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Has the Derby shine worn off? Sure, there’s little to play for, less so for West Coast, but where’s the banter, the cheap shots? Where’s Clive when you need him? Time to Restump Podcast the subdued Western Derby.

Could we actually lose this game, even if we wanted to? If the Eagles are up by a kick with a minute to go, will they learn from last week or will they go back to the “no plus one” well and replicate it? The smart money is on the latter.

Karl Worner gets a much-deserved opportunity and it is pleasing to see he was overlooked for the sub vest this week, unlike on debut. That said, the unwanted honour appears as though it will fall to the very unlucky Neil Erasmus. 

Brennan Cox chalks up the 100 games and at just 24 years of age, there’s potentially another 100 to 150 in him, should he remain relatively fit and healthy. 

Where does Hayden Young line up this week? The midfield challenge isn’t what it was last week. However, given Youngy’s performances, both offensively and defensively, over the past two weeks in the middle…. Hello Tim Kelly?

Speaking of Hayden Young, he, Caleb Serong, Luke Jackson, Jordan Clark and Jye Amiss all made the best 22 under 22 squad and could all push to make the final 22. But when you see the wealth of talent and you realise they’re under 22, it should give Freo fans a reminder of how young we actually are and how much upside is ahead of us. 

I’ll preface this with the disclaimer that we don’t condone or advocate for violence at the Restump Podcast. Now having said that, at 31 years of age and with his best form well and truly behind him, are we running out of opportunities to square up the Andy Gaff ledger? I know, I know... it was years ago and most people have moved on… but there’d still be a flicker of a flame burning inside Andy Brayshaw. As Kramer says, it’s all water near a bridge.

The unlucky Heath Chapman has done his shoulder but it was pleasing to see him turn up for the Captain’s run and in great news this arvo Sammy Sturt has hit a one year contract trigger clause, so he’ll be strutting his stuff in purple for at least the next twelve months.

All that and who knows what else but unfortunately the Chief is bringing us home and making us endure another episode of the Neighbourhood Watch. 

Luke Ryan tried his best to light a Derby fire, so we’re taking his lead and trying to up the level of oomph in the build up! If you’re oomph deficient then lend us your ears for 45 minutes or so and we’ll see if we can bring something to the table. 

They said we couldn’t do it and they wrote us off. But we prevailed, our mighty Freo Dockers beat Tom Stewart by 3 points! Time to Restump Review Podcast Freo's big win over the Catters.

Still haunted by their harrowing defeat in the 2013 qualifying final, we made sure their purple nightmare continued. We’re trying to keep the lid on things but we’re going to need more help.

We weren’t going to be able to match them on their advantageous uniquely shaped poxy ground, we were told. Guess what? The Cats had to apply for and obtain a hall pass from us to use their own corridor. None were granted. 

We were a bit off the pace early but that country air can have some relaxing effects on you. The collective soon recognised the laconic stupor they were in, made the adjustments and got their act together to begin moving as that cohesive unit, we’re becoming familiar with. 

Can we just stop for a moment’s silence to acknowledge the work of Griffin Logue in blanketing Jeremy Cameron? 

I don’t know if you all took part in the moment but shame on you if you didn’t! 

What a performance by Griff! After last week’s shut down defensive role on Charlie Curnow, he never gave Jeremy Cameron a look in on Saturday. Griff now has to always be the first port of call for the big forward with high athletic capabilities. 

And let’s not overlook the performance of partner in crime Alex Pearce who, it must be said, was a little shaky early with ball in hand. Worryingly Tommy Hawkins looked switched on early and, as he has terrorised us in the past, we had some fears. But after quarter time Captain Pearce said, enough of that rubbish, and he never gave the Hawk another gawk!

We’ll go over plenty more on the pod but can we please firstly remove our hats and give Blakey Acres the respect and the nod of acknowledgement he so thoroughly deserves. He has fast become one of our most important players and few, if any, would have thought that pre-season. All credit to him.

We’re six wins, one loss, second on the ladder with North Melbourne to come this Friday night. We have a few covid concerns but we’re in terrific shape.

So, if, like us, you can’t stop talking Freo footy, click play and join in because we’re definitely ‘the more the merrier’ type people. 

Jojo takes us through all aspects of the game, we raise the question on whether Geelong should be an AFL venue going forward, Adam Looney Cooney suggests Gaff should head to Freo, the commentary team gets the thumbs up but the Chief has an issue with Kath Loughnan which he apparently needs clarification of. All that and sadly plenty more of the Freo folly no one asked for!

We’ll do our best to get the right balance of Jojo’s insightful analysis and tolerate the Chief’s nonsense. So cut us some slack and click play on an hour of Freo fanfare! 

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