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Bazza wrote:

Born and bred in Fremantle well over 50 years, lived in street full of Aborigines growing up in a Fremantle suburb.

Never ever heard the name Walyup used once for Fremantle by anyone. 

 The only culture I support is an honest working culture. Not one that feels entitled to live off the taxes of hard working Australians.

Pants pulled down by Richmond at home. They were hungrier when it counted. Our lads get a bit ahead of themselves sometimes. Tough game to win next up against a WB coming off a loss at Marvel. How far away is Sean Darcy?

I agree with Dermot Brereton, Sean Darcy is our most influential player.. Don't listen to these cockheads that say you can't afford to carry two ruckman in the same side. If they got the ability of Darcy and Jackson around the ground then bloody oath you can.

Yes you can afford to play them both in the same side DD, the queston is can you afford to PAY both of them in the same side? Darcy out of contract end of next season and will command a significant pay rise on his current trajectory. Which means Fremantle will have a large chunk of salary cap tied up in ruckmen which generally goes against the grain of normal list management.

Tiger of old wrote:

Yes you can afford to play them both in the same side DD, the queston is can you afford to PAY both of them in the same side? Darcy out of contract end of next season and will command a significant pay rise on his current trajectory. Which means Fremantle will have a large chunk of salary cap tied up in ruckmen which generally goes against the grain of normal list management.

I think there is plenty of space there mate. Fyfe and Walters would have taken big cuts in their latest contracts and Mundy, Logue, Lobb and Acres have gone. Brayshaw, Serong and Amiss will be in line for big pay rises. 

These are the sorts of games that the Dockers will look back on at the end of the year if they don't make finals. They shouldn't be losing games at home against teams outside the 8. They dropped that game to North Melbourne as well and those 8 points may well be the difference.

Darcy is not worth $1m a season.

From what I've seen regularly...Hughes & Henry are not up to it.

Why is Erasmus not be getting a game???

When Chapman comes back from injury...I'd move Walker onto the wing. Has pace and will suit his style of play.

Lets hope we can regroup as we have a tough road ahead to make finals.

Ouch!! Didn't see that one coming. Going to be very hard to pick up the pieces and put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Rock I'd say the importance of Sean Darcy is bloody obvious, he is our most important player and our most overrated is the skipper. How the fuck Joel Hamling can't get a game is beyond me.

They have slipped again into the cautious, risk free type of style that they were using early in the season. Darcys absence is obviously significant but the only way they can win games is to take the game on and use their speed and run

All or nothing game for Freo v the Blues, win and they stay in the race, lose and the seasons pretty much done which would be a massive failure for a team and a coach that expected top 4. Depends on which Carlton team shows up, so inconsistent but can beat anyone if they are on, can say the same for Freo I guess.

Yes Freo and Carlton have been the two biggest disappointments for their supporters this year. This one is an elimination final in July