Round 9 vs Fremantle at Optus 10 May 2024

[MattW]

I agree, I thought Francis was ok. On 360 tonight Justin Longmuir said that Freo won the stats in almost all departments but found themselves down by 44 points at 3qtr time. Maybe our pressure and efficiency is why we prevailed by so much.

We are on top of the ladder a game clear, and all the Melbourne media can talk about is how bad St Kilda was. Last week the focus was on the Dogs.

Let's beat Carlton and see if they talk then.

[Blood Fever]

I am pretty sure that the only way the votes could be divided to get this result is:

Heeney either 4-4 or 5-3
Florent either 4-4 or 5-3 (whichever combination Heeney did not have)
Serong 5-1
Warner 3-2
Jordon 2-1

What?! It is insane that Serong was given 5 votes in a 48 point loss.

Sure, he had 34 disposals, but he also had just 3 tackles, 3 clearances and 0 goals (leaving his goal tally for the year at 0). He had the tenth most metres gained. He had no impact on his side winning the game; they lost by 8 goals and were beaten a long way out.

Serong's disposal is pretty ordinary and not penetrative. Scrubs a lot of kicks. Maybe the reason we passed on him.

[Torpin de Torpe]

Heeney either 4-4 or 5-3
Florent either 4-4 or 5-3 (whichever combination Heeney did not have)
Serong 5-1
Warner 3-2
Jordon 2-1

What?! It is insane that Serong was given 5 votes in a 48 point loss.

More likely ?

Heeney 5 - 3
Florent 3 - 5
Serong 4 - 2
Warner 1 - 4
Jordan 2 - 1

[MattW]

More likely ?

Heeney 5 - 3
Florent 3 - 5
Serong 4 - 2
Warner 1 - 4
Jordan 2 - 1

Ah yes, indeed.

[Auntie.Gerald]

Blakey is a Ferrari.
Man he is so good.
And agree Liz he played another gem of a game.
He is absolutely critical in our backline rotation.

[Mel_C]

I agree, I thought Francis was ok. On 360 tonight Justin Longmuir said that Freo won the stats in almost all departments but found themselves down by 44 points at 3qtr time. Maybe our pressure and efficiency is why we prevailed by so much.

We are on top of the ladder a game clear, and all the Melbourne media can talk about is how bad St Kilda was. Last week the focus was on the Dogs.

The media has been talking about Essendon too.

Last night on Footy Classified they had the headline "Fear Fear the Red and the White", which I thought was clever.