JASON Akermanis says Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade will be out of a job by season's end.

But Akermanis, sacked by the Dogs in the middle of last season, denied he was delighting in the their plight following Sunday's 123-point loss to West Coast.

He told Adelaide radio he had been critical of the club and Eade before it found itself in injury and form strife and with a real battle on its hands to make the finals.

“I have not just started kicking them because they just fell over, I was punching them when they stood up and as they have fallen I have been kneeing them," Akermanis said.

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