Sad news for Western Bulldogs: I want to leave..

Marcus Bontempelli, the captain of the Bulldogs, has a strong message for the supporters who were seen abusing the squad following their shocking loss to West Coast.

Bulldogs captain Marcus Bontempelli has taken aim at the team’s supporters following the release of a video showing the players receiving derogatory remarks as they left the field following their shocking Sunday afternoon loss to the West Coast Eagles.

Coach Luke Beveridge’s club delivered a lackluster performance at Marvel Stadium with their season on the line, and they were caught off guard by a team who had only won four of their previous 47 games.

After trailing by nine points at the half, West Coast overcame their significantly superior opponent in the final session, scoring the first four goals to record the largest upset of the season, a memorable 14.8 (92) to 12.13 (85) victory.

For the Bulldogs to stand a hope of making it to the finals for a seventh consecutive season, they must overcome Geelong at GMHBA Stadium next Saturday night.

Social media footage from the game showed fans yelling obscenities at Bulldogs players as they exited the field. The circumstances were eerily similar to what happened with Carlton supporters earlier in the year.

“Exhibit your true colors, friend!” exclaimed one voice. “Do you really think that s**t is okay?”

“Pathetic!” yells another voice. Horrible! How sad! F**king! Stupidity! Put your heads together! Put your heads together! Horrible!

Then, it appears that a different barrage of insults is aimed at Luke Beveridge, the underwhelming coach: “Get out of the club – you f**king ruined it!”

For the fans who let loose on the squad, Bontempelli had a message.

“It’s never acceptable,” he declared.

You are aware that a large number of people care about you and are deeply involved in the game.Even though you don’t accept it, you can see why people are so fervent.

You want other people to think well of you and encourage you. Though I accept it, I don’t comprehend it.

Beveridge has a contract that runs out at the end of 2025. He led the Bulldogs to the premiership in 2016.

But, Beveridge will face pressure if the Bulldogs miss the playoffs this year despite having a superb roster that includes Brownlow Medal favorite Marcus Bontempelli.

“Definitely,” Beveridge answered when asked if he was the right person to take the Bulldogs forward.

There are times when it’s necessary to change, and if performance seems to be stagnating right now, we’ll figure out why.

“But I’m really comfortable with my tenure from a leadership perspective and from coaching the team and the club.”

One of the hardest challenges of Beveridge’s nine-season coaching career, according to him, was defeating the Cats in Geelong, where the Bulldogs previously prevailed in 2003.

“It all boils down to sticking together,” he declared.

“Whenever you encounter adversity in this game, which we are, it’s important to stay united and look forward to the coming week while searching for hope.”

“We haven’t won down there [in Geelong] for 20 years, and even though we haven’t won in my time, we all inherit the previous 10 or 11 [losses].”

The Eagles will not be able to claim the club’s second wooden spoon if North Melbourne loses against Gold Coast the following week, since the result knocks them off the bottom of the ladder for the first time since May 21.

Having been near the bottom of the standings for much of the season, West Coast had been in the box seat to land Harley Reid, the supposed No. 1 draft pick this year.

It happened only a few days after the record derby loss to Fremantle last week prompted the West Coast board to start debating the future of 2018 premiership coach Adam Simpson.

The Eagles’ Tim Kelly (32 possessions), Jamie Cripps (five goals, including three in the final quarter), and Oscar Allen (three goals) all had a lot of spark, which the Bulldogs lacked.

“The past few weeks have been pretty heavy.” Adam Simpson, the coach of the Eagles, expressed his pride in them.

“Obviously, our younger players followed our leaders, and they were galvanized throughout the week following our poor performance against Fremantle.”

The Eagles’ sole setback came from a hamstring injury sustained by Elliot Yeo, the team’s premiership hero. Yeo will miss Saturday night’s game against Adelaide, which is the final game for club veterans Shannon Hurn and Luke Shuey.