Eagles v Sturt July 13 Maughan Thiem Kia oval

Seconds 11.30 am
League 2.10 pm

I’ll be captain obvious here we must win this game hopefully play better than last weeks game

Luke Thompson will play his 250th SANFL game on Saturday against Sturt.

Since debuting in 2010 (Rd. 2 vs Port Adelaide at Woodville Oval), Thommo has put together a CV that is nothing short of legendary:
• Captain: 2015-2022 (8 years)
• Longest serving WWTFC Captain
• 3 x Premierships 2011, 2020, 2021
• 2 x Premiership Captain 2020, 2021
• 3 x State games 2016, 2018, 2021
• 7 x Club Life Governors Award
• 4 x SANFL Team Of The Year 2015-2018
• SANFL Team Of The Year Captain 2017
• SANFL Team Of The Year V/Captain 2018
• WWTFC Stairway Of Champions inductee

#EaglesWWTFC #TogetherWeFly #OneClubOneCulture

Sam Rowland is an Eagles junior that came though our Centre Of Excellence program, and is part of an exclusive club of players that has played in U/18s, Reserves, and League Premierships with our Football Club.

Rowla will play his 150th League game for the Eagles on Saturday against Sturt:
• Debut - Round 12, 2015 vs West Adelaide
• 2 x Premierships 2020, 2021
• 1 x State Game 2021
• Bob Quinn Medal (ANZAC Day) 2021
• Club Vice Captain 2023, 2024 
 
#EaglesWWTFC #TogetherWeFly #OneClubOneCulture

Interesting team this week no outs yet . I’ll post the team when I can

EAGLES
League
F: Beattie, Menzel, Goldsworthy
HF: McKay, Ballenden, Buck
C: McFarlane, Rowe, Rowland
HB: Morris, Fleeton, Sinor
B: Litster, Thompson, Moore
 
R: Redden, D’Aloia, Knight
INT: Wheare, West, Mawson, Firns, Neumann, Herbert, Lukac
IN: Lukac, Neumann, Mawson
MILESTONE: Luke Thompson (250 games), Sam Rowland (150 games)
 
Reserves
F: Nicholls, Blair, Mair
HF: Barkla, Cooke, Jackson
C: Davey, Hansen, McGrath
HB: Andrews, Ueding, Wollogorang
B: Tilbrook, Bruce, Angove
R: Boyd, Hann, Fairall
INT: Arthur, Toole, Dawkins, Watson
Under-18
F: Russell-Swansson, Gray, Peucker
HF: Sumner, Pearce, Ebert
C: Edwards, Phillipou, Sands
HB: Dodd, Kilpatrick, Cook
B: Hankins Delmenico Stockman
R: Hansen, Hasting, Schwarz
INT: Chalubek, Farrugia, Lucas, Parisi, Willmott
Under-16
F: Maddern, Dohnt, Zerella
HF: Madigan, Marshall-Bates, Lloyd
C: Szklarz, Stokes, Carey
HB: Trotter, Grieger, Buckskin
B: White, Clay, Scheuffele
R: Menta, Martin, Wolthers
INT: Daly, Franz, Henneker, Holdsworth, Quinton, Southwood, Sampson, Watson

Virtually an unchanged team from last week. Time to consolidate, work together, eliminate those passing errors and get the job done for Thomson and Rowla! You can do it!

Unfortunately, we're playing Sturt at their full strength - FaheySparkes, McFayden, Dakin and Breur return and immediately into their side. So they've got some depth considering they've been playing good footy without those players. And now they have them. For me, they're Premiership favourites just a little ahead of Norwood.

whybother wrote:So what has happened to #11, a new recruit this season. Tall guy that played in seconds last week.

Unless someone else is wearing 11 that number belongs to the ruck with the knee injury but I checked last weeks seconds it’s jack boyd he came to us with a knee injury he’s listed against Sturt seconds first ruck

Mickyj wrote:

whybother wrote:So what has happened to #11, a new recruit this season. Tall guy that played in seconds last week.

Unless someone else is wearing 11 that number belongs to the ruck with the knee injury but I checked last weeks seconds it’s jack boyd he came to us with a knee injury he’s listed against Sturt seconds first ruck

Would appear to a be a long, long way off league standard even despite a limited pre-season. Usually when its a fitness thing such players might play well for a quarter or have small bursts where they might do some nice things and it makes you think that there is someone to work with.

Not really seeing much to get excited by with him unfortunately.

What is this dumb footy style we are playing. Looking for a short pass all the time. We absolutely have no forward line.

Goddsy11 wrote:What is this dumb footy style we are playing. Looking for a short pass all the time. We absolutely have no forward line.

It was crap to watch at the ground our seconds players should be brought in .

Not much to get excited about today. Yes we have a go , yes we are lead to the ball , yes when we win it we give it straight back! The season is close but i do not think we have improved as the season has passed. Let us hope we make finals

5 straight goals in the last quarter! Only beaten by 8 points but we were outclassed much of the game. Their 14 points kept us in the game. That one umpire was pathetic and influenced the game far too much. Fahey-Sparkes scragged Reddo all game. Every ball up he had hold of Reddo’s guernsey!

We are so stagnant and tactically deficient.

whybother wrote:"We absolutely have no forward line."

True. Times up for Goldsworthy and Menzel. And one forward has 2 games, the other 4. And still we haven't seen a proper support ruck-man to help Big Red, releasing Ballenden to be a true CHF

Those 2 plus a couple of others need to be dropped.

Goddsy11 wrote:

whybother wrote:"We absolutely have no forward line."

True. Times up for Goldsworthy and Menzel. And one forward has 2 games, the other 4. And still we haven't seen a proper support ruck-man to help Big Red, releasing Ballenden to be a true CHF

Those 2 plus a couple of others need to be dropped.

How about wheare and west I know where kicked 2 in the last not much before

Mickyj wrote:

Goddsy11 wrote:

whybother wrote:"We absolutely have no forward line."

True. Times up for Goldsworthy and Menzel. And one forward has 2 games, the other 4. And still we haven't seen a proper support ruck-man to help Big Red, releasing Ballenden to be a true CHF

Those 2 plus a couple of others need to be dropped.

How about wheare and west I know where kicked 2 in the last not much before

yes

Something I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Rowe injured I think his knee in the last . Any clue on how he’s going ?

Mickyj wrote:Something I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Rowe injured I think his knee in the last . Any clue on how he’s going ?

Go away Micky. You have upset my Sunday lunch. That's big and will damage our season.

Goddsy11 wrote:

Mickyj wrote:Something I don’t think anyone’s mentioned Rowe injured I think his knee in the last . Any clue on how he’s going ?

Go away Micky. You have upset my Sunday lunch.   That's big and will damage our season.

Sorry Goddsy heard him swear and run off unaided

whybother wrote:Tch tch. Surely Rowe wouldn't swear.

Sturt players were all day lol 
Plus yelling out drag it in as the ump wasn’t paying holding the ball