It’s become a cliché within a cliché - Fremantle’s season has been like something out of a Hollywood movie. It was never more evident as Fremantle ran out onto Telstra Stadium. Cast you mind back to April. Fremantle started their season in a small country town called Launceston, playing in a mud heap in front of ten thousand indifferent supporters, huddled together on a dilapidated grand stand. They slogged out 4 quarters in terrible conditions and lost by 4 goals to lowly Hawthorn. Fast forward 7 months and the Dockers were running out onto the scene of Australia’s greatest sporting moment, in front of 60,000 screaming Swans supporters to battle it out with the reigning premiers for a spot in the Grand Final. All they’d need to do is add a wise cracking fat kid and get Danny Elfman to knock out a soundtrack and it’ would have box office smash written all over it. ....more
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