Recent content by PurpleEyes

While I think Hodge is a smart bloke, I get frustrated when these commentators make generalisations that simply aren't true. eg. “What you need to win finals these days is you need to kick over 100 points. Melbourne struggle to do that.” The fact is, in finals for 2021 onwards (picked those...

Apparently, the West is reporting that Harley tackled Wilson with such force, that Wilson deficated himself ... "Reid latched onto his jumper and brought him to the turd in a slinging motion. The back of Wilson’s head hit the turf in the tackle."

I had a laugh when I read one of them dismissing the tackle by stating Reid simply did a judo takedown that put Wilson on his back. ... I kinda think that might be the type of tackle the AFL would now prefer not to see ... hence the suspension.

I remember the not so distant days when I always had a 16 year old Lagavulin open and in the house for such reasons. Then the price (when on special) went from $90 to over $150 a bottle ... 'tis the world we live in.

I'm now curious what the Harley fanclub narratives will be, because I'm pretty sure it won't be Harley's fault in their eyes. So will they blame the tag and lack of support from the umpires. Or will they claim the sling tackle and suspensions for it being too harsh and making the modern game too...

At some point, the AFL are going to need to send a message to Harley to cut out the back chat to the umpires. The umpires have been giving him far too much leniency in this regard but it is surely starting to send a bad signal out there. I thought the umpires were supposed to be strong on...

Waterman Away games: Frees For: 1 Frees Against: 2 vs Home games: FF: 3 vs FA: 1 ... your rebuttal is actually further evidence supporting my claim. And 5 Contested Marks Away vs 18 at Perth Stadium.

I don't think it is just coincidence that Reid and Waterman are both staring at home games compared to their away performances. Reid averages about 15 disposals away and has kicked 1 goal from his 4 games vs 20 disposals and 6 goals at 5 home games. Waterman averages 2 goals a game more at...

Sadly the stats before the game painted a picture that the Swans were going to hurt us with run and turnover scoring. 'posted below after last week ... don't be too harsh on Freo, we are still building and the Swans are the current benchmark of where we want to get to.

Modern Freo game plan relies very heavily on our run (and likewise the running ability of the opposition). Hence, I now regularly look at the AFL tracker of Freo and our opposition to gauge our chances (we did a total of 264km vs Richmond's 258km). NB: our worst running performance this season...

And on one occasion when a Bombers player gave Reid a small push off the ball, Reid dived to the ground, resulting in the umpire giving the Bombers player a warning.

Sharp 16.1km tonight ... Elite running, needed for JL's game plan.

Freo total distance tonight 278km ... last week in the derby was 260km (+3km vs WB, -8km vs WC). For whatever reason/s ... we were flat last week.

I have been at times, but smiling now. Banners goals aside, he did some other good hard running work tonight. A great game by him.

Serong ... just a lazy 17 clearances for the game.