Well now we have all had a vent as the dissappointment has hit here are my thoughts after having a few days to collect my thoughts.
After thinking about it and checking some stats I have come to the conclusion that no one would have done much better with the list we have in it's 2005 health.
The main reason is the clearance's. The big hole on our list is that we do not have a gun mature bodied inside player.
Port have Francou & James
Adelaide have Ricchitio , Goodwin , Mcleod
Pies have Licuria , Burns
Brisbane Voss , Black , Power
Saints have Harvey , Thompson
Bombres have the Johnsons , Hird & Perveril
Sydney have Kirk & Williams
Hawks have The Extractor.
Hase is the closest we have to that and hence the problem as he has carried whatever he has most if not all of the season.
If you care to check the stats the games we performed the worst in especially the block from round 8 (bombres through to round 15 we lost when Hase's output was down.
Hase's possesions
Round 8 (bombres) 21 touches Lost but were in front at 3/4 time then Jason Johnson dominated the clearances
Round 9 ( Hawks) 16 touchs We were flogged in the clearances all day
Round 10 (Geelong) 25 touchs We won with Hase having a reasonable day
Round 11 (Brisbane) 14 touchs Smashed at the stoppages again
Round 12 ( Sydney) 13 touchs Smashed at the stoppages after 1/2 time although Hase was in defence (probably so he could run in straight lines)
Round 13 (Kangaroos) 10 touchs again spent most of the game at HF
Round 14 (Adelaide) 27 touches Start of the resurgance
Round 15 (Bulldogs) 25 touchs Another win
Round 16 (Carlton) 20 touchs Another win
Round 17 (Melbourne) 29 touchs Another win
Round 18 (Collingwood) 19 touchs Another win but we still got beat at the stoppages
Round 19 (Richmond) 30 touchs Another win
Round 20 (E-girls ) 16 touchs Say no more

Round 21 (Saints) 31 touchs in an inspirational display
Round 22 (Port) 18 touchs Faded in the last quarter.
This goes to show that IMO Hase is our most important player and the only really effective one of that type that we have.
In 2003 Hase Bellie & Pav all were AA and played every game.
Josh Carr & Bellie can pinch hit in that role but are not as effective.
Interesting that Dylan Smith played rounds 5, 6 ,7 , 8 was dropped for rounds 9 , 10 , 11 bought back for rounds 12 & 16 averaging only 11.8 possesions per game.
Back on topic , the problem is that we only have had one week to week Hase.
I would expect that since CC knows of the problem, if it is not fixed by the end of next season He will have lost me.
But he does admit the team will need to bolster its personnel if it is to become a true finals contender.
"We need to strengthen our midfield, we've just got to get harder and stronger and smarter in and around the ball," he says.
"When we've struggled against the top teams it's been our inability to win the ball and then execute our ball use properly."
"So we need more depth and we need to find some really hard and consistent performers in there (centre square)."
http://fremantlefc.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=225485
However, I do believe that we have progressed this year.
Just about anything that could go wrong did go wrong yet we finished 1 dodgy decison in RD 2 out of the finals.
Our best footy is the best it has ever been.
We have a squad with the best depth we have ever had.
We play a pretty damm good brand of footy when we actually have the ball.
Even when we have been and playing badly beaten we have fought evey game out to the end.
I can understand peoples frustration as I get as upset as anyone but the way to sustained success is not to pull everything down and start yet again.
And make no mistake that is highly likely to happen. The current group seem to have no problem with the Club or they would not keep extending their contracts.
If it was simply a matter of being "harder on the players" then
Lots of coachs would have a lot more flags than they do.
We have had three starts already 1995 , 1999 , 2002.
18 players have made their AFL debut under CC.
There will be at least a 3 year lead time before most of them approach anything near their potential.
Cheers.