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[im_a_lazy_sod]

No thanks - I want to have that first premiership win as Fremantle.

You mean the place named after a rapist? Nah, I’ll pass on that one. You do you though

 

[King Tenz]

You mean the place named after a rapist? Nah, I’ll pass on that one. You do you though

Yo what? I never heard of that before

 

[s_wd6]

Shame about Walker today but I think he is worth persisting with , has a particular set of skills that others don’t
Has held down the likes of Charlie Cameron , will be required against someone like Jamie Elliot next week.

Not sure it's a good idea to have Walker in front of a 95% collingwood fanbase at the MCG again.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Yo what? I never heard of that before

To be fair, I only really did a bit of digging about old mate when freo changed their name for indigenous round. Liked the name change so much I was looking for reasons to keep it more permanently

 

[King Tenz]

Not sure it's a good idea to have Walker in front of a 95% collingwood fanbase at the MCG again.

Initially I wanted him dropped but now want him to stay in.

How will Walker overcome his fears without facing them head on? His finals performance is still one of the worst performances I've ever seen from a Freo player, maybe ever, genuinely awful.

 

[blue shark]

Carr leaves Fremantles midfield, now in control of Ports and they are premiership fancies.
Ports midfield isn't the biggest, or the most experienced, beginning of the year Hinkley is on thin ice.
How is it impossible for Freo to see how other clubs improve by poaching quality people.
Nice guys come last, and do we just let them walk out the door without a counter offer?

 

[Wilksyy]

So glad I worked today.

 

[Madas]

Not sure it's a good idea to have Walker in front of a 95% collingwood fanbase at the MCG again.

Yeh true
That didn’t end well

 

[s_wd6]

Carr leaves Fremantles midfield, now in control of Ports and they are premiership fancies.
Ports midfield isn't the biggest, or the most experienced, beginning of the year Hinkley is on thin ice.
How is it impossible for Freo to see how other clubs improve by poaching quality people.
Nice guys come last, and do we just let them walk out the door without a counter offer?

Carr was going to take an offer from SA the second he got one. Kid with special needs and family over there. Especially with the port connection.

We've 'poached' JG and Boyd from teams in recent years. But the midfield is the area on the field where we need to get on top of more than anything else and we grab a guy who was a development coach at our club already, without considering any outside options, because he was good with the dogs midfield 7 years ago?

Side note, this is a really funny read right now.

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[poshman]

You mean the place named after a rapist? Nah, I’ll pass on that one. You do you though

Never heard that before, even then, yes I would keep it.

As you mention below you were looking for reasons to change it anyway, why was that?

Can you discuss that without 'disliking' posts?

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Never heard that before, even then, yes I would keep it.

As you mention below you were looking for reasons to change it anyway, why was that?

Can you discuss that without 'disliking' posts?

Because I liked the name Walyalup and more so what it stands for - politics aside I think a lot of places have dumb names named after people who had nothing to do with the origin of the place or in this case, simply named after a mate because the Governor of another place decided he could.

I then realised I had no idea who Fremantle was named after. Then looked him up and found out he was a rapist and was hardly present when the place he was named after was finding it’s feet. So he doesn’t really have much connection and he was a bit of a dirty campaigner. So yeah. That’s why I don’t like the name and also why I am keen on Walyalup as a name.

 

[BringBackTheAnchor]

Always thought the name Fremantle referred to it being the land given to free men after serving their time as convicts. Or something along that line.

 

[King Tenz]

Because I liked the name Walyalup and more so what it stands for - politics aside I think a lot of places have dumb names named after people who had nothing to do with the origin of the place or in this case, simply named after a mate because the Governor of another place decided he could.

I then realised I had no idea who Fremantle was named after. Then looked him up and found out he was a rapist and was hardly present when the place he was named after was finding it’s feet. So he doesn’t really have much connection and he was a bit of a dirty campaigner. So yeah. That’s why I don’t like the name and also why I am keen on Walyalup as a name.

Holy shit, wtf?

 

[poshman]

Because I liked the name Walyalup and more so what it stands for - politics aside I think a lot of places have dumb names named after people who had nothing to do with the origin of the place or in this case, simply named after a mate because the Governor of another place decided he could.

I then realised I had no idea who Fremantle was named after. Then looked him up and found out he was a rapist and was hardly present when the place he was named after was finding it’s feet. So he doesn’t really have much connection and he was a bit of a dirty campaigner. So yeah. That’s why I don’t like the name and also why I am keen on Walyalup as a name.

Fair enough - thanks for the explanation. I hope it doesn't change as there has been a lot of history in the place since and I grew up there.

If you went for names based on the origin of a place you would have to change the name of thousands of places in australia alone and even then we would need to figure out which originating tribe had it and was that tribe taken over by another etc.

Anyway - I don't mind it for a round or two, but would dislike it strongly if changed.

 

[Demons09]

You mean the place named after a rapist? Nah, I’ll pass on that one. You do you though

Holy s**t, wtf?
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**** me in this day and age of the permanently offended I’m surprised the Footy club hasn’t been cancelled yet although we might be better off lol.

 

[King Tenz]

* me in this day and age of the permanently offended I’m surprised the Footy club hasn’t been cancelled yet although we might be better off lol.

Let's hope the Greenies never actually see this, I have no interest in seeing the name change either despite Charles Fremantle being an absolute grub.

 

[kdw8]

Initially I wanted him dropped but now want him to stay in.

How will Walker overcome his fears without facing them head on? His finals performance is still one of the worst performances I've ever seen from a Freo player, maybe ever, genuinely awful.

Carr leaves Fremantles midfield, now in control of Ports and they are premiership fancies.
Ports midfield isn't the biggest, or the most experienced, beginning of the year Hinkley is on thin ice.
How is it impossible for Freo to see how other clubs improve by poaching quality people.
Nice guys come last, and do we just let them walk out the door without a counter offer?

Walker doesn’t add anything to the team. Usually the first assumption is the correct one

No one wants to work under Bellend

 

[Tonga Bob]

Be nice if we stuck to a lane. Watch us beat Collingwood next week because hey why not?

 

[rgauci]

Be nice if we stuck to a lane. Watch us beat Collingwood next week because hey why not?

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We have 0% chance of beating Collingwood. I’d bet my house on it.

 

[Tonga Bob]

We have 0% chance of beating Collingwood. I’d bet my house on it.

I have a half eaten banana here. I'll bet that against your house on the result.

And like Freo, the banana isn't quite ripe yet so it still has some shelf life in it.

 

[rgauci]

I have a half eaten banana here. I'll bet that against your house on the result.

And like Freo, the banana isn't quite ripe yet so it still has some shelf life in it.

Do you take on my loan as well?

 

[Tonga Bob]

Do you take on my loan as well?

You know how expensive bananas are?

 

[Hazelsnuts]

You mean the place named after a rapist? Nah, I’ll pass on that one. You do you though

You just ‘woke’ me up …….

 

[Tonga Bob]

Sorry rgauci you're too late, I ate the banana.

Anyhoo, this is a vent thread. Stupid football is stupid.

 

[rgauci]

Sorry rgauci you're too late, I ate the banana.

Anyhoo, this is a vent thread. Stupid football is stupid.

Truly a shit 24 hours. Team loses like we are favorites for the spoon next year. We lose the Ashes AND I can’t even win a semi ripe banana.

**** football.