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| Lost The Unlosable | | Print | |
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In the long and rich history of selling things that nobody wanted, Phineas Barnum probably goes down as the greatest. The storey goes that he was able to unload a truck load of unsellable white salmon by claiming it was guaranteed not to go pink in the can. There's a bloke in Melbourne by the name of Paul McNamee who would give Barnum a run for his money. Not only has he convinced people that tennis is an interesting sport, by the time Fremantle arrived in Melbourne, he had the locals thinking that the Demons had a chance of winning. ...more
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On Anzac Day, Fremantle ran rings around the best side the competition only to be pipped in the final minutes in a heartbreaking loss. 8 days later Fremantle ran rings around the worst side in the competition, only to be pipped in the final minutes in an even more heart breaking loss. Fremantle played like millionaires in the first half - beautiful skills, speed to burn and they appeared to be everywhere. They conceded just 3 goals and kicked 11 of their own. But it all went wrong after half time. The Demons returned from the break a side who remembered how to play football and Fremantle had clocked off for the afternoon. Melbourne put through 5 unanswered goals in the third term, then 4 to open and close the last to win by 7 points.
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