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Don't you mean the other way round?Us oldies will also remember how we used sticky tape to change a cassette from being able to record on it, to "safe"
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Don't you mean the other way round?Us oldies will also remember how we used sticky tape to change a cassette from being able to record on it, to "safe"
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I see it was still a parking lot 30 years ago.A lot of conversation has been had here about the love we all have for the Mighty Fremantle Dockers.I have to admit that Fremantle is not my first real love of top level football, but that honour is to the Mighty Fighting South Fremantle Bulldogs.
I remarked in a previous post about how many supporters always seem to want to look back rather than forward. I apologise if my comment offended any one here.
After reading others comments, I understand how diverse our followers are. Probably many , like me, in the 30 year bracket. Many younger and other finding their way to the club via another avenue rather than being born into the game of Aussie rules.I have read the posts and the differences now.
There could be so much and so many stories to be told about how our club came to be,but, most know that I am sure.If not, take time to research it. You will find out just how much of a struggle it was in our early years.
But I found a photo today, a blast from the past. Our first squad and theiir first training session at the home of WA football, Fremantle oval.View attachment 2045382
Welcome back aboard this show is just getting startedso, I have been emotionally checked out of footy and fremantle for about 5 years now, drained by the continuous orbit around the optimism triangle. I still follow how they go and read these pages occasionally. Now quite circumstantially I have a road trip planned to Melbourne in September and damn it if I am not being sucked in again! oh the uncertainty! can they do it... will I see a flag before I croak? (am 72 now, itsa worry)
I better get some meds the resurgence of emotions may kill meWelcome back aboard this show is just getting started
Come back Wally, you'll be sorry if you don't.so, I have been emotionally checked out of footy and fremantle for about 5 years now, drained by the continuous orbit around the optimism triangle. I still follow how they go and read these pages occasionally. Now quite circumstantially I have a road trip planned to Melbourne in September and damn it if I am not being sucked in again! oh the uncertainty! can they do it... will I see a flag before I croak? (am 72 now, itsa worry)
so, I have been emotionally checked out of footy and fremantle for about 5 years now, drained by the continuous orbit around the optimism triangle. I still follow how they go and read these pages occasionally. Now quite circumstantially I have a road trip planned to Melbourne in September and damn it if I am not being sucked in again! oh the uncertainty! can they do it... will I see a flag before I croak? (am 72 now, itsa worry)
Far out, these are amazing. bloody hell.For those wondering https://x.com/LesEverettFreo
These are the people I was speaking about prior. sorry to hijack your opinion, Wally, and feel free to call me that.so, I have been emotionally checked out of footy and fremantle for about 5 years now, drained by the continuous orbit around the optimism triangle. I still follow how they go and read these pages occasionally. Now quite circumstantially I have a road trip planned to Melbourne in September and damn it if I am not being sucked in again! oh the uncertainty! can they do it... will I see a flag before I croak? (am 72 now, itsa worry)
I’ll never get sick of listening to this oneNirvana was an all time great band but even 30 years on I can't listen to their music anymore after it was overplayed and killed so much as a kid. I guess only having 3 or so albums didn't help either.
Freo history aside, there’s something vivid about the lighting in pre-smartphone photos (both film and digital) that has been lost.For those wondering https://x.com/LesEverettFreo
The best thing you can do for your enjoyment of anything is completely disconnect from the mainstream. I never watch TV aside from footy, or listen to radio etc and as a result nothing is tainted by over saturationNirvana was an all time great band but even 30 years on I can't listen to their music anymore after it was overplayed and killed so much as a kid. I guess only having 3 or so albums didn't help either.
I’ll never get sick of listening to this one
The best unplugged set by any band.
Eddie and the band did some great understated stuff but in my eyes they are a great performing rock band. Nirvana were simply Kurt and his genius, which came through best in that unplugged form.That accolade belongs to Pearl Jam for me but I do not like Nirvana in the slightest.
The best unplugged set by any band.
I’ll never get sick of listening to this one
Yeah, they covered a few songs in that setJust checking, you know it’s a David Bowie song?
The original is pretty killer with Mick Ronson on guitar.
Oh my gosh. I haven’t thought about that in decades. F*** I’m old… Cheers for unearthing that memory, DQ.Us oldies will also remember how we used sticky tape to change a cassette from being able to record on it, to "safe"
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That sounds like fate to me.I have a road trip planned to Melbourne in September.
ThanksAstute. I apologise for the utterly subjective ramblings to follow but I feel like I've sort of seen this from afar. From what I've seen it's very much tied to especially 2015 - The Prelim that kinda broke that spirit. Every home game and final, at least through the T.V., always had a feeling to it, an atmosphere. But that was a grind. After the electric start to 2015 we had quite a few wet weather games.
The combination of a laborious gamestyle, heavy legs from heavy track, lots of old legs, some damning losses and very uninspiring wins, key injuries piling up and a shared certainty that that was our last chance for quite some time: There was a genuine panic and a mania that set in. The difference between late 2015 crowds and 2013 crowds wouldn't have been obvious to the neutral and uninitiated but it felt like a tidal wave of anxiety. I remember this board was a bit of a miserable place to be because there was this heavy impending feeling of dread...a cliff. 2013 felt new, exciting, it felt like those 04-06 crowds where there was expectation yet genuine exploration: We were in uncharted territory and we couldn't wait to see what happened next.
That Sydney QF win was a weird feeling. It didn't feel like Freo won a final: It felt like we stretched a rubber band further than we ever had before. Hands down the least joy I've ever experienced from watching a finals win. But that prelim...the first 10 minutes felt like a wave building to a massive crescendo until some rather unfortunate umpiring and even more unfortunate goal kicking lead to that Sutcliffe kick across goal to Sheridan with Cyril bearing down on him...our time was gone and it broke us.
What's worse was how hastily we tried to fix things. We kept trying to bring in the next big recruits topping up with some astute drafting. But the on field performance was just so...meh. Personally I've never felt a season quite as dire as 2018: Every win felt like it was predictable. Outside of the first derby we never felt like we were close to jagging a game we weren't supposed to. Each game was mostly low scoring and kept at arms length (or belted off the park).
We're finally now at a point where we've developed into quite a strong position for now and the future and there is this feeling again...but there's a LOT of conditioning to overcome before that culture/atmosphere fully explodes again. We just can't quite get there yet despite there being some clear signs that we're building. We can't trust yet...but we're getting there. That 2022 final saw glimmers of that old atmosphere.
If we can finish the season strong and somehow, someway squeeze into Top 4 I reckon we'll see quite a bit of that rabid Freo frenzy at whatever final we host. Or really, the next time (whenever that may be in the short or far flung future) we make the Top 4.
I don't have stats for it, but I think it is pretty apparent that Treacy and Amiss are getting the ball outside 50 more. The ball moves slower if you don't have marking targets. Longmuir is risk averse, and wants contests weighted in our favour.Rewatching all the games this season Tracey especially and amiss and Jackson often move upfield to the wings to gain the ball . You need to look at the players just around the packs nit just at the ones getting ball .
With increased skill and confidence they are now hitting their targets
As to mid me in forward line , brayshaw and seeing were having shots but missing . Sane as Fyfe when he went forward
So the plan similar but different players eg yiung . But overall same plan. , win the contest move the ball fast if possible , kick around if no one free