Mega Thread Miscellaneous Freo Discussion thread

[Luuuc]

It may be a trashy news site, but it is national and it is big, and Freo's actions on Twitter yesterday are now on the front page of it, so bravo again.

‘Someone will call you shortly’: Freo gives disgruntled member the heave ho

Fremantle has been lauded for being prepared to refund the fee of a disgruntled member, who threatened to cancel his membership if the Dockers took a knee prior to its Round 2 clash.

www.news.com.au

 

[AAACockburn]

A future where people are judged by their actions, rather than the colour of their skin, their gender, their sexuality or any other characteristic they have f**k all control over.

This. Imagine if we could achieve this.
But the pessimist in me sees that as only a pipe dream.

 

[MrDanggazz]

Anyone watching Bennells first game back?

 

[Purple_Turtle]

Power Rankings: Every AFL club ranked 1 to 18 heading into Round 2 and the season restart

Power Rankings: Every AFL club ranked 1 to 18 heading into the season restart

www.foxsports.com.au

Both Carlton and Melbourne were ranked above us.

 

[Scham]

Didn’t realise Mark Webb was no longer our head of development and Eastaugh is. Is Webb still with the club?

 

[Dale147]

Anyone watching Bennells first game back?

Yeah, he was getting around ok, but seemed to be feeling his way which is understandable.

 

[DeanS]

Didn’t realise Mark Webb was no longer our head of development and Eastaugh is. Is Webb still with the club?

Midfield Development Coach working under Eastaugh.

 

[ghostdog]

Just read the article about FFC's response to the member who threatened to cancel their membership. Wanted to let you know, I love your footy club today. More power to you Dockers supporters.

 

[fnm_just a man]

Great work by the Dockers. We are in the biggest anti-racism movement in my lifetime and the energy is building. Gestures like this one help to maintain the energy in a big way.


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[Scham]

Midfield Development Coach working under Eastaugh.

Thanks. Glad we kept him and/or he stayed. Is Rock back?

 

[Dale147]

Thanks. Glad we kept him and/or he stayed. Is Rock back?

Yep

 

[PurpleEyes]

I support the member who declared his issue with the kneeling.
I support Freo for their response in refunding the membership.
And I support Walters and others for trying to continually raise awareness of why racism should not be tolerated.

However, we should not be so eager to allow politics to interfere with the AFL.
A large number of people, myself included, associate the kneel and BLM as political activism by the US political left to cause civil division and unrest.
Now I totally accept and even respect why many, even the majority may disagree with that statement of mine but if you cared to research the topic with an open mind you may also undertand why I can believe that.
My point here is, being unhappy about the kneeling and being racist are not one and the same. Calling a person a racist purely on their angst about the kneel is further evidence of how this tribal division works, by design.
No full on racist would ever own two Freo memberships to start with. Many supporters like myself follow Freo largely due to our enjoyment of our talented indigenous players.

So please leave the controversial political stuff out of the AFL and Freo wouldn’t have to worry about members tweets and refunds.

 

[DeanS]

No full on racist would ever own two Freo memberships to start with

Huh??? How do you draw that wide-sweeping assumption?

And what's the difference between a racist and a "full on racist"?

 

[Scham]

I support the member who declared his issue with the kneeling.
I support Freo for their response in refunding the membership.
And I support Walters and others for trying to continually raise awareness of why racism should not be tolerated.

However, we should not be so eager to allow politics to interfere with the AFL.
A large number of people, myself included, associate the kneel and BLM as political activism by the US political left to cause civil division and unrest.
Now I totally accept and even respect why many, even the majority may disagree with that statement of mine but if you cared to research the topic with an open mind you may also undertand why I can believe that.
My point here is, being unhappy about the kneeling and being racist are not one and the same. Calling a person a racist purely on their angst about the kneel is further evidence of how this tribal division works, by design.
No full on racist would ever own two Freo memberships to start with. Many supporters like myself follow Freo largely due to our enjoyment of our talented indigenous players.

So please leave the controversial political stuff out of the AFL and Freo wouldn’t have to worry about members tweets and refunds.

Well there’s a first for everything. We agree on something!

 

[Scham]

How long before we partner up with “wear purple for a day”?

 

[Van_Dyke]

our 3rd highest ever, slight increase on last year (144 more).

 

[Lach72]

our 3rd highest ever, slight increase on last year (144 more).

Given we've sucked for 5 years, sacked the coach and we can't attend games, that's pretty good

 

[Bring back Drum]

our 3rd highest ever, slight increase on last year (144 more).

That’s great & sad at the same time. With the development this year of the playing group, imagine what it could have been without Covid.

 

[BigRang]

That’s great & sad at the same time. With the development this year of the playing group, imagine what it could have been without Covid.

Or if you're a glass half full kinda guy, Imagine what it could be next year...

 

[Okinakashi]

That’s great & sad at the same time. With the development this year of the playing group, imagine what it could have been without Covid.

Actually, I think Covid has been a blessing in disguise. Typically young, but talented teams run out of legs in the last 5 or 6 games of the season. In fact, look at us last year.

the shortened season means our young'uns will finish the year, just as their petrol tickets expire. Ready for a big 2021.

 

[wayToGo_]

Mitch Clearly: "If someone comes calling for Connor Blakely it will be hard to see Freo knocking it back"...

No s**t Sherlock. Take whatever we can get for him and start the car Ikea style.

edit - put this in the wrong thread sorry

 

[Bring back Drum]

Actually, I think Covid has been a blessing in disguise. Typically young, but talented teams run out of legs in the last 5 or 6 games of the season. In fact, look at us last year.

the shortened season means our young'uns will finish the year, just as their petrol tickets expire. Ready for a big 2021.

I was talking membership, but agree, as a club it has escalated our development & relationships.

 

[holybishop]

Given we've sucked for 5 years, sacked the coach and we can't attend games, that's pretty good

I wonder how many of our new "members" just entered to win the house.

 

[AstonSouffle]

I wonder how many of our new "members" just entered to win the house.

Hopefully Freo actually take this into account when doing the draw, surely you only award people who pledged straightaway or close to?

 

[CapitalA]

Hopefully Freo actually take this into account when doing the draw, surely you only award people who pledged straightaway or close to?

That would be terribly corrupt to sell tickets in a raffle which are only valid to the first certain number of tickets and the rest are void because they aren't "real freo members".