4 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

won't happen, but moving freo to tassie would solve a few problems

What did Tasmania ever do to you?

To add to Freo's woes Sean Darcy is dining with Clarko this evening. 

 

Gives Hawks a chance of knocking off the Saints this week. Could make the last 3 weeks a real hoot.

6 hours ago, adonski said:

Can a future 3rd round pick have its own thread?

nah. gotta be a first rounder.

47 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I literally laughed out loud and had to explain to my husband what the hell this meant. 
He said “you’re deranged” 😂

51 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

I literally laughed out loud and had to explain to my husband what the hell this meant. 
He said “you’re deranged” 😂

Well that’s ok, we are all a little mad hatter in this place!

But [censored] that feather cap wearing midget!

9 hours ago, binman said:

Like us in 2019, Freo are in a rebuilding phase - players in for surgery early , experimenting with players in new roles, trying new strategies, giving some young players a run, working out who to cut etc etc.

Clever, as its not really tanking as such, but has the same benefit of ensuring a high draft pick to bring in a gun or package up draft picks to say to do what we did and trade in a player of Ed Langdon's quality to fill a clear need and a grab a second round gem like Bowey.

Well played Freo.

Oh, hold on. I think I've got that wrong.

The dees get all the same benefits of our 2019 season, but none of the pain of finishing 17th - and in addition to freo's first and second round draft pick, we get our own first and second round draft pick! 

Sorry, not sorry Freo.

If it is any consolation Freo, i will be forever grateful and you will always have special place in my heart for the joy you have brought dees fans.   

Also, as further consolation my purple friends, pick four has terrible record of producing decent players.

Oh, hold on. I think I've got that wrong.

Nick Daicos went at four in the 2021 draft as did George Wardlaw in 2022. But don't fret my little anchors, both have probably hit their ceiling.

And yes, we might trade up to get the most promising forward in the draft for many a year, but again don't let the angst overwhelm you - number one draft picks have mixed record of going on to be superstars. 

And whilst a forward line featuring JVR, Jefferson and Reid is simply a mind blowing thought, it is a few years away from being a reality, which gives you, my darling dockers, several seasons of fully bottoming out to grab some high draft picks you can actually keep (unless of course Bell decides to trade them for English because you need an elite ruck with Darcy heading East because Bell brought in a young, not yet proven ruck to take his minutes and salary).  

Sooo in other words, you're just happy we're getting pick 4..??

2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Sooo in other words, you're just happy we're getting pick 4..??

I think binman is elated

2 hours ago, jshc__ said:

To add to Freo's woes Sean Darcy is dining with Clarko this evening. 

 

Source?

21 minutes ago, binman said:

Source?

They were having steaks, so I’m guessing it would’ve been mushroom.

39 minutes ago, binman said:

Source?

One of my mates was sitting three tables away

22 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

They were having steaks, so I’m guessing it would’ve been mushroom.

You're probably right - two massive bogans.

47 minutes ago, binman said:

You're probably right - two massive bogans.

Wouldn’t bogans eat steak with seafood sauce “Reef and Beef” I think they called it. Fkcu me!

Bogans would eat steak with tomato sauce

Hawks need to make up 2 games and 10% with 5 matches remaining to overtake freo.

Unfortunately freo have West Coast 

We need hawks to do saints in then hope for an upset against Collingwood or bulldogs (hopefully not us).

Hawks play freo in the final round which could decide pick 3 or 4.

Much more likely if hawks had held on against Richmond last week.

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

Makes Harambe look like Coco the Monkey.

May the Death Ride continue today

🤞🤞

5 minutes ago, Roy Boy said:

May the Death Ride continue today

🤞🤞

Cats vs Freo at KP

That'll sort out the % differential between them and Hawks!

Keeping a close eye on the Suns game today. Hope they can spring a surprise or at least lose by a smaller margin than Freo do. 🤞

Very conflicted today. I love the death ride but hate Geelong.

Ideally Geelong loses today but Freo still finish in bottom 4 at seasons end.

1 minute ago, BDA said:

Very conflicted today. I love the death ride but hate Geelong.

Ideally Geelong loses today but Freo still finish in bottom 4 at seasons end.

GC and Freo win, we can get to the Lions and Geelong drop out of the top 8.

12 hours ago, Roost it far said:

Wouldn’t bogans eat steak with seafood sauce “Reef and Beef” I think they called it. Fkcu me!

In Tasmania they stuff a steak full of Oysters. Odd concept at the best of times, but the name is what really completes it 

Carpetbag

Edited July 29, 20232 yr by fr_ap

22 hours ago, binman said:

Also, as further consolation my purple friends, pick four has terrible record of producing decent players.

Pick 4 is, objectively, the best draft pick this century.

In fact, the unsuccessful pick 4s are almost entirely limited to Barry Prendergast selections!

Actually, on further investigation pick 5 may actually have pick 4 just slightly beaten thanks to the incredibly early run of McVeigh, Franklin and Pendlebury, and overall consistency with almost no 'misses', and those misses are GWS anyway.

So I'll be able to remain calm if Freo put in a little bit of a late season spark and somehow climb to 5th-last!

We should try to trade up to get both 4 and 5 because I don't think there's ever been a draft without at least one of them going on to be absolute pinnacle-level champions.

On 7/25/2023 at 9:35 AM, Demonland said:

 

Good on you, Lloydo.

At least, Freo have played in a GF in the last decade. Your mob haven't even managed a finals win in almost two decades. Have some self awareness...