RODNEY Eade couldn't hide his embarrassment following the Western Bulldogs' 123-point hammering against West Coast.
 
The Bulldogs came into the game with momentum following last week's 35-point win over Richmond and despite falling six goals down at two periods in the second quarter, remained in touch with the Eagles and got back to within 22 points early in the third quarter.
 
But from there it was a procession for West Coast, which kicked 18 of the last 19 goals and finished with 65 inside-50 entries to the Bulldogs' 31, 186 contested possessions to 128 and the obvious massive margin of 123 points.

Eade couldn't hide his disappointment.
 
"We hung in there for a while and they should have been further ahead, but to get it back to 22 points at some stage in the third quarter when we kicked a couple had us hanging in there despite not playing well with a lot of players down," Eade said.
 
"To capitulate like that was just unacceptable and is not what we stand for, what we are about and what we've shown the last three or four years. To not be able to do anything about it was actually embarrassing."
 
Perhaps the biggest disappointment for Eade was that when his team did win possession they continued to over-handball and didn't kick enough. That totally went against his instructions.
 
"Their press as such is there but it's more about the intent of the individual and how they put pressure on. Their pressure is very good and they close space quicker than any other team but at times we handballed too much," he said.
 
"We spoke about that at halftime and then we came out kicking more. When we did that we looked a bit more dangerous but when we handballed we turned it over. We should have been kicking and they were instructed to kick."
 
Eade expects Barry Hall to play against Hawthorn next Sunday at Etihad Stadium after kicking 4.6 for Williamstown in the VFL on Saturday. Adam Cooney and Dylan Addison should also return, while he will consider recalling Brian Lake after his VFL sabbatical.
 
Eade insists it's now time for players to stand up and be counted, or face the prospect that they won't be in the side going forward.
 
"We'll have another talk and there has to be some fallout as far as selection and the way we go about training. To have an effort like that for one and-a-half quarters was unacceptable," Eade said.
 
"Up until today I think without playing well and having quite a few key players out that we had hung in there reasonably OK to give ourselves a chance.
 
"Whether or not that was a precursor that some blokes are not there anymore or some aren't up to it, that might have been at its crescendo so we'll have to work that through."