Recent content by SiempreFreo

Agree. Seen him at close quarters looking v proppy. I’ve been expecting him to come off at various times in last few games.

Articulate piece by Dani Laidley in today’s West taking down Cornes’ ´trade Darcy’ comments. Floats some tempting scenarios for new ways of using our two big yins….

Pity

If we had to find an alternative I quite wanted us to go after Brad Scott - since his identical twin has moulded a pretty sound team over the years in Geelong. Was he ever available or always pledged to Bombers?

Jye leads up well by most accounts when he can get free that is.

My unhappy (could be very wrong) guess is involving a family death. Hope otherwise for his sake.

Certainly agree some changes must happen. I’m just conscious of possible negatives with too many unknowns, instability in the combos. Can’t remember which poster sorry but someone on BF produced stats that winning teams reflect (among other things) a decent number of games - around 50? played...

Slip of the keyboard, sorry - Swaggy was meant of course

Agree. For Derby we were without Switta, Freddy, Amiss. Loss of a critical mass to our already somewhat precarious forward line. There's a fine line between tweaking to hopefully improve or at least maintain the status quo, and tipping a team past cohesion point via too many changes.

Jackson certainly seems fatigued. In her weekly player ranking Dani Laidley commented he looked out of sorts in either position - also speculated he maybe lost his rhythm with Dogga back in team.

Unicorn has been brilliant for Freo till last couple weeks. He's exhausted by having to be the Main Man - his zip has been zapped. Plus he appears to be carrying hand/finger injury. In the words of FreoMonocle, Luke's - and the team's 'headology' has also taken a battering in Adelaide...

I agree his 'excitement mode' is completely absent. But his steady factual style is a soothing change from the emotional-verging-on hysteria of various WAFL & AFL commentators.

Any streaming of this match?

Ok. From your resident cant-be-confident poster till they playthe Freo song at the finish, I say: Do Not Count Your Chickens Till They Are Despatched. Signed N. O. Schadenfreude

Generally been my thought - remember his GOTY contender? But I wonder if he is so taken up with fast-forwarding the team he can’t slow down enough. Or something.