We got out of jail and we’re heading straight to the bank with the four points. Time to Restump Podcast the emotional rollercoaster victory over the Crows.
It’s safe to say we often make things more difficult than they need be but we snared the win, collected the valuable four points and added another chapter in the Freo folklore journal.
It was a novel way to win and Heath Chapman deserves a thanks and a congratulations. But while such occurrences are part of football’s charm, Chappy’s match saving tap should never have been necessary.
In the words of Simon and Garfunkel… “Hello inaccuracy our old friend I’ve come to talk to you again.” 11 goals 17 (28 shots) to 12 goals 10 (22 shots) and we pinch it by a point. We’ve still got some work to do.
But that’s enough negativity. We went over without a Fyfe, a Darcy and a Taberner and came home with a win and four points to get our season going. 44 points got a finals berth last year, that’s now 40 more for us.
Andy Brayshaw was superb; Lachie Schultz obviously doesn’t know the meaning of the term self-preservation and Jordan Clark hit such speed he was blurry.
Will Brodie surprisingly saw only 65% game time and that raises some questions. Sonny Walters struggled to get involved, the great often infallible David Mundy shocked when he missed a target or two but Griffin Logue did some third quarter defensive work which greatly enabled the one-point victory.
We have to find a way to stop opposing teams getting run ons as the Crows piled on seven goals in a row on us. However, while we struggled to find a solution for that, we more importantly found a way to win.
We blow up a bit about the commentary team assigned to our game and Fox Footy’s cost cutting measures. How many times do we have to hear Josh Rachelle’s soccer story?
Concerningly censorship has found its way into the Restump as Jojo McDonnell panicked and not only shut down the Chief’s Neighborhood Watch segment episode midway through but has warned it might be on hiatus.
In 2010 we beat Adelaide in round one and went on to reach a semi-final. We’ve beaten Adelaide in round one again… is a semi-final on the cards in 2022? One game down, twenty-one to go and four points on the board.
If you’re a glutton for purple punishment and too much Freo fanfare is never enough then by all means click play and infect your ears. Unfortunately, we must warn we cannot offer listen lost time refunds.
