Calls for West Coast coach Adam Simpson to be sacked are getting louder after the battling AFL membership’s newest heavy loss on Saturday.
In an period when AFL forwards are hardly ever kicking large luggage of objectives, Carlton’s Charlie Curnow kicked 10 majors within the Blues’ 21.14 (140) to 10.9 thrashing at Marvel Stadium.
It was West Coast’s sixteenth consecutive defeat, a streak that features 4 losses by over 100 factors.
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The Swans’ 171-point belting in spherical 15 and Adelaide’s 122-point mauling in spherical 13, when Taylor Walker additionally kicked 10 objectives, are amongst that horror run.
The Eagles’ board has often backed the embattled Simpson, however there has to come back a breaking level because the losses mount up for this once-proud membership.
Carlton kicked 59 factors within the first time period, their highest opening time period at Marvel Stadium and equal-fourth highest ever.
All up, the Blues kicked 9 objectives to nil in that opening time period, with West Coast restricted to simply two behinds.
The hosts then stretched their result in 82 factors on the lengthy break as fears of one other absolute belting firmed.
A collection of Carlton accidents then helped West Coast present a modicum of competitiveness within the third time period, kicking three objectives to 2 for the quarter and one other 5 within the remaining time period so as to add some gloss to the ultimate scoreline.
But there was no hiding one other dreadful outing by the Eagles, particularly on the street.
It led to some followers asking for Simpson to be sacked as early as halftime of Saturday’s match, with the top coach trending on Twitter.
“Coaching, definitely, is obviously part of my job, but we’re rebuilding a list,” Simpson stated after the sport.
“So (we’re) finding opportunities for our younger players, growing our list with experience, getting the best out of our senior players.
“That’s obviously my job. We are working through a new era, we are at the start.”
Simpson additionally conceded the primary quarter had been “a killer”.
“The start, again, it’s a killer for us,” he stated. “When you’re a travelling side and we lost (Tom) Barass (to injury) before the game, to give up nine goals, 10 goals at quarter-time, the game’s over.
“It’s not the first time it’s happened so we keep digging to work our way through it, but it’s pretty frustrating for all of us.”
The Eagles received a premiership as not too long ago as 2018, after they beat Collingwood in an absorbing grand remaining.
But they’ve skilled a dramatic slide since then, successful 10 video games in 2021 to overlook the finals for the primary time in seven seasons.
They slumped to simply two wins in 2022 and at present prop up the ladder with a horrendous 1-16 win-loss report.
That sole victory got here in opposition to Greater Western Sydney in Perth in spherical two.
Coincidentally, West Coast’s subsequent match is in opposition to North Melbourne, one other workforce struggling a equally dismal season.
The Kangaroos, who surprisingly received their opening two fixtures of the season in opposition to West Coast and Fremantle, have misplaced their final 15 video games in succession.
If North is unable to beat St Kilda on Sunday, we’ll be left with the beautiful state of affairs of two groups using 16-match dropping streaks coming face to face.
The Roos do have some good news on the horizon, with head coach Alastair Clarkson set to return to his function for the spherical 21 conflict with Melbourne in Hobart.
Source: www.news.com.au
