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Men against boys

 
2 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

This is a coaching disgrace. You can’t do the exact same thing and expect a different result. 

Ground hog day since 2017

1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Pickett slow to dispose 💩

Fritsch poor kick into F50💩

Fritsch miss tackle 💩

Tmcd too slow 💩

Chandler miss from 25 metres 💩

sparrow and Salem are passengers … one disposal each !!! 💩

McVee 👏 may 👏 Langdon 👏riv 👏

 

 
7 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Howes is weak at the contests.

He is, but Freo’s smalls weapon is their run and pace more than contest. If we can’t even pick up their runners we are no chance to ever force contests.

3 minutes ago, Brownie said:

To two Freo players? No-one was in our f50

Where's the run from his team mates. He had to go backwards 

Just kick for goal or the boundary line if there were no forwards. He was stupid kicking laterally and then turning it over. Absolutely nuts!


14-0 clearances. Have we ever seen a worse midfield performance under Goodwin?

3 minutes ago, MurDoc516 said:

Fullarton is a tax scam I swear. 

Reality is this year was [censored] as soon as we traded Grundy and brought in a guy who averages 4 hit outs a game. 

It's a scandal. Monstered at VFL level. Some on these boards think 'Fullo' is the real deal. Laughable if it wasn't embarrassing. 

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    Langdon sticks out because he covers the ground like the Freo mids. 

    Our spread is almost as bad as our clearance work.

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    This loss will come down to Goodwins stubborn REFUSAL to play a Ruckman!

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    Go Dees

    The pessimists are out again. Have some belief.

    At least when we are losing there is more reading on this forum. 

    If we get our system going can you all keep posting as I only have the radio. 

    Go Dees.

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    4 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

    This is a coaching disgrace. You can’t do the exact same thing and expect a different result. 

    There's plenty of footy to play but we sure make it hard for ourselves.

    And the Petty obsession continues 3 months on from the Rnd 5 debacle. 

    Not Petty's fault either.  That part's all on SG


    Shambolic.

    If Goodwin persists with the lunacy of (mis)using Petty in the ruck this will end up as a 100-point demolition.

    Sparrow and Bowey, among others, might as well have stayed in Melbourne for all they have brought to the game so far.

    Goodwin looks lost.

    Well done to Caleb Windsor for showing some initiative by switching the play which resulted in us going end to end in 20 seconds. This is why Fremantle aren’t a top 4 side, and a premiership threat. They play to percentages, and will always beat us as we are too predictable. We need to take more risks and force the game. Even if it means we could lose by 10 goals. 

    Not fussed if Petty moves on.

    Thanks for the memories.


    Chin's decision making and disposal is atrocious so far

     

    Windsor could’ve saved southgates job with soccer skills like that

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