Preview Freo vs Indigenous All-Stars - Optus Stadium Feb 15 - First 7 squad names revealed.

[anchor man]

I am not sure where to post this,
But I believe that the Dockers are going to play a preseason, scratch match, against an indigenous team.I am not sure if it will be just against West Aussie indigineous players or maybe players drwan from across Australia.

 

[freo_leo29]

I am not sure where to post this,
But I believe that the Dockers are going to play a preseason, scratch match, against an indigenous team.I am not sure if it will be just against West Aussie indigineous players or maybe players drwan from across Australia.

It's the indigenous all stars team


It has been done before, I think west coast played them last

 

[freo_leo29]

Indigenous All-Stars (Australian rules football) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Article for those wanting more info


It's been on a 9 year hiatus it seems

 

[FreoGirl]

that sounds pretty cool

 

[mightymouse75]

Let's seperate us a bit more.
It's like the opposite of reconciliation

 

[Purple Jesus]

Let's seperate us a bit more.
It's like the opposite of reconciliation

Need some more neon for that virtue signalling sign my dude.

 

[The Feeder Club]

Indigenous All-Stars (Australian rules football) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Article for those wanting more info


It's been on a 9 year hiatus it seems

I only skirted through it but that article seems to imply it will be played in the NT. I thought someone on another thread had assured us it was being played at Optus. Yeah **** that right off if it's in the NT that we're the team chosen to play it, another long haul trip for the team that travels most. Send Essendon or Collingwood

 

[freo_leo29]

I only skirted through it but that article seems to imply it will be played in the NT. I thought someone on another thread had assured us it was being played at Optus. Yeah **** that right off if it's in the NT that we're the team chosen to play it, another long haul trip for the team that travels most. Send Essendon or Collingwood

Would be at optus I'm pretty sure

Last game was at Leederville

 

[The Feeder Club]

Would be at optus I'm pretty sure

Last game was at Leederville

I hope so

 

[freo_leo29]

Confirmed

 

[Kepfan]

Sweet as looking forward to it.

 

[Firesharter]

It’s a great idea. Hope we do it for every preseason.

 

[88mph]

Yeah it’s cool but surely risky.

 

[Spirit Level]

Awesome, can't wait for the injury

 

[Firesharter]

It’s just going to be a free flowing spectacle

 

[freodog]

That's great, I'll definitely go to the game but we better not get any injuries!

 

[Cesoir]

That's great, I'll definitely go to the game but we better not get any injuries!

We're going to get injuries throughout the year, does it really matter which games they happen. Players get injuries at training (and music festivals).

Maybe better to flush them out early with the whole season to get right.

 

[arsesmart]

Scratchies are a key part of every preseason. Great for getting the rust out and building sync. This will be a few notches above the scratchie level for sure and hopefully a way to ingrain some high level attacking flair (being a big area in our development).

I'd imagine we might not have Bolton, Pearce & possibly Walters in the Freo side for it, which is not ideal from a strategy POV. But oh well.

I'll be keen to get along for sure.

 

[Mags98]

must be something in this i reckon, couple it with the AFL trademarking Flagmantle, reckon were a sure thing for the flag lock it in

 

[mattis117]

Confirmed, nice!

 

[The Lobbster]

Also confirmed Bolton, Pearce and Walters to play for the All Stars.

Not ideal for our preseason but the Feb 15th date suggests it’s equivalent to the unofficial scratch matches played between us and WC which normally devolve into a training drill after about a quarter so not loosing a lot by letting at least 2 B22 players play against us.

 

[freo_leo29]

Yeah it’s cool but surely risky.

It just replaces either one of our preseason games or one of our internal practice matches


Not risky at all

Edit: looks like it's confirmed to replace a practice game, so only real downside is missing Walters, Bolton and Pearce but it lets Draper get a solid run so it's fine imo

No idea who WC will play in preseason though, could be an uneven amount of games

 

[Taylor]

It should be looked at as an opportunity for recruiting..

 

[worsemim]

It should be looked at as an opportunity for recruiting..

Show Kozzy round the rooms, let him pick out a locker and a parking space, etc. etc.

 

[MadMundy]

I'm genuinely surprised people online think we'll get smashed, these All Star teams whenever they do an AFL club vs a random team of all stars never win usually, the AFL club usually always wins.