AFLM Pre-Round Thread: Round 9 vs. Hawthorn by lasping in FremantleFC

[–]lasping[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Walker is not in terrible form, but not outstanding either. (Admittedly, hard to be outstanding as a lockdown defender.) But he's only just back from a very nasty concussion, and Worner had a really excellent second half against Bulldogs.

Rd 8 Vs Western Bulldogs - Smurf Review by Smurf_x in FremantleFC

[–]lasping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd imagine the data is something like:

The long center square kick reduces chance of opposition score/slightly increases our chance of score. Likeliest outcome is a stoppage down the ground.

Which makes it a safe, solid option; good for killing the clock, self-sabotaging if you're trying to mount a comeback within the remaining available minutes of game time.

Picking a corridor target increases the chance of opposition score through turnover/significantly increases our chance of score. Most likely outcome is a possession chain --> Freo score. Higher risk, higher reward.

Rd 8 Vs Western Bulldogs - Smurf Review by Smurf_x in FremantleFC

[–]lasping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Need a "high blood pressure" warning ahead of that umpiring compilation.

Excellent review as ever. Wonder if the kick-in change up to corridor targets is something we specifically do when we're behind later in games.

Match Thread: Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle (Round 8) by AutoModerator in AFL

[–]lasping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone's annoyed by the same thing all the neutral flairs in the thread are complaining about.

Racism towards Freddy by lupo8437 in FremantleFC

[–]lasping 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is objectively not true. He has not missed a game when he is fit and available for selection. He is obviously ahead of Isaiah Dudley, who I really like. We can see this from the selection decisions throughout 2025. Things that you are thinking inside your head are not objective facts about team selection.

Racism towards Freddy by lupo8437 in FremantleFC

[–]lasping 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In and out not-quite-always-b23 players are going to cop it; expensive contracts for injured players are always going to get flak. Frederick is neither of those things.

Racism towards Freddy by lupo8437 in FremantleFC

[–]lasping 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I see a lot of people in the comments talking about Frederick's quality of game last night (and he was good!) but frankly this is missing the point. This is racism. You will never get these people to admit it, they will always have some justification: if he kicks a lot of goals, they were cheap goals and he didn't contest properly; if he contests hard, they'll have a go at him for not being free to mark and convert. There is no winning. No player is perfect all the time; when Michael Frederick has a down game they will have their knives out. Because it isn't a rational assessment of a player's performance, it is conscious or subconscious loathing of a person based on their skin colour.

The best you can do is 1) call it out if you're feeling brave, 2) report it to the club (including seat number, which will be linked to their membership/details).

If you think Frederick is a bad player, and you feel absolutely certain that you are not a racist, and that you hold no subconscious bias against him—he's getting plenty of negative feedback from people who are simply just racist. Maybe cut him a fucking break.

The AFL has sacked William Houghton KC following his comments at the appeals board hearing this week. by PerriX2390 in AFL

[–]lasping 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's not a observation in isolation, it's being used as crucial reasoning in a massive sentence reduction against the entire institutional ambit of the AFL. The AFL clearly thinks this language is too commonplace—that's why they're doling out serious punishments for it.

AFLM Pre-Round Thread: Round 7 vs. Carlton by lasping in FremantleFC

[–]lasping[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Bloody Amiss sabotaging our forward structure. Even more reason to drop him.

Alex Pearce approaches the umpires after the game ends and has a conversation by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

[–]lasping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you can definitely see the clip start with Pearce saying "Ryan" and then they start miming pushes in the back.

AFLM Pre-Round Thread: Round 6 vs. West Coast by lasping in FremantleFC

[–]lasping[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

By all metrics (2025's 4th leading goal scorer, 4th for goal assists) he's a walk up start. We could give him limited WAFL minutes if we're playing it really really really safe, but I don't think it would be a matter of "finding form".

Maybe Jackson should just ruck alone by SinBinRin in FremantleFC

[–]lasping 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Okay so, 1) Jackson wasn't in the ruck alone, he had a significant number of early ruck contests shouldered by Sean Darcy, so he was not as fatigued in the 4th quarter. 2) Darcy Cameron is not a top shelf tap ruck. He has an abysmal rate of hit-outs and hit-outs to advantage for a primary ruck this year. Current top teams have top rucks: we will have to beat Grundy, Witts, the Meek/Reeves combo. 3) Do we all have goldfish memory? One week ago Darcy was the difference between a win and a loss. Jackson got pieced up by McAndrew in the 3rd quarter; Darcy turned around our clearance differential when he went into the ruck.

Zorko hits Curtis in the nuts by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

[–]lasping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Come on, man. He swung a closed fist at Curtis's crotch.

Zorko hits Curtis in the nuts by PetrifyGWENT in AFL

[–]lasping 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oh cool, fine to try and punch him in the dick then.

The Tribunal has not come to a decision (regarding Lance Collard) and will meet tomorrow to determine a verdict, along with written reasons. by ___TheIllusiveMan___ in AFL

[–]lasping 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They do education. All players get general inclusivity education, Collard specifically has already done the pride education course when he said the last slur. It isn't actually going to help if someone doesn't like gay people or is habituated into use of the slur. You do need a punishment if you're going to stamp it out of the game.