News New Captain for 2023 - Alex Pearce

Who do you WANT to be Captain

  • Caleb Serong

    Votes: 56 23.8%

  • Andrew Brayshaw

    Votes: 84 35.7%

  • Alex Pearce

    Votes: 88 37.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 7 3.0%
  • Total voters
    235

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Good appointment, allows Brayshaw and Serong time to further develop their leadership without all focus and pressure that comes with being the main man. Moose clearly highly regarded by the players and coaches alike.
 
With today's news, let's consider just how well we nailed our 2019 draft. From our 4 picks:

- One guy (who would now be taken in the top 3 if there was a redraft) is as good a half back flanker as we have ever had. Is on the verge of All Australian selection. Is in our leadership group, and is 21 years of age.

- One guy (who would also be taken in the top 3 in a redraft) is being touted as being as gifted as Lachie Neale as an inside mid. He is a competitive beast - who hates to be beaten in the contest, and is equally skilled on both sides of his body. He is now our Vice Captain and is 22 years old.

- One guy is an excitement machine. Is one of the fastest in our team. Had a breakout season last year and is now starting to really get noticed by all media pundits on the East Coast. He is 22 years old.

- One guy is deftly skilled. Has not quite put it all together but has just had his best ever pre-season. He is 21 years old.

Side note: The only other guy that would go in the top 3 in a redraft - well, we happen to trade him in before the season began.
 
Taylor said:
Alex was Vice Captain last season?
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I can't find any media saying it's a named role. He was the member of the leadership group that was elevated when Fyfe was out, but nothing said 'vice captain'. In fact I couldn't find anything on the net about vice captains at the club at any point (as a formal role), let alone recently.
(The 2021 and 2022 media releases don't mention vice captain).
 

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Paracleet said:
I can't find any media saying it's a named role. He was the member of the leadership group that was elevated when Fyfe was out, but nothing said 'vice captain'. In fact I couldn't find anything on the net about vice captains at the club at any point (as a formal role), let alone recently.
(The 2021 and 2022 media releases don't mention vice captain).
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This is the first time I can recall titled vice captains
 
gungho said:
With today's news, let's consider just how well we nailed our 2019 draft. From our 4 picks:

- One guy (who would now be taken in the top 3 if there was a redraft) is as good a half back flanker as we have ever had. Is on the verge of All Australian selection. Is in our leadership group, and is 21 years of age.

- One guy (who would also be taken in the top 3 in a redraft) is being touted as being as gifted as Lachie Neale as an inside mid. He is a competitive beast - who hates to be beaten in the contest, and is equally skilled on both sides of his body. He is now our Vice Captain and is 22 years old.

- One guy is an excitement machine. Is one of the fastest in our team. Had a breakout season last year and is now starting to really get noticed by all media pundits on the East Coast. He is 22 years old.

- One guy is deftly skilled. Has not quite put it all together but has just had his best ever pre-season. He is 21 years old.

Side note: The only other guy that would go in the top 3 in a redraft - well, we happen to trade him in before the season began.
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Not so sure about having all of the top 3 but I recon they would all be in the top 5-7 regardless of needs. Others guns to consider Chad Warner, Pickett, Sam De Koning, Georgiades.
 

Analysis: Alex Pearce is the perfect captaincy choice to lead Fremantle into a new era​

Alex Pearce questioned whether his career was over after two serious leg injuries. ELIZA REILLY analyses why the wily defender is the ideal choice to succeed Nat Fyfe as Fremantle‘s captain.

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February 23, 2023 - 3:30PM
[PLAYERCARD]Alex Pearce[/PLAYERCARD] was the right choice to captain Fremantle this season. Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images

Alex Pearce was the right choice to captain Fremantle this season. Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images
Your first thought is always your best thought.
And leadership has become second nature to Alex Pearce.

A new era has begun at Fremantle with the wily defender appointed Nat Fyfe’s successor and the club’s 10th skipper.
Pearce is the eighth Indigenous star to lead an AFL club. He is also the third Tasmanian, following in the footsteps of Chris Bond and Adrian Fletcher, to captain the Dockers.
History is important in this instance.
Pearce stood in for Nat Fyfe on 16 occasions last season, including Fremantle’s two finals appearances as the club returned to September for the first time since 2015. Pearce captained like a captain, not a stopgap who’d sink back into the shadows when Fyfe was fit to continue.
As much as Fyfe wanted to take Fremantle to its first premiership, he was one of the first to recognise the breadth of leadership that had emerged in his absence. After six seasons at the helm, including a 2022 ravaged by injury, Fyfe went to the club at the end of the season and declared he was done as skipper.
Sensing the year had taken its toll, Fremantle sent Fyfe away on the players’ end of season break with a view of revisiting the captaincy once he was refreshed. His view didn’t sway, even after several weeks off the grid in Nicaragua.
It was time for the Dockers to take a new direction, to ratify the shift that was already unfolding.
Pearce is the right captain for right now. The only reason you wouldn’t select him is the threat of injury.
Pearce led Fremantle with aplomb through last year’s finals series. Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images

Pearce led Fremantle with aplomb through last year’s finals series. Picture: Paul Kane/Getty Images
The 27-year-old has suffered two significant leg fractures across a decade-long career that forced him to miss the 2017 and 2020 seasons in their entirety. We thought we’d never see the best of him and Pearce too questioned whether his career was over.
That’s where the past is irrelevant.
Pearce has suffered injuries. That doesn’t guarantee he will again, especially after rediscovering faith in his body last season, playing all but one game.
Andrew Brayshaw has been incredibly durable, missing two games in the past three seasons. That doesn’t guarantee his stellar run will continue (touch every piece of wood in Cockburn).
Brayshaw will make an outstanding captain one day. But there was always going to be an element of doubt in how he would handle holding dual titles as Fremantle’s best player and skipper at the age of 23.
Instead, the Dockers have conjured the best of both worlds. Captaincy won’t affect Pearce’s on-field performance. We know that because he finished equal third in the Doig medal.
But if Pearce is ruled out for a game here or there, Brayshaw and Caleb Serong are elevated from vice-captains to joint skippers. It’s the perfect scenario. The pair’s teammates and the wider club will get more time to assess who will make the better leader in a few years.
[PLAYERCARD]Caleb Serong[/PLAYERCARD] and [PLAYERCARD]Andrew Brayshaw[/PLAYERCARD] are both ready to step up if needed. Picture: Daniel Carson/AFL Photos via Getty Images

Caleb Serong and Andrew Brayshaw are both ready to step up if needed. Picture: Daniel Carson/AFL Photos via Getty Images
Fittingly all three featured on the voting ballots of every single Dockers player and coach.
For now, the baton is Pearce’s to carry, if all goes to plan, to Fremantle’s first flag.
Make no mistake, the long-locked, laid-back, brick wall is no bridge to the future. Pearce is the present.
 
Shadow Man said:
Good appointment, allows Brayshaw and Serong time to further develop their leadership without all focus and pressure that comes with being the main man. Moose clearly highly regarded by the players and coaches alike.
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serial_thrilla said:
Good choice.
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And may we note AP came to us at pick 37!
Elite defender!
Seventh indigenous afl captain!
All round champ!
What a great pickup!
 
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