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You Be Ross: Fremantle v Melbourne

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!"

StatsCloud: Sydney v Fremantle

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. 

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Fremantle Defeat Sydney 70-70

The Dockers have pulled off one of the greatest escapes since, well since the umpires gifted West Coast a win over the Kangaroos a night ago. Looking lost, without any hope and no idea how to play the SCG, Fremantle were headed for a nasty defeat and a long, lonely tip back to the good side of the country but a goal kicking festival from Nat Fyfe and Michael Johnson brought Fremantle back into the game, leveling the scores and pinching two points from the Swans that Johnny Longmire thought were in the bag.

Fremantle and Sydney were perfectly matched and when they went into battle against each other at the SCG. It was Rocky Balboa fighting Apollo Creed in that Rocky movie, you know the one where they fight each other at the end and it freezes before they land a punch. Freo looked the better team early but kicked terribly for goal and the Swans gradually wrestled control. Spaz boots aside, Fremantle kept a close eye on the Swan but gradually fell off the pace and looked set for certain defeat.

But a late goal to Ballantyne before three quarter time offered Fremantle some hope, then a string of goals from Michael Johnson and Nat Fyfe brought Fremantle level with the Swans. A big roost from Michael Johnson looked destined to carry and give Fremantle a lead but the wind blowing from a half build grandstand conspired against him and brought the ball down a few metres shy of it's target. The Swans hung on to the footy from there and Fremantle had to settle for their first ever drawn game.

sydney 3.0 7.2 8.3 11.4 70

fremantle 3.6 3.8 5.12 9.16 70

sydney Goals

Daniel Hannebery 4

Ben McGlynn 2

Jude Bolton 1

Andrejs Everitt 1

Kieren Jack 1

Mike Pyke 1

Lewis Jetta 1

fremantle Goals

Nat Fyfe 2

Hayden Ballantyne 2

Nik Suban 1

Chris Mayne 1

Zac Clarke 1

Paul Duffield 1

Michael Johnson 1

Clinton Wolf Medal Votes

Lee Spurr 3Nat Fyfe 2Michael Johnson 1

InjuriesMichael Walters (ankle)

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Rate The Players: Sydney v Fremantle

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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