Personnel are the easiest thing to tinker with. I don't think it will turn up a solution.
We seem to have wasted a preseason: Totally failed to create any midfield-forward cohesion, and for good measure we have stifled our defense.
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We seem to have wasted a preseason: Totally failed to create any midfield-forward cohesion, and for good measure we have stifled our defense.
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Why would we not wish the ultimate success for a team we love?I'd love to get to a place where I could be satisfied with the little wins and only that
Ironically today i got an AFL easter egg with the cutout ladder you can build on the side of the box? May as well put freo straight on the bottom...this years gone down the crapper and we r only a month in.
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Define 'more than a game'? It's my number 1 hobby but it's not that important in the grand scheme of things.
I'm pretty content I've reached a point in my life where my happiness doesn't rely on the performance of 22 underachieving people I'll never meet. Freo success would be a nice bonus that I'll always wish for, but I'm not going to let things out of my control affect me too deeply.
A lot of ex-Brisbane players guns seem to be the trend. However, if OUR trends are anything to go by, we'll get this guy:
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Sturt needs to be given a chance, I know that we all hammer that home every week but it's the truth, he hasn't been given a real run at it, and now is the time to do it.
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You sir are a wise man
When ever the telecast cuts to JLo in the box hes either got a deadpan expression or chewing his nails. Be nice to see him communicate with the bench by phone every now and then... Heres an even better idea go down to the bench to lead from the front... starting to really pee me off.
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I’ve only started to feel this way the last couple of seasons. This year I’m ready to let it go. I will still support Freo but it will no longer be my number 1 hobby priority.
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Anyone got a description of how we got our 4th Goal? Believe it was credited to Amiss but there was no vision on it on the Ch 7 replay and it doesn't show up in the game highlights.
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Who did you support before freo
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No one.
I grew up with a Pommie cricket-loving Dad and only got into footy in 95 when Freo were formed.
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Hrmmm ok you get a slide
Jackson is an enigma. He’s really shorthanding the forward line.
Tabs, Treacy, Amiss can work but then you plonk Jackson there.
No one has even addressed the horrific small/medium forward depth.
Apart from Walters, it lacks any dare or creativity. Shultz is a workhorse, Switter is a runner. Nothing else outside of that. How the **** is Banfield getting games in that forward line.
Time to throw in Corbett, Sturt. Jackson needs to be a full time mid or bench. Can’t believe all last season not once did Meek and Darcy play together back to back weeks yet Jackson in changes it all.
Changes galore. It’s only 1-3, teams are still losing- Sydney, Brisbane, Geelong. Time to arrest it fast and change tack.
Tabs, Treacy, Amiss can work but then you plonk Jackson there.
No one has even addressed the horrific small/medium forward depth.
Apart from Walters, it lacks any dare or creativity. Shultz is a workhorse, Switter is a runner. Nothing else outside of that. How the **** is Banfield getting games in that forward line.
Time to throw in Corbett, Sturt. Jackson needs to be a full time mid or bench. Can’t believe all last season not once did Meek and Darcy play together back to back weeks yet Jackson in changes it all.
Changes galore. It’s only 1-3, teams are still losing- Sydney, Brisbane, Geelong. Time to arrest it fast and change tack.
I personally can’t see Treacy in the same Fwd line with Tabs. Too lumbering for mine and not great at all ground level. Treacy has gone backwards. Tabs is done
.You make a good point regarding Jackson. He somehow needs to be fitted in. Not sure if it’s midfield. It has to be out of the goal square crashing packs and doing his best. Lots of work needs to be put into his craft.
Would like to see Sturt/Corbett in and we just keep playing Amiss throughout the year.
I see Switta more as mid/impact player around the ground.
Freddy/Walters are the only ones currently who have any X factor. Shultz is just an honest player who stands out in losses ( like today and the Collingwood final) as he always plays that hardworking role and kicks his 2 or 3.
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If we made a GF again I think you'd ride the highs and lows of the game just like we did last time, it just feels a long way off.
I deliberately chose not to watch this game and instead listen as I worked in the garden, but eventually got sucked in by the third quarter to watch it, even though we were getting pounded. I no longer care to watch every game of AFL I can the way I did 10-15 years ago, but this is more a consequence of realising it was a waste of precious time. I think footy should return to every game at 2pm on Saturday. Would make life a lot easier.
Switta was cooked from early in the 2nd quarter
Very selfish by him / stupid by us to leave him out there I thought
Jackson just seems afraid to do that. He plays like a small forward jumping at the ball when in the 50. He should be charging down the ball and smashing packs. Tabs ain’t that.I personally can’t see Treacy in the same Fwd line with Tabs. Too lumbering for mine and not great at all ground level. Treacy has gone backwards. Tabs is done
You make a good point regarding Jackson. He somehow needs to be fitted in. Not sure if it’s midfield. It has to be out of the goal square crashing packs and doing his best. Lots of work needs to be put into his craft.
Would like to see Sturt/Corbett in and we just keep playing Amiss throughout the year.
I see Switta more as mid/impact player around the ground.
Freddy/Walters are the only ones currently who have any X factor. Shultz is just an honest player who stands out in losses ( like today and the Collingwood final) as he always plays that hardworking role and kicks his 2 or 3.
Amiss hasn’t been bad but he’s still so raw. 1 or 2 goals here and there is about right for his development.
Really missed Fredrick today. Banfield probably will stay, which is a soft call by Jl. Would love to see Sturt and Fredrick in the same team.
This is whats called 'acceptance - the final stage of grief'. I was in the first, 'denial' stage for the Saints and Kangaroos. I sincerely admire your mature approach and honestly need to remind myself of this more often when meandering between 'anger' and 'bargaining'.
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I think Jacko was mostly forward and relief ruck. Not sure what happened to Jacko the oversize midfielder today? Has that been shelved after just a week?
