There was some hope among Fremantle fans that the 2023 season would end at the MCG. And it will with a meeting with fellow strugglers Hawthorn in round 24. It’s on the big stage in one of the few games of the weekend that means almost nothing.
But, in fact, this young Fremantle line-up could achieve something the club has never pulled off before.
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When you think back to the brand names of mobile smartphones you’ve used down the years does Blackberry resonate with you? My only memories are TV shots of President Obama fiddling about with his Blackberry, but only when allowed to by his security minders.
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A look at Oppenheimer (MA 15+)
How should we regard brilliant scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, the brain behind the invention of the planet’s first atomic bombs. Was he a 20th century Frankenstein or just a highly motivated inventor?
Continue readingA look at Marlowe (MA 15+)
Raymond Chandler wrote a number of books centred on rugged private detective Philip Marlowe and this film features Liam Neeson in the central role.
Now, Neeson is no Humphrey Bogart and although he exudes the appropriate dose of world weariness he’s perhaps a tad too old to be playing a tough PI. Nevertheless, he starts off with the classic Marlowe introductory scene: a glamorous blonde is visiting his office to find out where her ex-lover might be.
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High hopes were held for the Blues in 2023.
They’ve lost their last five games. Here’s the mid-season report.
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“I’ve never been so confident at the start of a season,” was my answer to the often asked pre-season question.
“You told us you were gonna be good!” I screamed (inwardly) as Freo bumbled and fumbled towards defeat at home to North Melbourne in round two.
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Former St Kilda captain Jarryn Geary has helped lift Eaglehawk from outside the Top Five last season to the unbeaten ladder leader after five rounds in Bendigo footy.
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I recently found myself in a paddock that was once a sports ground near Wickepin. During conversation my companion said, “I’d love to know what places had footy and cricket teams around here.”
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I’m a follower of Fremantle in the AFL and East Perth in the WAFL.
Unlike others with an interest in the Dockers and the WAFL I have, over the years, been impressed with Australian football coverage in The West Australian newspaper.
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It was appropriate half way through the AFL’s highly successful Gather Round in Adelaide that I finished a book about a great of South Australian football. An outlaw. An under recognised footballer Jack Dyer said was the most talented he ever saw.
Continue readingWhy rent a lawyer when you can buy a judge
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