The Soaring

Flying High with the West Coast Eagles

At the halfway stage

The top 100 Eagles statistically at the halfway stage (roughly) of the 2006 season: GOALS (1. Brendan Fevola Carlton 48 ) 24. Quinten Lynch West Coast Eagles 21 36. Andrew Embley West Coast Eagles 16 50. Adam Hunter West Coast Eagles 14 51. Brent Staker West Coast Eagles 14 52. Daniel Chick ...

Reflections

On a different note altogether, what a bugger of a week for the Dream Team. Juddy's out as we know, but so is ball magnet Lenny Hayes, as well as rookie bargain Dale Thomas. And on top of that the prolific Luke Hodge is suspect with a hammy!! I'm stuffed! Now, back ...

I’m back

Round 8 review coming soon...

The Oracle of Dunstall

It's early days I know, but this article carries the author's name as "Jason Dunstall, Hawthorn Legend" and then produces the following under the title: Dockers may be best from west While the innovative tactics will still play their part, key marking forwards Matthew Pavlich, Luke McPharlin and Justin Longmuir ensure that ...

From the vaults of the internet

A blast from the past. Who is this? Absolute superstar in the making -- if he's not there already -- and one of the most effective players in the competition. It's hard to say whether it's his great skills or ideal temperament that have made him the player he has become ...

Why so quiet?

Yes, I realise things have been a bit quiet around these parts of late. It is in part due to the curse of the season (and no, that wasn't entirely a dig at Christmas and what it does to shopping centres), and it's partly due to me taking some time ...

Ex-Eagle treats top tenor

Luciano Pavarotti, opera belter and extremely large unit to boot, whilst recently in Perth for a concert managed to have some trouble with his (long suffering) back. In his time of need on the west coast who did he turn to but none other than former Eagles player, runner and ...

All is quiet on the December front

Whilst the media swallow the excitement of the Docker's off-field success, the Eagles have been taking a quiet backseat. No one's interested in yet another Eagle's profit, I guess. By the way, we have some new players on our list for 06. Why not acquaint yourself with two of them, Shannon ...

West Coast Young Guns DVD

My net travels brought me across the path of the new West Coast Young Guns DVD. Not sure how recent it is, but I certainly haven't come across it before. Can anyone recommend it? Would make a perfect Christmas present for the docker's supporter in your family.

A dog of a Judd

Meet Chris Judd, the (female) sheep puppy from Mywee, Victoria. Apparently, she can run 36km/hr. Let's see the turtles catch this Judd...

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 ...