West Coast coach Adam Simpson has delivered a blunt reminder that the Eagles nonetheless have quite a lot of work to do regardless of lastly exhibiting a glimpse of their long-promised faster sport fashion.
The Eagles broke a nine-month winless drought with a 14.16 (100) to 11.15 (81) win over Greater Western Sydney at Optus Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Their first win since spherical 15 of final season was on the again of an eight-goal second time period, the place West Coast noticeably performed with extra dare and sprint than up to now few years.
And whereas Simpson acknowledged it was a step in the fitting route, he was not getting caught up within the jubilation of the victory.
“It’s just a brutal competition … we can’t bask in the glory of the second quarter,” Simpson mentioned.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do but they got a chance to express what we’ve been working on off the back of winning some contests and stoppages and good players playing well.
“We’ve seen a lot of those signs over summer, but we haven’t really brought it together and we’re still a fair way off in a lot of areas but it was good to get a bit of reward on the scoreboard for some of the things we’re working on.”
Slightly beneath 24 hours after Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir dominated out Nat Fyfe (foot)for the Western Derby, Simpson gave extra dangerous news, saying Nic Naitanui (Achilles) and Elliot Yeo (calf) had been extra “unlikely than likely” to play.
Surprisingly, the Eagles head into the competition increased on the ladder with the Dockers feeling the pinch after a shocking 0-2 begin to their season.
Simpson wouldn’t purchase into any thought they had been beneath much less stress than their cross-town rivals.
“I don’t think this changes anything from what we do … there was a fair bit of criticism and noise, which we accept, we were disappointing last week, but it just doesn’t change,” Simpson mentioned.
“I try not to adapt to wins and losses too much. I’ve had no choice, I’ve had a lot of losses. I’ve tried to stay glass half-full.
“We are setting ourselves up for the longer term. So win, lose or draw next week we’re trying to build a baseline, get some talent through our list, expose some kids and get our leaders to play as good as they can at the same time.
“That’s our plan, so next week is really important, but it’s not grand final week.”
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