West Coast captain Luke Shuey has blamed Saturday's 171-point loss to Sydney on the playing group - suggesting embattled coach Adam Simpson isn't at fault.
The Eagles suffered their biggest loss in the club's history as they were thrashed 31.19 (205) to 5.4 (34) at the SCG.
Despite winning a premiership only five years ago, questions are being asked about the future of Simpson, who is contracted in the west until the end of the 2025 season.
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However, Shuey placed responsibility squarely on the players for the magnitude of the defeat, suggesting some players were not 'up to it' or 'carrying their weight'.
"You just hope blokes recognise the enormity of how embarrassing that was," Shuey told The West Australian.
"That's probably more important than actually learning stuff from a footy point of view.
"You'd hope that the flight home is a long, long one. And you hope we're all hurting, and I think we are.
"We've got some guys who might not be up to it. We've got some senior guys who might not be carrying their weight. And we've got plenty of young guys who were still learning.
"As senior guys we need to give them a better environment to learn in on game day. So we're all together as a playing group."
Shuey also accused the Eagles playing group of not following instructions from Simpson and the coaching group.
The 33-year-old believes Simpson was powerless to change anything about the performance during the game.
"I don't know what you can do from the box on a night like that," he said.
"The way the coaches presented to us during the week about what we need to do was spot on and we just didn't execute.
"We take full blame for what's happening, there's no doubt.
"Our coaches have proven that they can coach well over the years, they're not the issue. We can put an end to that conversation."
West Coast, who currently sit 1-13 with a percentage of 47.3, will be keen to put in a better performance against St Kilda at Optus Stadium on Sunday.
