Agree with Skull here, the experiment/gamble with the lanky Yankee hasn't really come off for the Pies.

 Maybe your mob needs glasses frosty, num said

Well credit to the Eagles supporters at least they hang around these days...heard Optus ran out of alcohol though..he he.

 I was surprised they didn't show the exodus at the train station at half time like they usually at Optus. Would have been an interesting sight

 It was terrible watching Sydney use the corridor to score easy goals seemingly with no  resistance from the Eagles players. 

I think it's clear now that getting Kelly was a failure.

Shuey and Yeo needed more time in the WAFL and the young players from last week who made way for them deserved a run last night. 

Simo doesn't have a decent game plan.

Was unlucky that McLovin couldn't play, though Sydney would still have won.

Darling needs to be traded.

This has to be Kennedy's last year.

Get rid of Nelson and a few other bits of deadwood.

 First coach sacked this year?

Could be Ken Hinkley if Port get rolled by the Eagles 

Otherwise a race in three between Hinkley, Rutten or Leon Cameron.

 Aren't gloating over their team's start to the year. The lid seems to be off down at the port after their stellar start to the season .

The Frockers should roll the Blues who were lucky to hold on against the lowly Port Power.

I must admit I'm quite excited about the dockers, been a while haha. But that lid is still well and truly on till we play the good teams. Freo are really not used to a selection headache but these kids are coming together nicely and are exciting to watch.
Very good recruiting, even Will Brodie, its good to see and there must be a pretty good culture going on.
I would actually prefer if they played Fyfe on the wing and persist with the young guys led by Mundy at times to straighten them up.
Sonny leads the forward line well but lacks confidence, but the dynamics are changing and Schultz is standing tall and Frederick is just getting better with confidence.
Love to see finals this year and then push even harder over the next few.

I honestly think west coast are still a really good team and can still roll pretty much any team on their day but going for broke on another premiership has not worked and really do need some top quality young talent. Maybe not the extended rebuild Freo endured but some shrewd calls on senior players and even better draft picks on young high end talent to complement a pretty damn good core.
Wouldn't every team love an Oscar Allen, maybe if they held onto Brander, the front line would be looking pretty good.

my prediction is dockers place 5 - 8 and eagles place 15 - 18. i know, i'm hardly nostradamus... lol.

There playing some great footy and we have a stack still hungry playing WAFL. Fyfe can sit and wait as long as he wants, recon its his last season anyway as that shoulder will be targeted and pop again for sure..Walters is cooked but we need to hold him and Mundy for this season at least.

Recon I will tip Carlton this week, Freo always come unstuck by them...tall side we always struggle with. Cats and few other's surprisingly not.

Will go West Coast also, the in's last week were always going to struggle but should be better for it this week....they get folded this week its not a good look. Simo will be pulling that mask over his head again and leaving it there..

 Happy with that

Last time this year I'm tipping wet toast, coming from a freo supporter that was shit.

Few years of pain coming...that's before the new coach, admin and better young players.

Will be interseting to see what changes the Eagles make this week,

Looking at the stats from the two's noone on the list really fired and staked a claim

Sure McGovern should be back but who else?

The likes of Jones, Petruccelle, Petrevski-Seaton didn't stand out, 

At least 1 change next game with Yeo out with concussion.

While Liam Ryan is a good player, perhaps he needs to tackle rather than try and hurt the opposition by bumping, got shown up yesterday.

Sadly in a world of hurt at least in the short term until the likes of Natanui, Gaff, Sheed, and Allan get back, an aging list with not many really standout young guys coming through.

Traded themselves into a corner they will possibly regre for a long time.

That game against Port Adelaide must have been hard to watch, I honestly believed selling the farm to get Tim Kelly was a mistake, I think I said at the time it would rob WC of future talent (something like that anyway) and it may well have as Erasmus & Johnson may well have been two handy additions to the Eagles right now and would be getting a game. (assuming WC could have been able to get any of those players).
I can't remember if Freo have ever had so much midfield depth ? Top line backs playing WAFL in Hamling and Wilson, Amiss kicking 5 and coming along nicely.
I just looked at the roster and they really have put together some exciting young guys.
Freo are not in the class of Melbourne and have only won real game so far but they have handled covid well, fingers crossed and at the moment have momentum.
I'm looking forward to see what happens to WC come the end of the year and what direction is taken.

 What is going wrong down there!

Yep agree Frosty Eagles traded themselves into a massive hole that they wont be able to get out of for around 5 years I rekon. Trading 2 first rounders and a second rounder for a home-sick second rate mid was very very stupid which the general public saw but the Eagles hirachy didnt. Not Kelly's fault one bit, but the people behind the trade made a huge mistake. That trade and the 2 draft picks you mentioned also added to the woes.

At the end of the year there needs to be a full review of the club. From the fitness and conditioning team, coaches, players etc. Having the injuries we are having isnt good enough, the game style isnt good enough and frankly the attitude of alot of the players and the coaches isnt good enough..... Eliot Yeo dropping his dummy and throwing his mouth guard is a example of this. 

We will have a very good draft pick this year, perhaps even pick 1. Maybe be the first club in years to trade that 1st pick for say 2 other lower picks as there is no real stand out #1 pick this year.

Have a look at the teams age demographic. We wont make finals for 3-5 years so look at the list and see who will not be in that team in 3-5 years and offer players up for trade for draft picks such as Gaff, Mcgovern, Sheed, Yeo, Darling who we would actually get decent draft picks for (Obviously only 1 or 2 of those names) - Sadly dont really have too many that are worth much. Other players such as Kennedy, Hurn, Shuey, Redden and a few more need to look at retirement. 

Basically need a full rebuild of the list, there are players that we want to keep and who we want to build the list around - Allen, Ryan, Rioli, Kelly, Duggan, Chesser, West, Edwards, Rotham, Foley, Barass, Witherden, Oneil, Hough - Just a few younger players off the top of my head. 

From there they need to decide whether Simpson is the kind of coach that can handle a rebuild? Do we go for a green coach like Cox? Hansen? Graham? 

But in saying all that....... Knowing the Eagles they will get a bloody good draft pick because they finish so low and trade it for Tim English or Marlion Pickett and have the oldest list in the comp again and wonder why they cant keep up!

Just my opinions!

Cheers

 I agree with most of what has been said above about the Eagles. I also thought (and still do) that they fought too hard to keep Gaff, as outside mids are not that valuable unless they are fast, which he is not. Good player on his day but not a great player IMO.

Gotta reluctantly admit that Freo are a totally different prospect now. They've got a real will to win and some real mongrel combined with speed and talent. Enjoyable to watch now.

 Show pony but love his accuracy at goals

Not sure what others think but honestly, the umpiring is ruining the game, a good umpire should basically go unnoticed,

The stand rule is a friggin joke, players are entitled to get a bit emotional in the heat of battle, after all it is them that are giving their all (well we hope) and bad umpiring decisions can stuff a good game.

Some of the 50 metre penalties are absolutely garbage and then they miss blatant free kicks.

 Sack the afl ceo and start again 

 They are literally taking the humanity out of the game, watching emotion is part of the spectacle. To see who is the coolest and calmest in the heat of battle, to see true measured agression at the ball and yes to question with emotion a decision that is shit is all part of the game imo. 

Its not that bad, I'm actually liking what I see atm.:)

 Winning mate.

Unfortunately you can't have halfwits like Toby Greene intimidating umpires and now all players as a group are being taught a hard lesson.
Still, I hate not being able to see players let emotion out, poor guys are turning into robots.
Hopefully the AFL will relax on dissent as the season kicks on.

Talking about hygiene and communicable diseases, what's going on with the Pies Skull? Bit of gastro going through the ranks I hear... I know they don't brush their teeth but surely they could at least wash their hands after the toilet?

 Your boys won't  catch anything

 Umpy says I said stand and you went backwards, 50 metres,wtf is going on

 And blue lights last night, must have been for some people who  fight like, Ukraine!

 And I tipped Richmond to win by 12 points, that buggered that up by a little bit

 Congrats to JK on his 700 goals. 
Good to see the team having something upbeat and able to be laughed about after the game.

Jesus. Thanklfully I was at my son's Y7 game so missed the entire shitshow but... jesus!! Gonna be a long few years if that's the best effort we can put in with our soon to retire 'guns' with not much coming through. Good to at last see Greg Clark got a few touches but why was a 195cm, 95kg inside midfielder played on the wing?

 $17 for the e girls against brissy

 Was just thinking we've actually earnt a gap in proceedings and a rebuild.

It's hard at the moment, time to be a masochist  , be like a Dorkers supporter and take the pain lol.

Plenty of silverware in the cabinet and some time to take stock , reinvent strategies and the list.

I'm sure the board will sweep clean and head hunt some new manangement and tactfully recruit some talented players over the next couple of years. 

So to my Eagles loving mates stock up on the Chardy, we'll be back! 

 Only way is up

Good to see Freo have another win and seeing such a young group really start coming together, Freo made a few mistakes with recruitment the last few years but on the whole the positives outweigh the bad. Plenty of the teams will test Freo throughout the year and a pass mark is finals and to push as far as possible.

West Coast, geez, What an embarrassment on all levels and an absolute shocker of a way to celebrate 700 goals.

The west coast board facilitated all the wrong decisions in going broke for a flag Andy, time to get rid of the board from the head down and start again as they are completely out of touch and have been left behind compared to the new line of teams getting it right.

Eagles won the 2018 Premiership against Collingwood after the 2015 appearance, depending on the teams playing list they either go on to Win another straight away or skip a year....Richmond the latest to show this and now Melbourne to come.

Or they struggle...coach and old players get pushed and they start the rebuild to stay in the mix.

I guess Collingwood have the jump on this atm...

 Sportsbet offering $101 for Brisbane +200. Get on board

 So much on the news and social media, boys have been clubbing as well

How many times do the Pies and Buckley have to acknowledge and apologise for the wrongs of the past? They commissioned an independent report into the goings on within the club at the time and have publicly stated the recommendations from the report will be the framework for moving forward. They have since commissioned an independent progress report carried out by an Indigenous research centre.