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2009 - Preseason Preview - 6th of 16 - Fremantle

pahoffm

No one player is bigger than the club.
Mar 24, 2004
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It's very rarely that I go to town on a team, but in Fremantle's case I will.
I have never seen a football list put together so badly nor structured so poorly.
This is not Harvey's fault.
Blame belongs in the List Management section.
Freo continually recruit for positions that they already have good young players in and have too many second tier duds.

But enough, here is their positional strength.

B Hayden (28,182,94,7) Gilmore (26,191,40,9) McPharlin (27,193,133,92)
Browne (24,176,27,6) Drum (21,191,17,6)
O'Brien (20,181,3,1) Shepheard# (18,194,0,0)
Suban (18,180,0,0)
HB Dodd (25,191,76,4) Johnson (24,194,74,13) Pratt# (19,183,0,0)
Crowley (25,190,72,54) Mundy (23,192,86,22) Broughton# (22,185,0,0)
Grover (29,189,146,19) Murphy (23,193,40,39) Pearce# (18,182,0,0)
Solomon (29,189,191,74) Thornton (26,194,73,9)
C Head (25,189,3,1) Hasleby (27,182,166,100) Hall (18,181,0,0)
Van Berlo# (20,184,0,0)
HF Headland (28,186,152,157) Pavlich (27,192,194,379) Hill (18,184,0,0)
Peake (25,186,57,28) Sibosado# (18,192,0,0) Foster (23,183,4,4)
Mayne (20,188,17,10) Campbell (24,194,10,12) Ruffles (18,180,0,0)
Bucovaz (18,188,0,0)
F Bradley (23,199,58,26) Tarrant (28,193,198,355) Walters (18,177,0,0)
Ballantyne (21,174.0,0)
R Sandilands (26,211,115,34) Ibbotson (21,188,20,8) Palmer (20,182,20,10)
Connelly (20,202,0,0) Hinkley (20,186,5,2) Schammer (23,176,105,29)
Clarke (18,203,0,0) Duffield (24,187,24,8)
De Boer# (19,187,0,0)

What club needs 4 small back pocket players? (We might trade for one of these?)
What club needs 4 CHBs all around the same age?
What team needs 4 tall HBFs who are all near-duds?
What team needs 4 medium-tall HFFs?

Freo will continue recruiting excellent players. They will continue trading many of these off because they can't find places in the team for many of the same types. And they'll keep on playing their duds.

If I was a Freo supporter, I'd've well and truly committed suicide by now.

Freo, somewhere down below.
 
B: McPhee Tarrant Broughton
HB: Duffield McPharlin Pearce
C: Barlow Hasleby Hill
HF: Mundy Pavlich Mayne
F: Headland Johnson Ballantyne
Foll: Sandilands, Ibbotson, Palmer
Inter: Schammer, Crowley, Suban, Clarke
Emerg: Grover, Morabito, Hayden