Recent content by Squarky

No doubt, the best part of today will be the half-dozen pre-operative schooners in the Robbie Flower Terrace.

The Freo board almost unanimously want Walters dropped. This guarantees that he will kick 4 against us on Sunday.

Look, I'd love to see more from Salem consistently, but Andy M-W with zero AFL games is not a better option than a fit Christian Salem. Especially when we've got inexperienced players in Woewodin, Windsor, Howes in the team as well, plus McAdam playing his first game for the club. I don't think...

I'm very pessimistic about this game, which is unlike me. I can usually construct a way we'll win, but too many of our stars are in poor form. We're also way too tall up forward. Cats by plenty. Changes: Without Hibberd, Jordon and Brayshaw we lose a lot of flexibility. The cupboard is...

100%. No Salem or Bowey in defence makes it really tough. It's a lottery when we rebound off half back.

I'm not usually in the 'winning ugly sucks' camp, but that sucked. It might be because I sat up in Q46 when I'm usually on the ground level, and I could see the unfolding horror before the players could. One of the very worst games I've seen. First half was Neeld-era stuff, even down to the...

Give this man a cigar! Buddy had the lowest average goals per game against Melbourne. The Hawks regularly gave us a pasting, but Buddy rarely cashed in.

Good pickup - I hadn't considered the players' ages. No cherry picking here, just a quick and dirty comparison. Makes Buddy look pretty special, doesn't it? If Rooey can be a Jack Riewoldt, we'd all be pretty happy I reckon.

I reckon we can win it this year, but we need to have as little go wrong as possible. I thought the same last year when we weren't that far off, but our forward line got smashed to pieces late by injury (Petty, Fritsch, Melksham) and idiocy (van Rooyen, Pickett). Clarry getting injured and...

After 26 games, van Rooyen has had more scoring shots and kicked more goals than Buddy, Josh Kennedy, Jack Riewoldt and Charlie Curnow at the same stage. Only Tom Hawkins and Jesse Hogan are ahead of him. He's down on marks vs the others, which surprised me a bit. Like most here, I'd love to...

More likely he gets remembered for having one of these

These are the only changes that make sense. Our mids got their pants pulled down in a way that hasn't happened in 5+ years. Gotta back them to bounce back, otherwise we may as well give up. Some of the hysteria about the forwards is completely overblown. 2008 Buddy Franklin would have had <2...

Looking forward to seeing the young fella debut against the Lions at the G. Get around the perm. Also confirming via Viney's pronunciation that it's "Tolstrup", with a silent H.