Club boss whacks players, not coach after 'darkest day'

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West Coast Eagles president Paul Fitzpatrick has addressed speculation astir the aboriginal of manager Adam Simpson aft the nine suffered its heaviest decision ever against Sydney.

The Eagles were thumped 31.19 (205) to 5.4 (34) astatine the SCG successful 1 of the "darkest days" for the club, arsenic described by Fitzpatrick.

Simpson has referenced the side's fearfulness wounded toll passim the play arsenic portion of the crushed down his side's 1-13 record.

The manager has been nether dense disapproval for the side's deficiency of effort but has enactment successful the close place.

"Obviously Adam Simpson and his coaching unit person been constricted with what they tin bash with specified a agelong wounded list, but regardless, we cannot tolerate performances of that quality and we expect a beardown effect against St Kilda adjacent Sunday," Fitzpatrick said successful a nine statement.

West Coast Eagles manager Adam Simpson. (via Getty Images)

"We bash person religion that Adam tin instrumentality this squad guardant and we besides judge successful the way we request to instrumentality to combat our mode back.

"It volition instrumentality clip due to the fact that the semipermanent strategy revolves astir bringing successful much high-end young endowment done the draught to laic coagulated foundations for the adjacent era."

The president went connected to criticise his club's elder players for their performances.

Swans rise the bat

"It is important to get games into young players and fast-track their development," helium said.

"We had 9 players nether the property of 21 instrumentality the tract against the Swans and we expect them to beryllium precise bully AFL players.

"But we request our elder players to acceptable a amended illustration for them. With a mates of exceptions galore of the experienced players were good down yesterday."

Heeney flies high

Essendon fable Matthew Lloyd pointed retired connected Nine's Sunday Footy Show the inability of veterans Dom Sheed and Luke Shuey to propulsion for a people successful the 2nd quarter.

Isaac Heeney went connected to footwear a extremity arsenic the Swans capitalised connected a clearance.

"That's however debased it's got to," Lloyd said.

"I cognize it's a deficiency of assurance and you go paralysed arsenic a subordinate erstwhile you're feeling that way, but that is wherever you get disappointment successful each other, and you conceded 30 goals."

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