Elliot Yeo: Let's Kick Some Goals!

Elliot Yeo joined Clairsy & Lisa to reflect on the Eagles weekend loss, in Bunbury, against the Kangaroos. Elliot described the game as a learning process and Lisa asked if the ‘Bunbury Breeze’ had something to do with it?  Elliot discussed his feelings about West Coast’s home games against Carlton this weekend and Lisa asks Elliot the big question…  how is fatherhood going?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
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The West Coast Eagles lost to North Melbourne by ten
points and hands over in Bumbary on Sunday, sixty two
to fifty two.

Speaker 4 (00:31):
Elliott, good morning, good morning.

Speaker 3 (00:33):
Now people are saying that this was what bes well
I mean. Last week we all talked about how great
the game was against Geelong. This week people are saying
this was the hardest game of football to watch this season.

Speaker 1 (00:49):
Yeah, I would not disagree.

Speaker 4 (00:52):
Oh yeah I can. Yeah, fair enough, you concur. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
There was a lot of errors. There was a lot
of inaccurate shots on goal.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
There was a lot of inside fifties for little Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
We dominated the game for three quarters, so we weren't
able to capitalize hit the scoreboard.

Speaker 4 (01:09):
With points not goals the third quarter. Yeah. But and
I probably gave us the mods too as well. I said.

Speaker 1 (01:17):
Yeah, I was watching, said missus. I was like, look,
floodgates have open. We're going to roll away with this now.
And then halfway through the fourth I was like, oh no,
we're going to lose this.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
It felt like that last quarter it was three blokes
from North. It was she's all Parker with his experience
and yeah and Simpkin. It felt like those three blokes
they just got the run going through. Yeah, that was
the difference.

Speaker 4 (01:36):
Yep, yeap.

Speaker 1 (01:37):
Their leaders obviously stood up, so Shane, we couldn't get
on top of it and capitalize when we had most
of the momentum, which was for three quarters. So I
don't think I don't think we've I think it would
be one of the only teams in the history of
the AFL that have had that many inside fifties and lost.

Speaker 3 (01:55):
We joked a bit about that Bumbry breeze. But to
be fair, you know, when you look at the the
goal kicking, the point kicking, did it factor in?

Speaker 4 (02:06):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (02:07):
Look at Oscar was significantly windy, yeah, but I.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
Didn't for North, they kicked their goals.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
So when they have their opportunities, I mean like yeah, yeah,
I mean we can kind of blame it on the wind,
but like sadly, like there was just some horrible light
set shots, which is something we're working on. But yeah, look,
I don't think that the breeze can play into.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
It too, because the're both playing well, you're both playing
both ends.

Speaker 4 (02:33):
Correct, Yeah, that's right.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
Yeah, Reben Rebbon Jenby should not be beating himself up. It
sounds like he's a little bit he's getting roles on
taller blokes, ye, more experienced players. Is every week it
looks exhausted.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Yeah, but that's part of the whole learning process and
the curve and that, and at least these compared to
previous years where there's been a massive amount of inside
fifties and you just get inunder a little bit different
this year, which is good. I mean, it probably gives
it back a bit more of a reprieve, but it's
still hard work.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
Yeah, I haven't got gup helping out and.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
Having and haven't got probably one of the best defenders
in the game, if not in West Coast history playing
back there helping you out. So yeah, tough gig for him,
But he's actually I feel like you're standing up and
doing what he needs to do. And I actually think
that that's also a silver lining in the sense that
he's able to get a lot more experience by himself

(03:31):
and try and find his own way as quick as possible.

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Injuries are larger.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
Heo.

Speaker 3 (03:35):
It looked like he injured his foot at one stage.
It connected with someone's hand. I mean it was hands
over hands and he's he was off for a bit,
but he managed he managed to come back on and
finish the game.

Speaker 4 (03:48):
So is he okay?

Speaker 1 (03:50):
He ran it out, so I'd assume he's okay off,
had it off? Yeah, I saw him in the football
club yesterday. It seemed all right. So yeah, I'm hopeful. Yeah,
I'm hopeful that it won't be too much of an issue.
Probably just one of those nice little Bruce foot and
where you go.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Not much chance for Rubbi, Yeah, not much chance for
Rubbo willing to make a difference in those few minutes
right at the very end. Yeah, it's tough as I
guess he was running laps or running up and down
the over afterwards. Yeah, in his legs.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Oh yeah, and as a sub too, you'd be you'd
be itching again. Yeah, but yeah, I think Mini said
as well, he could have handled that one a bit better.

Speaker 4 (04:23):
But yeah, look, to.

Speaker 1 (04:25):
Be honest, I think Bowie's going to be a good
player for us. So yeah, as much as we can
get some minutes into him, or the more minutes we
can get to him, the better.

Speaker 2 (04:34):
At that level, And mini Andrew bick Weilder the coach,
he would have been thinking, we're a real shoe in here,
not a shoeing, but a real chance.

Speaker 1 (04:41):
To win this quarter time, I think so to quarter
And I'm only speaking from my perspective and my point
of view, but he probably would have just been so
focused on structure, game plan everything rather than you know,
the sub and what the sub could do tactically and.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
All that sudden gets out of handle, I think.

Speaker 1 (04:58):
So yeah, And he probably wild looked at the clock
and we oh god, let's get him on the type
of things. So yeah, yeah, But again I'm only speaking
from my perspective.

Speaker 4 (05:06):
I could be completely.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
Wrong from your lund room perspective.

Speaker 4 (05:09):
Yeah the armchair.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
All right, Well, at least the team gets to stay
in town this weekend at up to stadium your face,
Carlton the old Navy Blues on Sunday bounce down. Is
it's a late one four to ten time on a Sunday.

Speaker 4 (05:24):
Yeah, yeah, I mean it's different interesting.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
Some time to clean the ground after the Dockers North game, and.

Speaker 3 (05:30):
Yeah, double double header. The Blues are currently sitting eleventh
on the ladder. They did have an eight point win
over Essendon on the weekend, so they're feeling pretty good.

Speaker 4 (05:39):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
Look, they're a good team, but they're just struggling to
find the four quarters.

Speaker 4 (05:44):
Same like us, same so even match.

Speaker 1 (05:46):
So yeah, I mean, yeah, it's a winnable game, but
every game is winnable, and if we're going into it
thinking that that it wasn't, then what's the point of
rocking up exactly? So yeah, it's certainly going to be
an interesting, interesting game. I feel like we can take
the points, so I'm excited to see what we can do.

Speaker 3 (06:03):
Maybe making any unslicited assumptions now during the game this time.

Speaker 4 (06:10):
And let's let's kick some goals.

Speaker 2 (06:12):
Yeah, what's your load? What are you up to?

Speaker 4 (06:15):
Good?

Speaker 1 (06:16):
Yeah, starting to progress now, which is which is a
good sign. So hopefully you can get more load in
the legs and just continue to build up in the
next couple of weeks and then tick a few more
boxes and then hopefully put my hands up for the
last sort of month or so and go from there
get fit.

Speaker 3 (06:30):
Another note, how's fatherhood going, Elliott.

Speaker 1 (06:33):
Yeah it's great. Yeah, it's hard work. Yeah, it's the
hardest job you'll evidence. No, no, it's literally trial and
error with everything. But it is also the best and
most rewarding job in the world. Like, yeah, no, matter
how much you know, you could have eighty five percent
of hard work.

Speaker 4 (06:53):
And just like that.

Speaker 1 (06:54):
She's a bit crooked at the moment with a bit
of the fluid we all are, and probably caught it
off you of last week. But yeah, yeah, and as
much as you know, the late nights and the sickness
and all that stuff, like the tiny little hand should
give you the nicest little cuddle or anything like that,
and it just makes you day so much better. So

(07:16):
coming home to her after a hard day, it's just
it's the best.

Speaker 3 (07:20):
No, you can tell it like you're wearing it on
your face. So it's like a different Elliot this year,
Daddy Elliott.

Speaker 4 (07:27):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
Yeah, I've always wanted to be a dad, yea, And yeah,
it's just it's the best job in word. Yeah, it's
words kind.

Speaker 2 (07:36):
Of you put them in the back of the car
driving and go everything.

Speaker 1 (07:41):
I enjoy it until she's like fifteen, sixteen, and she's
having a crack of me. She's having a crack at
me because she wants to stay at a boyfriend's house.

Speaker 4 (07:48):
And I'm saying, no, that's not happening. Yeah, that's not happening.

Speaker 2 (07:52):
At fourteen, I can't wait.

Speaker 4 (07:58):
All right.

Speaker 3 (07:58):
Well, in the meantime, Carlton at Optus this Sunday bounced
down the particularly late four ten, but nonetheless good luck
Eagles

Speaker 4 (08:08):
Cheers, good to see your pa.