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14/09/2026

🤦‍♂️ WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?

Adam Simpson now says West Coast “left our run a little bit too late” in the pursuit of Luke Jackson.

And I’m sitting here thinking…

Doesn’t that basically sum up West Coast over the last 6–7 years?

Too late. Too conservative. Too comfortable. Waiting instead of acting.

Imagine Luke Jackson in this current young West Coast side. Would he have fixed everything? Of course not. But that’s not really my point.

My question is why do we continually seem to arrive late to the party?

For years we’ve watched opportunities pass, decisions drag on and other clubs move aggressively while we seemingly sit back and wait.

And that’s why this upcoming off-season matters.

We have young talent. We have money. We have one of the biggest clubs in the competition.

So BE AGGRESSIVE.

Don’t just tell supporters we’re rebuilding. Show us.

Because eventually “we left our run too late” stops being an explanation and starts becoming a pattern.

And that pattern has been West Coast’s story for far too long.

Am I being too harsh, or does Simmo’s admission frustrate you too? 🦅💙💛

13/09/2026

When people tell me, you need to start supporting Western Australia teams 🖕

You know why now.

12/09/2026

😂 LEAKED FROM THE EAGLES GROUP CHAT… 👀📱

Oscar Allen couldn’t help himself. 😂

A little message to his old teammates while they’re watching finals from home…

“Hey boys… how’s your final going?” 😎

Settle down, Oscar. You haven’t won anything yet! 😂😂

All jokes aside, good luck to the former Eagle.

But I reckon that message would get him removed from the group chat pretty quickly. 🤣🦅💙💛

12/09/2026

Well done to our Women’s Team on their first win of the season! 🎉👏 Hopefully this is the first of many more wins to come!
And yes, Tom Shiyoya … that also means the burpees are officially back! 😂💪

12/09/2026

Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles’ travel routines got shown to be first class after NFL experience

Craig O'Donoghue The West Australian

Sat, 12 September 2026 4:00AM

Seeing the LA Rams’ extraordinary travel plans come crashing down around them in front of more than 100,000 people at the MCG on Friday would have been music to the ears of Fremantle and West Coast, and a reminder that travel sacrifices are worth the effort when it comes to professional sport.

You can guarantee that key figures from both clubs would have pondered, either out loud or to themselves, whether they would change their travel schedule if the Rams had won convincingly at the MCG on Friday - after only landing in Australia on Thursday morning.

Both of our clubs have been leaving Perth two days before their game for decades. That’s based on scientific research which says you should give yourself one day for each hour of time difference you are trying to adjust to. And the Eagles and Dockers should be extremely pleased that their routines stood up against the test of international sport.

Clearly nether LA or San Francisco were going to fly 17 days early to cover off the 17-hour time difference. But San Francisco spent over a week in Melbourne. They gave themselves a chance. And that’s why the Dockers and Eagles fly early too.

There were several clear differences between what our clubs experience and what the Americans were preparing for. The starting time of the game as the biggest of those.

The game started at 5.30pm LA time. It was 10.30am in Melbourne but kick-off was based on when games are played in the States.

Both teams posted images of players leaving the hotel or arriving at the MCG shortly before 8am. That’s really early for professional sport.

So while the Rams didn’t arrive in Melbourne until 6am on Thursday, they never planned to treat it like a normal day. They went to bed when the rest of Victoria was having dinner, woke up in the middle of the night and gave themselves heaps of time to go through their normal game day routines.

The 49ers didn’t have to worry about jet lag. But they did have to adjust to playing sport before lunch. That challenge was real. But it didn’t prove to be a genuine problem.

Los Angeles’ travel plans were also based around their game next week. By remaining on US time, they won’t have to re-adjust when they get home. Their bodies won’t have changed at all. The 49ers will have to adjust. Time will tell if that is an issue.

Spending an extra day on the road becomes hard over the course of a season, but it allows the Eagles and Dockers to have a quality build up to their games.

They get to train interstate, and usually get the opportunity to hold that session at the venue they will be playing at.

Unlike NFL where the field remains the same regardless of location, our stadiums are different dimensions. The conditions change dramatically at some venues compared to here in Perth.

It doesn’t feel realistic for the Dockers and Eagles to fly the day before a game. Even if they left Perth at 9am, they wouldn’t land in Melbourne until 2.30pm. the best case scenario would be for them to get to a training venue by 3.30pm and start their Captain’s Run at 4pm. They’d lose the entire day and achieve barely anything. And it takes even longer to travel to some cities.

It’s way easier for teams on the east coast to have meetings in the morning, catch an afternoon flight to Perth which picks up time along the way and then spend just 15 minutes driving straight to Optus Stadium for a light training session. That’s the standard routine for clubs coming here.

It’s telling though that both Hawthorn and Geelong flew over two days before their finals. They didn’t want to feel rushed in any way.

Even though the Rams landed in Melbourne on the day before the game, they landed at about 6am. They still had time to go to the MCG and experience the conditions. They also had time to train at Marvel Stadium and hold a press conference.

Despite all that, they were still beaten 27-7 after entering the match as clear favourites with bookmakers. They lost the PR battle too because Melbourne turned into a sea of red after San Francisco embraced and took over the city. Sports fans appreciated the effort they put in.

Preparation matters. You would rather arrive early and feel totally ready than attempt to travel later and then feel rushed.

We’ve seen a lack of preparation hurt an international team.

The cricket world laughed at England for playing a three-day game against what was basically their Second XI at Lilac Hill instead of a proper warm up match at a Test venue against quality opposition.

England didn’t give themselves the chance to experience the bouncy pitches in Australia against quality opposition and paid a massive price.

So expect Fremantle and West Coast to keep travelling two days before games, keep spending more time away from their families and doing whatever they can to be successful. They’re prepared to make the sacrifices that are required to win instead of taking shortcuts.

11/09/2026

F🦅CK CATS. YOU HAD ONE JOB TO DO, AND YOU FAILED WA 🤬

11/09/2026

WHEN DID WEST COAST BECOME A COACHING SCHOOL? 🤔🦅

Another former player potentially entering the coaching system, and I have to ask:

How many people do we need learning their trade at West Coast at the same time?

Luke Shuey. Shannon Hurn. Others coming through without long coaching résumés.

They may all have brilliant football brains and eventually become outstanding coaches. That isn’t the point.

My question is: where is the proven experience around Mini?

Mini himself is still developing as a senior coach. So surely you surround him with experienced assistants who have spent years in successful AFL coaching systems — people who have been in the box when games are tight and know how to respond when momentum changes.

We had several close games this year that got away from us. Players obviously carry responsibility, but experience in the coaches’ box matters too.

This is West Coast Eagles. One of the biggest clubs in Australian football.

We should be developing coaches — but we shouldn’t have an entire coaching box developing at the same time.

Bring in some proven football brains to complement the young ones.

Are we building the right coaching team around Mini, or have we got too many people learning on the job? 👇🦅💙💛

11/09/2026

😂 Alright Eagles fans… it’s decision time.

We always say THE WEST IS OURS… but does that mean we actually have to support the other mob? 👀😂

I’ll admit it — there would be something beautifully entertaining about watching the Shockers go out in straight sets. 🤣

But maybe some of you are more patriotic than me and want a WA team to keep going.

So who are you backing today?

🟣 Dockers — support the West
🔵 Cats — straight sets would be too funny 😂

And give me your prediction — who wins and by how much? 👇

10/09/2026

DO WE GIVE MATT FLYNN ONE MORE YEAR? 👀🦅

This is an interesting one.

We’ve got Bailey Williams and young Cooper Duff-Tytler coming through. But Cooper is still developing — and what happens if Bailey gets injured?

Do we really want a young ruckman carrying that responsibility almost alone?

Or does West Coast give Matt Flynn another one-year deal as experienced insurance while Cooper develops?

It’s a rebuild, so list spots matter. But so does protecting young players and having depth.

What would you do?

👍 ONE MORE YEAR
👎 MOVE ON

You’re the list manager. Make the call. 💙💛

10/09/2026

West Coast coach Andrew McQualter says work ethic of Eagles ‘wasn’t at the highest level’ when he assumed job

Josh Kempton The West Australian

Wed, 9 September 2026 4:22PM

Andrew McQualter says West Coast’s culture has sharply improved after revealing he found the work ethic of their playing group “wasn’t at the highest level” when he assumed the coaching role.

It comes as the Eagles boss admitted he held some initial concerns over Harley Reid and Willem Duursma living together before acknowledging the move had proven to be hugely beneficial for both of his young superstars.

After winning only a solitary game in McQualter’s first season in charge last year, West Coast entered 2026 with the competition’s youngest and least-experienced list.

They went on to notch four victories, but closed out their campaign on an 11-game losing streak.

McQualter said he was bullish the Eagles had now assembled a core capable of lifting them into premiership contention, and credited their younger contingent for being at the forefront of a lift in their standards.

“Losing’s hard, and it takes an enormous amount of effort from an enormous amount of people to get out of the position we found ourselves in,” McQualter said on the club’s Coast to Coast podcast.

“You’ve got to love turning up to work. You’ve got to walk into the building and make it a fun place to be, but underpinned by hard work and determination to get better.

“That probably wasn’t at the highest level when I got into this job, if I’m being honest. For whatever reason, that had slipped, but we’re building that back up now.

“We get the (AFL Players Association) survey results around your culture, that’s feedback from the players, and we’ve made enormous strides in the last two years.

“The evidence tells you you need to be a top-four to top-six cultural environment to be a winning team. We’ve got some work to do to get there, but we’re definitely making progress.”

Helping lead the charge for the young Eagles is Duursma, who finished third in the AFL’s Rising Star award following an encouraging debut campaign.

Rather than complete the traditional arrangement of living with a host family as he started life with the Eagles, Duursma moved in with his fellow regional Victoria product Reid — who he held a pre-existing relationship with — after being taken with the first pick in last year’s draft.

Reid produced a career-best season in his third year at AFL level, winning his first John Worsfold Medal as West Coast’s best and fairest player while showcasing some improved on-field maturity.

McQualter said his reservations over the living arrangement quickly faded once he witnessed the “special connection” between the pair.

“These guys are 18, being ripped out of their family homes to move across the country, and then (have to) go figure it out as a professional athlete. The ask is enormous, what our industry asks of young people,” McQualter said.

“We spent a fair bit of time in the pre-Christmas period working through with Harley and Willem whether it was going to be the best decision. It’s turned out to be a brilliant one.

“I think it’s been a massive reason for Harley maturing the way he’s matured this year. He’s taken on an added responsibility of being Willem’s big brother, father figure, whatever you want to look at it as.

“Willem’s still 18 and figuring some things out himself, but Harley’s helping him and Harley’s taken responsibility for him.

“For the Eagles fans, we’re hoping these two, they provide us 15 years of great memories. You can see them already forming a connection on-field, and they’re going to be pretty special over the next little while.”

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