WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan discusses Saturday's win over Perth that was the fifth in-a-row for the Falcons and looks ahead to the Channel 9 WA Day Derby this Monday against East Perth at HBF Arena.

QUESTION: Saturday's performance probably wasn’t the greatest and you might not have been happy with quite a bit of it, but it was another important four points to rack up?
ANSWER: To Perth's credit I thought they were fantastic through the midfield, they ran really hard and ran hard off half-back. They weren’t a pushover by any means but it didn’t feel as though we played with the same intensity or defensive effort as we had over the last month or so. I was a little disappointed with that but for the players to work through that and come away with a four-goal win in the end was still a reasonably good performance, but we were a long way off where we need to be at.

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IT was a real struggle all day but West Perth eventually wore down Perth to record an important 26-point victory at Lathlain Park on Saturday.

The game was played in pleasant conditions in contrast to a number of previous Saturdays. There were periods of good football with both sides moving the ball quickly but they found it difficult to take advantage and  there were long periods without a goal being scored.

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WEST Perth continued its winning form both this season and over Perth, beating the Demons for an eighth straight time while the 26-point victory over Lathlain Park was also a fifth in succession for the Falcons.

West Perth continues to build some strong momentum following a slow start to the season and has now beaten Swan Districts, Claremont, Peel Thunder, Subiaco and Perth over the past five weeks heading into the WA Day clash with East Perth at HBF Arena next Monday.

The Falcons have also improved to a 6-4 record on the season to be two games clear in fifth position of the Royals while also only percentage behind the third placed Peel.

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WEST Perth hasn’t lost to Perth since 2011, hasn’t lost at Lathlain Park since 2004 and is now on a four-game winning streak heading into Saturday's Round 11 clash with Perth.

West Perth heads to Lathlain Park in fifth position on the WAFL ladder following four strong wins over Swan Districts, Claremont, Peel Thunder and Subiaco. The Falcons have dramatically improved from a tough position at 1-4 to now be 5-4 and have plenty of momentum.

On top of that, West Perth has dominated Perth over the past decade. Perth's last win at Lathlain Park over West Perth came back in Round 9, 2004. Since then the Falcons have won 10 of the 11 matches only intersected by a draw in 2008.

Those 10 wins for West Perth at Lathlain Park have come at an average of 37 points.

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WEST Perth has won four straight WAFL matches and it has coincided with midfielders Shane Nelson and Dean Munns being in the line-up both playing very different yet equally important roles for the Falcons.

Both Nelson and Munns have been part of the West Perth victories over Swan Districts, Claremont, Peel Thunder and Subiaco to improve to a 5-4 record and into fifth position on the WAFL ladder heading into Saturday's clash with Perth at Lathlain Park.

Nelson is averaging 32.3 disposals in those four games and Munns just 9.8 but that doesn’t begin to describe the impact that both have had in helping to turn the Falcons form around.

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WEST Perth premiership coach Bill Monaghan discusses Saturday's win over Subiaco at Medibank Stadium that gives the Falcons a fourth straight WAFL victory ahead of a clash with Perth at Lathlain Park this Saturday.

QUESTION: The conditions were tough on Saturday and it's always hard playing Subiaco, but to dominate the last 45 minutes like you did must have been pleasing?
ANSWER: Our form's been pretty good leading up to this game so we were confident that we would put in a good showing. The weather conditions probably made me a little nervous because those conditions probably play to Subi's strength with their contested ball, clearance work and bigger bodies. I was a little nervous going into the game, albeit we were well prepared and the players have been working really hard on the track and on game day to right the ship. It was a really good performance across four quarters and when we were challenged we stepped up. I don’t think we had any noticeable passengers, I think it was close to a four-quarter performance by 22 players so we were buoyed by that effort.

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THE weather conditions were as wintry as you were likely to see but the effort of West Perth brought more than a ray of sunshine to the supporters who turned up to watch them in action against Subiaco at Medibank Stadium on Saturday.

Their disciplined attack on the football set up the 26-point victory and gave the Falcons their fifth win of the year.

The first quarter was played in relatively dry conditions but the wind was certainly a factor.

West Perth had first use of it but Subiaco did most of the early attacking. Matt Johnson was the first to hit the scoreboard after marking outside 50. His long, penetrating kick split the middle at the six-minute mark.

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WEST Perth returned from the bye and got a measure of revenge over Subiaco with a 26-point win at Medibank Stadium that gives the Falcons a fourth straight victory to return to the WAFL's top five.

The Falcons' season looked in trouble at 1-4 heading into the Anzac Day Round clash with Swan Districts, but that sparked a form turnaround for West Perth that has now led into wins over Claremont, Peel Thunder and Subiaco.

West Perth's 25-point win over Subiaco in stormy conditions at Leederville on Saturday improves the Falcons to a 5-4 record to replace East Perth in the top five ahead of a clash with Perth this Saturday at Lathlain Park.

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WEST Perth gets its second crack at Subiaco this season following last year's grand final and the Falcons enter Saturday's clash at Medibank Stadium on a three-game winning streak with more important players set to return from injury.

Subiaco and West Perth meet for a second grand final rematch already of 2016 when they do battle on Saturday at Medibank Stadium with the Lions looking for back-to-back wins, and the Falcons hunting a fourth in succession.

After the Lions scored big wins in the second semi-final and grand final over the Falcons to end 2015, they backed it up at HBF Arena back in Round 3 this year to win by 44 points when they ran right over the top of the home team.

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FIVE West Perth premiership players plus an emerging star have been named in the initial 41-man Western Australia squad for the upcoming state game against Tasmania on Saturday June 11 at Steel Blue Oval.

West Perth is well represented in the initial squad for this year's state game with 2013 premiership players Aaron Black, Shane Nelson, Jay van Berlo, Andrew Strijk and Steven Browne all there along with the emerging Luke Meadows.

Black is having another outstanding season for the Falcons both on the wing and as an outside midfielder. He is averaging 27.6 disposals game and has kicked nine goals, and if he plays it will be his third time representing WA.

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