West Coast coach Adam Simpson concedes his group took a step backwards within the 108-point mauling by the hands of Carlton, however he does not consider they gave up.
Star spearhead Charlie Curnow booted 9 objectives as Carlton crushed the Eagles 23.14 (152) to six.8 (44) in Saturday’s one-sided affair.
It was West Coast’s second heaviest defeat beneath Simpson, narrowly falling wanting the 109-point loss to Richmond in spherical seven final 12 months.
West Coast entered the match lacking 10 of their finest 22 gamers, with lots of them sidelined till the latter phases of the season.
The Eagles gained solely two video games final 12 months, and 2023 is shaping as much as be simply as painful.
Simpson reduce a deflated determine following the loss to Carlton, which despatched his group plummeting to the underside of the ladder with a 1-6 file and a proportion of simply 64.3.
“Unacceptable, not good enough, not happy. We need to be better. But we are aware of the big picture as well,” Simpson stated.
“I don’t think we’d ever say we gave up, but we got out-worked.
“We collapsed again on a number of the issues we have been doing up to now.
“I’m not surprised, but the way the game blew out I was really disappointed.
“We’ve been hanging in there and preventing for quarters right here and there, and our subsequent purpose was to struggle for 4 quarters and ship a win. We took a step backwards immediately.”
West Coast showed some important signs of improvement earlier this season, but the glut of injuries have now ruined their campaign.
“We’ve acquired 17 gamers unavailable for the time being, so the record is fairly arduous to guage for the time being,” Simpson stated.
“There is not loads coming again within the subsequent three or 4 weeks, so we have simply acquired to remain resilient.
“Accept the criticism, understand individually and collectively we weren’t good enough tonight, and we got beaten by a side that was pretty hungry and ruthless.”
Midfielder Dom Sheed (fractured larynx) is an opportunity to return for subsequent Saturday’s conflict with Richmond on the MCG.
But the likes of Nic Naitanui (6-7 weeks), Luke Shuey (3-4 weeks), Liam Ryan (9/11 weeks), Jeremy McGovern (6-7 weeks), Jamie Cripps (11-13 weeks), Tom Cole (TBC), and Elliot Yeo (2-3 weeks) stay sidelined.
Defender Rhett Bazzo has been added to the harm record after being concussed within the loss to Carlton.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
