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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!"

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. 

Pope Catholic. Bear Poos in Woods. Eagles Lose Derby

It’s no fun kicking someone while they’re down. It’s just sad. That’s why Fremantle like to build up the hopes of the West Coast Eagles and their associated supporters by giving them a bit of a look at the 4 points before routinely demolishing them in the second half. It all went to script in Derby 39. The Dockers worried the Eagles early, controlling the football and the game but not pushing too far in front of the mob from up the road. Freo left a bit of a crack open in the second quarter and even flirted with letting the Eagles take the lead in the third quarter. The West Coast mob’s hopes were up, their confidence was high, a few them started to strut around the place like it was the early 90’s. Then down came the hammer. Fremantle crushed them with 6 goals in a row, each more bruising than the last as they revelled in sucking the dreams and ambitions out of 40,000 Eagles supporters and a handful of what the Eagles are trying to pass off as footballers. Lachie Neale picked up the Rosco Medal and the rumour is he’ll be using it later tonight to scratch up Adam Simpson’s car as a welcome to WA. The win sees Fremantle climb to 6th spot on the ladder and the Eagles plummet out of finals contention.

west coast 2.0 3.8 5.11 7.12 54

fremantle 4.2 5.3 9.6 11.7 73

west coast Goals

Cripps 2

Darling 2

Kennedy 1

Tunbridge 1

Rosa 1

fremantle Goals

Clarke 3

Ballantyne 2

dexBoer 1

Mayne 1

Barlow 1

Fyfe 1

Clinton Wolf Medal Votes

Lachie Neale 3Aaron Sanidlands 2Hayden Ballantyne 1

InjuriesDawson (busted foot)

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Rate The Players: Fremantle v West Coast Sprinklers

Have your say on how the Dockers players performed on the weekend by rating each player from zero to five or just pop in and have a look what everyone else had to say about the team.

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