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The Eagles played well tonight and the Harley hype is almost unstoppable now but boy were the Dockers abysmal. They obviously turned up thinking this was going to be a walk in the park but they got a rude shock because if you don't turn up 100% in any game, you are going to have your butts whipped which is what happened this evening.

Freo will rightly cop some flak during the week and I will be very interested to see how they respond to this humiliating defeat next week against the Bulldogs. If they don't win this game I think Dockers supporters will be entitled to wonder if this team and this coach is yet another false dawn that fails to deliver success

I don’t recognise the Fremantle team I once was a member of. They talk too much and deliver little. I don’t like the captain. Claims himself as an aboriginal, what a joke would be lucky to have 1/10 indigenous blood and his hair is ridiculously long he now has a double man bun.

I don’t rate Justin Longmuir as a coach. We need a coach with a bit of cunt in him. I would be approaching Jarrod Schofield.

abysmal ?

geez

well I'd like to send thanks and special words to Cockburn central

thanks for giving us another cringeworthy week of an acne riddled 18 year old who absolutely loves himself all over the news or anywhere else we go 
and thanks for changing my colour likes - used to think purple was an alright colour , now I can't stand the stain it just reminds me of

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  an appalling football organisation and a bloody good reason not to turn on the sport idiotbox
I don;t know what's worse
the I'm beautiful & so fucking good I just love myself West Coast
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the I'm so fucking perennially bad even the water treatment plant down the road smells better Cockburn

Senior players in Kelly, Waterman and Yeo were all very good but most impressive were their younger players who played with great freedom and no fear of making a blue, Reid, Ginbey, Maric and co were very good, even Darling earned his pay for once.
Freo who on paper should have won by 60+ points had no answer for WC's high energy full on attacking game plan, their run and spread was very good and they easily won the clearances.

Would WC's game stand up to a genuine finals contender remains to be seen but so far they have exceeded expectations.

Great to be able to smile at the end of the game for a change.  Simmo obviously will be aware that there are a few more smackings ahead, so no doubt he will have been talking to the players about this.  The great thing to be watching is ,as SS said, how the young blokes go….no fear.  I suppose that reminds us of our mindset at their age.
Things are looking better for the future years, now if we can fix EF’s problems……

What is going on with this mob?. From looking like a million bucks one week to having their arses handed to them by a team who, lets face it are not a premiership contender. I've had my doubts for a while whether Longmuir can lead them to anything but mediocrity. The gap between their best and their worst is a chasm and it has to be an attitude issue.

Did you accidentally delete your last post Mike? Totally agree and I thought Darcy was poor. Has to be dropped but what might save him is Reidy didn't play for Peel on the weekend. Knoble isn't ready.

Clark was terrible in the last 8 minutes I watched. Did Treacy get injured? Has cost Fremantle big time. Coach is under the gun.

DD wrote:

Did you accidentally delete your last post Mike? Totally agree and I thought Darcy was poor. Has to be dropped but what might save him is Reidy didn't play for Peel on the weekend. Knoble isn't ready.

Clark was terrible in the last 8 minutes I watched. Did Treacy get injured? Has cost Fremantle big time. Coach is under the gun.

No I decided to delete it because I was reacting in the frustration of them throwing another game away. So I decided to give it a day or so to reflect.
They are up against it now with Geelong, GWS and Port Adelaide to come and they need t win at least 2 of those to make sure of their place in the finals.
I think many of these players have an inflated opinion of their own ability and Longmuir is too soft IMO.
If the Eagles don't appoint Schofield I would be sounding him out if I were the Dockers
 

A game we had in the bag!!! Disappointing to say the least!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Darcy is over-rated, over paid and over weight.

TheRock wrote:

A game we had in the bag!!! Disappointing to say the least!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Darcy is over-rated, over paid and over weight.

Rock when Fremantle sold the farm to get Jacko Darcy was one of the best ruckmen in the comp. But since then he's been injury prone. I was always a fan until the weekend. Worst performance I've seen from Darcy so questions need to be asked. Is it fitness or has injury still hampering him? Chicken or the egg? I say this, he has always looked like a Sunday league player fitness wise from day one but shown himself to be a very good ruckman. But maybe he needs to understand as he gets older he needs to shed probably 10kg to "lighten the load" on the back, hips and leg joints. 

He should be dropped on that performance but Reidy didn't play on the weekend. Emergency or injured? If Reidy was the emergency then I'd drop Darcy for Reidy. I like the two ruckman combination. Allows Jacko to run amok. A few Fremantle players need to stop drinking their own bath water. Longmuir needs to grow a set.