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Eddie urges AFL to make drastic move on battlers - CtrlF.XYZ

Eddie urges AFL to make drastic move on battlers

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Eddie McGuire has urged the AFL to see giving West Coast a precedence prime if they conflict again adjacent year, forecasting "three years of implicit pain" for the fallen powerfulness club.

The Eagles stay 18th connected the ladder aft suffering a 122-point nonaccomplishment to Adelaide astatine the play and person won conscionable 3 of their past 39 games.

West Coast has won conscionable 1 crippled this play and has mislaid by much than 100 points connected 3 abstracted occasions.

McGuire said the AFL needed West Coast to stay almighty for the spot of the competition, suggesting a precedence prime was indispensable with a Tasmanian nine incoming.

Eddie McGuire doesn't spot the aboriginal getting brighter for the Eagles immoderate clip soon (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"You cognize what? I'm starting to caput towards yes (they should person a precedence pick)," helium told Nine's Footy Classified.

"I deliberation they get different year. I'd see it adjacent twelvemonth if they're nary bully (in 2024) due to the fact that they made immoderate (list management) blues, and you've got to bull it, but let's not footwear them completely.

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"Particularly with Tassie coming in, you've got to beryllium cautious on kicking radical to decease each the time.

"Do we halt giving St Kilda $20 cardinal a twelvemonth due to the fact that they mucked it up successful the 2000s?

Saturday's 122-point nonaccomplishment to Adelaide was the 3rd clip this play the Eagles person gone down by triple figures (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"The champion mode to support clubs astir is to person immoderate hope. I deliberation they're copping their whack, but I don't deliberation you request to marque it a procreation of supporters who don't spot their squad person immoderate hope.

"They've got 3 years of implicit pain, it wouldn't substance however galore picks they get astatine the moment."

McGuire suggested the AFL should've assisted Carlton successful the aforesaid mode erstwhile the Blues were struggling successful the years anterior to the accomplishment of some the Gold Coast Suns and GWS Giants, who some dominated the apical extremity of drafts betwixt 2010 and 2012.

"They're an important side, we don't privation them down successful the dumps forever," McGuire said of the Eagles.

Premiership-winning manager Adam Simpson has been powerless to apprehension the Eagles' descent this play (Paul Kane via Getty Images)

"I ever thought that 1 of the biggest mistakes ... I utilized to accidental astatine presidents meetings that they (the AFL) needed to get Carlton going again much than immoderate of the bluish states astatine a clip erstwhile they were down.

"It was costing america money, it's costing them $1 cardinal a year."

Geelong large Jimmy Bartel, who is presently a manager astatine the Giants, disagreed with McGuire's take.

"I don't deliberation you should beryllium rewarded with a precedence prime because of your ain database decisions," helium told Footy Classified.

"They won a emblem 5 years agone and they gave distant 3 draught picks to get Tim Kelly.

"They loaded up and they're trying again with immoderate of the elder players. They divided their prime past twelvemonth to get 2 much young kids in, nary precedence prime there."

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