Well I won't back away from some banter.
My take is simply based on the law of averages. We've played roughly 20 poor quarters and I don't really follow Adelaide but will say you've played 20 good ones. So simply based on that we're both due for a turnaround and hence why Freo should get the job done.
We'll match up the ever reliable and hardly gives away frees Zac against your skipper. He'll get shut down and this will rub off on the rest of your blokes. That's when we'll unleash a scoring blitz and lead at quarter time 2.4.16 to 1.3.9
The second quarter will start much like the first with Danyl Pearce providing plenty of attack for the Crows with his turnover style. Sadly for the Crows the Freo players are aware of his inability to hit a target and hence run to defense. This ping pong style will infuriate the Crows supporters, but will have the Dockers faithful thinking 'well we're kind of in this'. When Crozier snaps a classy looking goal to go with his other 2 touches for the half and Mayne peppers the behinds we'll go in at halftime 5.11.41 to 4.6.30
Now usually an 11 point lead would be enough at halftime to go on and win, but this is a new look Dockers side willing to score and match it with the best. Our outs of Sandilands, Fyfe, Johnson, Mundy, Ballantyne, Bennell is offset by your team having Curtly Hampton out, but our young midfield with collectively 17 games between 7 of them will have fresh legs and continue to offer plenty of run.
When Taberner takes an awkward chest mark unopposed and calmy goes back and slots it despite no one standing the mark from 12m out we'll blow this game out to a 19 point lead. For those of you thinking 'hang on, weren't you only up by 11 at halftime' you would be correct but forgot Mayne had another set shot on goal and there was a rushed behind from a 75m shot despite 3 people standing in the corridor for us.
There'll be live crosses to the boxes where Ross will be barking instructions and actually thinking '**** me, we're in this despite my requests to tank'. Don Pyke will look cool as ever. If they remain on him long enough, the viewers may catch a glimpse of what was a blink.
We'll run the quarter out with 24 inside 50m entries and just heap scoreboard pressure on the crows. 3 quarter time 7.19.59 to 6.8.44
Start of the last. Commentators will quickly throw out 6 cliches about what a remarkable win this would be. The Freo faithful laughing as they got on at juicy odds of 18-1 when Walters was a late withdrawal. There will be the customary pan over to Pavlich as he rubs his hands together itching to add to his dominate forward of the game status after his first 3 quarters 16 touch hall.
As always happens at Adelaide they'll go BANG BANG to start the 4th term and close to within less than a goal. The commentators will quickly change their tune and use often underused words like 'brave' and 'courageous' to define the Freo performance so far. But we're a proud club with a massive 21 years of history and success and won't stand for it. When Crozier falls over the ball and is somehow given a free for in the back he'll go back from 40m out and slam it straight over the umpires hat.... who had run straight to the post to watch the ball sneak home.
There'll be some good old fashioned free flowing end to end football as the new rules have an impact and the game opens up. 3 behinds to each team during this period really will have everyone on a knifes edge. With 2 minutes remaining the Dockers lead 9.24.78 to 11.11.77
The game will be calling out for a hero. Enter one Zac Dawson. From his defensive 50m he'll try and show off some of his tricks by selling some hand candy, only he tried to sell it to Josh Jenkins and that bloke don't move for anything. When Zac stumbles and trips and the ball runs loose Jenkins will pick it up and slam it onto his boot from 45m. The ball will be sailing 16 rows back, but he's hooked it viciously to the left for a behind. Eddie Betts is off his head as he never left the goal square and hasn't all game and can't understand how Jenkins missed him. It would've capped off another great game by the small forward with 4 goals and total meters gained equaling 17m.
With 90 seconds on the ding dong it's time for Freo to show their new courage. All players line up down the middle, but Sutcliffe spotting an open player 15m away near the boundary does the percentage thing and hits him lace out... on the bounce. Sheridan sensing his moments sprints down the wing and bangs a 45m tumbler straight into the hands of Zac Dawson. Redemption time he thinks as he wheels around and goes straight into the middle of Adelaide Oval.
Collective gulps nation wide as his inverse torp actually carries the pack and sees a waiting Crozier who was doing up his shoelaces. He'll gallop away at lightening speed but must get rid of it as the ever young Thompson makes up 8m on the youngster. His scrambled kick hits an Adelaide player but Mayne comes from off screen and tears him down in a no questions asked HTB decision as the Adelaide player had exactly .002 of a second to get rid of it.
Further sensing the moment Weller will pick up the loose ball and opt to play on despite there only being 9 seconds on the clock. He'll snap wildly, but the ball will carry the goal line and Freo will piss it in with 2 seconds to go.
My take is simply based on the law of averages. We've played roughly 20 poor quarters and I don't really follow Adelaide but will say you've played 20 good ones. So simply based on that we're both due for a turnaround and hence why Freo should get the job done.
We'll match up the ever reliable and hardly gives away frees Zac against your skipper. He'll get shut down and this will rub off on the rest of your blokes. That's when we'll unleash a scoring blitz and lead at quarter time 2.4.16 to 1.3.9
The second quarter will start much like the first with Danyl Pearce providing plenty of attack for the Crows with his turnover style. Sadly for the Crows the Freo players are aware of his inability to hit a target and hence run to defense. This ping pong style will infuriate the Crows supporters, but will have the Dockers faithful thinking 'well we're kind of in this'. When Crozier snaps a classy looking goal to go with his other 2 touches for the half and Mayne peppers the behinds we'll go in at halftime 5.11.41 to 4.6.30
Now usually an 11 point lead would be enough at halftime to go on and win, but this is a new look Dockers side willing to score and match it with the best. Our outs of Sandilands, Fyfe, Johnson, Mundy, Ballantyne, Bennell is offset by your team having Curtly Hampton out, but our young midfield with collectively 17 games between 7 of them will have fresh legs and continue to offer plenty of run.
When Taberner takes an awkward chest mark unopposed and calmy goes back and slots it despite no one standing the mark from 12m out we'll blow this game out to a 19 point lead. For those of you thinking 'hang on, weren't you only up by 11 at halftime' you would be correct but forgot Mayne had another set shot on goal and there was a rushed behind from a 75m shot despite 3 people standing in the corridor for us.
There'll be live crosses to the boxes where Ross will be barking instructions and actually thinking '**** me, we're in this despite my requests to tank'. Don Pyke will look cool as ever. If they remain on him long enough, the viewers may catch a glimpse of what was a blink.
We'll run the quarter out with 24 inside 50m entries and just heap scoreboard pressure on the crows. 3 quarter time 7.19.59 to 6.8.44
Start of the last. Commentators will quickly throw out 6 cliches about what a remarkable win this would be. The Freo faithful laughing as they got on at juicy odds of 18-1 when Walters was a late withdrawal. There will be the customary pan over to Pavlich as he rubs his hands together itching to add to his dominate forward of the game status after his first 3 quarters 16 touch hall.
As always happens at Adelaide they'll go BANG BANG to start the 4th term and close to within less than a goal. The commentators will quickly change their tune and use often underused words like 'brave' and 'courageous' to define the Freo performance so far. But we're a proud club with a massive 21 years of history and success and won't stand for it. When Crozier falls over the ball and is somehow given a free for in the back he'll go back from 40m out and slam it straight over the umpires hat.... who had run straight to the post to watch the ball sneak home.
There'll be some good old fashioned free flowing end to end football as the new rules have an impact and the game opens up. 3 behinds to each team during this period really will have everyone on a knifes edge. With 2 minutes remaining the Dockers lead 9.24.78 to 11.11.77
The game will be calling out for a hero. Enter one Zac Dawson. From his defensive 50m he'll try and show off some of his tricks by selling some hand candy, only he tried to sell it to Josh Jenkins and that bloke don't move for anything. When Zac stumbles and trips and the ball runs loose Jenkins will pick it up and slam it onto his boot from 45m. The ball will be sailing 16 rows back, but he's hooked it viciously to the left for a behind. Eddie Betts is off his head as he never left the goal square and hasn't all game and can't understand how Jenkins missed him. It would've capped off another great game by the small forward with 4 goals and total meters gained equaling 17m.
With 90 seconds on the ding dong it's time for Freo to show their new courage. All players line up down the middle, but Sutcliffe spotting an open player 15m away near the boundary does the percentage thing and hits him lace out... on the bounce. Sheridan sensing his moments sprints down the wing and bangs a 45m tumbler straight into the hands of Zac Dawson. Redemption time he thinks as he wheels around and goes straight into the middle of Adelaide Oval.
Collective gulps nation wide as his inverse torp actually carries the pack and sees a waiting Crozier who was doing up his shoelaces. He'll gallop away at lightening speed but must get rid of it as the ever young Thompson makes up 8m on the youngster. His scrambled kick hits an Adelaide player but Mayne comes from off screen and tears him down in a no questions asked HTB decision as the Adelaide player had exactly .002 of a second to get rid of it.
Further sensing the moment Weller will pick up the loose ball and opt to play on despite there only being 9 seconds on the clock. He'll snap wildly, but the ball will carry the goal line and Freo will piss it in with 2 seconds to go.
