Game Day Round 1 2025 Fremantle ⚓️ v Geelong 🐈

[David Bubb]

 

[FUS_RO_DAH]

Ah

 

[Bastyy]

I've seen enough, debut Dudley this instant

 

[mike91]

It begins quicker than usual. Bloody Darcy, Young, Bolton and Walters............not sure why footy gods hate us. Meanwhile Geelong only missing one player.

Sonny looked in good touch in the pre season game as well. Good chance Banners plays now

 

[heavho]

Bring in Dudley

 

[2big2strom]

no darcy, no pearce, no young, no walters, no bolton(?), sounds ripe for another historic Freo win in Geelong

 

[Spirit Level]

Reckon Sturt has had a few chances, and really hasn't grabbed 'em by the throat lbh

Oh enough with this horseshit.

3 goals against Sydney at the G last year? 3 away against the Bulldogs in a losing effort? Kicked 4 against Brisbane and almost dragged us over the line a couple of seasons ago.

The guy averages over a goal a game, if he plays every game last year there's every chance be pushes 40 goals.

Get your head out of your arse

 

[go_the_dockers]

Round 1 team.

Ryan Pearce Walker
Clark Cox Chapman
Omeara Brayshaw Sharp
Freddy Treacy Noddy
Jackson Amiss Sturt

Reidy Serong Erasmus

Johnson Wagner Switta Reid.

Sub Banfield / Dudley

I assume we are something like that. Erasmus just scrapes in.

 

[s_wd6]

Oh enough with this horseshit.

3 goals against Sydney at the G last year? 3 away against the Bulldogs in a losing effort? Kicked 4 against Brisbane and almost dragged us over the line a couple of seasons ago.

The guy averages over a goal a game, if he plays every game last year there's every chance be pushes 40 goals.

Get your head out of your arse

If a play gets two touches a game and kicks two goals they actually don’t deserve a spot in the team. He literally offers nothing else and if his radar is off then we get a beautiful 0.2 as his whole contribution to the game.

 

[serial_thrilla]

I've seen enough, debut Dudley this instant

Narkle probably ahead of him. And realistically a 2024-esque Freddy/Sturt/Banners/Switta combo.

 

[DragoDelph]

Gee the reporting on smith this year has been great.

Earlier in the preseason he was training “like a man possessed”

Now he’s “jumping out of his skin”

 

[go_the_dockers]

Narkle probably ahead of him. And realistically a 2024-esque Freddy/Sturt/Banners/Switta combo.

Is Narkle fit?

 

[Joao]

If a play gets two touches a game and kicks two goals they actually don’t deserve a spot in the team. He literally offers nothing else and if his radar is off then we get a beautiful 0.2 as his whole contribution to the game.

Statistically, his defensive efforts are comparable to everyone else in the Freo forwardline except Switta. That includes Emmett.

 

[MadMundy]

We have Geelong's number in Geelong over the last few years, we should really be beating them in this game regardless, but I have us winning by 11 points.

 

[s_wd6]

Statistically, his defensive efforts are comparable to everyone else in the Freo forwardline except Switta. That includes Emmett.

If it were true he would be a lock for the 22

 

[s_wd6]

Very hard to see us winning with all the outs.

 

[Joao]

If it were true he would be a lock for the 22

You can look the stats up yourself, I posted them here somewhere in some other discussion. I think it tells you there is more to it than stats. It also tells you how terrible everyone other than Switta is at defending. Probably explains us being the 3rd worst forward half defense in the league last year as well.

 

[mike91]

We have Geelong's number in Geelong over the last few years, we should really be beating them in this game regardless, but I have us winning by 11 points.

How so?

Team coming off a prelim and missed the Grand Final by 10 points, against a team that missed finals, missing their best ruckman, most damaging midfielder and potentially Bolton.

We're a chance, but "we should be beating them" is definitely not true.

It's an upset if we win.

 

[BREATHLESS_987]

Anyway, I've pivoted away from my despair for this game - this is going to be an opportunity for whichever depth player/s gets in the team to prove their worth, and the mindset is currently sitting at expect to lose, lids off if we win.

Still plenty of opportunity for the despair to return once the injury report comes out, mind you.

 

[Alfonz]

If a play gets two touches a game and kicks two goals they actually don’t deserve a spot in the team. He literally offers nothing else and if his radar is off then we get a beautiful 0.2 as his whole contribution to the game.

What kind of bizarre logic is this when he averaged 10 touches, 3 marks, 5 score involvements and 1.6 goals (at 75% accuracy) per game?

 

[CapitalA]

This is the sort of shit that galvanises a football team before a match:

I dunno it really messed up the lions start to the year last season...

 

[s_wd6]

What kind of bizarre logic is this when he averaged 10 touches, 3 marks, 5 score involvements and 1.6 goals (at 75% accuracy) per game?

The guy puts up Matt Owies numbers and you lot lose sleep over him not playing

 

[Dirty_banchez]

Remember when John Safran got the curse listed from the Socceroos? We need that for the Dockers.

I occasionally dabble in a little dark magic.

I famously casted a spell which caused a BigFooty mod to lose their position.

 

[freofandom]

I occasionally dabble in a little dark magic.

I famously casted a spell which caused a BigFooty mod to lose their position.

Your sex life and what you do with mods is really none of our business.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

It begins quicker than usual. Bloody Darcy, Young, Bolton and Walters............not sure why footy gods hate us. Meanwhile Geelong only missing one player.

Sonny looked in good touch in the pre season game as well. Good chance Banners plays now

Doesn't matter who we are missing, if we can't beat Geelong missing Toby Conway the season is a write-off