TALK A LOT ABOUT FOOTBALL

So we didn’t make top spot on Friday night and there are a bunch of reasons floating around as to why not. Too many 6 day breaks. Can’t play without McPharlin and Mundy. Choking on the big stage. The 6 and 1 start was flattering… You can take your pick of these. Or you can [...]

Or more precisely, why the Dockers? I have heard this question about a million times since I first moved to this country. Why would someone with no prior knowledge of AFL, with no prior affiliation to any team, pick the Fremantle Football Club as his team? Looking at the Dockers history, it is a fair [...]

What the f. am I talking about?! Fair point. Freo has had some practice at losing over the years. But never like this! We’ve mastered the shellacking. The fade out. The nailbiter. The never in it 5 goaler. But not the gutsy loss. Not until now. During Sunday’s game against the Saints we’ve learnt something else about the [...]

In November last year Craig Hutchison wrote ‘The hard, cold, brutal truth for Fremantle is that Gold Coast, now, is closer to a premiership than the flailing Dockers.’ Now granted I don’t always keep up with all that’s going at the Gold Coast. I have heard snippets of news… An ex-rugby player is learning about [...]

So, my first blog, I am glad to be invited to share my opinion on all things football and FFC on this site, which I guess might seem a little strange…me being a foreigner and all. I already hear some people say what’s up with this German kid talking about AFL as if he actually [...]