The Dockers all but sealed a second successive finals appearance with a stirring victory over the Carlton Blues on Saturday. Fremantle has slowly but surely showed greater maturity away from home and the performance against Carlton felt like one of quiet confidence, holding their own against a fierce, if lowly competitor, before tightening the screws and kicking away in the last quarter.

The defence was marvelous all day, headlined by the wonderful Sir Robbie Haddrill, who kept Carlton's Frankenstein monster, Brendan Fevola to a solitary goal, and that was kicked when the game was already over as a contest.

The midfield is growing in their faith of newcomer tall forward Troy Simmonds, who is beginning to shine as a stay at home goal kicking option. Medhurst and Farmer proved dangerous all day and Longmuir is continuing on his stirling second half of the season.

All in all an excellent game to watch (although the jumpers could be blue and white), especially since Fevola got dragged for basically getting his butt kicked, and Freo are developing an amusing habit of frustrating opposition tall forwards, especially if they are ugly bastards like Fevola and Hall!

The run home sees us have a Friday Night match against the Pies, then Geelong away, then the Derby, and the Saints at the Dome.

Heres to another four wins and a top four finish!

Bring on the mud Pies!

Oh and by the way, Sam and Rheemy have this message for all of us:

Football Fans,

Well, we'd just quickly like to tell the world that Byron Schammer and Paul Medhurst are the best players in the AFL. If youd like proverbially 'go outside' about it, email us, well take you on.

Sam and Rheemy.

sammy_eat_world@hotmail.com
nun_ov_ur_business@hotmail.com

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