Football
9 May, 2025
Eagles face Everest of the league
Eagles coach Matt Walder is under no illusion regarding the massive task his side has ahead of them on Saturday when they face ladder leaders Ararat in the next round of Wimmera Football Netball League seniors.
Ararat have claimed wins in all of their games this season, accounting for the Demons by 148 points, Dimboola by 117 and Stawell by 96.
Warrack, in comparison, are searching for their first win, but they are only a couple of games into their season after a delayed start.
They've been close; beaten by Thunder by 22 points and Minyip Murtoa by 15, but are yet to belt out their song at the completion of a match.
"They're the benchmark, they're Everest in our league at the moment," Walder said.
"What's the best way to challenge yourself to perform but against the best, and that's the way we'll view it, collectively as a team, to individually, to see if our players can extract the best of themselves against the best to see where they stand."
When asked which players the side would need to limit to get the points on Saturday, Walder replied humourously: "every one of them".
"Look, it's like any game," he said.
"If you can win up to 12 positions on the ground, you can win the game of footy, so at the end of the day it's hard to specify just one or two (players) because they run deep and their midfield is strong.
"So to say shut down one element, you kill them off, you don't; you have to be consistent across all lines against Ararat."
