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[Lach72]

‘The Dockers have stagnated’: Freo’s 2021 season in review – The Roar

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"Today’s side, the Fremantle Dockers, the long struggling side that makes what’s going on with the Gold Coast Suns at the moment look like a Christmas party."

wot

 

[Lach72]

"Will Sean Darcy

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Sean Darcy

Age

27

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203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

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10.1

3star

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3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

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K

2.0

1star

HB

4.8

3star

CL

1.8

4star

HO

20.3

5star

D

11.4

3star

K

4.6

2star

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6.8

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CL

2.6

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HO

32.0

5star

leave them come free agency?
Sean Darcy

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Sean Darcy

Age

27

Ht

203cm

Wt

111kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.1

3star

K

3.4

1star

HB

6.6

4star

CL

2.4

4star

HO

28.8

5star

D

6.8

1star

K

2.0

1star

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4.8

3star

CL

1.8

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20.3

5star

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11.4

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4.6

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6.8

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CL

2.6

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HO

32.0

5star

has been a wonderful find for the Fremantle Dockers, yet I cannot shake the suspicion he will go home to Geelong who are in desperate need of a ruckman when he hits the free agency in three years. The Dockers are on the way up while the Cats are on the way down and this will only become clearer over the next couple of years. However there are nine other Victorian clubs that will be eager to have a talent of Darcy’s ilk on their list and the Dockers will need to be wary of the big Geelong native going home. "

This is some elite horse shit

 

[Lach72]

"Trade out Rory Lobb

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Rory Lobb

Age

33

Ht

207cm

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106kg

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11.0

3star

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6.7

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4.4

3star

M

4.0

4star

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2.4

4star

MG

174.6

3star

D

11.3

3star

K

8.0

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3.3

2star

M

4.6

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1.4

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MG

228.6

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D

7.0

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4.0

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3.0

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2.6

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2.8

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MG

133.0

3star

and Matt Tabener while they have currency
Yes, this might seem excessive, but each player is only getting older and will want to taste premiership success that Freo are not yet ready for. If the Dockers can find away to bring in the draft capital necessary to draft both Neil Erasmus and Jye Amiss it will set them up to contend in three years’ time very effectively. They also won’t have that pesky go-home factor that’s forcing Adam Cerra out the door."

So both key forwards...

 

[Lach72]

"Speaking of Adam Cerra…
Trade him to Melbourne for Luke Jackson

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Luke Jackson

Age

24

Ht

199cm

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102kg

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8.3

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3.3

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5.0

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M

1.5

2star

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1.0

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G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

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3.3

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5.0

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M

1.5

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1.0

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G

0.3

3star

if you can. If not, Angus Brayshaw and the next year’s first-round pick will be a good consolation prize."

No, no it won't be

 

[Lach72]

"Move David Mundy

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David Mundy

Age

40

Ht

192cm

Wt

92kg

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Mid

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23.1

5star

K

11.2

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HB

11.8

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

4.3

5star

CL

5.1

5star

D

15.7

4star

K

6.7

3star

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9.0

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.7

4star

CL

3.7

5star

D

27.8

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K

15.4

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HB

12.4

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M

5.8

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T

6.2

5star

CL

7.2

5star

to the half-back line and Nat Fyfe to the half-forward line
Each of these players are closer to the end of their careers but they clearly still have something to give to Fremantle, just not in an inside midfielder role. David Mundy

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David Mundy

Age

40

Ht

192cm

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92kg

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Mid

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23.1

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11.2

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11.8

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M

3.6

4star

T

4.3

5star

CL

5.1

5star

D

15.7

4star

K

6.7

3star

HB

9.0

4star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.7

4star

CL

3.7

5star

D

27.8

5star

K

15.4

5star

HB

12.4

5star

M

5.8

5star

T

6.2

5star

CL

7.2

5star

should move to the half-back flank and operate like the general down there, steeling the defence like Luke Hodge did at Brisbane. "

 

[gaskin]

Yeah, I thought that article was pretty shit. It reads more like a poor trolling effort than actual analysis.

 

[wayToGo_]

Written by an Essendon self-confessed flog. Unfortunately for him his 'edgy' red hair doesn't make up for the shit analysis. Just a suggestion but perhaps don't get the same guy to write the season reviews for every club (aka a pile of worthless shit)?

 

[ignoramus]

Written by an Essendon self-confessed flog. Unfortunately for him his 'edgy' red hair doesn't make up for the sh*t analysis. Just a suggestion but perhaps don't get the same guy to write the season reviews for every club (aka a pile of worthless sh*t)?

I used to hang around The Roar a lot before I relocated here. They have two sources for material: (1) a few (roughly daily) pieces by one of the three or four paid contributors (Ryan Buckland, aka "The Economist", was one for a while); and then (2) a bunch of unpaid contributions (2, 3, 4 or more a day) from "The Crowd" (i.e. readers), which are unsolicited, and go through only a fairly light quality control/editorial process before being published. They're not much different, really, from BF members posting lengthy posts on these forums, where the people writing them don't necessarily have any expertise or inside knowledge to draw on other than what they take from watching games and reading media (This is true of 99% of paid media commentators too, of course, though the fact that they get paid for it opens them, imo, to being pilloried for putting in a half-arsed, ill-informed job).

This piece is by one of the (recently) more active members of "The Crowd". Full of laughable observations, no doubt, though at least it's got some detail. If you're part of the community, even terrible analyses are welcomed because they serve as the prompt for discussion in the comments; it's the 100 word stating-the-obvious pieces that are frustrating (even offensive) for being pointless.

I used to really enjoy the discussion there, but like every discussion forum, individual posters come and go; the community dynamics changed at one point in a way that made it unbearable being a Freo supporter.

At any rate, I'm not sure this fits the remit of "positivity". I don't ordinarily care to play the role of topic police, but I do like the idea of this thread being nothing but positivity, so Snuffaluphagus or Tonga Bob or BeinPurplenGreen would you agree to pruning here and grafting onto the Media thread?

 

[FreoRicci]

Trade Tabs and Lobb. Let’s just back a 19 year old rookie to kick 80 goals because that’s the only way we ll win most games.
Alrighty then..

 

[apuchar]

I'm confused how this article (cough cough) got into the positivity thread.

 

[Docker82]

I'm confused how this article (cough cough) got into the positivity thread.

I’m confused how it got into the Media Thread tbh.

 

[beetz]

"Trade out Rory Lobb and Matt Tabener while they have currency
Yes, this might seem excessive, but each player is only getting older and will want to taste premiership success that Freo are not yet ready for. If the Dockers can find away to bring in the draft capital necessary to draft both Neil Erasmus and Jye Amiss it will set them up to contend in three years’ time very effectively. They also won’t have that pesky go-home factor that’s forcing Adam Cerra out the door."

So both key forwards...

Hang on….. each player is getting older.. what, all of them?!

 

[wayToGo_]

Hang on….. each player is getting older.. what, all of them?!

sans Dave "Benjamin Button" Mundy.

 

[SiempreFreo]

Hope some of you have watching Ch 7's "10 to 1: WA's Biggest Footy Moments". Fyfey, Sonny and Dave on with Barich, Worsfold & Co tonight from 8.50pm Perth time.

When my lip wasn't curling with all the Weags stuff and Barich comments like "The Freo people won't like this, but Freo was brought in (by the Vics) (just) to weaken West Coast" (probably true I guess) - I'm pleased to see how well our boys measured up as voices of Freo FC.

Also first time I clapped eyes on the Demo Derby - wish I'd been there.

 

[Wilksyy]

When my lip wasn't curling with all the Weags stuff and Barich comments like "The Freo people won't like this, but Freo was brought in (by the Vics) (just) to weaken West Coast" (probably true I guess)

Very true. West Coast were a state of origin team back then. Phenomenal side.

 

[Jaeger]

David Hale

David Hale

Age

42

Ht

201cm

Wt

102kg

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F/R

Career

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10.6

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5.7

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4.9

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M

4.2

4star

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2.0

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G

0.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

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4.6

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2.0

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M

3.6

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0.8

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0.4

3star

said since he arrived at Freo in 2016 they never once had their best team on the park due to injuries.

You guys would know that but definitely doesn't get mentioned enough if at all over here.

 

[Purple Jesus]

David Hale said since he arrived at Freo in 2016 they never once had their best team on the park due to injuries.

You guys would know that but definitely doesn't get mentioned enough if at all over here.

Oh we know believe me.

 

[Dump Truck]

David Hale said since he arrived at Freo in 2016 they never once had their best team on the park due to injuries.

You guys would know that but definitely doesn't get mentioned enough if at all over here.

Are Box Hill happy he's come back? Our board has a varying degree of opinions on Hale.

 

[Jaeger]

Are Box Hill happy he's come back? Our board has a varying degree of opinions on Hale.

He's coming back to Hawthorn as a line coach similar to his role at Freo I assume.

 

[wayToGo_]

 

[Yeti]

I mean, if a piece of shit like Wayne Carey can be on TV, why not Ben Cousins?

Let's get Daniel Kerr in as well while we are at it.

 

[wayToGo_]

I mean, if a piece of sh*t like Wayne Carey can be on TV, why not Ben Cousins?

Let's get Daniel Kerr in as well while we are at it.

Was secretly hoping Daniel Chick might be a surprise guest...

 

[One_Wing]

I mean, if a piece of sh*t like Wayne Carey can be on TV, why not Ben Cousins?

Let's get Daniel Kerr in as well while we are at it.

Haha yeah i think everyone is happy cousins is off the pipe but didnt he threaten to bury his baby mama under thr playground his kids play at. Should probably do a GAJ senior and stay away from the media and get weird about jesus or something.

 

[Paracleet]

Haha yeah i think everyone is happy cousins is off the pipe but didnt he threaten to bury his baby mama under thr playground his kids play at. Should probably do a GAJ senior and stay away from the media and get weird about jesus or something.

Isn't Gary Abletts wierd Jesus stuff of the angry middled aged American right wing reactionary 'he has sent COVID upon us as punishment for our embrace of woke transgenderism' kind?
I mean it's funny but we don't want to encourage it too much..

 

[wayToGo_]

Haha yeah i think everyone is happy cousins is off the pipe but didnt he threaten to bury his baby mama under thr playground his kids play at. Should probably do a GAJ senior and stay away from the media and get weird about jesus or something.

Think going on the Masked Singer or SAS Australia is the go to these days...