West Coast’s season is on the crossroads after a 45-point drubbing by the hands of Collingwood, and Adam Simpson stated the Eagles gained’t get far on present kind.
The Eagles have been on the tip of a black and white landslide within the first half, going to the principle break 50 factors down, finally pulling the margin again to 45-points.
“We have to take a look at it and undergo the sport and handle it with the gamers,” Simpson stated.
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“The season continues to be alive, we’re nonetheless there abouts, however we’re not going to get far if we play like that.
“We have to personal it and get higher actual fast, or we gained’t get far in any respect.”
There was a sense of guilt and disappointment within the West Coast rooms after the Eagles have been embarrassed in Shannon Hurn’s three hundredth sport in opposition to Collingwood, Adam Simpson stated.
Simpson stated the Eagles had let their captain down.
“There’s slightly little bit of guilt for a participant that’s served us so effectively for therefore a few years and performed his function once more in the present day,” he stated.
“We’re disenchanted, disenchanted on his behalf and disenchanted for our members and followers with how we performed.”
The Eagles coach wouldn’t allude as to if a change of system or personnel was wanted, however stated a breakdown of system was partly responsible for the facet’s poor exhibiting.
“The second quarter was actually disappointing, defensively poor and offensively there have been some poor selections made as effectively after which we have been chasing our tails for the remainder of the day,” he stated.
“The failure to execute our directions, clearly they have been controlling the ball a bit with uncontested marks, I believed our transition was poor and we bought outrun.”
Liam Ryan gained’t return subsequent week, whereas Luke Shuey and Tom Barrass are outdoors possibilities, in response to Simpson.
Collingwood gave its followers a scrumptious style of the long run and West Coast an anxious subsequent three weeks on the again of a 45-point smashing.
The Pies’ quicker and braver ball use beneath Robert Harvey was on full present, proudly owning the hall and opening up their ahead 50, taking 18 marks inside 50.
Collingwood was capable of management the ball and confirmed West Coast up with its superior work price across the floor on their option to 155 uncontested marks.
Whereas West Coast’s destiny stays in their very own fingers, they face a nervy few weeks forward with GWS, Richmond, Essendon and Carlton pushing for his or her spot contained in the top-eight.
Collingwood bought its customary bounce on the Eagles within the first quarter on the again of courageous and exact ball motion.
The Pies regarded inside at any time when they might, however importantly didn’t use the hall for the sake of it. Stand-in skipper Steele Sidebottom, Jamie Elliott, Will Hoskin-Elliott kicked targets earlier than Jack Ginnivan nailed a 50-metre bomb for the primary targets of his profession to provide Collingwood a 21-point quarter-time lead.
If Pies supporters thought they have been in dreamland within the first quarter they hadn’t seen something but.
Collingwood performed its greatest footy of the season throughout a six objective to 1 second time period.
Stalwarts Taylor Adams, Jack Crisp and Steele Sidebottom, who had 11 touches within the second quarter, have been all an excessive amount of for the Eagles’ midfielders to deal with, but it surely was the Collingwood youngsters who at occasions stole the present.
A superbly weighted Finlay Macrae left foot go to Brody Mihocek landed between 4 gamers the place solely the Magpie ahead may mark it, whereas a Ginnivan go to Ollie Henry inside 50 resulted in a objective for Collingwood. Add Trent Bianco’s objective and Isaac Quaynor’s rebound from 50 and it was the proper black and white quarter.
The younger Pies drained within the second half as West Coast added some respectability to the scoreboard, kicking 5 of the final eight targets.