Some random thoughts on the upcoming Starlight Game and this piece of
club content:
i. It’s great to see the Starlight Game continue as a tradition. The club hasn’t given fans much reason to be proud of it lately (or perhaps ever), but things like this help.
ii. That said, the decision in a previous year to hold the Starlight Game for an ‘away’ game against GC17 at Optus remains one of the low points of Freo’s off-field decision-making in the club’s history (and there’s no shortage for competition on that front). I’m still mad about it.
iii. Walters is clearly trying to do the right thing by not cartwheeling in a close game, but I say bugger that: either tell GWS it might happen ahead of time, or don’t, let them get mad, and kick another 4 goals and tell them to stick it up their jumper.
iv. I love the idea of Walters doing a ‘Wiz’, and as much as it’s wonderful the Wiz had a signature celebration, I think it’s a celebration so good that should be handed down (with the Wizard’s blessing) in a line of successive Freo players in perpetuity. Wiz should come back to the club for the tradition handover every few years, and I think Freo and the AFL treated Wiz pretty poorly at times, and should reach out more often. Walters should embrace it for a few years, then hand it to Henry.
v. My view that Andrew Brayshaw is allergic to kicking goals seems to be shared by Andrew Brayshaw. He seems like a good kid, but I’d rather his response be to promise that he’ll come out and kick 2 goals, rather than laugh it off as an impossibility. Is it possible Andrew is too nice?
vi. The Purple Haze bit is obviously a bit redundant given the purple-washing of the club colours, but I wish they’d bring the Purple Haze jumper back. It’s probably my favourite of the club jumpers.
vii. Freo are asking that people pledge a donation for every goal kicked.
Get involved. It will do more good than your donation to the club earlier this year, and it’s literally not asking much based on our scoring so far this season. Freo is estimating 7 goals. Ouch. More reason to pick Jesse Hogan, I reckon.
