Defining moments

[Sailor]

For me the worst or defining moment last year, when I knew we hadn't progressed was when before the start of the Essendon game, Keppler Bradley with all of a handfull of games went to Pav, grabbed him by the jumper and started to push him around.
Seen McPhee do it, seen everyone do it. But never a Freo player.
What I would like to have seen was the man mountain pick the young twerp up and throw him on the ground.
"Get out of my way flea"
And you wonder why they think we are soft.

 

[masai]

MCG 2005 - 211 wandering over to Buckley and advising him that all he'll every get was loose balls.

Yeh I agree, Freo players need to impose themselves more.

 

[Dr Ralph Dagg]

For me the worst or defining moment last year, when I knew we hadn't progressed was when before the start of the Essendon game, Keppler Bradley with all of a handfull of games went to Pav, grabbed him by the jumper and started to push him around.

I remember the moment, and thought Pav was a bit meek, but don't think it was the defining moment. The defining moment was the first ten minutes of the 3rd quarter of that same game where the team folded like a house of cards. They were soft, and even Robert Shaw came out in thr press and said what everyone was thinking -- it was easy to beat Freo.

And didn't the players respond. The games then went thrashed by Hawthorn, nine point win over a listless Geelong, thrashed by the Lions and Swans and never in it against the Kangaroos. And that was all she wrote. Some of us reckon it was injuries, and others, myself included, reckon it was because we are as well-drilled as my 3 year old's swimming class.

And like when you birdie the last couple of holes, the best game we played all year was the second last one. It's just God's way of tempting you back.

 

[surfsup]

Numerous defining moments for me which was all started by our faltering backline.
It began when we lost Hayden for what was effectively the season. It continued when we lost Haddrill(rds 2-6 and 9-22), Matty Carr(rds 10-17), James Walker(rds 8-16) and Graham Polak(rds 4-7). And with McPharlin now in the forward line it looked pretty light on down the back.
Then young guys like Peake, Dodd, Thornton, Crowley, Johnson, Murphy and Mundy all stood up.
From what was seemingly a disasterous season I think we salvaged something. Sometimes you just have to look for that clouds silver lining.

 

[pav_is_god]

The loss to Hawthorn was a defining moment for me. After that game deep down (even though I wouldn't admit it) I knew we were going to achieve bugger all as a team this season.

 

[Ripper]

From what was seemingly a disasterous season I think we salvaged something. Sometimes you just have to look for that clouds silver lining.

It would have been all to easy for them to give up after the Roos game but too there credit they fought on.

 

[Dr Ralph Dagg]

It would have been all to easy for them to give up after the Roos game but too there credit they fought on.

Yes -- Heath Black getting them all legless and tooling their way around the Newport was the defining moment in their turnaround.

 

[Slacker]

Round 13 v Roos. I was still believing up till that game. We got slapped around like a bunch of beeyatches on our home ground in an almost un-watchable game.

Bad memories man. But I’m looking forward to 2007.

 

[Kapow!!!]

There was no way I could stomach the Hawthorn loss. But the Kangaroos loss was just pathetic. All to play for and we were up against, well don't mind me saying Roos supporters but it was a rather weak tactic used against us, the forward flood, but we crumbled and never looked in the game. That was the defining moment!

 

[dominguez]

I remember the moment, and thought Pav was a bit meek, but don't think it was the defining moment. The defining moment was the first ten minutes of the 3rd quarter of that same game where the team folded like a house of cards. They were soft, and even Robert Shaw came out in thr press and said what everyone was thinking -- it was easy to beat Freo.

And didn't the players respond. The games then went thrashed by Hawthorn, nine point win over a listless Geelong, thrashed by the Lions and Swans and never in it against the Kangaroos. And that was all she wrote. Some of us reckon it was injuries, and others, myself included, reckon it was because we are as well-drilled as my 3 year old's swimming class.

If I recall correctly the week leading up to the essendon game was when CC launched his attack on Terry Wallace. Maybe the players realised then that Connolly is a goose and this goes some way to explaining our performances up to the break.

 

[Powerstufff]

.....Keppler Bradley with all of a handfull of games went to Pav, grabbed him by the jumper and started to push him around......

Read nothing into it. He's still young and will not be taking that crap much longer.
I saw Glenn Manton (Carlton, for the younger ones) do that sort of stuff to a still very young Tredrea in 2000. In a masterful show of contempt Manton actually leant on the young Tredrea's shoulder like he was a supporting post. Tredders didn't know what to do. But it didn't take him long to learn. And it won't take Pav long either.

 

[Ripper]

For me the worst or defining moment last year, when I knew we hadn't progressed was when before the start of the Essendon game, Keppler Bradley with all of a handfull of games went to Pav, grabbed him by the jumper and started to push him around.

Certainly put him off his game. He only got the 2 brownlow votes that game.

 

[Ripper]

But the Kangaroos loss was just pathetic.

Terrible game, but they had a go that day.
We had more contested possesions than them , got the ball alot but turned it straight back over, yet were within a kick at 3/4 time.

It didn't help that we were playing the Roos with a full squad to choose from (only Grima on the injury list) and we had 6 players that had less than 10 games.

Even in the Drummies darkest days we never fielded a team with that many less than 10 gamers at once.

The Hawks game was the shocker for mine. We were never in in after 1/4 time.

It still puzzles me why the Bombres had Sheed's 20th aniversary game in round 8. Surely he began coaching in round 1.

 

[Dr Ralph Dagg]

Terrible game, but they had a go that day.
We had more contested possesions than them , got the ball alot but turned it straight back over, yet were within a kick at 3/4 time.

It didn't help that we were playing the Roos with a full squad to choose from (only Grima on the injury list) and we had 6 players that had less than 10 games.

I disagree on that one Rip. I sit at the eastern end of the ground where you get to see who is running and who isn't. We played like a team from the '70's playing kick to kick. We had no one down field who had the gumption to actually run and create space. For example, time and again we'd switch it to the fat side in defence only to find the 'Roos players were the only ones who had run to that side.

Now those players might be inexperienced but they still know how to run and its one the most elemental parts of the game. You send two or three players to the fat side you're either going to get the ball, or your going to create some space in the spots you just left for other players to run into. Whether it was they players not getting the message or the message not being sent I don't know. What I do know was it was carp football. They were poorly drilled.

The only reason we were within a kick at half-time was the 'Roos don't have a forward line.