We've got some finals silliness going on where 2 games from round 12 will be ran back in week 1 of the finals - of which West Coast and Carlton is one (North/Hawks the other).
West Coast are young as a whole but also have adequate experience in the form of Swanston 76 games, Smith 74, Gibson 71, Hooker 66 and even relatively younger players in Lewis 62 and Thomas 53 but also have a forward line of Riggs, Dalgleish and Painter on 10 games each.
They're probably a year or 2 away from truly contending but to go from 6 wins for season 2020/21/22/23 and then 4 and 6 wins respectively in 2024/25 shows the Daisy effect has been huge.
The Blues have also been a big improver this year increasing their scoring from 266 in 2024 to 554 in 2025, their scores against from 532 to 474 and their % of 50 to 116.9.
They totaled 83 scoring shots last year and surpassed that round 5 this year on their way to 164,shoeing the remarkable offensive improvement from the Blues this year.
Via the eye test they have also expanded their use of the ground from the skinny side only to the entire ground which every team should be trying to do (but a few refuse too!)
I had the Blues by 4 goals on the weekend and they did just that and I'll roll with that again in next weekend's game.
Today we look at:
- West Coast Needing 1 More Handball
- Carlton Width
- Lewis Running the Wrong Way Actually Helping the Eagles
- West Coast Team Defensive Breakdowns
- Fitzpatrick Run
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