West Coast have continued to be mocked by angry fans on their own social media posts after trying to spin their most recent loss in a positive light.
Gold Coast thumped the Eagles by 70-points at Optus Stadium on Friday night, marking their seventh consecutive loss and the Sun’s biggest-ever win away from Queensland.
The Eagles posted a series of pictures to their Twitter account on Wednesday from the Suns clash, with the caption “Friday night’s fight” and fans again had a similar response.
“Fight??? Barely a whimper,” Phil Carroll, who uses first-year forward Noah Long as their profile picture, posted.
“Cringe attempt to put a positive spin on a 70-point belting,” wrote another Twitter user.
“Friday night sh*te,” another West Coast follower responded.
Twitter user Daniel C poked fun at the match, posting a GIF from the animated comedy The Simpson’s of a character crying and saying: “Stop, stop, he’s already dead.”
A similar post with the same images on the club’s Facebook page drew the same reaction.
“Love you guys, but seriously we shouldn’t be releasing any media at all from that match that we don’t need to … a truly shameful night for the club,” Facebook user Denney replied.
The Suns’ 16.17 (113) to 6.7 (43) win over the Eagles on their home turf was driven by an eight-goal to one second quarter — the latest in a series of fade-outs by the injury-ravaged team.
The West Australian reported on Saturday fans were outraged by the club’s “sugarcoating” of the embarrassing defeat, with some supporters even saying the team had become the “laughing stock” of the AFL.
Fans were also venting their frustrations on the Eagles’ post about their match report, which was mistakenly headlined “Red-hot Suns overrun by depleted Eagles” before being fixed.
The post attracted just short of 300 comments from angry supporters who were disappointed in how the team performed against Gold Coast.
It comes ahead of a crucial game for the Eagles, who take on fellow one-win side Hawthorn in Launceston on Sunday – the only side bellow them on the ladder.
Eagles fans are also starting to show their displeasure with their attendance.
Only 36,219 turned out for the game against Gold Coast, down from a crowd of 47,940 who watched the 108-point belting by Carlton a fortnight earlier.
“I’d like to know what our average crowd is against Gold Coast,” defiant coach Adam Simpson said after the game.
“But yeah, they want to see us being competitive. So I get all that and we appreciate the support that that’s coming our way and the criticisms there as well. Can’t do much about that.”
The Eagles’ next home game is against Essendon on Saturday, May 27 with tickets still available.