The Restump Podcast

It’s been a long preseason and we’re all a tad rusty. But we can’t wait to see how the Emmett bros, who Will Schofield introduced us to last Saturday, go this year. Let’s focus and get the 2024 Restump Podcast on track. There was, and in some sectors still is, a lot of doom and gloom around Freo’s chances this year (hello Kingy) but unsurprisingly, as we edge closer to round one, the expectational...

It’s been a great, old fashioned, hot sand feet burning, car seatbelt buckle branding summer! And as we desperately need him this year, we’re hoping it’s also the Summer of Sam. Time for the Restump Podcast return. January and we’re talking footy? It’s a tad confusing but we won the bat flip, we’ve elected to serve and we’ll kick with the wind, to the right of screen. It feels a bit Twelfth Man-is...

Going into the draft with very few bullets to use, you’d have to be pleased with what Wallsy and the gang have picked off? Time to belatedly Restump Podcast our 2023 draft results.  So, the draft dust has now settled! Unless you’re the eternal pessimist, surely, you’re keen on the decent handful of new Dockers it has revealed. And if that doesn’t float your boat, you have to give the club credit f...

“Best club and supporter base and most passionate fans in the AFL. It was the incentive to come to Collingwood.” Is Lachie being a little too Lobb-like? Time to Restump Podcast that and whatever we can scratch up and masquerade as Freo content.   We’ve closed the door on the Lachie Shultz love-fest. Sure, his interview at Collingwood was probably edited with cherry pickings but that is not getting...

Deals done early, seemingly little conjecture… it kind of feels like there might be something cooking. Time to Restump Podcast Freo’s quiet trade week update. Sure, Belly said we’re now looking to the draft but Wallsy also said we’re in for a quiet trade week! We’re armed with a rich bag of future picks, are they just keeping their cards close to their chest or is there a twist in the purple trade...

Seems to be a fair bit of angst directed at the club for some reason, but hey, don’t shooter the messenger! Time to Restump Podcast the latest trade week nonsense. There is no doubt Lachie Schultz is a loss and we’d all rather he stayed but the level of angst and anger towards the club and Peter Bell is misplaced. No disrespect to Lachie Schultz intended, but it’s as if its Caleb Serong or Hayden...

There are many ways to the poor house but our annual Restump Podcast Buy Sell Hold investment report will probably get you there the fastest. It’s been a turbulent time in the Freo economy over the last twelve months. Does the overall regression re-determine individual player values? Have their 2023 performances changed investor sentiment? Has panic selling set in or are we doubling down and oppor...

Seems North didn’t need to Twist the AFL’s arm too hard. Has the policy crossed over from equalisation to an equitable model? It may just be that us Freo folk still haven’t gotten over our limited league entry concessions! Time to Restump Podcast all the goings on. Former Freo man Lachie Neale joined Nat Fyfe in the very elite group of dual brownlow medal winners. Sure, he may have snuck 3 votes w...

We must strengthen the Ubulus and upper Dorsinus muscles if we want to be kind of a big deal. Head anchorman JL is leading by example challenging the boys to come back in tip top shape. Time to Restump Podcast all the goings on in purple. The season that promised so much delivered little but, in review, there was a lot to take out of it in a positive sense. Wins away from home against quality oppo...

2023 we widely missed all analyst’s expectations. Is it the regression we had to have? Motivation is waning but we’re putting on our parachute pants and Restump Podcasting what hopefully isn’t Joel Hamling’s last game. While you want to go out on a high, it must be difficult for both the Hawks and Freo to really get up for this game on Saturday. That said there are positions in both team’s best 22...

He’s instantly become a walk up start. Tommy may never be Emmett-ed again! Time to Restump Podcast the narrow defeat at the hands of the tough and talented top four occupants, Port Adelaide. That was some debut performance by Tommy Emmett and we’re not talking about the two goals because they were cream on the cake. It was his composure, his ferocity at the ball and the man, his defensive work and...

Season is still alive, especially if you’re Tommy Emmett. Can’t wait to see him go around but someone please open the gate for him! We don’t want him jumping fences. Time to Restump Podcast Tommy’s time against the Power. What a magnificent upcoming moment for the accountancy studying Tommy Emmett, and we’re all about to share with him. It’s a wonderful personal achievement and a reward for his pe...

It's good practice to be humble in victory. So, we humbly understand where the Eagles are at and we’ll make up the workload with an extra training session during the week. Time to Restump Podcast the Saturday night stroll. The West Coast Eagles fans haven’t had a lot to cheer about this season, so we did our best to provide them some hope in the first quarter. But by quarter time we somehow f...

Has the Derby shine worn off? Sure, there’s little to play for, less so for West Coast, but where’s the banter, the cheap shots? Where’s Clive when you need him? Time to Restump Podcast the subdued Western Derby. Could we actually lose this game, even if we wanted to? If the Eagles are up by a kick with a minute to go, will they learn from last week or will they go back to the “no plus one” well a...

We came up a bit short but the mixed emotions continue. There is still a bit to get out of 2023, but is it wrong to start jostling for 2024 position? Time to Restump Podcast yesterday’s big effort but small loss to the Lions. This intensity and effort we’ve delivered over the past two weeks has to be the base. It has to be the minimum level delivered going forward. If we produced that four-quarter...

Joel Hamling was a tad unlucky to be omitted but it is out with a Hammer and in with a Cox to strengthen the defence. Time to Restump Podcast the battle against Brisbane. Are we digging deep into our eternal but unrealistic optimistic natures and even contemplating we’re a mathematical chance of still making the top eight? Not likely but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to get out of the conte...

Tom Hawkins, Jeremy Cameron, form and captaincy questions. Hey Siri tell me four things Alex Pearce destroyed last Saturday. Time Restump Podcast the big win over the Cats. While it mirrored the team’s performances, it is no secret Alex Pearce’s form in recent weeks wasn’t his greatest. However, he not only gave everyone a refresher course on his capabilities, but he found another level and arguab...

Some are prematurely saying the season is over for Freo. But that’s loser talk! If we win eight of our last five we can still make the eight. Yeah… ok, its over… 'celebrate Ethan Hughes raising the bat and Restump Podcast Saturday’s cat fight. Skilled Stadium, Kardinia Park, Alphabet Oval… Whiskas Bowl…. Whatever they’re calling that ground down in Geelong doesn't hold too much fears for...

Hey it worked for Marnus Labuschagne! And it did look like Alex Pearce was getting reverse swing on the odd kick. Time to Restump Podcast Saturday’s 12 minute loss to the Swans. We got off to a flyer but we stopped as fast as we started and it was the first quarter curse yet again that destroyed us… or rather it was what we did or didn’t do in it that destroyed us What if we start internally apply...

What a great story Ethan “Snipper” Stanley is. There is always something to get out of, I’d say a fruitless season… but it’s a season that has gone pear shaped! Time to Restump Podcast Snipper’s debut against the Swans.  Our finals chances may resemble a flatlining Chaddy Fletcher on the Las Vegas strip but there is still life in the season when you get to see your recruits make their debuts. We’r...

Where did that quarter go? You can’t serve up three quarters of Pie and think you won’t go hungry! There are no leftovers! We’re on the Restump Podcasting case of the missing quarter!   At the risk of being accused of accepting mediocrity and borderline honorable losses, we probably got a pretty decent performance on Saturday against an incredibly well experienced, aged, drilled, and trained Colli...

It's fraught with danger engaging mercenaries! But as they either had to sign with Russia, move to Belarus or retire, the suit up for Freo option was a no brainer! Time to Restump Podcast Saturday’s ominous task against the Pies.  It is a pretty scary assignment Saturday against the premiership favourites and all conquering Pies. We’ve had to make a host of changes but, result aside, it will...

If finals weren’t already out of reach, they are now. Carlton used the pressure application blueprint for beating Freo and shattered us all. Time to clean up the purple shards of broken glass and Restump Podcast yesterday’s damage.  You want to believe and you want to have hope. But we’re one and a half wins and percentage out of the eight, we’ve got five teams between us and that position and we’...

When a footy gets picked up on airspace radar there is a fair chance The Sheriff is in town.  Time to Restump Podcast Freo’s battle against the Blake Acres Blues.  The finals are suddenly a disappearing dot on the horizon but they’re still a mathematical glimmer of hope. However, all we can control is the effort we bring against the Blues. The major focus obviously has to be on the Blue’s two big...

Don’t hate us Skip, we still love you. We can’t all be great at everything. Time to Restump Podcast the seemingly season crushing loss to the Western Lobradors.   Well that one hurt. We’re still a mathematical chance of making the eight but the percentages are diminishing at a rapid rate. We probably can’t afford another loss, or maybe one at the most, but even that doesn’t guarantee us a spot, gi...