Stuart Waitley

I think there was some conversations around we're ready to go and –

the time's right and that sort of stuff and i'm sure jl would be going no no no don't be saying that just yet so i think the club's aligned that's the first thing that seems to have i think when you look from afar the club is really aligned about the current reality and then um

And then there's the leaders themselves.

I think they're ready to take on anything.

And they really look like the hunters on the weekend.

We spoke about that a few weeks ago.

And when you've got that mindset and you've got good availability, you're right.

The fans can do what they want.

So when you rose in 2015, and so clearly it's even more magnified when it's the Eagles who are on a hot streak.

How did you find the intensity of the town?

And does it need to be managed?

No, I was my second year, Gerard, so I thought I was the greatest coach in the history of AFL.

So it cast my mind back.

It was a little bit surreal because I think the perception was we might have been heading south rather than north.

So our club did the classic –

And what's our branding theme this year?

And they said, oh, here it is.

And it's called The West is Ours.

And I've gone, oh, really?

And Fremantle are on top of the ladder.