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Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition

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On 8/4/2023 at 4:39 PM, binman said:

Alright. Let's compromise.

A draw for the lions.

And Port get smashed by the cats and the 75% of the footy media air time is absorbed with questions like how much impact did the Allir stuff have, are port unravelling, will Kenny now nor get resigned, etc etc.

 

Even with a close loss, Fox set the tone vis a vis Port after the game, by (probably rightly) discussing their injury list and outs. They maintained that they weren't worried by Port's form slump and they just needed to get healthy again (Brad Johnson).

They've lost 4 games in a row, mounting injuries and are 3 weeks out from finals. Get real, they're in big trouble.

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    5 minutes ago, A F said:

    Even with a close loss, Fox set the tone vis a vis Port after the game, by (probably rightly) discussing their injury list and outs. They maintained that they weren't worried by Port's form slump and they just needed to get healthy again (Brad Johnson).

    They've lost 4 games in a row, mounting injuries and are 3 weeks out from finals. Get real, they're in big trouble.

    Haven’t heard a single commentator mention that we’ve been playing and winning without Oliver and Fritsch tho 🙄

    Port did have a giant injury list yesterday. Geelong too are missing lots of key players and were absolutely horrific. Port should have won that. 

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    26 minutes ago, Kent said:

    Why at Marvel??

     

    Because they are contracted to play 2-3 games there per season. I believe they approached the AFL several weeks ago trying to get the game moved to the G and have the Freo game rd 18 moved to Marvel. They cited maximising crowd capacity, truth be known Lions play well at Marvell. 

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    19 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Because they are contracted to play 2-3 games there per season. I believe they approached the AFL several weeks ago trying to get the game moved to the G and have the Freo game rd 18 moved to Marvel. They cited maximising crowd capacity, truth be known Lions play well at Marvell. 

    My heart bleeds for Collingwood.

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    33 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Haven’t heard a single commentator mention that we’ve been playing and winning without Oliver and Fritsch tho 🙄

    Port did have a giant injury list yesterday. Geelong too are missing lots of key players and were absolutely horrific. Port should have won that. 

    It was the perfect result.

    Port lost. Tough game that hopefully they struggle to come up from.

    And the cats win, but at home really should have done so much more impressively.

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    8 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Pick 3 is on!

    Freo have Lions, WC, Port, Hawks

    They need to lose all of them. 3/4 is likely but boy wouldn’t a derby loss be fantastic.

    The Hawks have Doggies, Dees and Freo. If they win 2/3 or even 3/3 (No!!!), Freo drop to 3rd last! 

    The Hawks will bully the Doggies next week and I predict another upset, they’ll run out of legs against us by then rebound to overtake Freo on the ladder in the final round!

     

    slim chance. I think the Hawks coughing up the win against the Tiges 2 weeks ago put paid to pick 3 for us. 

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    51 minutes ago, A F said:

    Even with a close loss, Fox set the tone vis a vis Port after the game, by (probably rightly) discussing their injury list and outs. They maintained that they weren't worried by Port's form slump and they just needed to get healthy again (Brad Johnson).

    They've lost 4 games in a row, mounting injuries and are 3 weeks out from finals. Get real, they're in big trouble.

    Well, maybe we're at the point where we don't need to comment on the views of various Fox commentators because, like the old Channel 9 cricket commentary team, most of them are there because they once were top level VFL/AFL players rather than having any actual expertise (let alone doing any independent research/analysis) but... 

    Yes, obviously Port are going to be better with a healthier list but by then they're likely to be 3rd or 4th and having to play Away Qualifiers/Prelims in Brisbane or at the MCG. They're going to finish Top 4 but their task is so much harder than the Top 2 they were almost guaranteed 4 weeks ago.

    But back to deathriding Fremantle, I'm happy to park the deathride today against Brisbane and in Round 23 against Port. In a perfect world they win those 2 and lose against West Coast in Round 22 & Hawthorn in Round 24 😀.

     
     

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    8 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

    Pick 3 is on!

    Freo have Lions, WC, Port, Hawks

    They need to lose all of them. 3/4 is likely but boy wouldn’t a derby loss be fantastic.

    The Hawks have Doggies, Dees and Freo. If they win 2/3 or even 3/3 (No!!!), Freo drop to 3rd last! 

    The Hawks will bully the Doggies next week and I predict another upset, they’ll run out of legs against us by then rebound to overtake Freo on the ladder in the final round!

     

    Pick 3 isn't on, especially after Fremantle do the right thing by Melbourne and beat Brisbane today 😀. The 2 out of 3 vs Fremantle 0 out of 4 scenario could work but Hawthorn would need to make up 9% on Fremantle (about 80 points differential), not helped by the fact they Hawthorn need to lose to Melbourne. Helping of course is that Hawthorn are playing Fremantle in Round 24.

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    Deathride can have a week off this week, go Dockers.

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    55 minutes ago, Sydney_Demon said:

    Well, maybe we're at the point where we don't need to comment on the views of various Fox commentators because, like the old Channel 9 cricket commentary team, most of them are there because they once were top level VFL/AFL players rather than having any actual expertise (let alone doing any independent research/analysis) but... 

    Yes, obviously Port are going to be better with a healthier list but by then they're likely to be 3rd or 4th and having to play Away Qualifiers/Prelims in Brisbane or at the MCG. They're going to finish Top 4 but their task is so much harder than the Top 2 they were almost guaranteed 4 weeks ago.

    But back to deathriding Fremantle, I'm happy to park the deathride today against Brisbane and in Round 23 against Port. In a perfect world they win those 2 and lose against West Coast in Round 22 & Hawthorn in Round 24 😀.

     
     

    My point was more that like The Australian newspaper did for years in politics, the Fox commentary (and 7), sets the tone for the AFL media narrative for the following week.

    But you're right, it's irrelevant what they say.

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    30 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

    Deathride can have a week off this week, go Dockers.

    Nah go Brisbane by one point. 
    We will overtake the Lions anyway 🤌
     

    A flag and Reid is still on 

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    Deathride suspended today. A Lions loss leaving us in second place more important than draft position.

    Normal service to return next week.

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    4 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

    Nah go Brisbane by one point. 
    We will overtake the Lions anyway 🤌
     

    A flag and Reid is still on 

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    Freo by 53 and ruining Brisbane’s percentage are more my requirements.

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    1 minute ago, Demonland said:

    Strange barracking for the Dockers after a season of Death Riding. Feel like I needed to be deprogrammed first. 

    feel the same. there were always 2 teams to support each week; the Demons and whoever was playing Freo

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    41 minutes ago, Big Col said:

    feel the same. there were always 2 teams to support each week; the Demons and whoever was playing Freo

    Feels good to support Luke Jackson's success again, if only for one game.

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    Freo haven't disappointed me much this year and looks like they won't disappoint today either.

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    I can’t get around this deathriding stuff. 

    We absolutely want Brisbane to lose. A flag and pick 6 is infinitely better than no flag and pick 4.

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    Strange barracking for the Dockers after a season of Death Riding. Feel like I needed to be deprogrammed first. 

    It’s far less stressful than barracking for Geelong. 

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    10 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    I can’t get around this deathriding stuff. 

    We absolutely want Brisbane to lose. A flag and pick 6 is infinitely better than no flag and pick 4.

    There's a one day amnesty on the death ride.

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    DEATHRIDE can have the week of !!! CMON FREO DONT PAAAAAARK THIS UP! Stick it right up Brisvegas!

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