Autopsy Fremantle With a Golden Win in a Wet Slog

[Purple Jesus]

This reaction of the last minute is classic! (Time-stamped)

Haha that was me in bed trying to silently fist pump the air to not wake up my son who’d crawled in next to me

 

[Channels]

Thinking about this game today, can you imagine the media narrative if we lost having taken in 3 tall forwards + 2 dedicated rucks into a game where torrential rain was forecast and did fall.

Stunning win.

 

[MadMundy]

I've praised him a lot in recent weeks but Worner has become one of my favourite players, he puts his body on the line in every contest and his contested marking is genuinely really good for a player who's played as many games as he has.

 

[BettercallSaul]

I've praised him a lot in recent weeks but Worner has become one of my favourite players, he puts his body on the line in every contest and his contested marking is genuinely really good for a player who's played as many games as he has.

Agreed. I have put my hand up previously that I didn’t see “it” in him and now I’m hoping he isn’t out too long!

 

[Kapow!!!]

I've praised him a lot in recent weeks but Worner has become one of my favourite players, he puts his body on the line in every contest and his contested marking is genuinely really good for a player who's played as many games as he has.

Worner and Wagner are the ones I genuinely believe had a A grade quality games yesterday. Outstanding games

 

[thistimeforsure]

No need to publicly embarass yourself mate, just hit the ignore button. Or.... come to terms with what discussion boards are.

Coach of the year ????

Come on

Getting a clip for posting absolute dribble ……. also part of discussion boards

 

[2big2strom]

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this is brilliant, JLO is such a dork isn't he

 

[S.J Rollin]

Has this been mentioned already…?

Love the Young-Dog but should he relinquish the #26 to Paddy “The Baddy” Voss?

It is meant to be

 

[ubiquitous226]

Just watched the Hardwick press conference, he definitely talked us up.
He even rolled out the horses for courses when asked about selecting 2 rucks!

Decent quotes here if you don't want to watch the video.

"We've got to remind ourselves we're 8-3": Gold Coast coach Hardwick not fazed by Fremantle loss

“We always give ourselves a chance.”

www.zerohanger.com

 

[stax on the mull]

Just watched the Hardwick press conference, he definitely talked us up.
He even rolled out the horses for courses when asked about selecting 2 rucks!

Decent quotes here if you don't want to watch the video.

"We've got to remind ourselves we're 8-3": Gold Coast coach Hardwick not fazed by Fremantle loss

“We always give ourselves a chance.”

www.zerohanger.com

I watched Hardwick's mid week pre-match interview before selection on Thursday. They were pretty much spot on with their intel that Darcy would play and Jackson would also play a lot of midfield.

 

[Purplepayout]

magic win. Sets up the season

 

[dropbear101]

magic win. Sets up the season

really does. now a real chance to be 10 and 5. hard to not play finals from that point. also a real shot at top 4.

 

[Deathly]

Gotta admit, some of my favourite highlights of the year involve Voss. Been watching his 2nd goal celebration on repeat because I'm a freak like that:

I love how him and Jackson celebrate together, for both his 2nd and 3rd goal - Jackson just goes upto him and gives him a bit of aggressive love. How can you not feel pumped and the energy watching that.

 

[extradition]

Hamstring.

Though I’m almost certain that doyen of AFL special comments experts - Alastair Lunch - told us that it was “Corey Worner” that came off the ground with a hammy issue.

We really had the D team commentating today all up.

edit - I realise I spelt it Lunch not Lynch but if he can’t get out player names right I’m not worried about his

Nat Edwards, on Fox referred to the Pearce incident but couldn't recall his name, then giggled. Very poor for a so-called journalist

 

[piranha1]

Watching the replay, it’s been 24 hours and I know the result, yet I’ve still got incredibly tense watching that last 5 minutes when Mac Andrew took the mark! Loved seeing Fyfe again, here’s hoping he goes out in a blaze of glory.

 

[Bigger]

Out of Nannup, mostly following the Timberline trail. It's been lovely, a very enjoyable couple of days. Looking forward to a good feed tonight

Makes sense, with username.

 

[jusjoshin]

If Rioli concussed him, he would get 3 weeks.

But because Brayshaw is fine, he won't even get a fine for it.

Nah, watch the replay, Shai pushed Rioli into Andy. He shouldn't get anything.

 

[Dale147]

 

[go_the_dockers]

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Sharp must be close to being dropped. I know we really don't have another player to play his role, but NOD with a bit of time and match fitness could do something close.

Swapping him with Whan would be a big upgrade next year.

He defensive work will be hard to replace in the short term, but I wonder how we would go rotating 3 or 4 players through the role like NOD, Jackson, Reid, JOM (if he comes into 22) and Banfield (If he holds his spot). I think Reid may struggle defensively but surely the attacking bonus would make it worth it.

Jackson marking down the line against a winger would be a big advantage.

 

[Taylor]

Jeremy Sharp wins a lot of the ball when we kick it wide and then he kicks down the line to a contest.

Currently, the team is kicking into the corridor instead.

You can all picture this. The ball finds it's way to Sharp when it comes out of the defensive goal square during general play. That deep kick, loose ball, our defenders handball two or three times and then one of them hoof it to the non interchange wing side half back flank and Sharp is there by himself to mark or runs onto the ball as it tumbles.

Same thing happens with a switch from the other side of the defensive fifty.

Opposition teams set up across the middle to bottle us in that corner and force a long kick down the line.

So instead they don't look to switch so much and Sharp doesn't run into the defensive wing side, someone like Banfield or Johnson are taking that mark instead, which is borderline helpful because Banfield's left foot is far superior to Sharp's left foot.

Just Sharp has his man covering him square side of the wing up the field from that, he's dragging his space blocking opponent out of the space because Freo will move the ball through Sharp if you leave him open and that's +50m every possession when Treacy/Jackson/Voss/Amiss are ahead of the ball.

 

[Boppo]

Rewatching the last qtr, the amount of times Murphy Reid got a touch on the cake of soap ball to keep them from possession was impressive.

 

[FreoGirl]

Every time I watch the last quarter and see Fyfe, I get goose bumps . his smile says it all

 

[Stinky Lomax]

Every time I watch the last quarter and see Fyfe, I get goose bumps . his smile says it all

Imagine looking across the stoppage as a teammate & him standing there.

Personally I’m walking taller.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

I think Treacy had an underrated game, he played incredibly selfless and brought his other forwards into the game all day. It stood out on replay.

He's just 5% off with clunking some of those marks he has otherwise been taking the last 12 months. I still really like how his game is looking despite the lack of goals though, I hope he doesn't feel the need to change anything other than work on bringing those marks down again.

 

[Minz]

I love how the vibe pre-game was “O no not Fyfe” and post-game it’s all “ Fyfe!”