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Wish him well should he go. Don't think he has displayed anywhere near the same level of tactical nous as Yze and we have been poorer for it. 

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1 hour ago, Return to Glory said:

Wish him well should he go. Don't think he has displayed anywhere near the same level of tactical nous as Yze and we have been poorer for it. 

The stoppage set ups were not good enough at times, but Yze never had to deal with a midfield minus Trac and Clarry, only minus Clarry. And to be fair, he did an excellent job with the midfield minus Clarry.

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2 hours ago, Adam The God said:

The stoppage set ups were not good enough at times, but Yze never had to deal with a midfield minus Trac and Clarry, only minus Clarry. And to be fair, he did an excellent job with the midfield minus Clarry.

Minus Clarry but plus Gus. 
Gus stepping in was the main reason we didn’t miss a beat with Clarry out. 

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Just now, Jaded No More said:

Minus Clarry but plus Gus. 
Gus stepping in was the main reason we didn’t miss a beat with Clarry out. 

Good call mate.

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On 07/09/2024 at 13:26, Return to Glory said:

Wish him well should he go. Don't think he has displayed anywhere near the same level of tactical nous as Yze and we have been poorer for it. 

Yeah Richmond went well with their midfield....

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On 02/09/2024 at 21:57, demon3165 said:

I am just amazed at the lack of people understanding football, people blaming McQualter for the midfield problems that has been a problem for three years, so he can only coach to the gameplan that was in trouble three years ago, one paced midfield, lack of kicking skills lack of players who are so robotic they lack football awareness no forward line but gee that's his problem, people seem to forget he was there during the tigers reign, how about people look at the root cause before you try and blame one man.

Players make coaches not the other round.

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On 05/09/2024 at 21:14, Demon Dynasty said:

We also lost players that could play the usual Melb (win clearance) way

DD - just wondering if you have clearance data from when we were at our best.  

Other than 'bang, bang, bang' I was of the impression that we tended to lose  clearance numbers even when MG11 was dominating hitouts.

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On 08/09/2024 at 15:53, old dee said:

Players make coaches not the other round.

The way many discuss why do we even have coaches.... they seem ineffectual or unaccountable.  

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1 hour ago, BScotti said:

Although I dont think McQualter will get the WCE gig, who should we get to replace him as mid coach if he does knowing we also need a fwd coach and ruck coach.

It is very interesting times BScotti.

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Leading WC coaching candidate Steven King collapsed at Cats training this morning. Hope he’s alright. Interestingly WC put out the following statement.

“The West Coast Eagles are aware of a medical episode involving Geelong assistant coach and Senior Coach candidate Steven King at the Cats’ training session this morning.
Our thoughts are with Steven, his family and the Geelong Football Club. Steven's health is the priority, and we wish him a speedy recovery.”

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7 minutes ago, Heart Beats True said:

Leading WC coaching candidate Steven King collapsed at Cats training this morning. Hope he’s alright. Interestingly WC put out the following statement.

“The West Coast Eagles are aware of a medical episode involving Geelong assistant coach and Senior Coach candidate Steven King at the Cats’ training session this morning.
Our thoughts are with Steven, his family and the Geelong Football Club. Steven's health is the priority, and we wish him a speedy recovery.”

Being sympathetic is the least the Eagles could do given they dragged him across the country in prelim week.

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4 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Being sympathetic is the least the Eagles could do given they dragged him across the country in prelim week.

The drive down to the Cattery was probably more taxing than a flight to Perth.

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On 20/09/2024 at 14:28, DeeSpencer said:

Being sympathetic is the least the Eagles could do given they dragged him across the country in prelim week.


Very sad to hear that about King.
Sniff sniff. Hope he’s ok.

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