Freo: Smart cookies or piss weak?

[Rik E Boy]

If they are all carrying niggling INJURIES, then of course freo are doing the right thing in resting them because of these injuries. Probably have had this lined up for a couple of months. They had a hard game against sydney last week, will confront a fired up carlton next week and then play finals. Why freeze your nuts off in tassie when in the big picture no one will care about this game in 2 weeks time when the real business starts.

They will if they can't beat Carlton.

regards,

REB

[mighty_tiger_79]

Perhaps Freo are trying to keep the kangas out of the finals.

Cos if the hawks lost the last 2 and the Roos won the last 2 there was a chance they would get into the finals above teh hawks

Why would Freo care about that?

maybe freo dont wanna play the kangas in the finals

[Booney]

Perhaps Freo are trying to keep the kangas out of the finals.

Cos if the hawks lost the last 2 and the Roos won the last 2 there was a chance they would get into the finals above teh hawks

Why would Freo care about that?

maybe freo dont wanna play the kangas in the finals

What! And play Sydney or Hawthorn instead...?

[mighty_tiger_79]

you never know

[Dog_ger]

you never know

Agreed m_t

If it comes off, the coach is a genius.

If it doesn't, the coach is one of us....

[cripple]

If they are all carrying niggling INJURIES, then of course freo are doing the right thing in resting them because of these injuries. Probably have had this lined up for a couple of months. They had a hard game against sydney last week, will confront a fired up carlton next week and then play finals. Why freeze your nuts off in tassie when in the big picture no one will care about this game in 2 weeks time when the real business starts.

They will if they can't beat Carlton.

regards,

REB

when and if that happens then all well and good, they will have no one to blame but themselves. I am sure they were smart enough to weigh up the pro's and con's and are fully aware of the consequences.

[Barto]

The Tap

You can't turn form on and off like a Tap. Freo are proposing to do this in the last round. You've just got to get the winning habit at this time of year.

They've lost three of the last four games. I'd love to know where this flirting with form thing is coming in

[Barto]

Sensible management IMHO

Sensible post. The fitness and medical staff are pulling their hair out at the moment on how to freshen up a few players and have come up with the only way they see how to do it.

So what if people think it's pissweak, its better to do this and have what few of the better players we have left with a chance of playing finals or have their seasons ended in the next couple of weeks.

[auto]

Freo are piss weak and serial underachievers. Not even worth backing in this years finals.

[X Runna]

Travel may also be a factor here, long flight which may even have to be broken through Melbourne.

[Barto]

Travel may also be a factor here, long flight which may even have to be broken through Melbourne.

Then having a 6 day turn around. Screw that.

[spell_check]

Well, it can't backfire like it did to Essendon in 1990.

[mighty_tiger_79]

freo v carlton next week may decide who gets the home final the week after

[Leaping Lindner]

What's piss weak is the programming by the AFL in an alledged national competition. Every year Freo have to play in Tasmania. **** the AFL and **** their programming.

[sapaul]

Dear, oh dear.

[mighty_tiger_79]

well it certainly has been a bad day for the dockers

their % has taken a hammering so they will play carlton next week to see who gets the home final

[Barto]

What's piss weak is the programming by the AFL in an alledged national competition. Every year Freo have to play in Tasmania. **** the AFL and **** their programming.

Agree. If it's about taking the game to Tasmania, try a couple of Melbourne based clubs there from time to time instead of this shitty Hawthorn v West Coast, v Freo, v Port etc..

[Booney]

100+ point defeat. Worked well Anchormen.

[FlyingHigh]

What's piss weak is the programming by the AFL in an alledged national competition. Every year Freo have to play in Tasmania. **** the AFL and **** their programming.

Agree. If it's about taking the game to Tasmania, try a couple of Melbourne based clubs there from time to time instead of this shitty Hawthorn v West Coast, v Freo, v Port etc..

Fair enough if Freo are doing what they think is best for the for the finals coming up, but it's not what in the best interests of the game. However, it is a slap in the face for the Tassie people who want to want to want to watch a good AFL-grade game.
Sure, the AFL can't know who is going to be in the finals when the programme is written, but, given the difficulties in getting to Tassie, why programme this game two games out from finals?

[gadj1976]

What's piss weak is the programming by the AFL in an alledged national competition. Every year Freo have to play in Tasmania. **** the AFL and **** their programming.

Agree. If it's about taking the game to Tasmania, try a couple of Melbourne based clubs there from time to time instead of this shitty Hawthorn v West Coast, v Freo, v Port etc..

Freo could charter a flight, or the AFL could subsidise chartered flights to Tassie on behalf of Freo. But then we're asking the AFL to use logic which isn't likely.