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DON'T PANIC
Those words (in large. friendly letters) are on the cover of the Hitchhiker’s Guide because the situations described inside are out of this world....
THIRTEEN YEARS OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The club that broke our hearts in 2013 once again stands in our way on the road to September glory. The ghosts of Gold Coast are still in the...
OUR BEST SIDE* (*SOME EXCLUSIONS APPLY)
On Wednesday, Justin Longmuir ruled out resting players. On Thursday, Fremantle rested three players. This column has stopped taking JL’s press...
Friday Night Crow Down
Last week this column tipped Fremantle by 40 and the football gods handed us a four-point loss as punishment for our hubris. Tonight, in the sacred...
Not A Dress Rehearsal, Honest!
Justin Longmuir spent the week insisting this is just another game. The entire football media spent the week discussing Fremantle’s grand final...
LIGHTS, SIRENS, AND A TOOTHLESS DOG
It’s emergency services Lights and Sirens night at Optus Stadium, which is fitting, because there’s a good chance of an emergency unfolding in the...
Derby 63
They have a No.1 pick with a temper. We have a Rising Star, top spot, and four derby wins in a row. Let’s go. Fremantle 1st on the ladder, 16-2....
Harbour City Show Down
It’s a funny thing being a Freo supporter, your team is on top of the ladder and yet you still find yourself glancing at the ladder wondering how...
Good.
The streak is dead. The chip on the shoulder is very much alive. Moose is very angry. Well. Last week was unpleasant. Last Friday night in Canberra,...
Time for Revenge: Part Deux
There are some wounds that time does not heal. Time merely files them away in a drawer marked "Open on the day of the revenge game." Today, we open...
Time For Revenge
Geelong are the only side to have beaten us in 2026, in a Round 1 capitulation we have spent fourteen weeks quietly seething about. For one round,...
The Roos Fly 2700km to Lose at Home
There are moments in a football season when the fixture throws up something that feels less like a sporting contest and more like a moral test. This...
Fremantle vs Pies Match Preview
Look, I'm going to be completely straight with you. I am a Fremantle Dockers supporter of some thirty-odd years. I have suffered. I have endured the...
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Crows: Freo Descend on Adelaide Oval to Deliver Good Friday Sermon
The Dockers arrive on the banks of the Torrens with two wins, a loaded forward line, and absolutely zero mercy for religious occasions. The Crows...
Fremantle vs Richmond Match Preview
Welcome, dear readers, to the AFL's most spiritually instructive — and meteorologically dramatic — match-up of the early season: a team that is...