We will beat the Dockers

[Choko 493]

I happened to have a really interesting conversation with Mark Harvey the other day. I asked him if it was a bad loss to the Tigers or if the tigers are good. He made the point that they are missing 9 of their best 15 players. I was very surprised. I asked him to list them and he said Grover, Tarrant, Fyfe (who he reckons will be a champ), Headland, Mayne, Broughton, Barlow, McPharlin (and one other I don't remember).

With Jurrah and Sylvia back (and maybe Junior) and a side that's full of running and has some depth, I think we have as good a chance as ever to knock over a big team.

Dees by 9.

GO DEES!

[robsey24 0]

I think the fact it is at Subiaco makes it pretty damn hard for the boys to have a win.

Theres nothing like a bit of faith though! Would love to be proved wrong!

[armstrong35 262]

i dont think they will. but i hope they do put up a fight

random question : is the afl website not working or is it just my computer?

[robsey24 0]

not working for me either. The afl website often experiences glitches, should be back soon.

[big tuna 0]

Lets not get carried away Choko... we are terrible on the road & Freo will want to bounce back hard after going down to lowly Tigers side.

I am expecting us to push them for a full 4 quarters and not just roll over and get thumped like so many other interstate games.

I can't believe Harvey considers Headland to be in their best 15 players. Maybe its because I don't like Headland but I thought he would be a depth player now that only gets a game when they have injuries. Headland has never delivered on the promise of his draft pick or form at Brisbane with the help of the fab 4.

[Red Sox 2]

Nice thoughts and would be a defining game for our season if we could lock away an interstate win especially against the best interstate side going this year.

I have my doubts though but would like to see more of the same of the last two weeks. If we can stay competitive and in the game for long periods Freo are a side that can wobble!

[Eth 4]

Without Barlow Freo are a top 8 side at best. We'll give them a crack, but too early to call at this stage.

[The Chazz 4,077]

No chance. I made the call a couple of weeks ago that we have already penciled in the games we will win for the rest of the year - this isn't one of them.

If my theory is correct, I think we will see some interesting selections this week (maybe 2 or 3 that will raise our eyebrows). We will go in to the following week (which happens to be Sydney at the MCG) with a far better team than what we line up this Sunday.

Bailey played it well in the media after yesterday's game, claiming that we will be going for more of a running team this week and there could be some changes. Just putting up a smokescreen for this weeks selections. Well played Bails!

[The Chazz 4,077]

Without Barlow Freo are a top 8 side at best. We'll give them a crack, but too early to call at this stage.

Melbourne are far from a top 8 side, so based on that theory Eth, Freo will win. They are a better team than us, and are at home.

[beelzebub 23,390]

not impossible....not probable either...still...It's footy !!! They wont want a repeat of this week will they !!

[jabberwocky 2,301]

I think we will match up well against them.

If the fair dinkum dees turn up we will give it a shake.

[Eth 4]

Melbourne are far from a top 8 side, so based on that theory Eth, Freo will win. They are a better team than us, and are at home.

I didn't say we'd win, but Richmond did beat them two days ago. Always good to be hopeful

[pitmaster 3,589]

I rate us a chance, although we did not beat much yesterday.

But we saw earlier this year what a difference a little confidence can do - and our games against the woods and saints were not bad.

Freo have not in their history put a full season together and even the strongest sides usually have some sort of a lull, so yeh we could surprise.

And if we are ever going to be as good as some on this site think we will be, then we must learn to win on the road.

Maybe a 20 per cent chance.

I believe.

[Harrisonrules 273]

Bail will be in I'm sure, Morton probably for his run on the big ground, Bennel certainly will stay and maybe Jetta for sentiment.

[Jaded No More 68,976]

No chance.

[Grandson of a gun 276]

Love the optimism. Doubt we will. The interstate hoodoo is still there. It will only begin to leave once they put in solid 4 quarter efforts on the road. If they do that this week then they are a chance.

But Freo on the rebound at Subi on a Sunday arvo doesn't instil me with much confidence.

Hope i am wrong!

[jabberwocky 2,301]

No chance.

Really Jaded.

I will wait till the side is selected and decide whether to put a few bucks on us. I give us a chance if we play with intensity for four quarters.

The open spaces and good surface might suit us, especially our forwards.

[Sydney Dee 1]

Well you can get a juicy $4.25 for the boys to get up.....

[Jaded No More 68,976]

Really Jaded.

I will wait till the side is selected and decide whether to put a few bucks on us. I give us a chance if we play with intensity for four quarters.

The open spaces and good surface might suit us, especially our forwards.

We couldn't maintain our intensity for four quarters against a miserably poor Essendon. What makes you think we can do it against a top four team at Subiaco?

I dearly hope I'm wrong, and we win by 1000 points, but realistically, we have no chance.

[jabberwocky 2,301]

We couldn't maintain our intensity for four quarters against a miserably poor Essendon. What makes you think we can do it against a top four team at Subiaco?

I dearly hope I'm wrong, and we win by 1000 points, but realistically, we have no chance.

We couldn't or didn't maintain intensity? I wasn't happy about the fade-out either, would love to have beat those P*&*ks by ten goals but we took the foot of the gas because we could.

I am just hopeful that we take something out of the win and get ourselves up for an away game, it has to happen evetually...doesn't it?

Finally we have four forwards each capable of kicking a bag of four goals. We haven't had that for a while. I hope that the last third of the season will be a reasonably good one to watch.

Sticking my neck out, but have a few scars to remind me not to do it too often. I just have a feeling we might catch them napping.

Are we any chance of getting junior back?

[stevethemanjordan 6,952]

No chance.

What the lady said.

[P-man 13,367]

Freo were horrible against the Tiges with some extremely poor finishing and major brain explosions happening at both ends of the park. Ballantyne in particular had the worst game I've seen him play, and without him firing they definitely lack something up forward.

Point is that they will be looking to bounce back in style against us, but then again, they said that about Essendon...

['55 '56 '57 4]

I'd love to stick it up the bogans at Subi.

[P-man 13,367]

I actually quite like Fremantle. Maybe it's because I empathise with them as being the whipping horse of practically every other team for several years, and so enjoy watching them finally stick it up em.

[Choko 493]

No chance.

Ye of little faith.... We have to be a some chance.