Round 8: West v Glenelg - Saturday 24 May @ City Mazda Stadium

West v Glenelg

Saturday 24 May
City Mazda Stadium

Reseves: 11:25am
League: 2:10pm

Last Week
West 8.5.53 lost to Sturt 20.12.132 @ Envestra Park
Glenelg 13.8.86 d Centrals 12.8.80 @ Gliderol Stadium

Last Time They Met
West 19.16.130 d Glenelg 8.8.56 @ Gliderol Stadium

Ladder Position
West 7th 2-5 44.80%
Glenelg 9th 2-5 39.13%

West are coming off a big loss at Unley, while Glenelg are coming off a thrilling win at Glenelg. Who will win at Richmond this week?

I said if Glenelg couldn't atone for their deplorable performance the week before, they were finished.

The same applies to West this week.

Injuries could weaken West even further, but they need to win this one.

West, only because it's a home ground advantage, nothing else.

Glenelg to win by 3-4 goals.

Bloods to bounce back

i saw both teams last week, we were obviously competitive, desperate & also a bit scrappy skill wise but the team is starting to click/gel nicely, on the other hand West were competitive for the first 3 minutes & after that they were woeful & had they not put 3 back in defence to stem the bleeding the margin would have been over 100 points, yes i'd expect West to come out with a response but i can't see them turning it around in one week, bays by 5 or 6 goals

You could have said the same about Glenelg the week before, Bayman.

They came out and won the next week,

Westies to win.

The Bays in a close one by 2 goals

bays by 42 pts

Season's first draw

redandblack wrote:You could have said the same about Glenelg the week before, Bayman.

They came out and won the next week,

Westies to win.

the only difference is against the Eagles i expected a result of that nature, last week i didn't, see you there   

Look forward to catching up, mate.   

West by 42

West to win at home, if not finals hopes are gone.

Well Done Aaron Fielke on his 100th game tomorrow

Thiele wrote:Well Done Aaron  Fielke on his 100th game tomorrow

is he playing for sure ?


good luck to him, he is a good player

bayman wrote:

Thiele wrote:Well Done Aaron  Fielke on his 100th game tomorrow

is he playing for sure ?


good luck to him, he is a good player

He was named in the side

Congrats to Fielke he is a very important player for us.

Fielke now the 5th player wearing number nine to clock 100 league games - On the changeroom boards with his name amongst other legends. Well done Fielks

This was a total domination by West, except for a few minutes here and there. Some important positional changes by Mark Mickan paid dividends, but it was West's pressure on the ball carrier that created turnovers and interceptions that led to goals.

It was a nervous first quarter for West in one sense. Five minutes before quarter time they had dominated the game, but led 1.10 to 1.1. From that time, they kicked 20.13 to 7.2.

West's defence repelled the infrequent Glenelg attacks, except for the third quarter, and their run and carry caused Glenelg constant grief. Jonno Beech, surely in the top echelon of SANFL players, was a constant danger in attack and kicked 4 goals, while Kurt Thompson totally blanketed Ruory Kirkby and gave quick run from defence, while Taite Silverlock continued his good form and was dangerous all day.

Glenelg had a ruck problem. Daniel Webb jumped all over Jones and Glenelg rucked Gamble (I think?), but West dominated the clearances.

It was a comprehensive win and West suddenly find themselves in the five. Take out their poor performance last week against Sturt and their recent form has been good.

With some returning players after the bye, they have the chance to consolidate that position, or better.

I thought it was a great effort after last week's thrashing to come out and completely dominate yesterdays game.

We should have won by more but bad kicking for goal prevented that but I will take a 98 point win any day.

Certainly a great turn around by us after last weeks performance.
We also have a number of players to come back into the side including
Hardy,Birss,Still,Anderson and Bricknell all of whom would be in our starting 21 when fit

Middleton is another on the injured list along with Bennett but they would be hard pressed to break in the best 21 if the ones lachlan mentioned are fit - I guess Hayes is on the outer again with his hiccup yesterday too > Good time for the bye

this was the worst ''performance'' I've seen since we played Norwood at the bay in 1997 (I think) yes that was worse than the 1 goal disaster, that day I thought we had a team that didn't try & today we didn't try apart from the first 5 minutes of the third term, I said West were woeful last week we looked even worse today, we were black & gold training cones for Westies today, why would players do a pre season, train most nights of the week & then appear to go through the motions during a match ? rather than show intensity, effort & an actual caring for themselves, their team mates & their/our club.................the team has shown in two matches this year that they can work hard & gain the rewards from it, this should be happening every week win, lose or draw

I'm not sure what the right word is but i'll say it was a TOTALLY EMBARRASSING & DEPLORABLE EFFORT TODAY


well done to Westies' for their response after their dismal effort last week

Bayman, you are no orphan.

Us loyal Southies have seen and experienced the same thing many times in many seasons.