Win Prizes Season 2026 Game Previews

[Tonga Bob]

[Pictured - senior coach Justin Longmuir

Justin Longmuir

Age

45

Ht

196cm

Wt

98kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.4

3star

K

6.9

3star

HB

4.5

3star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.4

3star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

7.0

2star

K

3.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.0

3star

T

0.6

3star

G

0.6

3star

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It's the eve of season 2026 which can mean only one thing... another season of game previews here on the Freo board! Whay am I typing about? Well read on...

Since 2017 many brave yet foolhardy souls have been the standard bearers for the Fremantle Football Club when it comes to irreverent yet informative previewing. Righteo was the initial architect of the concept, and since then many of us have saluted in the most creative of ways. From the poetic melt of Arcassius in 2017, to the * magpie noises * of 2018, the audio-visual Mayne course provided by Chef TheInjuryFactory in 2019, the frothy inspiration provided by Square Peg in 2021, the joint triumph of Gekko71 & Piggy Smalls in 2022 and BarbieITFC's squeaky bum effort in 2023, the poignant masterpiece from dockerfemme in 2024 and the tale of star-pick'd lovers from Purple Jesus in 2025, the Freo faithful have collectively given great effort in the pursuit of providing the board with knowledge, wit, creativity and half-arsed prophecy. So it only seems right to run the concept back up the flagpole to see who salutes in 2025.

If you think that you have what it takes to provide your fellow Freo fans with a preview for one of this season's games, or if you've done the needful in the past and thought to yourself "I'm ready to serve my community once again", then now's the time to put your hand up and claim a slice of the 2026 AFL season as your very own to preview.

The criteria for previewing remain the same:

• Reply to this thread to sign up for any match you'd like to preview in the upcoming season. First in, best dressed, so if you want a specific match try and get in early, and I will update the below fixture accordingly;
• There is no criteria to sign up apart from being a Freo board poster, you don't have to have been a poster for a long time or have made a lot of posts, but just make sure you're in a position to write one when it's your week. If you can't do it when the time comes, let me know and I'll probably sort out a suitable punishment and/or replacement;
• Have fun with the preview. Make it interesting, it doesn't have to be written under a certain guideline or include x,y,z- write it the way you want, use pictures, videos, whatever. A good dose of humour never hurts either;
• This is a competition, so previews judged the best by your peers (most liked, how else do you quantify "best" on the internet??) will join Arcassius TheInjuryFactory Square Peg Gekko71 Piggy Smalls BarbieITFC dockerfemme Purple Jesus and yours truly as official Fremantle Posters of the Year, and will receive a shiny badge that looks like this:

Here's the list of games that you can choose from:

Round 1 vs Geelong @ away ubiquitous226 (thanks for stepping up at short notice!)

Round 2 vs Melbourne @ home freo84

Round 3 vs Richmond @ home cardamon

Round 4 vs Adelaide @ away dockerfemme

Round 5 vs Collingwood @ Gather Round 2big2strom

Round 6 vs WCE @ away King Huskii

Round 7 vs Carlton @ home 2big2strom

Round 8 vs Western Bulldogs @ away CakeEater

Round 9 vs Hawthorn @ home

Round 10 vs Essendon @ away Rockmelon

Round 11 vs St Kilda @ home Dump Truck

Round 12 vs Brisbane @ away

Round 13 vs North Melbourne @ away but really at home well Bunbury so close enough

Round 14 vs bye @ bye

Round 15 vs Geelong @ home

Round 16 vs Gold Coast @ home mattis117

Round 17 vs GWS @ away Mr Cheese

Round 18 vs Sydney @ home BeinPurplenGreen

Round 19 vs Port Adelaide @ away thistimeforsure

Round 20 vs WCE @ home Piggy Smalls

Round 21 vs Western Bulldogs @ home

Round 22 vs Melbourne @ away

Round 23 vs Adelaide @ home

Round 24 vs Carlton @ away RonnieRaven

Grand Final vs who cares @ MCG

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Alright, I've typed enough. Now it's your turn. It's time for you to step to the plate and give back to the board in the form of a Game Preview and if you're adjuged by your peers to have created the best one then fame and fortune* is yours for the taking.

So what are you waiting for???

 

[Rockmelon]

TB, I’ll take rd 10 against the bombers. Mucho Grasias

 

[Tonga Bob]

TB, I’ll take rd 10 against the bombers. Mucho Grasias

All yours. Thanks for stepping up!

 

[BeinPurplenGreen]

Round 18 v Sydney please, dearest overlords.

Or if someone else wants that one, I can do the game against GWS in round 17...

 

[Tonga Bob]

Round 18 v Sydney please, dearest overlords.

Or if someone else wants that one, I can do the game against GWS in round 17...

Swannies are yours!

 

[mattis117]

Round 16 Gold Coast

 

[Tonga Bob]

Round 16 Gold Coast

All yours mate. I expect at least 8 nepo baby references!

 

[mattis117]

All yours mate. I expect at least 8 nepo baby references!

Haha there is a reason I grabbed that one, time to lay it on.

 

[Tonga Bob]

Haha there is a reason I grabbed that one, time to lay it on.

 

[Tonga Bob]

Hey heavho King Huskii dockerfemme Purple Jesus kingswood71 Dump Truck samFFC thistimeforsure Mr Cheese freo84 RonnieRaven Snuffaluphagus largebus Falconista vidwhal DragoDelph theGav56 Tbonefreo BarbieITFC Piggy Smalls Bastyy Freomaniac Gekko71 DenieD Yeti Megalon Purple_Turtle cardamon WAnchor you all have given great effort in previous seasons. Wanna step up again in 2026?

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Round 20 derby thanks Tonga Bob

 

[freo84]

Ill do one.

Let me look at my roster and I'll get back to you.

 

[King Huskii]

Round 6 v West Coast please

 

[thistimeforsure]

I’ll do Port again , I’ve got more to say about those asshats

 

[Tonga Bob]

Ill do one.

Let me look at my roster and I'll get back to you.

Any chance you can do one of the early rounds?

 

[freo84]

Any chance you can do one of the early rounds?

Give me rd 2 then my good man.

 

[Tonga Bob]

Give me rd 2 then my good man.

ilu

 

[Tonga Bob]

And for the trifecta I reckon serial_thrilla should do round 3.

 

[dockerfemme]

Assign me anything April and after.

 

[Tonga Bob]

Assign me anything April and after.

Round 4 away vs Crom is the start of April. Is that too soon?

 

[serial_thrilla]

And for the trifecta I reckon serial_thrilla should do round 3.

 

[dockerfemme]

Round 4 away vs Crom is the start of April. Is that too soon?

That is fine. I often seem to end up with the Crows. They must be unpopular.

 

[Tonga Bob]

That is fine. I often seem to end up with the Crows. They must be unpopular.

tbh I'm trying to fill up the early rounds and this was the earliest in April.

I reckon a Crows preview would be great. So many options.

 

[Dump Truck]

I can do one mid-May onwards

 

[Tonga Bob]

I can do one mid-May onwards

Earliest we have from then is round 11 at home vs St Kilda. Want that?