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While I was born in WA I still have some sympathy for Adelaide as my father played on a wing for Norwood (just after the first world war) so you can guess thAT I'm a fair age. I found the TV preliminary to this game to be totally depressing as it was virtually a 10 minute show about Essendon. On...

It's very noticeable to me that we don't seem to apply enough pressure when our opponents are bringing the ball from defense with short kicks to players under no pressure at all. This happened again tonight on a number of occasions and it's not good. How often did Adelaide have a pass into the...

Crows looking quite aggressive in that quarter. I doubt if they can keep it up for much longer.

I'm being a bit cautious at the moment. While it is exhilarating to beat the Eagles anywhere anytime etc I've got to look at yesterday's match and really, I've started thinking that maybe we're not as good as one might think. When I look at the senior players the others were missing ( and yes I...

Just wondering as the Egirls now desperately need a ruck (& they should have plenty of money to splash around) will they make a play for Sean Darcy?

Maybe I saw it incorrectly but Cox certainly appeared to be limping towards the end of the match. Did anyone else notice?

Too timid (scared of injury?),lack of effort, lack of run but even more so just DUMB DUMB FOOTY.

I've only watched part of the second half of this massacre but one thing that stood out was the "couldn't care less attitude from their senior players". Yeo looked as if he wanted to at any club except this one and the other senior players - Gaff, Darling, Barrass, Shuey & Allan also looked...

All day I've been waiting to read the match report on the West Coast v Collingwood game, but it's the only game that doesn't have the match report up on the website. I've just e-mailed AFL asking why? Wonder if I'll gat an answer? It's now about 1 1/2 hours after the first post. Match report is...

Quote from "The Mongrel Punt" - If Simpson was a race horse at Flemington the white tent would be up and the glue factory's old Bedford would be chugging down the back straight.

Back in the early fifties my Dad was invited down to East Perth by Frank Allan (East Perth winger) to watch a young kid in their colts or something. I can remember Dad saying after the match that the young bloke was all arms and legs but he didn't watch the ball on the ground. He just knew where...

Just watching the replay and after Amiss scored his snap goal he sat on the bench. Fyfe had been subbed off just before that and it was exciting to see Fyfe talking intently to Amiss (who was paying attention) pointing something out to improve his game. Reminded me of the master and the apprentice.

When you continually put the ball in high and long and it just gets swept out by their defense, unless you're brain dead, you would automatically look for a short lead. But then, maybe, I'm brain dead and they have been trained and instructed to kick long and high into the forward line at all...

I'm very impressed with Amiss but is it only me (and my opinion) who feels that he gets a bit too close to the man on the mark when shooting for goal? Does any else feel the same?

“I do think they set out to do damage wherever they can. I don't think this falling across legs and stuff is all purely accidental. We are down and they want to keep us down.” I noticed this post on the Eagles board just a minute or two ago. Just shows how classy their supporters are.

I'd love to be there but a commitment to a family event prevents me attending. Cheers Harry. John

I have just finished looking at some of the statistics from the game. With 50% more hit outs yet 50% less clearances we have a big problem here. No 2 problem is that we had 50% more free kicks so we can't blame the umpires. No 3 problem is we had a slightly better disposal efficiency and more...

I know that this is too controversial but it would stamp out these and other acts instantly. In McAdam's case he gets 3 weeks, first week his team plays one man short, the remaining 2 weeks are suspended subject to "good behaviour" for the balance of the season. The argument against is who is...

What can we say after an exhibition like that. Only once (in the last quarter) did I see a forward lead into the empty space. Pretty well every time we had the ball just outside the fifty you would look up and evry fremantle player in the forward 50 was standing still waiting for the easy goal...

I feel the same goes for Jackson. Looks extremely slow and cumbersome

For heavens sake. Can someone anyone run hard and lead.

Lachie, I know that there are a large number of behind the scenes staff who look after you. What (not necessarily who) do you find most beneficial?

Score?

I have spoken earlier in this thread how much I enjoyed interacting with Salim at training. But what really pleases me is to note the large number of posters who have similarly enjoyed their time with Salim. Farewell mate.

I met Salim the very first day I went to training at Fremantle. We've had many interesting conversations since then but not over the past few years due to distance. Always a real gentleman i person.

Not at all interested whatever the price.

I've spoken previously about this and I can quite understand that he may want to move on to improve by getting a number one ruck role. It's up to the club to make him a very attractive offer (because I'd love him to stay and I think that he's turning into a very good player) or get the best deal...

First good look I've had at a couple of our draftees particularly Erasmus - Am I being too harsh but it strikes me that he is particularly slow across the ground. Was even beaten a while ago in a sprint by a much bigger player. If we're thinking that he will replace Mundy next year then there's...

Just looking at the weather radar now and it looks as if the worst of the rain has gone. Maybe just a shower or two to come.

Don't want Walker dropped. To me it's very noticeable that he's always looking for the good outlet pass and sometimes gets caught HTB. Needs to learn that sometimes the long kick downfield is justified and even if the opposition mark it there's still time for us to reset. I love the way that he...