only visiting team they have beaten at Subiaco this year was the Kangaroos in Round 12.
Again this compares to an average winning margin of 38 points across nine victories there against visiting teams in 2006.
If you have any more doubts that Subiaco has indeed now become 'The House of Pain' for the home clubs rather than the visiting clubs - consider the following:
*Richmond had suffered nine losses in a row from 2002-07 but has won this year's two games by a total of 141 points.
*Carlton lost 11 in a row from 2002-07 but beat the Eagles there by 37 points in round seven.
*Hawthorn won just one of seven from 2002-07 but beat Fremantle in Round 2.
*Geelong lost six in a row from 2002-05 but has now won its past four, including handing the Eagles their biggest home defeat ever in round 13.
*And Essendon won just one of nine from 2002-07 before beating the Dockers in Round 14.
According to the AFL's official stats supplier Champion Data, the reason behind the decline of the Dockers and the Eagles at home this season is obvious.
Put simply they are getting smashed in the all-important clearances from boundary throw-ins and ball-ups and opposition sides are then making the most of the wide-open spaces of the league's biggest ground.
The Dockers scored an average of 46 points more than their opponents at Subiaco from clearances in 2006 - this year they are conceding 68 points more while the Eagles numbers are even worse.
In 2006 the Eagles' equivalent number was plus 154 points but this year it is minus 78, meaning opposing clubs have produced a near 40-goal turnaround in just two years in scoring from clearances against the Eagles on home soil.
Surely no stat greater highlights the affect the loss of Judd and Cousins has had on the Eagles.
And not only are both clubs being punished when the opposition gets control of the ball from clearances but they can't get their hands on it in the first place either.
The Dockers averaged 26 disposals more than their opponents at home in 2006 while this year they are averaging 22 disposals less while the Eagles have gone from plus 34 on the same stat in 2006 to minus 17 in 2008.
But there is one consolation for devastated Western Australian footy fans - one of the two teams will finally have something to smile about in three weeks time when