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Ridersonthestorm33
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Might as well get the WAFL up again after 2 rounds to see if any interest on PTT apart from me and @Village Kid!
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So far into 2019 Subiaco looks the team to beat, on their way towards a winning streak as long as Winx and Black Caviar put together. However feel Claremont are going to give them a fright somewhere along the line.
They are the only two teams that can win it, great to see Perth continue to improve and definetly good enough to finally make the finals. A home final at Lathlain Park would be well deserving for them.
Peel Thunder and West Coast Eagles could be topsy turvy all season, as seen so far.
South Fremantle have had plenty of chances and don't look quite as strong this year but should be a part of the finals.
West Perth also will be about the place but will struggle against the Lions and Tigers.
The other three Swan Districts, East Perth and East Fremantle unfortunately will be holding the ladder up as they all fight to avoid a wooden spoon with the Sharks being the favourites to be the cellar dwellers.
Say unfortunately because the WAFL badly needs those three well supported traditional clubs to be doing well.
Subi and Claremont the two lowest supported teams to dominate the competition.
Premiership winner - Claremont.
Best outsider for flag - West Coast Eagles.
Wooden Spoon - East Perth or East Fremantle
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So far into 2019 Subiaco looks the team to beat, on their way towards a winning streak as long as Winx and Black Caviar put together. However feel Claremont are going to give them a fright somewhere along the line.
They are the only two teams that can win it, great to see Perth continue to improve and definetly good enough to finally make the finals. A home final at Lathlain Park would be well deserving for them.
Peel Thunder and West Coast Eagles could be topsy turvy all season, as seen so far.
South Fremantle have had plenty of chances and don't look quite as strong this year but should be a part of the finals.
West Perth also will be about the place but will struggle against the Lions and Tigers.
The other three Swan Districts, East Perth and East Fremantle unfortunately will be holding the ladder up as they all fight to avoid a wooden spoon with the Sharks being the favourites to be the cellar dwellers.
Say unfortunately because the WAFL badly needs those three well supported traditional clubs to be doing well.
Subi and Claremont the two lowest supported teams to dominate the competition.
Premiership winner - Claremont.
Best outsider for flag - West Coast Eagles.
Wooden Spoon - East Perth or East Fremantle
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My thoughts on the five WAFL games - but don't take them as gospel - have seen many an upset in the WAFL over the years.
Subiaco v West Coast Eagles - Subi could win this easily, they often rise to the occasion in these types of big games - however don't be surprised if the Eagles pull off the boil over!
This is a tricky game - could be way out here but Eagles to provide the surprise win by 3 points.
Peel Thunder v East Fremantle...the Sharks finished all over Peel to upset them last year. On paper Peel comfortably, but could be a bit closer than expected. The Thunder by 28 points.
East Perth v Claremont - good win by the Royals over the Black Ducks but they won't be winning this one. Claremont to lead from go to whoa and win by 55 points.
Swan Districts v Perth - the Demons are on fire! These two teams nearly always have a great clash, it's at Bassendean, but Perth will be warm favourites. They wouldn't have started faves at Basso too often for along time, the Demons to win this one but can envisage an upset looming!
Perth by 17 points.
South Fremantle v West Perth - when these two play each other always difficult to pick. Will go for the Bulldogs at home they'll be faves and should win, not totally convinced though!
South Fremantle by 13 points.
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Also 2010 is much more recent when Swan Districts "stole" the premiership away from Claremont on the back of the greatest performance in any WAFL game I've seen - Andrew Krakouer. Be shaking the head at his b.o.g. for along time to come.
Can just remember Billy Walker playing - picture him at Bassendean, jet black slick back hair, socks up. He must have been right at the end of his career but my goodness he looked a footballer.
I liked Greg Walker as a footballer VK, was rapt he won the Simpson Medal - you can't buy them at Coles! Was a better player than a few gave him credit for.
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Dean & Brett Farmer also - Dean was a very good ruckman and looked to have great potential. Brett though completely different type of footballer - not fast, but a real goal sneak who could read the play exceptionally well - he would have a few quiet games down at Tigerland but plenty more where he'd kick a packet of goals.
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Exactly as the Tiger's have a ten goal better team this coming round!
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Look this very morning was just talking to somebody who said that several years ago something went wrong with his car - not quite sure what it was now, but had to be moved or something like that and Ron Boucher was their to help - he said he lifted it!! Haha I believe him.
VK not all the time as you would know did Swans have the wood on Claremont because recall listening to a very big game ( before the Eagles debut year of 87 ) from Bassendean oval and think Swans would've been favourites and remarkably Steve Malaxos and think Brett Farmer kicked about 15 goals between the two of them.
Steve Malaxos was a bit of forward pocket specialist when first starting at Claremont. What a wonderful tigerish footballer he became, finished playing up the field and backline too.
Great player - controversially late in his career dropped for a game at the Eagles, pretty sure a final.
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The very best though was gaining a victory over East Fremantle or South Fremantle at their home grounds - or perhaps one thing better - and that was knocking over the college boys Claremont - anywhere! Haha
Coming to think of it...a win over West Perth at Leederville Oval was pretty good too. It was suburban warfare.
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Subi, Claremont, Perth had their fervent support base too, just not quite as many, but when apart of finals they definetly grew!
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A different type of coach that fellow - hard to knock though - he took the Crow's to two premierships when underdogs both times - against St Kilda and North Melbourne.
Was actually the last playing coach in the AFL or VFL as it was known back then - North Melbourne 1981.
By the end of 1981 Barry Cable had replaced the mercurial Blight as coach.
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The Geelong teams that Blight coached - nearly always in the finals and Grand Finals, couldn't crack one but how good were they to watch ?!! He let them attack and run amuck - still keeping the other team to a lesser score more often than not.
If Blighty was over attacking, well it's gone to the other extreme today.
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Make no mistake the Eagles maybe up and down all year in the WAFL but if they make the five and bearing in mind the senior side will go deep into September which will make every squad member available to play in the WAFL finals then they are a sneaky chance!
Subi - Claremont - Smokey - West Coast.
Great idea West Coast coming in - get some spite back into the comp! Eight other traditional teams ( exclude Peel ) will love to compete against them and beat them! Some old fashioned WAFL supporters too.
Docker's and Eagles should've always had their own team in the WAFL exactly as Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide have done for years.
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If that's the case ( injuries can put a halt to it though ) then expect West Coast to be a hope. ( If they make the five ).
Going on the SANFL the Eagles ( and Peel ) will very rarely dominate - most years lately the Crows and Port reserve's have hardly put a dent in the comp, think there have been occasions where both have missed the finals.
Think in the WAFL the Eagles so far have only required two or three top up players, but if that figure gets to six or seven then things get tougher.
The crowd at Lathlain Park to see Perth run all over West Coast was about 4,000 - very good and a Demon's house!
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Swans v Claremont - with star studded teams even caught my immagination and the commentators at the game were having a great time! A few arguments going on between them too. Yes she must have been wild at Bassendean that day.
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Always interesting to read, sometimes even a veiled shot at the umpires haha. Now it was either John Todd or Mal Brown but think Toddy who would 100% of the time say "no comment" week after week all season, then lo and behold after one game he actually said something more detailed ...."My wife told me to make a comment - we lost".
Haha think that's just classic. Never forgotten it. Was either Todd or Brown - can't imagine Browny shutting up for that long so leaning to JT!
On rare occasions one of the coaches in the "coaches comments" section would have a shot at the other coach or opposition player. Suburban Warfare at its best.
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The questions fired at an injured Luke Hodge the other night - I mean seriously - but of course that's cutting edge material - where in actual fact - coaches press conference and the Luke Hodge interview - inane question after inane question - yep real cutting edge, most I know actually turn the sound down - that's how bad they are.