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ImperialPurple

ImperialPurple

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This off-season is killing me. I even (briefly) considered going to the toasters game at Subi just to get a live fix. Fortunately sanity has prevailed and I've gone off that idea. I'll have to settle for watching our boys on TV. I just want it to start.
 
Fox Footy helps ....got to watch the last half of Roos v Dockers on Sat.

Its a killer though, just think in a few weeks time after round 1 ...8 coaches will be facing disaster, panic buttons will be hit and all of this pre-season will be but a memory.

Roll on Round 1
 

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Originally posted by Moo
Fox Footy helps ....got to watch the last half of Roos v Dockers on Sat.

Its a killer though, just think in a few weeks time after round 1 ...8 coaches will be facing disaster, panic buttons will be hit and all of this pre-season will be but a memory.

Roll on Round 1
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Saw parts of the replay of that game as well for about the 5th time, the last quarter is just as exciting the 5th time around for me.

Less than 2 weeks til the Wizard cup starts, can't wait.
 
yeah agree, it is a long time between breaks, fortunate though I travelled up on the long weekend and watched the boys go through their paces which was really good, got fox tel now so watch the odd game, if I can get the bloody kids of it.

My fustration vent though is just dropping in hitting a e girl posting with a troll. Thanks Ripper_46 also for sticking up for me during the week.

Havent much time for mead and danny green etc. I had a real spat with chris Judd or whatever the idiots names are (who I suspect is mead now). To me they are feeling the pinch a little and their punching bag, the good ole dockers arent taking it anymore
 
Originally posted by theferrett
yeah agree, it is a long time between breaks, fortunate though I travelled up on the long weekend and watched the boys go through their paces which was really good, got fox tel now so watch the odd game, if I can get the bloody kids of it.

My fustration vent though is just dropping in hitting a e girl posting with a troll. Thanks Ripper_46 also for sticking up for me during the week.

Havent much time for mead and danny green etc. I had a real spat with chris Judd or whatever the idiots names are (who I suspect is mead now). To me they are feeling the pinch a little and their punching bag, the good ole dockers arent taking it anymore
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Chris_Judd = Danny_Green = John_Galt.

Mead is ok once you get used to him.
 
Originallyt posted by ImperialPurple
This off-season is killing me. I even (briefly) considered going to the toasters game at Subi just to get a live fix. Fortunately sanity has prevailed and I've gone off that idea. I'll have to settle for watching our boys on TV. I just want it to start.
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Don't worry Imperial.

Another spanking from your nemisis essendon in a couple of weeks in Darwin will settle down any excitement you had for the upcoming footy season.:D ;)
 
Interesting post ferret. I've been thinking about this a bit. The e-girl supporters are getting a bit peeved with us Freo people coming on their board and stirring them up. Probably justified, although I do think they are being a bit touchy, but if the shoe was on the other foot, I'd probably be annoyed as well.

I guess for 8 long years, they were comfortable in the knowledge that even when they were crap, we were crapper, and no matter what happened they were the premier team in WA cos we couldn't get it together on or off the field. In fact, this was probably all in the sub-conscious because, let's face it, we were no threat and therefore didn't enter the conscious side of their thoughts at all (except to laugh at us).

Suddenly, and I am convinced this is not a conscious thought on their parts, they are being brought out of their comfort zones a little and being forced to admit to themselves that maybe the lines are being redrawn.

Fact is, they could call us losers for so long, but now they can't. Their whipping boys have grown up, can now fight back, and in all probability will win majority of the fights over the next few years.

For 9 years we have seen the Eagles always being mentioned first on the news, getting the colour photos and the higher number of articles, the biased reporting etc, etc - and we've had to put up with it because we were the new kids and they were, simply, better than us. They have never had to think about it - and why should they? It just was.

But the tide is turning - it started last year, and by the end of the year I predict that we will be undisputedly better than them. I am not saying they will be crap or laughable, we will just be better and we will have a more successful year than them.

The shackles have been cast off, and we Dockers fans are enjoying the moment. We look towards them (not up to them!) as they are the ones we can make the most accurate comparisons with. Quite simply, we don't see enough of the other teams to make judgements on our progress when compared to those teams. But we see the Eagles almost every night on the tele. They have never bothered to compare themselves to us for all the reasons I mentioned above. Now it's being shoved in their faces (largely by us on BF) and they are not liking it - again I reiterate that it's probably sub-conscious and the feeling they are getting is not one they are enjoying.

There are a large number of e-girl people on these boards who are great. They chuck a few (usually good-natured) jibes at us and we do the same in reverse, we all have a bit of a laugh and we get on with supporting our teams. Of course, there are people on both sides who are less than desirable types, but you take the good with the bad and don't take what they say too personally.

I guess the name of the game is bag them all you like on our board, and on the main board, but just be a bit respectful when moving around on their board. No matter how misguided, sad, pathetic - or just plain wrong - their views may be...

;)
 
Originally posted by marcuz
Don't worry Imperial.

Another spanking from your nemisis essendon in a couple of weeks in Darwin will settle down any excitement you had for the upcoming footy season.:D ;)
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We will see Marcuz. In many way your mob have done us a favour by giving us the spanking "we had to have". ;)
Don't expect to make a habit of it. Our boys are fast learners.
 

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Don't worry guys. Freo are certanties. Sheeds will play our reserves team with a trickle of senior players. We havent won a pre-season game since we won the ansett cup in 2000.

Whatever they are at the bookies get on freo..easy money
 
Originally posted by marcuz
Don't worry guys. Freo are certanties. Sheeds will play our reserves team with a trickle of senior players. We havent won a pre-season game since we won the ansett cup in 2000.

Whatever they are at the bookies get on freo..easy money
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Well that's sure covering your butt isn't it marcuz!

If we win, you'll say, "told ya we were sending a second rate team"

and if you win you'll say "your nemesis got ya again".

Clever. :D
 
Originally posted by Imperial Purple
Well that's sure covering your butt isn't it marcuz!

If we win, you'll say, "told ya we were sending a second rate team"

and if you win you'll say "your nemesis got ya again".

Clever.
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Your giving me way too much credit. Im just a bomber fan who looks at things with both eyes open. I was on dockerland last year predicting that your mob would beat us in the final. And i didn't come back and gloat.

All class i am:cool:
 
Originally posted by marcuz
Your giving me way too much credit. Im just a bomber fan who looks at things with both eyes open. I was on dockerland last year predicting that your mob would beat us in the final. And i didn't come back and gloat.

All class i am:cool:
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More power to you - your non-gloating was appreciated as you had every right to rub it in!

I look forwrad to Freo kicking some Bomber Butt in the season proper, and I promise I will do no more than say.... "are we even now?"

:D
 
Brilliant. :rolleyes:

Seems if you don't have Foxtel you can't watch Freo play as it won't be on free to air. I didn't know this till now. Bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger, bugger.

the e-girls at Subi is starting to look an attractive proposition again..... :(
 

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Thanks Imperial.
You have said what alot of us are thinking anyway. The years make the national drought insignificant really.
Continually watching sporting news that depict the e girls all the time can be a little to much. Mrs Ferrett sits there will the kill button and anything that refers to the the slime, hits kill. Therefore we miss most of the sporting news. And we would also like some coverage of the other sides in the National comp.

Glen Mitchell from the ABC has said continually the last 3 or 4 years, that Freo with its bad performances still gets 24,000 odd supporters to watch me them get beaten all the time. Imagine when they start winning.

As a diehard from the beginning it has been a hard road to travel, but the old saying is No Pain No Gain. I would prefer the journey we are taking than say the e girls who got a pretty good ride in their early days. I know it will be hard for them realising that there is another kid on the block now and that kid is really developing. I also know it will be hard for them to realise that wow, another WA may take over the mantel, but we arent a WA side. We are Fremantle and we belong in a National Comp.

Yeah lay a bit on them on the boards but some of them must remember that its a national comp and their vent is highly proprtioned to us dockers. We know why, but shirt arent they the greatest thing since sliced bread, they beat the best back in the 90s, they think they will be the best in the years to come. think beyond the state as we are.......... FREO FREOOO FREEOOOO
 
Cant believe channel 9 / 10 dont at least show the WA Wiz cup games into Perth.

I've got Fox so no biggie for me but pretty ****ey for those who dont.

Just hope the heat does not knock us too badly.

Moo
 
Speaking of the game next Friday, can anyone recommend a good pub to watch it in perth or northbridge? I think it's at 5:30, so I may as well go to a pub straight after work instead of going to mum and dad's to mooch their foxtel.

And don't anyone suggest the mustang bar. It might have a big screen, but the place is a dive and the band that is usually there on fridays is about as appealing as having a goalpost shoved up your arse. And they always seem to attract the local division of the square dancing club. :rolleyes:
 
Originally posted by ImperialPurple
Interesting post ferret. I've been thinking about this a bit. The e-girl supporters are getting a bit peeved with us Freo people coming on their board and stirring them up. Probably justified, although I do think they are being a bit touchy, but if the shoe was on the other foot, I'd probably be annoyed as well.

I guess for 8 long years, they were comfortable in the knowledge that even when they were crap, we were crapper, and no matter what happened they were the premier team in WA cos we couldn't get it together on or off the field. In fact, this was probably all in the sub-conscious because, let's face it, we were no threat and therefore didn't enter the conscious side of their thoughts at all (except to laugh at us).

Suddenly, and I am convinced this is not a conscious thought on their parts, they are being brought out of their comfort zones a little and being forced to admit to themselves that maybe the lines are being redrawn.

Fact is, they could call us losers for so long, but now they can't. Their whipping boys have grown up, can now fight back, and in all probability will win majority of the fights over the next few years.

For 9 years we have seen the Eagles always being mentioned first on the news, getting the colour photos and the higher number of articles, the biased reporting etc, etc - and we've had to put up with it because we were the new kids and they were, simply, better than us. They have never had to think about it - and why should they? It just was.

But the tide is turning - it started last year, and by the end of the year I predict that we will be undisputedly better than them. I am not saying they will be crap or laughable, we will just be better and we will have a more successful year than them.

The shackles have been cast off, and we Dockers fans are enjoying the moment. We look towards them (not up to them!) as they are the ones we can make the most accurate comparisons with. Quite simply, we don't see enough of the other teams to make judgements on our progress when compared to those teams. But we see the Eagles almost every night on the tele. They have never bothered to compare themselves to us for all the reasons I mentioned above. Now it's being shoved in their faces (largely by us on BF) and they are not liking it - again I reiterate that it's probably sub-conscious and the feeling they are getting is not one they are enjoying.

There are a large number of e-girl people on these boards who are great. They chuck a few (usually good-natured) jibes at us and we do the same in reverse, we all have a bit of a laugh and we get on with supporting our teams. Of course, there are people on both sides who are less than desirable types, but you take the good with the bad and don't take what they say too personally.

I guess the name of the game is bag them all you like on our board, and on the main board, but just be a bit respectful when moving around on their board. No matter how misguided, sad, pathetic - or just plain wrong - their views may be...

;)
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The Eagles fans are alright... they don't mind the likes of Ripper and his lighthearted banter; most of it's in good fun. Sometimes it draws away from what they are trying to discuss, but not much we can do about it.

And I think a lot of them can acknowledge the fact that the teams are pretty even and that we could surpass them by season's end. I don't want to be a party pooper but I think it is our fans that are the ones getting carried away.

Nothing would make me happier than to see them dwindle near the bottom of the ladder while we are near the top, but let's be realistic, we have nothing on them at the moment, except for a more talented list (or so we think anyway). I know I sound pessimistic but years of supporting Freo can do that to ya.
 
Originally posted by Moo
Cant believe channel 9 / 10 dont at least show the WA Wiz cup games into Perth.

I've got Fox so no biggie for me but pretty ****ey for those who dont.

Just hope the heat does not knock us too badly.

Moo
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Yeah, that blows for those without Fox. Can't complain if you do have Fox though... live and commercial free.
 
I been going to watch the other Purple team in town during the off season the Perth Glory.

Its helps me get by while freo aren't playing. I wouldn't never consider going to an eagles game just to get a fix.
 

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