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Its official, the bye round stinks and we’re glad it’s over. Time to restart the Freo Freight Train and Restump Podcast the latest news in purple shoes.

The bye round probably came at a good time for a few of our momentarily sore soldiers. But other than for those favourable reasons, the bye round can get in the sea!

We’re 10 and 3 going into the back end of the season and we need, as a rule of thumb, a minimum of 15 wins to make the top four. Jojo McDonnell has us winning the next three straight so in his book we’re virtually a monte to make it.

With the tragic loss of Blake Acres to a hamstring, it seems the battle has been set between Liam Henry and Ethan Hughes to duel it out for the call up? But with possession being 9/10ths of the law, does Darcy Tucker trump them both?

To avoid injury, it’s always preferable to put your best foot forward at, rather than on, peel, and that is what Neil Erasmus is doing. He may have to bide his time but he’ll inevitably secure a long-term midfield position.

On the injury front we’ve lost a few troops. Sam Switkowski is a huge loss, Josh Treacy looks like he’ll miss a few with the ankle, Blake Acres as mentioned, Nathan Chappy is still a few weeks away and unfortunately it appears Nathan O’Disco has suffered a setback.

The Luke Jackson talk is heating up! But there is a bigger question than dollars and years. Does he truly fit in at Freo? If he wants to play lead ruck, sadly Freo probably isn’t the place for him…. that said, we’ll happily squeeze him in if we can. The conversations will be interesting.

In what could potentially be described as JL’s textbook display of ‘getting ahead of ourselves’ Jojo McDonnell has locked in Hall Of Famer Matthew Pavlich to present the winning premiership cup to us at the G in September. The Chief is being a bit more conservative and wants to wait and see if the Clamp is back from Europe.

We unnecessarily give our pointless two cents worth on the De Goey non-scandal, we had a poorly timed Ask Jojo segment and then we bring it home with another Neighbourhood Watch episode.

So, after a week off, it’s time to saddle up, get back on the Restump horse, click play and listen to this 50 minutes of nonsense on your way to Marvel Stadium… through the desert… if your horse has no name…

Ok enough of that rubbish…. the play button is there somewhere if you want it and its not going to click itself!



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Griff to Charlie, Alex Pearce to McKay and we should be off to the bank with a 4-point deposit. (probably 3-points taking inflation into account) Time to Restump Podcast the Blues bash on Saturday.

If we’re a genuine top four finisher and premiership contender we have to put away the defence depleted Blues. Lose this game and suddenly it paints a shifting picture.

The Blues have struggled to contain scoring in recent weeks so if we can capitalise on their deficiencies that end of the ground and quell the scoring power of Curnow and McKay the other end, we should be in good shape.

The Blues are 4 wins from 4 games at Marvel this year and each time they kicked over 100 points. Further reasoning why extra focus should be on our team defence and why surely Griff starts back this week.

Great to see Matty Tabs return although he’d have to be half a run short. Freddy has finally gotten over his hangover and he’s straight back in, so its probably a good thing he’s not on the side-lines carrying the drinks! And after a couple of cracking games for Peel, Liam Henry has been handed another opportunity in the absence of Blake Acres.

The concerns are the massive losses of Sonny Walters and Sammy Switkowski. Both are vital cogs in the forward set up so Freddy and Shultzy will need to shoulder the workload. They may mitigate some of the loss but there's no substitute for Sonny in his current form!

Unfortunately, no Adam Cerra to give constant reminders to each time someone runs by him but there is still a Jack ‘bloody’ Newnes! It’s simply a game we can win, should win and must win.

It was great to hear Dave Mundy say he isn’t leaving until they drag him out of the joint. Can he go another two years and secure the illustrious Mundy4Hundy?

If things don’t go our way in September can we blame Paul Hasleby for being a destabilising influence? Firstly, he was urging Griff to shift camps to West Coast and now he’s got his eyes set on Belly for them? Is Hase on the payroll of the rogues up the road or has he been infiltrated by the clickbait revenue generating SEN business model?

What a turnaround! We’ve 9 games left and we’ve got 5 of them on the big Friday and Saturday night stages. Time to stock up on carrots. It’s a great time to be a Freo supporter.

Crips and Fyfe, Charlie and Griff…. Its going to be a great game. It’s about a day and a half until bounce down against the Blues. If you click play, we can get you through about 45 minutes of it here but then you’re on your own.



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Did we just hit the Wall, up against the Lygon Street Lads? Time to Restump Podcast the end of year tax loss against the calculating Carlton Blues.

It’s the end of financial year time and fans are attempting to claim their memberships as tax deductions. So, despite it being a boat load of ridiculousness and making no sense, is it beyond the possibility that we had too many capital win gains and Saturday was the opportunity to bank a strategic capital tax loss prior to the 30th June?

A loss that is difficult to take does weird things to our minds in our endeavours to find reasoning and or excuses. But the reality is the Blues turned up and gave us a hiding. They outran us, outmuscled us and outworked us.

In the midst of the momentary ruins, the light shines brightly on the defensive unit. How they managed to restrict Carlton to just twenty scoring shots from relentless and clean supply with little to no help from the mids restricting the flow or even the forwards applying any sort of pressure, could well become one of the mysteries of the world.

To be fair to our mids, it wasn’t due to lack of effort. There are times in life where you simply have to dip your lid in respectful acknowledgement of a supreme performance from your opponent.

When the Carlton crew are in that frame of mind, enact damage control policy instantly, if you’re on the receiving end!

While we were really never in the game, it does feel like the four points opportunity that got away and, based on our fixtures on the run home, with it our top four finish fades a little.

But bigger picture, we’ve probably exceeded expectations already this year so keeping authentic perspective often ends up being the emotional balance we all need after such an individual defeat.

That said, we’re not dead by a long way and to reach for a Ross Lyonism, “It’s never as bad or as good as it seems.” So, we’ve got eight games remaining, we need about five wins to be a chance at top 4 and probably two more wins to secure a finals berth.

We get Sonny and Chappy back, Fyfey will get some spectacles so he can spot his teammates, Freddy gets off the booze, Bailey puts on the sub vest and we’re off to the top four races!

So, if you’re like us and you need to dissect a game from eleventy different angles, grab your scalpel, put your safety glasses on, click play, join us and get involved in the conversation because what we’ll come up with, will be far from Sciency.



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One minute you’re knee deep in sawdust, and the next minute you’re getting around in an All Australian jacket playing your 100th. Time to Restump Podcast DJ Luke Ryan’s Bradman, in the clash against the Power.

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Big game for Luke Ryan in his 100th, as it is for Nathan Wilson in his 150th. But individual accolades will have to wait because we’ve got to somehow turn the Power off while managing to keep our top four faint flickering light on.

We’ve got a trick up our sleeve though. We’ll turn the Power off and switch to solar because we’ve got Sonny conditions! That’s right sports fans, Sonny Walters is back and geez we missed him last week.

Port Adelaide have only just been travelling for most of the season but the return of Charlie Dixon four games ago and Connor Rozee’s rise up the ranks has seen them steady up and regain winning form.

We were pummelled in the midfield last week against the Blues and it won’t get much easier against the likes of the experienced big bodied Travis Boak and Ollie Wines. He might not be back to his best or in tip top match fitness condition yet but we might need you, Fyfey!

And the big man, Sean Darcy, in the middle has been a bit off in recent weeks but he gets his chance to dominate the game against makeshift ruckman Jeremy Finlayson.

Port Adelaide have only won 7 games this season. They have won 6 of their last 7 so they’re in decent nick. But of their 7 wins to date, just 2 have been away from the Adelaide Oval.

They have won 5 of the last 7 games against us but only 2 of those games have been played at Optus Stadium, of which we won both. We haven’t played Port Adelaide at Optus in over 3 years so it really is foreign territory for them.

We’re back to the old Sunday arvo time slot so it actually should feel familiar for us! However, lets kill some time, have a chat about the clash, praise the milestone men and bring it home getting to know the great man Brett “Jojo” McDonnell a little better with another 'Ask Jojo' segment.



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Did Mitch Georgiades relegate Youngy to a Raider Of The Lost Mark? Time to Restump Podcast yesterday’s win that wasn’t for the faint of heart.

It was a nostalgic day yesterday as Freo wound back the clock. Late in the game fan’s were calling for the defibrillators to get their purple hearts going again, but it was all part of the emotive four-point banking fun.

40 points up at one stage, did we take the foot off the pedal or did fatigue set in? There are many ways to assess it but the reality is, we were in front when the siren sounded, we banked the four points and kept our top four chances alive.

If there is any disappointment with the win, set your mind back to the start of the season and revisit your expectations. Come back to now and you’ll find we’ve exceeded them greatly.

Fyfe is finding his feet as his confidence and desire levels rise and, despite staying out of the middle, after a few more hit outs, he’s going to be a that old weapon wherever he plays.

There are no superlatives left to describe Andy Brayshaw. Quite simply we don’t win that game without him.

James “Mr Fix It” Aish took on the role of electrician for the day, constantly cutting off the Power. We are forever wondering how the hell Geelong let Jordan Clark escape and we're willing to concede that if Rory can guarantee us that intent every week, then re-sign him up.

Alex Pearce had done a superb job on the dangerous Charlie Dixon to three quarter time but Charlie went into the middle and literally turned the game in a matter of 60 seconds. He rucked roved and kicked two of his own and had a hand in a third. Sean Darcy and Rory Lobb had no answer for him.

Special thanks to Robbie Gray and Todd Marshall who inexplicably both missed goals in that last quarter, sodas that you would have taken out a second mortgage on your house on them being kicked.

We got the points, we’ve got 11 wins and we need four more to clinch a top four finish. It doesn’t matter how we get them! However, bigger picture, we’re exceeding any expectations, we’re going to play finals and anything above that in the way of double chances, home finals and top fours, is the cream on the 2022 season cake.

So, if you’re looking for some straight and narrow, never as good never as bad as it seems perspective with regular tangents of preposterousness, click play and join the prattle in the purple pool.



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We’re trying to stay in the top four and the Sainters are trying to get into the eight. Time to Restump Podcast the Sainters and Dockers concert Saturday night.

We were ordinary at best in round 2 against the Saints when they bowled us over by 10 points. But we’re a different side now and we’re better equipped to deal with them.

We’re looking to defend our top four position while the Saints are just on the wrong side of the edge of the top eight. There is so much up for grabs, so much to play for.

Having lost to Carlton two weeks back and beating the Bombers in round 5, we’re one and one under the Marvel Stadium roof this year.

We need Sean Darcy to go up a level and Rory Lobb to step up when he gives Darce a breather because Paddy Ryder and Rowan Marshall are a formidable combination.

Down back we’re looking to Alex Pearce once again to get the job done on Max King. King kicked four in round 2 so we may prefer team defence to give Pearce a helping hand. Brennan Cox was a touch off last week but with Membrey going at two goals a game against us… he needs to switch on.

Clark, Walker, Young and Wilson can work out a plan to stop the sneaky cheeky Jack Higgins because we don’t want another round 2 repeat of his four goal haul.

The mids go head to head. Dealing with Jack Steel, Brad Crouch and Jade Gresham won't exactly be a Sunday picnic for Brodie, Brayshaw and Serong. Does Fyfey head in there at all? At worst we need to break even in the middle to give the backs a chop out.

Up forward we’re looking to Lobb to keep his hot form going, the hamstrung but then not hamstrung Tabs to play a full game and then the smalls needs to get and stay busy.

While we’re almost locked in to playing finals, finishing top four would be nice. We probably need four more wins to secure a berth and we have just seven games remaining. Lets ensure we need 3 wins from 6 games after Saturday night.

We're a bit nervous about this one on Saturday night. We feel we have the Saints measure but we probably need to kick it up a notch from last Sunday against the Power.

There's not a lot of Freo fanfare at the moment which is surprising considering we're in unfamiliar top eight and top four territory. But while content is light, there's always enough purple pieces to pack up the pod with.



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What a luxury it is to have the ‘In case of a midfield emergency, break the Fyfe glass’ option. Time to Restump Podcast Saturday’s slaying of the Saints.

The Saints gave us a lesson in the first half as they treated our midfielders like purple witches’ hats. In the middle we couldn’t have bought a footy in a clearance sale!

When Maxy King goaled from the silver service, Jack Higgins got on the scoreboard and Dan Butler chipped in with one all in that first quarter…. not going to lie, we had flash backs to round two when they got a hold of us.

However, despite being obliterated out of the middle, the defensive unit once again stood tall, led by swingman Griffin Logue, who showed no sign of suffering any swingmans fog this week. The back six did a remarkable job keeping us within 20 points of the Saints at half time when it could have and probably should have been substantially more.

There is nothing like having a two time brownlow medallist up our sleeve, especially one that is itching to get into the midfield furnace. After JL and the crew had managed Fyfey to perfection, they pulled the trigger at the start of the second half and it was literally like a midfield switch had been flicked.

It was if Fyfe was the key component that set off a positive chain reaction. Some sort of small-scale adaptation of the butterfly effect.

His influence and contribution was instrumental in turning the course of the game around and providing the environment for which others soon thrived.

That isn’t to suggest Andy Brayshaw’s game wasn’t another mind boggling, incomprehensible head-shaking in awe performance…. because it was. How do you do all the tough hard work, lay ten bruising tackles and still manage to collect 38 touches and get from contest to contest?

But with Fyfe halving the midfield contest and Andy Brayshaw doing Andy Brayshaw things, the rest of the crew soon got on board after the main break.

We got a bit of good fortune late in the third but which the Saints fans a still bleating about but the end margin of 41 points suggest their claims are largely inconsequential.

Big kudos to Jordan Clark for arguably a career best game, Brennan Cox and Griffin Logue for roles and Lachie Schultz who was back to his tenacious and energised best.

It was a wonderful victory, a tale of two halves and there was a conspicuous feel about it. Are we back? It may be never as good or as bad as it seems but that second half felt like we’re back!

We’re sitting in 3rd, a game clear of Brisbane in 4th. Three more wins and a top four finish should well and truly be ours…. but let’s not get ahead of ourselves and jinx anything.

So let’s get the podcast underway! If too much purple pandemonium doesn’t pack your pouch…. click play and spend 60 minutes here with us. However, we can’t offer refunds or returns for the listeners remorse you’ll inevitably suffer.




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Is Budweiser than we think? Freddy said, "Yes, you better beerlieve it." Acres returns and Chappy is back. Time to Restump Podcast preview what’ll hopefully be our 4th win from 4 games against the Swans at Optus.

Given we’re currently sitting a win clear in third heading towards September, we’ve got Acres and Chappy back in the team, the Disco is back up and about and Switta has recommenced running... are we getting ahead of ourselves if we suggest everything is coming up Millhouse?

We’re getting as close to having our best twenty-two fit and available as we’re ever likely to get so it does feel like we’re getting a bit falling favourably for us at the moment.

Currently twelve wins, we probably need at least fifteen to secure a top four finish. With Richmond, Melbourne, Bulldogs, Eagles and Giants to come, we need to make Sydney one of those three wins this Saturday night, especially as this is one of our only three remaining home games.

Speaking of the Buddy Swans, they’ve been a little bit erratic this year. They probably haven’t been the steadfast Swans we come to expect but they have a dangerous list and can produce on their day.

However, they were recently beaten by Port Adelaide and Essendon, yet they beat Melbourne, St Kilda and the Dogs so they’ve made it tricky to get a handle on the form.

We have won all three games against Sydney at Optus Stadium, but apart from one of them by 5 goals, the remaining two games we won by 2 points and 1 point respectively.

Worryingly it does appear rain is forecast for Saturday. We don’t want to have flash-flood-backs back to the Gold Coast and Collingwood games but… its difficult not to have a few little nerves. However, let’s stay positive, they’ll don the flippers and snorkel if need be, if it means getting hold of the four points.

We wander into the North Melbourne fiasco and Wayne Carey’s nonsensical suggestion that Ross Lyon is the prime candidate. We have a chat about Buddy attempting to use Freo to beef up his contract again. Trav Colyer and Sammy Switkowski get one year extensions and its difficult not to think Rory Lobb is out and Luke Jackson is in next year.

It could be big day Saturday so get plenty of sleep between now and then so you’re tip top to fight the elements. And the best way to get some deep sleep…. click play on our 45 minutes of docker drivel… we’ve been known to cure insomnia!




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We urgently need two things from Griff. One, his signature, and two, him presenting lectures at the club on adaptability. Time to Restump Podcast our rough loss to the Swans.

Was there a game at Optus on Saturday night or a Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch concert? Marks everywhere! The Swannies racked up 138 marks for the game, largely with our assistance. After quarter time they took 64 more marks than us… over 20 more per quarter.

The warning signs, or should that be Warner signs, started flashing in the second period and the resulting fears materialised over the second half.

After quarter time, the mids copped a bath and that didn’t help the defenders. The wingers provided no outlet or run and the Swans walked the ball out of our 50 metre arc effortlessly.

A young Chad Warner gave us a lesson and who does Errol Gulden think he is kicking goals like that, Disco Nathan?

We can all handle a loss, God knows we’ve had plenty of practise over the last 25 plus years, but it was the uncharacteristic manner in how we lost this one.

So much on the line, so much to play for and disappointingly we fell down in what we stand for, team defence and offensive pressure. To be comprehensively beaten, yet kick the first two goals of the last quarter to go nine points up… an added effort needed to be raised. There was no such raised effort forthcoming. In fact there was little effort delivered, raised or otherwise.

The shining light was the swingman’s performance. Griffin Logue can hold his head up high as he blanketed Buddy Franklin. Had Griff not slipped on the Optus Stadium ice rink, Buddy would have turned in the duck eggs.

But again, this is a successful season. Its far from over and we’ve shown enormous growth to date. As we always say, growth isn’t linear.

The reality is we’re in the embryonic stage of a long period of sustained finals success. Sure, we need some tinkering here there and a bit more up forward, but we’re a solid unit on the up and, top four or otherwise, its highly unlikely we’re not playing finals this year.

So, join us as we put things in perspective, part the problems and pick out the purple positives. They’re few and far between in that game Saturday night but we’re not rolling over just yet.



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Our top 4 destiny in our own hands. Sure, our destiny in our own hands hasn’t gone well for us in the past but this time it’s different… hopefully! Time to Restump Podcast the Friday night Dockers V Tiges show.

Friday night under lights, under the Marvel roof, on the big stage! We’re desperate to keep our top 4 chances alive while Richmond has a ton of teams wanting their place in the 8.

Add the above to the fact that every one in three games between Freo and Richmond is decided by 12 points or less and it promises to be a cracking encounter.

We talk changes and what that means for the match ups. We’ve lost a Lobb but a Henry and a Pearce has dropped in. While at Tigerland, there’s no Dusty or Tom Lynch but a Soldo enters the backup ruck arena.

With the loss of Lobby, its grounds for thinking the inform Lloyd Meek might sneak in to give Darcy a chop out and allow him to go up forward.

We need a lift across the board from all individuals because if we deliver Friday night what we served up last Saturday… sayonara top 4!

Got to keep Daniel Rioli in check and stop his run, Jayden Short through the middle can hit the scoreboard and God help whoever draws the short straw to play on Shai Bolton. But one in all in, we can get it done as a collective!

We know we shouldn’t, but we cover the rubbish Hagdorn and his SEN outrage seeking journos came up with this week, we probably mistakenly wander into the Daisy Pearce saga and as always, we chat all things, Luke Jackson.

Cannot wait for Friday night, our season is alive and well, our top four hopes are hanging by a thread and it’s all up to us. Well not us but us as in them, our them or their them or is it they them or they’re our them?…. Oh for crying out loud, you know who!

If you’re into nonsense like that… and why would you be… there’s plenty more where that came from so click play and jump on in, the purple preview listening water is warm.



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That was one mother of a smother! Time to Restump Podcast review Freo's two point Friday night heist.

Still don’t know how Freddy did that. His smother and Chappy’s defensive punch in round one…. pool room material.

If Richmond was a bank, we got away with the cash drawers but not the vault. To be brutally honest, we lightened Richmond’s burden by lifting two points off them.

While there were endless bewildering moments throughout the game that led to the result, the ridiculous two final positive and negative unthinkable moment minutes will forever trump the previous seventy eight.

Game saving tackles, holding the ball wins, smothers, shot clock breaches and playing on with all of a second left. It is one for the obscure history books.

But after all the befuddlement, the reality is we walked away with two points, we lost a Fyfe and we fell out of the top four.

We should write a song about our defenders because once again we’re singing their praises. Their collective efforts are astounding but in particular Hayden Young continues to astonish.

But our Achilles heel continues to be our forward line and our mid forward connection. Rory Lobb was sorely missed but the game plan we concocted and the one we executed highly conflicted each other.

While it is obviously not ideal the reassurance and the consolation are that with the current 12 and a half wins and 50 points we have, we’d have made the finals in all but 4 of 22 seasons since 2000. (minus 2020) Sportsbet have us at $1.005 to make the eight… and that should calm anyone who has a few nerves.

There is too much to go through the entire game here so join us on the podcast where we go into detail, unpack the extraordinary Friday night and attempt to make heads and tails of it.



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Two Brayshaws would have been handy… but we’re ok running with one and a Jackson. Time to Restump Podcast preview the Brayshaw Bros Friday Night Bout in the Freo V Dees clash.

Angus Brayshaw is a big signing for the Dees and congratulations to them. However, interestingly enough the grapevine chatter is suggesting Luke Jackson flew to WA for tomorrow night’s game with a shipping container of luggage! (Disclaimer - We may have put that out on the grapevine)

Massive game Friday night and its fair to say there are some nerves in the Restump camp regarding the outcome.

Question marks are being placed over Melbourne by the wider football community, they’ll want some retribution for round 11, there is threatening weather… do we have a plan B? In that round 11 win, Petracca was injured, Steven May went down in the first quarter and Harrison Petty was on one leg.

Rightio that’s enough of the glass half empty…. it’ll probably fill up tomorrow night from the rain!

Rory Lobb returning is obviously vital, joining Tabs to take on a formidable Jake Lever and Steven May duo. So much of our fortunes rest on the shoulders of Sonny, Shultzy, Freddy and co. If they don’t bring the frenetic pressure and intensity we know they can, then our hopes of a much-needed win take a massive hit.

Probably fair to say Mitchy is getting a little twitchy! There is not a lot more he can do, but the small forward region is a bit of a Crowdened area at the moment. He’s banging on the door but it’s just not getting opened at the moment. Does he get in through the emergency entrance?

We need a big lift from Sean “Swaggy Onions” Darcy up against the great Max Gawn. Darce has been a bit off his influential best form for a fair bit of the season but he does seem to save his best for the best. Darce and Lobb up against Gawn and future teammate Jackson… an interesting battle.

The midfield is where it starts and its Petracca, Oliver and Viney opposed to Serong, Brayshaw, Brodie and Mundy… at some stage an Aish might get the tap on the shoulder and asked to ‘put the slows’ on someone but you’d imagine they’d be ready for such a move.

The defenders will do their usual super defending and strangle the Dee’s scoring but Bailey Fritsch kicked 3 against us in round 11. Last week he nailed 4 and Sam Weiderman booteed 3 while Melksham and Pickett each got a couple. They’re in good nick and they have a good spread of competent goal kickers.

We need 60 points to make the top four and probably 52 points to all but guarantee us a spot in the eight. So, 3 wins for top four and one win for finals. Let’s focus on the top eight and cliché it to one week at a time.

Can’t wait for tomorrow night. We hold some fears of what might be but we have hope knowing what we can potentially make happen.

So, join us for a light-hearted 45 minutes of everything retro Freo before the clash gets under way tomorrow evening. While Jojo is in his element with this retro jumper, I am not underestimating the damage it may do. When you look good you feel good…. This jumper may have a lot to answer for!



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Two Brayshaws would have been handy… but we’re ok running with one and a Jackson. Time to Restump Podcast preview the Brayshaw Bros Friday Night Bout in the Freo V Dees clash.

Angus Brayshaw is a big signing for the Dees and congratulations to them. However, interestingly enough the grapevine chatter is suggesting Luke Jackson flew to WA for tomorrow night’s game with a shipping container of luggage! (Disclaimer - We may have put that out on the grapevine)

Massive game Friday night and its fair to say there are some nerves in the Restump camp regarding the outcome.

Question marks are being placed over Melbourne by the wider football community, they’ll want some retribution for round 11, there is threatening weather… do we have a plan B? In that round 11 win, Petracca was injured, Steven May went down in the first quarter and Harrison Petty was on one leg.

Rightio that’s enough of the glass half empty…. it’ll probably fill up tomorrow night from the rain!

Rory Lobb returning is obviously vital, joining Tabs to take on a formidable Jake Lever and Steven May duo. So much of our fortunes rest on the shoulders of Sonny, Shultzy, Freddy and co. If they don’t bring the frenetic pressure and intensity we know they can, then our hopes of a much-needed win take a massive hit.

Probably fair to say Mitchy is getting a little twitchy! There is not a lot more he can do, but the small forward region is a bit of a Crowdened area at the moment. He’s banging on the door but it’s just not getting opened at the moment. Does he get in through the emergency entrance?

We need a big lift from Sean “Swaggy Onions” Darcy up against the great Max Gawn. Darce has been a bit off his influential best form for a fair bit of the season but he does seem to save his best for the best. Darce and Lobb up against Gawn and future teammate Jackson… an interesting battle.

The midfield is where it starts and its Petracca, Oliver and Viney opposed to Serong, Brayshaw, Brodie and Mundy… at some stage an Aish might get the tap on the shoulder and asked to ‘put the slows’ on someone but you’d imagine they’d be ready for such a move.

The defenders will do their usual super defending and strangle the Dee’s scoring but Bailey Fritsch kicked 3 against us in round 11. Last week he nailed 4 and Sam Weiderman booteed 3 while Melksham and Pickett each got a couple. They’re in good nick and they have a good spread of competent goal kickers.

We need 60 points to make the top four and probably 52 points to all but guarantee us a spot in the eight. So, 3 wins for top four and one win for finals. Let’s focus on the top eight and cliché it to one week at a time.

Can’t wait for tomorrow night. We hold some fears of what might be but we have hope knowing what we can potentially make happen.

So, join us for a light-hearted 45 minutes of everything retro Freo before the clash gets under way tomorrow evening. While Jojo is in his element with this retro jumper, I am not underestimating the damage it may do. When you look good you feel good…. This jumper may have a lot to answer for!



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Ouch, Freo Dockers! We’re just getting over Friday night and you drop unwanted Mundy news Monday morning on us! Time to therapeutically Restump Podcast all of it.

The news hit hard this morning and it really put us off our cornflakes. The great man, the man we thought would still be playing when we all leave this earth, ripped our hearts out and called time on his career. The MundyFourHundy dream is over.

After a relentless effort based 35 possession game on Friday night, you got the feeling Dave Mundy was in deep contemplation mode meditating on the bench late in the game.

Depending on where we finish the home and away season, we’ll possibly only get to see him one last time going around in the flesh in the round 22 Derby. What a way and what an opportunity to send him off.

But before then we have to unpack last Friday night. And given the demolition it was, very little needs unpacking and its more of a picking up the pieces and cleaning up the mess job.

Have teams worked us out? Are they paying us the extra attention and preparing in ways they may not have been doing in the first half of the year? Is our young team fatigued? Or has our effort and commitment fallen off the pace a bit?

Quite simply it seems the majority of the issues are attributed to our eternally dysfunctional forward line. Matty Tabs had one of his worst games we can remember and Rory Lobb… good luck Bulldogs!

Trav Colyer has hit the brick wall of late and hasn’t been his earlier year productive self and Lachie Schultz has been well off the pace for a while now. His frenetic defensive pressure is a vital cog in our forward line wheel and when it’s absent so is any hint of cohesiveness.

But we're still well and truly alive and where there is life there is hope. There's also a ridiculously staunch backline, a highly competent midfield and, for now, an experienced Mundy. What more motivation could they want down there?

We’ve got three games remaining, top four is all but gone but now we desperately need at least one, possibly two wins to ensure we finish the season in the top eight.

It’s been a tough few days for all us Freo folk so lets have a chat about it all and see if we can find some uplifting answers…. and by uplifting we don’t just mean the Bulldogs uplifting and taking Rory Lobb!

I’m sorry… I’m still a bit dark on a few efforts on Friday! If you're keen, click play and let’s get into it.



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Despite Freo’s horrific three weeks up forward, we won’t see Sammy Sturt on the Marvel dirt. Time to Restump Podcast preview the daunting assignment against Rory Lobb’s future teammates.

We’re a bit disappointed this week as its seemingly becoming a bit ground-hog-dayish on selection day. While Sammy Sturt isn’t the second coming of Christ, after three team scores averaging 7 goals a game, it appears we’ve opted not to address or even tinker with the dysfunctional forward structure.

However, JL and his selection posse know more than us and they’re providing the opportunity for the forward crew to dig themselves out of the hole they’ve found their way into. To be fair, the Bulldogs do leak score at times so it is probably the game to forward the forwards a week’s grace.

On paper you look at the Bulldogs names and they terrify you on nearly every line. Yet you then look at their form and it doesn’t quite equate. But you get the feeling they’ve recently watched, Carlton, Richmond and Melbourne bring the heat to us and, consequently, we should expect fire and brimstones.

We don’t want to limp towards the end of the year and cling on to a top eight position so we need to turn things around Saturday night. However, the Bulldogs want to force their way into the finals so there is no doubt they’ll be on.

Its great to see Disco Nathan back as he might provide the bite on the wing that we have been missing recently. And hopefully Darcy Tucker can reproduce his damaging accumulating possession and goal kicking Peel form and prove a positive replacement for Trav Colyer.

While Dave Mundy has called time on his career and the club is using it as motivation, we would have thought the prospect of playing finals and potentially a home final would be all the motivation the boys would need. But if we can add in “do it for Dave” and it helps, then why not.

Its an unnerving task this Saturday. The Dogs will smell our blood from the last three weeks in the water. On the other hand, we simply have to deliver an appropriate response after that substandard performance last week. Both teams have so much to play for and that makes for a potentially cracking game.

We’re all on board all the time but that doesn’t mean we can’t respectfully remove the purple rose coloured glasses at times and have a candid chat about all aspects of the club. Talking things out and speaking from the purple heart is always the therapeutically way forward.

So, click the play button and join us for a 45 minute chat about selections, where we’re at as a club, our neglect of our areas of deficiency and the big clash Saturday night.




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Did Lobby ace the interview for his new employer or what! Are we back? Time to Restump Podcast review the top 4 door opening win over the Dogs.

What a difference it makes when the forwards function productively and cohesively and your two big targets actually lead to space or at the ball carrier. Oh, and kicking straight always helps. Credit when it’s due… Rory Lobb put on a goal kicking master class.

We turned our recent form around but continued our magnificent Victorian form on Saturday, putting the dogs back in their kennels. That’s now 7 games in Melbourne this year so far for 5 wins, a draw and 1 loss. Who is this Fremantle team?

We showed the pressure, the intent, the urgency and finally the mid forward connection. The Dogs aren’t exactly the hottest defenders but we rarely gave them a genuine look in and constantly kept them guessing.

Luke Ryan never plays a poor one but he was back to his All-Australian best. He must have a crystal ball because he knows where the ball is going to land in his area before its been kicked! And speaking of getting back to hot form… hello Caleb Serong.

How good was it to see the Disco back! Nathan “Disco” O’Driscoll had only played 7 career games so it sounds ridiculous to say it, but geez we’ve missed his run, his bite and his goal sense.

It was truly a game where everyone stepped up and we collectively returned to that cohesive roleplaying team of individuals.

The much-needed win just ensured we’re playing finals this year for the first time since 2015, but it also slightly opened the top four door as well. We need to win our last two games and then hope a few teams above us, namely Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, lose at least one of their remaining two.

But that is literally getting ahead of ourselves so let’s reel the rhetoric in or we’ll rightly have coach JL putting as tight a leash on us as we did the Dogs Saturday.

That win on Saturday has put the pep back in our step and the glide back in our stride. We’re all up and about with a sense of possibility again.

So, join us as we bask in the Bulldog victory glory, momentarily place the finals in the background and have a celebratory chat about our wonderful purple people.




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Not getting ahead of ourselves, but surely the $1.11 solves all the current inflationary pressures! Time to Restump Podcast preview Saturday’s upcoming walk in the park.

It doesn’t really have that Derby feel. In fact, I can’t recall a more lacklustre week leading up to a derby. The build-up has been non-existent as it seems much of this year the Eagles have run with Homer Simpson’s “can’t win, don’t try” philosophy.

There’s been no banter, no cheap shots no angst... sure we’ve got bigger fish to fry but there’s room for all to coexist!

Having said that, if we want to potentially take any top four opportunity that may arise, we just need to keep our heads, allow Andy Gaff to keep his head for the foreseeable future and just bag the four points.

We’ve got two more games that aren’t going to deliver finals like intensity so we have to keep that in mind. We don’t want to wander into the first week of finals on the back of two soft wins and drowning in complacency, so we need to bring the energy.

Like Hawk’s coach Riley said in before the playoff game against the Mighty Ducks, “it’s not worth winning if you don’t win big.” Now I’m not sure we need to go that far but we should be looking to put the eagles to the sword.

That said, do we really want to destroy their percentage and aid their campaign to secure pick one? Lets put away the four points convincingly and what will be will be.

Switta is back after a seriously busted back, Jye Amiss plays his first game back with Peel this weekend and Sean Darcy has been in contact with his future ruck forward teammate, Luke Jackson! And we’ve made some progress with the Clampaign! Everything is coming up Milhouse.

So, while there isn’t the buzz around this Derby there is still plenty to get excited about. Click play, get our rubbish in your ears and feel free to join the conversation. We don’t only subscribe to Ross Lyon’s ‘failure is feedback’ theory, we’re open to all feedback.




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Did Sean Darcy just tell everyone to stop ‘Medaling’ with his number one ruck position? Time to Restump Podcast review the hotly contested win over the Eagles.

Well, I for one didn’t see that level of heat coming. While harmless, it created excitement and inserted some electricity into the atmosphere. It wound the clock back a little and showed there is still some feeling in Derbies.

The result mattered but it was the hit out we got that was of most benefit. We didn’t want to head into finals on two soft wins so the fierce contest was just what the Docker Doctor ordered.

It was such a fitting occasion and emotional moment for the great David Mundy…. Fortunately, the wet weather hung around so many of us male Freo fans were able to say I’m not crying, it’s the rain in my eyes!

There was a lift across the board, Sean Darcy took giant strides on his way back to his best, Caleb Serong showed a grit and determination for the club and his teammates that we wish we could bottle and Sonny Walters shut up and take my entry fee money!

The only hope the Eagles had of winning was if Jack Darling had one of his rare days out. The magnificent Alex Pearce said, yeah nah that won’t be happening.

But bigger picture wise it was most pleasing to see Blake Acres get back near his super form prior to his hamstring injury. It’s a vital position and we desperately need that level from him.

Sure, we didn’t exactly display the art of accuracy but was it by design? The Eagles are keen on the number one draft pick so we didn’t want to aid them by destroying their percentage? Obviously, we jest because who wouldn’t want to see a wooden spoon head their way!

Defenders were rock solid without the big numbers this week but with the Eagles having just 44 inside 50’s the defensive unit weren’t stretched. That said they kept them to just 12 scoring shots and one was courtesy of Caleb’s 150 metre penalty!

Enough of this written stuff, lets get into the conversation and cover all that and everything else that possesses even the slightest shade of purple! Click play, jump in… join in… the purple water is warm.



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It’s always been Sonny’s house and we're just fortunate he just allows us to visit. Time to Restump Podcast preview Sonny’s 200th and the Giant clash against GWS.

What a privilege and an absolute joy it has been for us all to ride along with Sonny on his career to date. Coming up for 200 games, he’s kicked 306 goals and many of them have been when we’ve been in dire need.

He was born for the big stage and that has been the setting where he has often done his best work. He has sliced, diced and iced games on many an occasion.

At his best he would enter the midfield in second halves and not only drag us back into games but get us over the line. Few could go with or stop him when he was on.

The best part of it all is that its far from over and if we go anywhere in September, the smart money will be on Sonny being a big reason.

But while we celebrate Sonny’s milestone, we need to keep our eyes on this weeks prize… a win over the Giants and a possible top four finish.

While a spirited performance against the Dogs last week, the Giants have been off the ball in recent weeks. They have nothing to lose and even less to play for, but… always beware of the sleeping Giant.

The captain is back to get a hit out. With no Lobb or Tabs… much of that hitting is going to be needed to be retrieved up forward. With Meek coming in Fyfey should see a bit of time alongside Sean Darcy, who returned to some big form last week.

The reality is, it doesn’t matter how we get this done but we have to get over the line. We need to start taking these opportunities that are presented to us so, win ugly, win pretty, win boring…. It doesn’t matter…. Just get the 4 points.

Whatever the case on Saturday the Giants will make us work for it… and that will be odd because work occurring in the vicinity of parliament house? A rare occurrence indeed!

Another morning game for us in WA but anywhere anytime comes to mind. Let’s get into the preview! So if you can’t find anything better to listen to and you settle on us and this 40 minutes.… we question your detective skills, your effort and your low bar listening content expectations!



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Down back defending, organizing, up forward kicking goals… the honourable Alex Pearce took on more roles than Scomo! Time to Restump Podcast Freo’s top 5 securing win over the Giants.

He assumed the Ministerial roles for defence, for planning, up the ground on the spacious wing he was the minister for parks and recreation. On Jesse Hogan he became the minister for transport and main roads and when he ventured into unfamiliar territory and kicked a goal…. he said give me the minister for foreign affairs portfolio!

While we’re all about David Mundy, and rightfully so, we couldn’t be happier or more thrilled for Alex Pearce who will finally play his first finals series in his career. (nobody move for two weeks… we don’t want to jinx it)

What a weekend of footy! After a degree of lethargy and uninspiring effort early, we managed to get over the top of the Giants in what has to be said was somewhat of an encouraging performance. Did we allow complacency to creep in early on?

To be fair, we were minus Lobb and Taberner and then losing Griff before the bounce…. wasn’t ideal. But it was more so the lack of energy and urgency that was of concern. The fumbling and ball watching didn’t aid the early cause either.

However, with about 10 minutes left in the second quarter the purple people came together and when Sonny Walters laid that tackle 25 metres out, went back and slotted his second…. energy levels got a boost. Coming back from 31 points down is a feat in itself.

Ironically with a forward line deficient in talls, we went on to kick 89 points, our 2nd highest score in the last six weeks.

Caleb Serong played a monster, Sonny had a ripping 200th and it was good to get a run into the captain. Quite simply though in the end, we did what we needed to do.

We waited and watched Sunday’s games hoping for a favourable result to fall our way but as close as we got, it wasn’t to be.

But regardless of top four or top eight finishes, what a season we’ve put together. 15 wins and a draw from our 22 games and we now play finals for the first time since 2015. If anyone suggests we haven’t exceeded our expectations… you’re a tough marker and you’re probably an eternally disappointed person!

We go over the weekend’s game, the good the bad and the indifferent, we talk the Sunday games and what nearly was and could have been, throw around early discussion on the Dogs in two weeks’ time and we bring it home with the return of the Ask Jojo segment.

Later this week we’ll post the hour-long chat we had with the great Ryan Crowley, so hopefully that is enjoyable for all. But before then…. friends, romans, countrymen… lend us your ears for these 45 minutes of packing up the successful purple home and away season.




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We got to sit down with one of the all-time Freo fan’s favourites, the great Ryan Crowley, and we had an absolute ball. Given today’s football it’s difficult to think he isn’t truly the last of the Mohicans.

In this hour long, somewhat alcohol fuelled, convo we run through his regularly amusing and insightful journey, which constantly left us in stitches of laughter.

Given how quickly the hour went and how desperate toilets were required at the end, a lot of content was left on the table. So, while we haven’t told Crowls yet, we’re calling this part one and we’ll go to work on him to potentially come back for part two.

Word of warning for those that aren’t keen on explicit language.... there are a few f-bombs dropped. We’re a no editing podcast so we run with what results. Consequently, we got the genuine and authentic Ryan Crowley.

The Chief forgot we were recording a podcast and consequently forgot about speaking directly into the microphone, but we’re here to hear Ryan anyway and not the Chief.

So, with all that been said, we present you our chat with the much loved, still missed and ever entertaining Ryan “Clamp” Crowley. We hope everyone enjoys listening to it even half as much as we enjoyed recording it.



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Dangerous weekend off! Out of habit we almost shifted into Big Bash mode. Not this year though because it’s time to Restump Podcast awards, finals campaigns and contracts.

It’s been a while since there’s been a finals pep in our step and a September glide in our stride. But we’ve earned our place in the eight so we’re shamelessly strutting towards Optus Stadium.

On this episode, after the entertaining Ryan Crowley was well received, we’re asking listeners who you’d like to hear from next and why? And we’ll see if we can make it happen.

But back to now and we’ve adoration to bestow upon the 2022 Leigh Matthews Trophy, the great Andy Brayshaw… or Andy Bradshaw as Mark McGowan knows him by. There is no more a meaningful and prestigious individual award to win given it is selected by the players themselves.

We’ve got contracts to talk, some signed, some not so signed and some in danger of being singed. Acres, Aish, Banfield, Griff, Lobbby…. Just to name a few.

With Erasmus and Johnson doing everything right and on an AFL trajectory, do we really want to pay overs for Blake Acres? He’s been a big contributor this year.

Down at Peel, if Mitch Crowden puts too many more feet forward he’ll end up on his back! He continues to put a magnificent batch of form together but can’t get his opportunity. Is there any way in?

Is there a purple Marlon Pickett in the Peel ranks, as we look for improved finals forward line strategy?

Let’s get into it. We’ll raise a lot of issues, talk a lot of gibberish, end up further back than we started and with more questions than we set out with. But the nonsensical journey is as important as the ever-evasive destination.

So, if you’ve nothing to do, nowhere else to be and nothing better to listen to, join us for this 45 minutes on the purple path to the promised land.



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They’ve carried the team for decades so it’s time to return the favour. It’s the Restump Podcast preview of our do or die elimination final against the dogs and we're giving away 2 free tickets to it. (details further down and on the pod)

It is true absence often makes the purple heart grow fonder. It’s been 7 years since we’ve seen September action and I don’t know about anyone else, but for yours truly, the anxiety is already building and the nerves are kicking in.


Being an elimination final, it increases the pressure knowing it’s ‘do or die’ in terms of our season. However, if you’re trying to remain calm and composed its probably best not to think about the additional stakes on the line…. that this is potentially the great David Mundy’s final ever game.

What the hell are we doing…. trying to cause mass mental breakdown! We’re not pessimists… we’re going in as glass half full folk and not because it will probably be filled by the rain tomorrow night! (Yeah, way to go Chief, way to be ironically optimistic! I’m sorry…. I’m a nervous wreck… and I’m also obviously going mad because I am talking to myself!)

We bowled over the dogs 3 weeks back so that should provide us some confidence and comfort, but we all know finals are a different bag. They surely won’t give us the time and space like they did under the roof at Marvel so it will be a case of same kennel but different dogs.

As has been so often this year, over our ability to score is where the dark cloud hovers. The magnificent surprise inclusion is our round 8 debutant, Jye “Nev” Amiss and what a moment in time and opportunity for him. Could Nev provide us with an adaptation of our own Marlon Pickett moment?

So, the whole season has come down to this Saturday night. It has been a highly successful year and we achieved the preseason goals set out. But to have it end Saturday night would still feel like a dagger through our purple hearts.

Considering he was a career dog and now a recent Freo acquisition, we did our best to get Bob Murphy on for a brief chat. But the apparently nationally loved, the supposed man of the people, the claimed common folk’s champion…. snubbed us. He said, through his people, “no can do, I’m too busy.” He gave us the generic... too busy! Bob is more creative than that!

So, we can’t bring you Bob’s insight, his repartee and we can’t put him to the blowtorch to really see where his deep-seated allegiance truly lies. We’re not suggesting anything untoward… but matters of the heart can do strange things. You either bleed purple or you don’t!

However, if you want a chance at winning two tickets to Saturday night's game, listen to the pod for instructions and come up with a better excuse that Bob could have given us.

Quite simply we just can’t wait for Saturday night. But between then and now, if you’re looking to keep the momentum going and increase the purple noise, click play and join us as we talk everything Freo finals…. Let’s just say that again… Freo finals!



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