Annoyed Eagles followers are starting to get a way of deja vu because the membership’s harm disaster begins to escalate in the direction of the regarding ranges of final yr.
The 2-win 2022 marketing campaign was thought-about West Coast’s annus horribilis, with a slew of harm setbacks and COVID unavailability resulting in the membership leaning on top-up gamers and forcing the postponement of a WAFL sport.
However this yr is descending to comparable ranges of personnel issues. The Eagles had simply 5 AFL-listed gamers run out of the sport within the WAFL aspect’s 169-point belting by the hands of West Perth, with recent harm issues surfacing from the weekend round Elliot Yeo (groin), Elijah Hewett (ankle) and Bailey Williams (hamstring).
It is led to fears this weekend’s WAFL conflict with East Fremantle might be postponed similarly to final season because the AFL squad will get set to journey again to South Australia for a conflict with Port Adelaide.
Eagles followers took to social media to vent their frustration with the frequent setbacks, with stars together with Nic Naitanui, Jeremy McGovern, Liam Ryan, Luke Shuey, Dom Sheed and Yeo all pressured to observe on from the sidelines amid the membership’s 1-Four begin to the season.
“I understood the membership was going to do a radical evaluate of the harm disaster after final season. Did that occur? It looks like nothing’s modified,” Malcolm Richmond wrote on Fb.
“Our season is over earlier than it even begins!! This can be a full repeat of final yr!!!” wrote Rhonda Proud.
“Completely nothing has modified. One other yr of accidents, excuses and nothing altering,” Reece Turner wrote.
Some supporters reached out to the membership with replies on Twitter to attempt to search solutions to the membership’s newest harm worries.
The Eagles are thought-about by bookmakers as a $2.60 likelihood to win what can be the membership’s second picket spoon, with solely Hawthorn beneath them on the ladder after the primary 5 rounds.
