West Coast’s Tim Kelly has ripped into his personal teammates in a searing half-time interview in the course of the Eagles’ thrashing by the hands of the Gold Coast Suns.
The Eagles had been down by 50 factors at half time when Fox Footy’s Matthew Pavlich spoke to Kelly as he walked off the bottom, asking what momentary captain Tom Barrass had informed the group after a 53-8 second quarter.
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“Oh look, (he was) just telling us not to panic, but second quarter’s been a real issue for us, I thought we started the game reasonably well, but it just, really isn’t good enough mate,” Kelly mentioned.
“Look, it is what it is, we’ve gotta come out this second half and give our fans something to cheer about.”
The Suns would run out 16.17 (113) to six.7 (43) winners at Optus Stadium, with the undermanned Eagles languishing in footballing purgatory – missing the intense sparks of their friends in North Melbourne and Hawthorn, and with out entry to their extra skilled gamers owing to their intensive damage listing.
The win marks the most important ever win for Gold Coast away from residence, whereas different information obtained added to with Charlie Ballard equalling the file for many intercept marks in a sport with 10.
Heading into the fixture, the Eagles had been averaging 113 factors conceded per sport, the worst by any staff since 2017, in response to Fox Footy on commentary.
Matthew Rowell, within the news lately for his dietary habits, led the way in which with 29 disposals, and informed Fox Footy he was having fun with his sport.
“I’m loving my footy at the moment, so proud of the boys tonight,” Rowell mentioned.
“We had a good week last week against Melbourne, didn’t quite get the win, brought the form we brought last week and were able to get the win, so really proud of the boys tonight.”
Social media savaged West Coast for his or her efficiency, with sarcasm in plentiful provide.
6 News’ Leonardo Puglisi remarked “Wow, some great Friday night footy offerings,” on Twitter, whereas one other Twitter person known as it “ugly”.
A decrease than common crowd packed into Optus Stadium to observe the sport, with the 37,000 followers marking an consciousness from West Australians of the struggles of the 2018 Premiers.
Jack Darling performed a lot of the sport one-handed after an damage early on, whereas Liam Duggan (32 disposals) and Tim Kelly (26 disposals and one purpose) battled exhausting for the Eagles.
The outcome relegates West Coast to the underside of the ladder, forward of a bottom-of-the-table conflict towards Hawthorn subsequent week in Tasmania.
Source: www.news.com.au
