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- Member Since:
- March 2009
- Based In:
- Perth
- Favourite Sporting Team:
- Fremantle Dockers
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- AFL,
Latest Articles
Crowley the best tagger in the business
12 Jun 2012Last year Ryan Crowley’s career was at the crossroads. It seemed he was destined to head back to his native Victoria, perhaps to be picked up by another team or to play out his career in the VFL. He had fallen out of favour with then-Dockers coach Mark Harvey. Even when the Dockers were struggling [...]
Jack on the attack, against his own supporters
4 Jun 2012Even the most ardent Fremantle Dockers supporter would be searching to find something encouraging to say about Jack Anthony’s season so far. Season 2009 was his best, when he was Collingwood’s leading scorer with 50 goals. 2010 saw him fall out of favour and he was eventually picked up by Fremantle through the pre-season draft. [...]
Fremantle Dockers now losing ugly
28 May 2012It was a fairly bright start to the season for the Fremantle Dockers, winning a spirited game against last year’s premiers in front of a packed Subiaco crowd. While there was still some disquiet about the method by which Mark Harvey had been deposed and Ross Lyon brought in, there a cautious belief that if [...]
Herald Sun footy will lose readers from pay wall
25 May 2012In recent months, many of the articles posted on the popular Herald Sun Footy Website have gone behind a pay-wall. While readers have been offered a free two-month trial, they will have to start paying if they wish to view footy articles written by the influential Herald Sun writers. This is a relatively new phenomenon [...]
Is winning ugly still winning?
16 May 2012As a footy fan, all you want is to see your team win, right? But what if they win ugly? The Dockers of years gone by had their biggest success in 2006. For those who remember, they made the preliminary final that year, only to be pipped by the Swans during the last quarter in [...]
Steve Harris decides Harvey's time is up
16 Sep 2011In a decision which left sports journalists all over the country stunned, the Fremantle Football Club announced the sacking of Mark Harvey. Within hours, Ross Lyon announced he had quit as coach of St Kilda and shortly after, boarded a plane for Perth. Apparently Ross privately expressed his interest in the coaching position at least [...]
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