Round 4 - Fremantle V Western Bulldogs - Sun 6/4/25 Optus Stadium 5:10PM AEDT

[JanLorMill]

Not sure how I feel. I'm disappointed we lost but I was probably expecting only 1 win at this point. Let's look and review that 2nd quarter which was absolutely horrible.

And 1st quarter. Dominated play but 2 points down

[angelopetraglia]

The AFL all has Freo having five more rotations than allowed. If it’s right? Does that mean they forfeit the game?

[JanLorMill]

We need players back. Carrying too many

[Bornadog]

Good effort late but lost that game first half. Not putting on the scoreboard early then 6 goals to nothing against.

The second quarter killed us

[lemmon]

So according to the AFL app, Fremantle made 80 interchanges, but the cap is 75?

[Bornadog]

The AFL all has Freo having five more rotations than allowed. If it’s right? Does that mean they forfeit the game?

They should

[JanLorMill]

The second quarter killed us

Agree but we should have been 3 goals up early.

[ledge]

A positive is we don’t give in I guess . our team selection will be interesting .
Cleary and Duryea for Buku and baker ?

[Bornadog]

Agree but we should have been 3 goals up early.

Yeah, 7 goals to 2 - not good

[doggies ftw]

That’s as bad of a loss as I can remember, literally dominated the game for over 3 qtrs and lost by 3 goals. Just not good enough.

The bottom of the 22 really shows through here, they try hard but there’s so many absolute battlers out there. Baker is terrible, Buku, Bramble, Dolan all offer nothing, Naughty is getting concerning, English is the worst ruck in the league.

Still some positives to take out of the game, we really did dominate but **** me we need to take advantage of forward half possession, it’s just killing us, but yeah there’s a lot of class out of that side. Hopefully JJ back, I’d play Jacques and Hynes too tbh, send Freijah back to the backline where we need him. Potentially even send JOD back and play Croft. Would be nice if Marra wasn’t an absolute waste of a talent…

Eh is what it is, we’re holding up pretty well and you’d take 2-2 but realistically should be 4-0. It’s just a hard loss to take when you dominate the game like that and still lose.

****ing shit sunday

[josie]

Proud of the team. Liking the grit & never give up attitude. Thought English was good tonight. Those 2 late Freo goals in Q2 - aargh.

[angelopetraglia]

That’s as bad of a loss as I can remember, literally dominated the game for over 3 qtrs and lost by 3 goals. Just not good enough.

The bottom of the 22 really shows through here, they try hard but there’s so many absolute battlers out there. Baker is terrible, Buku, Bramble, Dolan all offer nothing, Naughty is getting concerning, English is the worst ruck in the league.

Still some positives to take out of the game, we really did dominate but **** me we need to take advantage of forward half possession, it’s just killing us, but yeah there’s a lot of class out of that side. Hopefully JJ back, I’d play Jacques and Hynes too tbh, send Freijah back to the backline where we need him. Potentially even send JOD back and play Croft. Would be nice if Marra wasn’t an absolute waste of a talent…

Eh is what it is, we’re holding up pretty well and you’d take 2-2 but realistically should be 4-0. It’s just a hard loss to take when you dominate the game like that and still lose.

****ing shit sunday

As bad a loss you can remember? Sorry, but that’s a bad call unless you have the memory of a gold fish.

[JanLorMill]

A positive is we don’t give in I guess . our team selection will be interesting .
Cleary and Duryea for Buku and baker ?

No shame to Dolan but how long can he be in for few touches.
Gallagher is another I question
vdm injured?

[merantau]

Never have I seen so many good opportunities butchered by fumbling, dropped marks, misdirected kicks, wayward handballs and missed tackles.
it was few the efforts of a few and sheer persistence that we managed to get so close.
The good news is that we have a superstar in Sam Darcy and some quality players who are due back soon.

[doggies ftw]

As bad a loss you can remember? Sorry, but that’s a bad call unless you have the memory of a gold fish.

We dominated 3 & a half qtrs of footy and managed 12 goals and a 3 goal loss. I love our fight and I know our backs are up against of it right now, I’m happy with the way we’re fighting so I guess sure it’s better than rolling over but we absolutely butchered a win tonight.

It’s a hard one to swallow considering how easy of a win that should have been