West Coast coach Adam Simpson has addressed the the bizarre accusations that West Coast lost to Essendon deliberately after losing a lead late in the game.

Speaking during his regular Thursday night slot on Wide World of Sports, Simpson expressed his disappointment in suggestions that the Eagles didn’t do everything they could to hold off the Bombers.

“I’d be really disappointed if that was a legitimate conversation.”

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“I’m sure no one is seriously accusing the club or me of deliberately losing that game. If anybody had that thought they should be giving me a call.”

“Really disappointing we didn’t get that win, but we got the win the week before. We’ll learn a lot from those two games.”