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Flying High with the West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles - Round 16 Team

Suddenly our team is back looking like we know it and a typical Eagles v Swans encounter could well be back on the cards. Coming in to the side are: Cousins, Stenglein, Staker, Hansen and Kerr. Out go Morton (ankle), Chad Jones, Armstrong, McKenzie and McKinley. WEST COAST v SYDNEY Saturday, 5.40pm WST, ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 15 Team

More changes at the Eagles as we try to recapture some form and cover for injuries in the run home. As I predicted (ok, guessed) earlier in the week - Armstrong and Morton are back due to injuries to Fletcher and Wirrpanda. Graham is also out and makes way for ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 14 Team

One change for the Eagles - Chris Judd in, Stevie Armstrong out. I'll take it, even though it means no Ben Cousins, which is not a bad thing in my opinion. East Perth draftee Matthew Leuenberger has been named for his first game for Brisbane also. He is one of six ins ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 13 Team

More big changes for the Eagles side traveling to Adelaide to take on the Crows. Stenglein misses with injury further weakening the midfield, although Embley and Fletcher are returning. Also omitted in Morton and Staker with injury. Other ins are Chad Jones (named at Centre Half Forward), Armstrong, Brown and McKinley. ADELAIDE v ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 12 Team

Big changes at the West Coast Eagles after their mid-season break. Two out and five in the Sunday game at this stage and some changes which are likely to cause some stir. WEST COAST v St KILDA Sunday, 2:40pm WST, Subiaco WEST COAST B: Wirrpanda, Glass, B.Jones HB: Waters, Hunter, Selwood C: Rosa, Priddis, Braun HF: Stenglein, ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 11 Team

Friday Night at the Dome. Big stage and big game. It was great to hear some fighting words from Tony Micale in the lead up, saying the boys are up for it and ready to "make a statement". One change for the Eagles. Out goes the frenchman, Mark LeCras and in ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 10 Team

Two changes for the home game vs. the resurgent Kangaroos. Ashley Hansen is out with a finger injury (8 weeks approximately) and Steven Armstrong has been dropped. In come Mitch Brown for his fourth AFL game and Daniel Chick is in after being a late change last week. WEST COAST v ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 9 Team

One change for Saturday's game vs. Hawthorn in Launceston. Armstrong in, Kerr out. HAWTHORN v WEST COAST Saturday, 2.10pm AEST, Aurora Stadium HAWTHORN B: Brent Guerra, Stephen Gilham, Campbell Brown HB: Rick Ladson, Trent Croad, Grant Birchall C: Jordan Lewis, Sam Mitchell, Chance Bateman HF: Shane Crawford, Lance Franklin, Clinton Young F: Jarryd Roughead, Tim Boyle, Ben Dixon FOLL: ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 8 Team

The Eagles have added three names to the 22 that traveled to Geelong last weekend. In come Dean Cox, Chad Fletcher and Mitch Morton to the extended squad for the game vs. Melbourne. All three are on the bench along with the nervous likes of Armstrong, LeCras, Staker and Brown. WEST COAST ...

West Coast Eagles - Round 7 Team

The long bench has been added for the game in Geelong. As tipped here earlier in the week, Cox is out. Chad Fletcher is in line to make his long awaited return to the senior side and has been named along with round draft pick Mitch Brown, and Claremont youngsters ...

September 5th 2008
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Three Eagles Axed

Already out the door of the West Coast Eagles are three players from the 2008 list - Steven Armstrong, Chad Jones, and James Thomson. No surprise for Jones - when Notte was selected in front of him twice the writing was on the wall. Thomson is a chance to be relisted as ...
September 4th 2008
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My All Australian Team

The All Australian selectors have released their shortlist of 40 players vying for the 2008 All Australian team. In view of the fact our side is now on holidays I thought I'd put together my AA team from the shortlist. This is my preferred team, not necessarily who I think ...
September 3rd 2008
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End of the Road

That's it then. It's been a while since I posted here. A combination of a holiday, sickness and apathy caused by some insipid and uninspiring games. What can you say but I'm glad its over. Not sure if I've ever felt that way about a season before, at least not ...
July 31st 2008
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West Coast Eagles - Round 18 Team

No - none! - outs for this week's game v. Fremantle. Just the addition of Glass, Houlihan and Davis to the mix. West Coast Eagles B: Mark Nicoski, Darren Glass, Eric Mackenzie HB: Adam Selwood, Beau Wilkes, Andrew Embley C: Michael Braun, Brad Ebert, Tyson Stenglein HF: David Wirrpanda, Ashley Hansen, Steven Armstrong F: Mark LeCras, ...
July 31st 2008
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The Monday Expert Round 17 - West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda

Summary West Coast 2.3 6.5 9.11 15.13 (103) St Kilda 4.5 6.6 9.9 12.14 (86) I enjoyed this game more than any all year. It was a ripper. Maybe that's contributed to the long delay on writing this up - it was such sweet relief from 7 ...