Toast The Steves

[Arcassius]

The benefit of a corporate whore club is that everyone gets a go

If Fremantle had a stall at a carnival - we'd have the kissing booth. Hot young blonde that has just come of age and is catching people's attention - and just needs a few $$ to save up for her college fund

 

[jmadrox]

The club should release Fyfe hair wigs as merchandise. It'll be easy to make, just whack a ball of wool together.

i can see that working....

 

[Nickos66]

Super Saiyan Fyfe?

 

[freo84]

Super Saiyan Fyfe?

Haha I think it and you say it!!

 

[Purpletown]

The best part about the good old days is that they are gone.

Being broke, having a very poor list, going over the salary cap to pay that list, finishing last, having Damien Drum as coach, trading out James Clement, throwing the kitchen sink at some stupid trades that set the club back years - these are not things that I remember fondly. Things had to change if this club was going to survive let alone thrive. Amateur at best and perhaps dysfunctional at times in those days.

One of the first positive things the club did was to get Chris Connolly as coach. He took the job on the year after we had come last and he went out and promoted the club for all he was worth. He also had a winning ratio as coach of Freo of about 52%. Like him or loath him he began to change the Dockers for the better IMO. Cameron Schwab I was less sold on as he was a cowboy at the trade table but he and CC had the ticker to have a go at righting the listing ship that looked to be in danger of sinking.

From that time on Freo has taken lots of forward steps and very few backward steps in the pursuit of financial strength above all else. People at the top have identified that as a non negotiable for any professional AFL club to have a realistic chance of prolonged success and I for one am glad they have got the club out of debt and into a position of financial strength under previous Presidents and CEO's as well as the current incumbents.

The club under Rosich and Harris has done well off the field, well on the field and well in the drafting and recruiting stakes. This has been done off the foundations laid by the people who went before them and I believe it's a minor issue what jumper the team wears or how the song sounds. The real changes that define this club are being competent at the things that really count like finances, drafting, administration and keeping the players loyal to the club. I suspect the players see the club as a place they want to play their football at as they have been very loyal to Freo for quite a few years now. It's a professional league and if you are amateur at all in any part of the club you will struggle.

Chris Bond should change his name to Steve Bond as I am sure he is a large part of the changes that have taken place within the club since he has been in his current role. Then we could have the three Steves rather than simply "the Steves"

 

[holy diver]

I remember the club we had before the Steves tore it down and replaced it with a marketing gimmick. Coincidentally, it was just as successful as the club is now.

Excellent.

Now go away before I release the HOUNDS.

sorry OCD.. had to fix that quote

BTW Pre-Steves the club was not as financially stable as it is now with a new state of the art base on the horizon.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

sorry OCD.. had to fix that quote

BTW Pre-Steves the club was not as financially stable as it is now with a new state of the art base on the horizon.

OCD, that's cute. You'll note that I'm not the one that keeps bringing it up.

Yeah, we're financially better off. Big deal, that's not what clubs are for.

 

[salim malik]

OCD, that's cute. You'll note that I'm not the one that keeps bringing it up.

Yeah, we're financially better off. Big deal, that's not what clubs are for.

Of course you need to be one of the more financial clubs other wise you end up on the bottom of the heap ala The Dogs or Saints
Reg your like the jilted lover who has been left behind because you refused to grow in the relationship.

 

[Nothing]

OCD, that's cute. You'll note that I'm not the one that keeps bringing it up.

The Simpsons quote?

 

[Fred Ziffel]

I still rate the biggest mistake this club has made was bringing back Peter Bell.
Cost = huge.
Nett gain = zero.

 

[Nickos66]

I still rate the biggest mistake this club has made was bringing back Peter Bell.
Cost = huge.
Nett gain = zero.

Getting Jealous of all the attention Reg's receiving are we?

 

[BeepTest]

I still rate the biggest mistake this club has made was bringing back Peter Bell.
Cost = huge.
Nett gain = zero.

Clearly mistaking our best player during this time for Des Headland...

 

[Righteo]

I still rate the biggest mistake this club has made was bringing back Peter Bell.
Cost = huge.
Nett gain = zero.

Have always respected the difference in opinion Fred, clearly you never rated Bell, but to say it was the biggest mistake our club has made is genuine trolling.

That's low quality baiting.

 

[settingthebarLOW]

Super Saiyan Fyfe?

Why settle for just Super Saiyan, when you can go... even further... beyond!

 

[Nickos66]

Level 3 Fyfe?

 

[Seppo]

Level 3 Fyfe?

He is AT LEAST over level 9000.

 

[Nickos66]

Sorry - Stage 3 I meant to say.

Over9000.gif

 

[settingthebarLOW]

Level 3 Fyfe?

This isn't even his final form yet!

 

[Righteo]

Why settle for just Super Saiyan, when you can go... even further... beyond!



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Maybe he can do fusion with Hilly? Neither has the ego of Vegeta so it would probably work.

 

[Fred Ziffel]

Have always respected the difference in opinion Fred, clearly you never rated Bell, but to say it was the biggest mistake our club has made is genuine trolling.

That's low quality baiting.

Pigs arse it is trolling.
If it wasn't the biggest mistake it is in the top three.

Very costly exercise and set us back years.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

Pigs arse it is trolling.
If it wasn't the biggest mistake it is in the top three.

Very costly exercise and set us back years.

what's the temperature in hawaii now? i think someone has heat stroke

 

[Moo]

Have always respected the difference in opinion Fred, clearly you never rated Bell, but to say it was the biggest mistake our club has made is genuine trolling.

That's low quality baiting.

There are more angles to a trade than just on field, is Fred eluding to the off field element?

 

[salim malik]

Pigs arse it is trolling.
If it wasn't the biggest mistake it is in the top three.

Very costly exercise and set us back years.

Shame on you Fred ,what would Arnold the pig think ,pigs arse indeed.

 

[JunglistPosse]

How did John Elliott get into this thread?

 

[Moo]

How did John Elliott get into this thread?

Bought his way in.