The Restump Podcast

How’s that saying go? It’s better to have and not need, than need and not have? We should be ok; they’re not all staying in a hotel together. He can’t know all their individual addresses, can he? Time to Restump Podcast the Power threat level!

For the first time this year we’re going in with an unchanged line up. Is this the consistency and stability we’ve all been desiring? It does feel a little like foreign territory tho...

Given the meaning of Jackson is son of Jack, is it really surprising Luke cuts down beanstalks and takes out Giants for fun? Time to Restump Podcast the magnificent win over the Giants none of us saw coming. 

I'm not ruling out the possibility our club suffers schizophrenia or has some sort of personality disorder. We never know which version of us is going to appear. In fact, fans should start sending RSVP requests so we get a...

Any chance a few of the forwards might get on board the Moose caboose? Time to Restump Podcast the emotional roller-coaster Friday night ride, resulting in a loss to the powerful premiership favourite Pies. 

Collingwood are deservedly premiership favourites so there is some level of merit in Freo’s Friday night performance. However, we just can’t do honourable losses any more. While the 14-point margin suggests a closely f...

We may be in transplant territory because there are too many pieces of our shattered purple hearts for another band-aid to hold it all together. Time to somehow Restump Podcast that depressing and demoralising Docker performance.

In the context of when being in possession of supposed competent and talented lists, it was as incomprehensible a performance as we have ever delivered in our 30+ year history. 

There is no sugar coating it,...

Rock paper scissors, the universally utilized tool that has decided the course of action for the world's most complex problems for generations. Time to Restump Podcast the meeting of old friends, now Saintly foes at Marvel.

We’ll get to the changes this week but, first and foremost, they are absolutely irrelevant. All we need to concentrate on is that we pick up this Friday night from where we left off last Friday night. If we ...

Was it the ANZAC spirit? Was it JL’s expletive ladened spray or did the penny finally drop? Whatever the case, we need to back Friday’s superb win up with more of the same. Time to Restump Podcast the season turning stoning of the Crows.

It was a magnificent ANZAC Day, a victory you had to be thrilled by. However, mixed emotions are understandable. Where has that effort and intensity been? What we delivered on Friday night against a...

Sometimes you have to abandon decorum and just let go with a frenzy of f-bombs! Did the message get through? Time to Restump Podcast the cancelling of the Crow show. 

Is JL fed up? Has he snapped or has the gravity of the situation and the panic set in? While we all don’t know what happens behind closed doors, a public expletive riddled outburst seems uncharacteristic, albeit justified. Will it shock the players into gear? Time will...

It really hurts us to say it, but they have broken our trust. What’s that line about being able to place more trust in curried egg sandwiches from the petrol station? Time to Restump Podcast Saturday’s purple heart break. 

A vital component in the building of trust is consistency. Without it, by its very nature, trust cannot exist. Yet, ironically the only area of consistency we can trust the Freo Dockers in, is inconsistency. 

Once ...

It's JT's constitutional right to bare arms! Time to Restump Podcast the exorcising of the Demons. 

The Dees are zero and four so, in theory, this shouldn't be a danger game for us. And to be honest, when you look at how mentally and physically depleted they are, even from a superstitiously purple perspective, it kind of isn't.

They're horribly out of form, there seems plenty not right int...

Never reel in or repress the passion, Paddy. We‘ll take measures to mitigate your celebratory risks! Time to Restump Podcast the victory in the Valley. 

It was a wonderfully picturesque setting, a great festival atmosphere and more importantly an enjoyable victory. It is amazing the difference a win makes and what it adds to a weekend such as Gather Round. Sadly it has been soured by an absurd and selective penalty to Paddy.

We’d be ...

Are we getting too far ahead of ourselves to think the only danger may be resisting the infectious party atmosphere of the Barossa Valley for two days? Time to Restump Podcast the Tigger tussle! 

Arrogant confidence doesn’t sit well with us so, considering we’re playing in the Barossa Valley, let’s call it Dutch courage. Whatever you want to call it, the reality is whichever way you look at, dissect and simply think about Sunday’s c...

Not sure how he causes opponents nightmares. You wouldn’t be able to sleep once you find out you’re playing on Freddy! Time to Restump Podcast Freo’s kenneling of the Dogs.

It has come at a cost but it was the test we needed and one we passed. Sure, we’ve got plenty of work to do because we can’t rely on scoreboard efficiency and Alex Pearce final quarter heroics every week, but line up our first four matches and you can see the imp...

Andy Brayshaw to notch up 150 games in almost even time. He’s more resilient than Rory Lobb’s hair dresser. Time to Restump Podcast the Dockers and the Dogs.

The magnificent Andrew Brayshaw brings up game number 150 on Sunday and he’s done in ridiculously quick time. He’s played 149 of a possible 156 since his debut, which is remarkable considering thee combative role he plays and how hard at it he is. And had Andrew Gaff decided to...

Murphy Reid could be the first dual purple role citizenship recipient. We haven’t seen skills and smarts like that since David Mundy got the tap on the shoulder! Time to Restump Podcast the brushing aside of the Eagles.

We celebrate the win and welcome the four points but we left a lot score out there and the questionable skills remained on display. You get the feeling that while it was enjoyable, after the dust settled, it was more...

We don’t advocate for or condone any form of violence. That's why only air rifles should be permitted. Time to Restump Podcast the upcoming bird cull.

Nothing says setting the right example and raising the standards like encouraging your fan base to collectively perform childish gestures. There is support of your player and there is arrogant entitlement.

There is no tomorrow for us if we somehow find a way to lose on Sunday. Six...

Are we tapped out? Do we have any emotional investment currency left to continue the deposits in the purple bank? Time to try and Restump Podcast the shattered pieces of Sunday’s spectacle against the Swans.

Well, that wasn’t the most pleasant Sunday arvo we’ve ever had! It’s difficult to think we put in that sort of performance, and not only on the back of last week against Geelong, but we had the Cold Play song! Cold Play indeed. ...

It’s official, Murphy has taken the number one Reid position in WA. Time to somehow Restump Podcast whatever that demoralising display was on Saturday. A tale of two reads… Reids

Has there been a more soul-destroying performance from our Freo boys? Admittedly there are plenty to choose from over our 30+ year history but this one might top the list.

You can scream game plan, structure, process, player talent, coach and yeah they all c...

A brown paper bag cannot be passed under to he who has no table. Time to Restump Podcast our round one clash against the hard working, cost-of-living crisis fighting, dually employed Catters.  

It’s been a brutal preseason and we're probably not in as good a shape heading into round one as we had all hoped. Have to say it feels we're a little undermanned heading down to the cattery without Sean Darcy, Nat Fyfe, Hayden...

Strategically vanilla and ice in the veins… and no, not that type of ice! We’re Fremantle, not a certain other club up the road. Time to Restump Podcast the beginnings of a plentiful and prosperous period.

There’s an uncomfortableness about going in to a new season with serious confidence as a Fremantle supporter. It just doesn’t sit right; it is a difficult feeling to adjust to. Sure, we think we’ve been confident before ...