IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING INSTEAD. Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody likes losing \u2026 we\u2019re all sick to death of it to be honest,\u201d McQualter said post-match.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re the only people who can make it change … we have to do it together.<\/p>\n \u201cWe generated enough entry but (our) skill level wasn\u2019t at AFL standard.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are trying; they are working hard. But clearly, they are in such a void of confidence,\u201d McQualter said of his players.<\/p>\n \u201cThat first quarter \u2026 it was a pretty dominant quarter of football \u2013 we go to quarter time down on the scoreboard. I think it\u2019s hurting deep in the souls of our players when that happens.\u201dHarley Reid looks dejected after the loss. Picture: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n Admitting some of his side\u2019s errors were \u201calmost comical\u201d, McQualter conceded too much was being asked of young Harley Reid, at a time where his future remains unclear after next year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re aware we\u2019ve got a 20-year-old carrying our midfield,\u201d the first-year coach said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not an easy position for him.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought Harley was by far our best player … I love the way he went about it.<\/p>\n \u201cI loved his team first approach, the way he attacked the ball. He was inspirational to his teammates.<\/p>\n \u201cAs a team, we have to find more people and players and ways to not rely on one person. There\u2019s no AFL team ever that relies on one player to be good.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s absolutely in (at West Coast) \u2013 he is a competitor. He\u2019s wanting to do everything to get this club out of this position.\u201d<\/p>\n Yze’s young Tigers win second straight | 08:52<\/p>\n Premiership Eagle Tom Cole felt the match just snowballed out of West Coast\u2019s grasp.<\/p>\n \u201cThat third quarter \u2013 one mistake led to two, two to three and the goals just flowed on,\u201d he told foxfooty.com.au post-game. <\/p>\n \u201cThey just pierced through us \u2026 We showed fight in the fourth but it was all over after that third quarter.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were kicking to straight back to them really.<\/p>\n \u201cIt came back at us pretty quick … we were under the pump there (in defence).<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re very disappointed. We thought it was one we could win \u2013 especially in front of our fans. We really want to get some wins for them.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got to keep chugging away \u2013 we have to get something out of the back end of this season.\u201d<\/p>\n Cole, one of the senior Eagles dropped in season 2025 including the likes of Tim Kelly and Jack Petruccelle, admits this season has been \u201cfrustrating\u201d but holds out hope the side can claim a second victory.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was young, I probably came into the team for an older player coming out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously I want to be playing every week \u2013 I\u2019m glad \u2018Mini\u2019 (McQualter) backed me to come back in.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like I play my role most weeks; hopefully I can do that for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re such a young group \u2013 as much as the wins aren\u2019t there, we are really driven to get better.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to win games, bring this footy club back up to the top of the ladder.\u201d<\/p>\n The Eagles face a tough run home including three games against finals contenders, plus an in-form Sydney and Melbourne in Melbourne. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alarm bells should be ringing at West Coast after the club was embarrassed by fellow battler Richmond by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9011,9199,2095,8406,9194,63,689,9203,9200,667,2105,9201,43,9204,673,44,2041,2067,677,9196,9198,668,9205,9195,6858,672,670,8404,9202,41,39,42,40,9197,2614,4899,7067],"class_list":["post-7348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-adam-yze","tag-alarm-bells","tag-america","tag-andrew-mcqualter","tag-andrew-mcqualter-press","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-catherine-healey","tag-finals-contenders","tag-footy-club","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-harsh-truth","tag-headlines","tag-mistake-led","tag-new-south-wales","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-oceania","tag-performance-coach","tag-powerhouse-club","tag-press-conference","tag-pretty-dominant-quarter","tag-quarter-blitz","tag-richmond","tag-richmond-tigers","tag-sydney","tag-tim-kelly","tag-tom-cole","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-tough-run-home","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-virginia","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
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