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POSTGAME: Rd 06 vs Fremantle

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1 hour ago, dees189227 said:

Totally agree & we kicked it out a lot quicker & got it moving. May takes way to long.

Don't know why we don't send may out to mark the kick in and give us variety rather than kicking to Max all the time

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    2 hours ago, old dee said:

    One of the highlights for me yesterday was in the last quarter. Bolton takes a mark well out from Goal, I suspect too far for him. Tries to run around the player on the mark mucks it up and they lose the ball. I think it was when they were only one goal behind. If he kicks to the square they have some tall forwards and smaller players at ground level. The Freo around me were as quiet as a church.

    I said to my mate Bolton would try to run around the mark and he did. I thought the melb player was wise to it so well done -Rivers i think it was

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    3 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    I said to my mate Bolton would try to run around the mark and he did. I thought the melb player was wise to it so well done -Rivers i think it was

    It was Rivers, who he probably fended off too high on, but had Bolton not slipped he would have been past Rivers who fell to ground...

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    11 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    I said to my mate Bolton would try to run around the mark and he did. I thought the melb player was wise to it so well done -Rivers i think it was

    Not a guy you want to try tricks on.

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    Just now, old dee said:

    Not a guy you want to try tricks on. Self centred on Boltons part, tried to win it himself when there was a good chance from delivering it to goal front.

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    2 hours ago, old dee said:

    What changed imo was the players were playing to their strengths not the desires of the FD.

    Not mutually exclusive.

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    21 hours ago, Lou C. Fur said:

    Great win. So glad I was there. I was hoping for a four quarter effort and the Dees gave it.

    25K turned up today. Dees supporters were loud! I lost my voice - again!

    As others have said in this thread - that was fun to watch. The style is less hesitant and much more play-on. It caught Freo by surprise so often - and me!

    I noticed also that at one stage late in the game, the Forward 50 tackle count was us 23, Freo 3. Forward 50 entries were fast and many. Good signs.

    Let's bring this style and intensity on ANZAC eve against the Tigers.

    GO DEES!

    Agree that Freo were caught off guard but now the novelty of surprise has worn off. Teams will expect it and that’s ok, it doesn’t always have to be elite disposal through the chain of possession (look at Collingwood vs Carton & Sydney) just has to be quick, ideally low and whenever possible into an open fwd line. The last part is fwds who can make something out of nothing. Petracca (running into open goal and misses, kicking around his body when should be kicking a drop punt) is hit and miss and Spargo (misses easy set shots) is better off being in the chain of possessions delivering the ball in. History tells us we won’t get 9 combined from Kozi and Petty every week so the sooner the club finishes handing out this supposed lesson to Fritsch the better. Against the Tigers and Eagles we might get it done but our next five after that is against Hawks, Lions, Swans, Saints & Pies. For a club that has form in either not scoring or kicking more begins than goals we will need Fritsch back.

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    11 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Agree that Freo were caught off guard but now the novelty of surprise has worn off. Teams will expect it and that’s ok, it doesn’t always have to be elite disposal through the chain of possession (look at Collingwood vs Carton & Sydney) just has to be quick, ideally low and whenever possible into an open fwd line. The last part is fwds who can make something out of nothing. Petracca (running into open goal and misses, kicking around his body when should be kicking a drop punt) is hit and miss and Spargo (misses easy set shots) is better off being in the chain of possessions delivering the ball in. History tells us we won’t get 9 combined from Kozi and Petty every week so the sooner the club finishes handing out this supposed lesson to Fritsch the better. Against the Tigers and Eagles we might get it done but our next five after that is against Hawks, Lions, Swans, Saints & Pies. For a club that has form in either not scoring or kicking more begins than goals we will need Fritsch back.

    I'd want to see no more injuries and all of May, McVee, Fritsch, JVR, Turner and after that Lever back into the side asap. With faster ball movement Fritsch will have a field day. Opposition sides will have to man up a forward half of Pickett, Fritsch, Petracca at times and Perhaps Petty and JVR. That's a handful when the ball is coming in quick, less so when it's bombed high and slow. If we can limit injuries we should have some decent footy coming up. There's no easy games when you're 1-5 though. Richmond aren't hopeless.

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    7 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I'd want to see no more injuries and all of May, McVee, Fritsch, JVR, Turner and after that Lever back into the side asap. With faster ball movement Fritsch will have a field day. Opposition sides will have to man up a forward half of Pickett, Fritsch, Petracca at times and Perhaps Petty and JVR. That's a handful when the ball is coming in quick, less so when it's bombed high and slow. If we can limit injuries we should have some decent footy coming up. There's no easy games when you're 1-5 though. Richmond aren't hopeless.

    Turner is only 23 and Petty 25, both can play both ends of the ground. Petty obviously has more runs on the board in both, but Turner is starting to forge out a nice career for himself, I think it was against North he kick a nice goal from a tough angle from a pocket. He’s only played the 21 games so a lot to play out.

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    41 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Agree that Freo were caught off guard but now the novelty of surprise has worn off. Teams will expect it and that’s ok, it doesn’t always have to be elite disposal through the chain of possession (look at Collingwood vs Carton & Sydney) just has to be quick, ideally low and whenever possible into an open fwd line. The last part is fwds who can make something out of nothing. Petracca (running into open goal and misses, kicking around his body when should be kicking a drop punt) is hit and miss and Spargo (misses easy set shots) is better off being in the chain of possessions delivering the ball in. History tells us we won’t get 9 combined from Kozi and Petty every week so the sooner the club finishes handing out this supposed lesson to Fritsch the better. Against the Tigers and Eagles we might get it done but our next five after that is against Hawks, Lions, Swans, Saints & Pies. For a club that has form in either not scoring or kicking more begins than goals we will need Fritsch back.

    Forget him he is a 2021 hero who is unlike to play like that again. The competition now knows how to keep him poor. Trade him at year's end, we still need a KPF the current crop is average. His trade value is needed.

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    Just now, old dee said:

    Forget Fritz he is a 2021 hero who is unlike to play like that again. The competition now knows how to keep him poor. He has no defensive game. Trade him at year's end, we still need a KPF the current crop is average. His trade value is needed to get a kpf.

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    1 minute ago, old dee said:

    Forget him he is a 2021 hero who is unlike to play like that again. The competition now knows how to keep him poor. Trade him at year's end, we still need a KPF the current crop is average. His trade value is needed.

    I’m telling you Fritsch will thrive in a fast transition game like we just played. Did you see the space in our 50?

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    10 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

    I’m telling you Fritsch will thrive in a fast transition game like we just played. Did you see the space in our 50?

    I will believe it when I see it. It's been a year since he played well.

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    34 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Turner is only 23 and Petty 25,

    Petty looks more like 35😝.

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    17 minutes ago, old dee said:
      18 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Forget Fritz he is a 2021 hero who is unlike to play like that again. The competition now knows how to keep him poor. He has no defensive game. Trade him at year's end, we still need a KPF the current crop is average. His trade value is needed to get a kpf.

    Plenty of players id trade before Fritsch.

    Which key fwd are targeting?

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    21 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    Don't know why we don't send may out to mark the kick in and give us variety rather than kicking to Max all the time

    The play we don't have in the kick in arsenal yet is the occasional play on give and go straight up the middle. Would love to see that at some point using say knuckles out of the square off to Windsor et al.

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    9 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Plenty of players id trade before Fritsch.

    Which key fwd are targeting?

    No idea but our current alternatives are average. They will not be in a demons GF .

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    Just now, old dee said:

    We have lots of players who have conditionally played well over the last year he is not one of them. No idea but our current alternatives are average. They will not be in a demons GF .

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    Just now, old dee said:
      1 minute ago, old dee said:

    We have lots of players who have consitantly played well over the last year he is not one of them. No idea but our current alternatives are average. They will not be in a demons GF .

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    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    25k

    7k more than at tiggas vs gc17

    I wonder what Caro will say...

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    On 19/04/2025 at 19:45, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    Another reason we need to re-sign TMac ASAP: the Filth are probably lurking in the shadows, ready to throw five years and a complimentary cheeseboard at him the moment we blink.

    You are kidding last year for me.

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