Round 10: Saturday Night—West Coast v Geelong
Venue: Subiaco (West Coast Home)
Ladder Positions: Geelong (1st); West Coast (14th)
Last three games: Geelong (win/win/win); West Coast (lose/lose/win)
Favourite: Geelong
My Tip: Geelong
There isn’t much to say; to tip an upset here is a gutsy tip to make. Fremantle and West Coast are renowned for their ability to rise to the occasion when they play in front of a Subiaco crowd. Evidence of this came early in round three when the Dockers played to the Subiaco advantage and broke the spirits of a confident Geelong outfit. However, West Coast is no Fremantle and Geelong is perhaps even stronger now than they were then.
The controversy surrounding West Coast coach, John Worsfold, and the talks of his forced retirement will have one of two effects on the Eagles: they’ll come to the defence of their long standing premiership coach and create a staggering upset; or they’ll fold to the pressure and succumb to the classy Cats.
While the first will give me something to write about post match, I doubt the struggling West Coast outfit have it in them.
Geelong will win by…
56 points.
Ladder Positions: Geelong (1st); West Coast (14th)
Last three games: Geelong (win/win/win); West Coast (lose/lose/win)
Favourite: Geelong
My Tip: Geelong
There isn’t much to say; to tip an upset here is a gutsy tip to make. Fremantle and West Coast are renowned for their ability to rise to the occasion when they play in front of a Subiaco crowd. Evidence of this came early in round three when the Dockers played to the Subiaco advantage and broke the spirits of a confident Geelong outfit. However, West Coast is no Fremantle and Geelong is perhaps even stronger now than they were then.
The controversy surrounding West Coast coach, John Worsfold, and the talks of his forced retirement will have one of two effects on the Eagles: they’ll come to the defence of their long standing premiership coach and create a staggering upset; or they’ll fold to the pressure and succumb to the classy Cats.
While the first will give me something to write about post match, I doubt the struggling West Coast outfit have it in them.
Geelong will win by…
56 points.
