in 2005 and 2006 respectively, the strategy, or rather the inflexibility from this strategy also led to criticism at times. Firstly, teams such as the Western Bulldogs and Fremantle were perceived to exploit West Coast's macro-positioning. However, the most notable example of this criticism came after the qualifying final against Sydney in 2006. However, West Coast did proceed to defeat Sydney in the Grand Final three weeks later. The 2009 season had seen Worsfold and his coaching department implement the use of both zone defence and man-on-man strategy depending on the situation. Statistics Playing statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1987 |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 87 || 42 || 129 || 29 || 20 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 7.9 || 3.8 || 11.7 || 2.6 || 1.8 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1988 |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 21 || 4 || 7 || 331 || 135 || 466 || 120 || 40 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 15.8 || 6.4 || 22.2 || 5.7 || 1.9 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1989 |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 20 || 6 || 5 || 258 || 127 || 385 || 101 || 44 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 12.9 || 6.4 || 19.3 || 5.1 || 2.2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1990 |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 23 || 1 || 2 || 218 || 152 || 370 || 76 || 45 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 9.5 || 6.6 || 16.1 || 3.3 || 2.0 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1991 |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 21 || 1 || 0 || 186 || 130 || 316 || 56 || 31 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 8.9 || 6.2 || 15.0 || 2.7 || 1.5 |- |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1992† |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 22 || 1 || 2 || 177 || 117 || 294 || 64 || 47 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 8.0 || 5.3 || 13.4 || 2.9 || 2.1 |- style="background:#eaeaea;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1993 |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 19 || 6 || 2 || 197 || 119 || 316 || 56 || 32 || 0.3 || 0.1 || 10.4 || 6.3 || 16.6 || 2.9 || 1.7 |- |style="text-align:center;background:#afe6ba;"|1994† |style="text-align:center;"| | 24 || 19 || 2 || 3 || 127 || 116 || 243 || 41 || 41 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 6.7 || 6.1 || 12.8