sydney providing the first worthy opposition (and top 8 side of 2010) for West Coast in 2011.

Watching the game from the members' Subiaco wing, I, along with the fans, were looking for continual improvement in disposal across the field. Four quarters later and it was the Eagles we have come to expect - missing standing targets, handballing to the opposition and stop-start attacks.

Andrew Gaff's injection as the sub - Worsfold's one sound move of the game - served to show that he needs to play a full game, his run and carry proving the tonic for the stale Eagles run. Jack Darling showed other teams they may be regretting overlooking him in the draft with another solid display across half forward.

John Worsfold showed he has not learnt from the changes in modern football, out-coached by the fresh face in John Longmire.

The Eagles lacked any semblance of run and carry football. When kicking long to a pack of Cox and Naitanui failed, Worsfold had no Plan B.

Sydney, on the other hand, have transitioned into Generation Longmire, their token tackling and ferocity supplemented by some silky skills introduced by the young Bloods. They will find their way to another finals campaign in 2011.

Worrying was the omission of Brad Sheppard to a manful Eagles defence in dire need of a running half back. Conversely, Longmire stood by Andrejs Everitt, the former Bulldog, who repaid the faith kicking two goals and being used further up the ground.

Worsfold needs the kids to repay the faith and quickly.

Ebert continues to dispose poorly, Masten is worryingly injured again while Tom Swift floats idly in the WAFL.

Throw in an aging Mark Nicoski and the serviceable cattle of middle men in Rosa, Priddis and the Selwood brothers and the signs are not good, especially when the elder players (Cox, Embley) can't play much better.

The opposition don't get any easier.

Next is Hawthorn (top 8 in 2010) away, then Melbourne at home who will regain Tom Scully, the Red-hot Bombers at Etihad and then the Western Derby.

Suddenly a possible 3 wins from 3 could quickly become 2 wins and 5 losses.

Extrapolate that to the half way mark of the season when Worsfold will get a thorough review of his position and they could realistically be staring at a 3 and 8 record.

Worsfold needs to delve into the WAFL ranks, find some players with speed and precise ball movement and give them game time. Otherwise, he may only be two months from being dumped.

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Mon, 04/11/2011 - 01:40 — Anonymous (not verified)

That's crap

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 03:56 — admin

Back up your comments please

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 05:11 — Anonymous (not verified)

Hi this is my first effort in

Hi this is my first effort in a few years.

Could you please advise more about backing up the comments, as I believed my comments were fair if they were under the pretence that it's an opinion piece.

cheers.

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 05:19 — ChrisFreo011

Hi, I appreciate if you think

Hi,
I appreciate if you think it's crap, but at least elaborate to allow some discussion.

Cheers.

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 05:22 — Anonymous (not verified)

sorry mate one of the worst

sorry mate one of the worst things ive ever read

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 07:05 — Gabba (not verified)

Agree with Chris. Crap

Agree with Chris. Crap comment to not back it up.

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 07:42 — admin

You are entitled to comment

You are entitled to comment "thats crap"- but we do not see the "effort" in that.
Chris has put forward a detailed opinion - if you think it is crap then maybe share your reasons why?

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:41 — Anonymous (not verified)

yeah you're a real genius

yeah you're a real genius buddy write an article with your bullshit opinion which could not be further than the truth just to get a few hits to win a door prize of $200 great journalism .. keep up the good work spud..

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 12:44 — EJG (not verified)

Your opinion is your own, but

Your opinion is your own, but perhaps you should get someone to proof read your article before you post it as your grammar leaves a lot to be desired.

Mon, 04/11/2011 - 18:31 — Matt Marsden

As far as I can see, the

As far as I can see, the article has nothing wrong with it other than the way in which it is perceived. It's a great opinion piece and if you think else wise, register to TheBigTip and tell us what your take is on this. Fight fire with fire.

Tue, 04/12/2011 - 01:29 — Master (not verified)

Great thoughts Chris, West

Great thoughts Chris,

West Coasts only have one plan your right and thats not to get dealt the Spoon agian.

Plan B is the spoon!

Tue, 04/12/2011 - 03:43 — Move Hunter (not verified)

Of course Woosha has a Plan

Of course Woosha has a Plan B, and it's tried and tested - "move Hunter forward".... oh wait ...

Tue, 04/12/2011 - 05:05 — ChrisFreo011

To the anonymous comment re

To the anonymous comment re "bullshit opinion" I would appreciate if you would point out which parts of the article you disagree with, thus allowing debate.

To claim it was written to achieve some "door prize" is highly offensive and incorrect, something which will be backed up by my subsequent articles on this website.

I chose to write an article for the first time since my journalism uni days, to give it a bash again.

But I will definately get someone to proof-read. It was my first article for a while, and written late on a Sunday evening. Cheers for the other positive comments though.

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