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Freo Go On The Attack (Whether they like it or not)
Defenders, who needs them. Pretty boys with blonde hair, tight shorts and with ladies queuing up around the corner; leaching off the hard work of their teammates and stealing all the glory. No, wait. That’s the other ones. Bugger. Alex Silvagni is in the team this week. That should be enough to worry any Fremantle supporter, with Ross Lyon’s long standing and strangely specific No Alex Silvangi policy trumping the need to an extra defender but with Luke McPharlin out of the side with busted leg and Zac Dawson out for some reason (it’s best not to ask too many questions in case it turns out he’s ok), Lyon’s hand was forced and SCOS is in for a short stint at full back. Stephen Hill is also back which means that Silvagni might not even get near the football with the Dockers going on the attack. Port have got some handy inclusions in Alipate Carlile, Hamish Hartlett and Kane Mitchell but let’s presume they’ll all lack match fitness.
Dockerland Budget: Port Adelaide v Fremantle
To save people forking over their hard earned money to the AFL in exchange for a magazine that gets bigger every week, making it harder to get to the only part you actually want - the names of the players, we've introduced the Dockerland Budget.
You Be Ross: Port Adelaide v Fremantle
Ross Lyon has his sights set on the flag this year but he's the sort of bloke who loves to get feedback from the general public, good or bad. So if you really want to be a true supporter of the club, then make sure you shout stuff out to him at the ground and give him some pointers on how to get this coaching caper done. But before you do your duty as a member and hurl advice in the direction of professional coaching staff, make sure you know what you're talking about or they might just right you off as a nutjob and miss out on some choice advice. Work the board, move the magnets around and when you think you've got it sussed, start practising yelling "Hey Ross! Ross! Put Sandilands in the goal square for a rest!"
Jack Hombsch |
Alipate Carlile |
Jarman Impey |
Lachie Neale |
Zac Clarke |
Chris Mayne |
Matthew Broadbent |
Jackson Trengove |
Jasper Pittard |
Hayden Ballantyne |
Matthew Pavlich |
Nat Fyfe |
Jared Polec |
Travis Boak |
Kane Cornes |
Cameron Sutcliffe |
Ryan Crowley |
Stephen Hill |
Dom Cassisi |
Justin Westhoff |
Hamish Hartlett |
Nick Suban |
Michael Johnson |
Danyle Pearce |
Robbie Gray |
Jay Schulz |
Chad Wingard |
Lee Spurr |
Alex Silvagni |
Clancee Pearce |
Matthew Lobbe |
Aaron Sandilands |
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Ollie Wines |
Tendai Mzungu |
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Brad Ebert |
David Mundy |
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Angus Monfries |
Aaron Young |
Hayden Crozier |
Matt White |
Kane Mitchell |
Michael Barlow |
Paul Stewart |
Benjamin Newton |
Matt de Boer |
Brent Renouf |
Jack Hannath |
Paul Duffield |
Garrick Ibbotson |
Tommy Sheridan |
Stats Cloud: Fremantle v West Coast
Numbers...you can't trust them. The Romans knew what numbers were up to and wouldn't have a bar of them. You can put your faith in a nice sturdy X but a 10, it's shifty. The only thing more iffy than a number is a statistic, they'll cut you open and rob you of your kidneys before you can say "aren't you supposed to drug me and put in a bath of ice first?". Unfortunately we're hooked on numbers though, we need them to work out how many kicks David Mundy had this week...and probably some other stuff too. The Dockerland Labs spent the summer pondering the problem and eventually, when the cricket was over, the fridge was empty and the clicker broke in everyone's pen, they came up with a solution - the stats cloud. A quick glance and you'll pretty much know everything about a game of football that there was to know, at least all the boring bits about it. The bigger the player's name, the more kicks, or marks, or tackles he had compared to his teammates.Â