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Looks like the Freo crew have bet on red. And, going on their recent draft table craft, Hugh could argue with the decisions? Time to Restump Podcast the purple people we plucked from the player pool.

Without the rich draft capital at our disposal this year it was always going to be a trickier process. But when the dust settled this morning its difficult to be disappointed.

The Freo team filled the needs, punted on some wants, added some development projects and managed to include some insurance. Not an easy feat!

We go over the new recruits and run the shoulda, coulda, woulda theories. 

The lads are back at the club and if the photos are accurate, they’ve returned in better than decent nick! They’re not only looking flash, they’re turning out flash performances in early time trials. 

Neil Erasmus has shown his round one intention with two 1km run wins. Caleb Serong snared the 3rd while Heath Chapman outstayed them all and brought home the 4th.   

We take another look at the Jackson Darcy combo story which continues to develop. Who plays where for how long?

Is Caleb Serong getting a chance to possibly play with young brother Liam? Is there a strategy to potentially giving Liam the train on position?

We wish Connor Blakely all the best with his second chance at the Gold Coast after being plucked with pick 7 in the rookie draft. However, as it’s arguably the surfing capital of Australia, should our best wishes go to the Gold Coast Suns?

Its been a while between pods and there has been some listener feedback, some positive, some negative but we love it all. And we were blown away by some very kind listeners who generously bought us a bunch of coffees through the Restump website.

We don’t click into Summer until tomorrow but there’s plenty of hot stuff happening down at Limestone Park in Cockburn. So if you’ve got nothing better to do, wrap your listening gear around this episode and join us for a draft review and all the news in purple shoes. 

Sonny Walters and Alex Pearce will proudly represent the collective this Sunday against Collingwood on Sir Doug Nicholls round. Time to Restump Podcast preview the clash.

We need after a response to last week. Collingwood won’t be a pushover but if we get back to playing our brand, it should hold us in good stead.

If we’re any chance of a top 4 finish, we have to bank 4 points here. You need about 15 wins a season to make the top 4. We’ve got 13 games left meaning we need to win 8 of them. We’ve got Melbourne twice, Brisbane & Carlton to come, so 4 of those 13 games are against current top 3 sides. A further 3 are against current top 8 sides…. which means 7 of our remaining 13 games are against top 8 sides. It’s a tough run home which makes Sunday’s game vital.  

We look at the changes and somewhat scratch our heads in bewilderment over Brandon Walker’s omission. The selection panel obviously knows more than us and sees things we may not. Good to have Sonny, Switta & Tabs back though. 

You never want to hear “put off contract talks” but Griff Logue has done just that. Sounds more agent inspired but we’ll inevitably have to have the conversation. We momentarily deal in hypotheticals about what could unfold.

Fyfey has Rd12 in his sights and despite the Malthouse madness, he’ll be a welcome return. 

Connor Blakely looks done and dusted in the purple so we’re looking to support his new venture, Blakely’s Backyards. 

James Clement cops a “what the hell, Jimmy!” He passed up the invitation to hop on the Restump for a chat…. and, to be fair, who could blame him… but he then accepted the invite onto the Collingwood fan pod, Pie Hard. We don’t want to exaggerate but is treasonous too strong a term?

And, no you don’t escape it, we bring it home with another episode of the Neighbourhood Watch segment. 

So, if you’ve gorged yourself all your listening content, enjoyed a second course of filling noise and you still haven’t had sufficient…. click play for this purple listening snack to tide you over.  

• Nat Fyfe (MID, $779k)
• Andrew Brayshaw (MID/FWD, $516k)
• Michael Walters (MID/FWD, $694k)
• Connor Blakely (DEF, $555k)
• Sean Darcy (RUC, $511k)
• Blake Acres (MID/FWD, $501k)
• Brett Bewley (MID, $367k)
• Bailey Banfield (FWD, $433k)
• Mitch Crowsden (FWD, $354k)
• Caleb Serong (MID, $256k)

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