Opinion What is your most nonsensical Freo hill you'll die on?

[Johnny Dalmas]

Trading pick 1,20 and 36 for Croad and McPharlin was a great deal and one I’d do again.

Hindsight is great, but that was a huge win for us at the time.

#1 by itself should have been enough. And we should have picked a different player than Croad. But, yep, that #1 was essentially useless to us.

 

[Cobbler]

In my first wafl game of my illustrious 3 game career Apeness went absolputly berserk. I'm a small forward so was parked next to the man and on a wet day he was ferociously crashing packs and marking it. Was incredible. He took 9 marks and kicked 3 goals in a tightly contested low scoring win as an 18 year old key forward in the wet. He had also only just moved over from rugby a couple years before this.

I was dead certain we were on to an absoloute superstar. Breaks my heart he never got a run at it.

You hit the scoreboard!?

 

[Tony_Clifton]

I was the first to suggest TNT be played after games on Dockerland back in 2000.

 

[clivenator26]

Clive should’ve been All-Aus in 2000.

Shauny Mac has no business being in our best ever (Freo 25 in 25) team.

Anthony Morabito

Anthony Morabito

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would’ve been better than Fyfe.

 

[Cobbler]

#1 by itself should have been enough. And we should have picked a different player than Croad. But, yep, that #1 was essentially useless to us.

Croad was genuinely an up and coming potential star. McPharlin was the unknown, more so.

The fact Hawks picked Sam Mitchell with 36 I kind of find irrelevent… means they just got lucky. Pick 20 never played an AFL game, but yeah Hodge obviously went on to do Hodge things.

Like I said, I’d do it again.

 

[Johnny Dalmas]

Croad was genuinely an up and coming potential star. McPharlin was the unknown, more so.

The fact Hawks picked Sam Mitchell with 36 I kind of find irrelevent… means they just got lucky. Pick 20 never played an AFL game, but yeah Hodge obviously went on to do Hodge things.

Like I said, I’d do it again.

Croad was the right choice from a talent point of view. But not wanting a Vic kid who was going to bail on us was the motivation for trading #1 and then we accepted a player with the same mentality.

Its too long ago to remember who else it should have been, but we should have gone for a trade of the best WA or, at least, non-Vic guy we could find.

But these are details. I agree with you that trading out #1 was absolutely the right choice and the media types who bang on about it today just show they don't really understand all the dynamics of making a list.

 

[Bastyy]

Taylin Duman

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Taylin Duman

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26

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83kg

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10.0

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3.0

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12.6

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1.8

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is the missing piece to our premiership puzzle

 

[Boomer93]

You hit the scoreboard!?

I missed my only shot in that game I scored in the others though.

Being a very passionate dockers fan it was really cool to get to play with a heap of the players. I was actually posting on bigfooty on an old account back then but got in the s**t by the coaches so had to stop posting and I can't get back in to that old acc.

 

[Paracleet]

Yessss, drunk on the Suban and Timmeh Ruffles potions. I thought those two would both play 200 games easy...

How dare you take the name of Timmy Ruffles in vain. You were drunk on booze you old pisshead.

 

[sdfc]

#1 by itself should have been enough. And we should have picked a different player than Croad. But, yep, that #1 was essentially useless to us.

From memory Croad was a back we tried to turn into a forward. Hodge seems like the type of guy that might have stayed. Judd stayed with WC until they imploded.

 

[Tonga Bob]

Taylin Duman is the missing piece to our premiership puzzle

Made VFL team of the year playing for Frangastan so this is not nonsensical at all.

Clinton Wolf being the missing piece to our premiership puzzle on the other hand…

 

[Paracleet]

Actual proper thread contribution: Timmy Ruffles was a potential A grade small foward with knees of glass.

 

[Cobbler]

From memory Croad was a back we tried to turn into a forward. Hodge seems like the type of guy that might have stayed. Judd stayed with WC until they imploded.

Think he was genuine swing man but playing more forward, then we started him forward before moving him back.

 

[sdfc]

Think he was genuine swing man but playing more forward, then we started him forward before moving him back.

Mainly played back at Hawthorn.

 

[Cobbler]

Mainly played back at Hawthorn.

Did well to kick 60 goals total in his last 2 seasons at Hawks before Freo then…

 

[Falconista]

He’s still rolling around for Souths.

"Rolling" being the key word.
He's not fat in the grand scheme of society, however as a footballer let's just say he's not helped by South's white jumper. Still down for a scrap- including opposition fans. Circa 2019 or 20, he had to be talked out of jumping the fence at Joondalup by South's interchange steward and confronting some douchebag, loudmouth Falcons supporter (wasn't me).

 

[Dockernut]

Ok, ok, ok here it is guys.

We should have won the 2013 premiership. Not because of all the shitful “walk’em to the goal line” frees gifted by Nicholls to his pet Hawthorn, oh no. It goes deeper than that. Three words: Travis effing Varcoe. With 38 seconds to go in the Geebung v Hawks preliminary final, Varcoe could’ve leveled the scores and the Cats could’ve gone ahead after that. This would have sent a bruised and battered Geelong into the GF to face a rampant Freo who had had their measure all year and would have almost certainly ended our drought. But no. He squibs it, Hawks make the GF and get kissed on the dick by Nicholls and co.

 

[sdfc]

Did well to kick 60 goals total in his last 2 seasons at Hawks before Freo then…

We played Croad as a forward. McPharlin kicked goals too. Was he mainly a back?

 

[sdfc]

Ok, ok, ok here it is guys.

We should have won the 2013 premiership. Not because of all the shitful “walk’em to the goal line” frees gifted by Nicholls to his pet Hawthorn, oh no. It goes deeper than that. Three words: Travis effing Varcoe. With 38 seconds to go in the Geebung v Hawks preliminary final, Varcoe could’ve leveled the scores and the Cats could’ve gone ahead after that. This would have sent a bruised and battered Geelong into the GF to face a rampant Freo who had had their measure all year and would have almost certainly ended our drought. But no. He squibs it, Hawks make the GF and get kissed on the dick by Nicholls and co.

Varcoe cost us a premiership.

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

Varcoe cost us a premiership.

Nahhh, it was that Mundy bloke, he shoulda been dropped (shot??) in July 2009 and a hybrid of Subes and Ruffles (but with Crichton hair) played in his place. We'd have gone back ta back ta back ta back ta back 5 peat premiers...

 

[Bastyy]

Made VFL team of the year playing for Frangastan so this is not nonsensical at all.

Clinton Wolf being the missing piece to our premiership puzzle on the other hand…

Clinton Wolf, Taylin Duman and Nick Lower return and our premiership odds skyrocket

 

[Tonga Bob]

Clinton Wolf, Taylin Duman and Nick Lower return and our premiership odds skyrocket

Needs more Craig Moller. Man’s a winner.

 

[The Round House Drunk]

Freo v Hawthorn Prelim Final 2015, first quarter…

If Mayne kicked that set shot from 25m out directly in front to put us 3 goals up, we would have rode the momentum and the crowd’s energy to win through to the Grand Final.

 

[The Round House Drunk]

And the original song with the Volga Boatmen bit is miles better than our current version, and we should revert back to it.

 

[sdfc]

Nahhh, it was that Mundy bloke, he shoulda been dropped (shot??) in July 2009 and a hybrid of Subes and Ruffles (but with Crichton hair) played in his place. We'd have gone back ta back ta back ta back ta back 5 peat premiers...

It's no laughing matter. If it was up to me Varcoe would be in prison.