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At the beginning of the year in a comp with mates he was my predicted "outbreak" player. I have always hated the fact that people in the members around us would shout "No!", every time Henry got the ball. How are young players meant to develop? An example can be compared to Treacy and Sturt...

It is looking better than last year, if you can take momentum into the end of the season, rather than dropping off. Will come down to the continual improvement from the players that have not set the world on fire in the past. Banfield would have to be most improved. Treacy starting to show...

You both are confusing the F out of me. In what world do you compare Hughes to Young or Ryan. It is comparably stupefying as comparing Schultz to Amiss. Both play forward so one was better... Hughes does everything right the coach asks him to do. He is extremely disciplined, courageous and...

Taking a slight different angle here. I still want Freo to play in the 8. I prefer a team that builds and wins later than earlier. St Kilda seem like us last year, and they will drop off, and we are hopefully the team that builds through the year. Hughes - is anyone seriously asking for him...

I liked Johnson's game (his best for the club to date), but he did not set the world on fire. He tried some nice kicks that did not come off. Reads of 6 clangers, but he tried to hit up the corridor so did not mind that. He fumbled the ball off the deck a lot and dropped some terrible marks...

My take on Henry. He should have ended up on 3 goals. He was next to Walters for our first. He missed some easy ones, and he was open for another couple in which he was ignored. So his positioning is encouraging. His tackling and pressure was excellent. He also offers a bit more of a...

You need a bigger sample size than 3 games.

This does not make any sense. JL has said he wants the team to be a top 4 team this year. So we should be heading into a premiership window. I know it seems a long way off after the first 2 games, but it is a crazy year with unexpected results. With Tabs you can expect 5 marks, 10 disposals...

Agree with most here. I also do not understand calls for Treacy to come back in. In 5 games in 2 years he has taken 10 marks and kicked 2 goals. He is good for crashing packs and a contest, that is not what we need at the moment. Henry has been a shining light and I know will take some time...

The West is up to its typical bias tricks treading on Freo whenever they can and pumping up the Eagles. I find it disgusting their back page today having a go at a 21 year old Jackson after 2 games with a new club. They pump up NicNat whenever they can, and I have nothing against the guy, but...

It is a disaster. Both games, the opposition allow us to sideways kick to the back flank on the boundary then they flood the corridor and the forward line. We kick 2 more times to get to 70 out and then kick a 55m ball to the nearside pocket. Even in the unlikely event we take a contested...

Sorry, late to the party here. Jordan Peterson is not for everyone, but has a common sense approach to things. He is in the main part traditionalist, which I like as society moves to cancel culture. He does get categorised as controversial on topics such as identity and feminism, minority...

Wow, one week in and all doom and gloom. Same thread last year, and the year before. Like it not, Banfield, even as a sub kicked 2 or more goals on 6 occasions of 18 games. This includes a 4 goal gam, perhaps match winning against the Lions. Treacy kicked 1 goal from 4 games last year. So I...

Scoring shots, how many goals - I think that it the metric? I see you have a vested interest in the bloke. But reality is results. Banfield has more value at AFL level than Sturt has at WAFL level. So do the math. Passion or output. Sturt needs time in WAFL. If he dominates he can play with...