The pointy end of the season is coming up. The last few weeks of the regular season where every team is giving it their all, week in week out. Every side is trying to finish as high in the standings as possible, attempting to make finals and gain a home ground advantage.
However, that's not all. The coach doesn't walk in and simply tell the players "we want to make finals", each team has specific goals tailored to the way they play game in order to make it as far as possible in the competition. We're going to look at every team's situation and dissect what they want to do and what they need to do in order to hoist that cup at the end of the season.
West Coast Eagles
The Eagles currently sit third and it looks like they might be slipping out of the top four. With injuries to key forwards Jack Darling, and Josh Kennedy, the Eagles have lost their last three games and look like slipping down the ladder.
With a lot of talent coming back from injury, the Eagles will be looking to cause panic come finals time. Adam Simpson has to teach his men how to play away from home because it looks like the Eagles won't be playing many home finals come September.
