All posts by Mark Edwards

The Dream is alive….briefly at least

Thats the best Freo have played all year.
Confident, aggresive, intense…..

Harvey looks to have made some differences already, including some interesting coaching moves.
Putting Hayden up against Johncock, whether he was forward or back, was the right choice. And putting McManus on McLeod was great, especially since Shaun played so well.

With other results helping, I was actually sort of happy WC won, for our sake, not theirs….We have a chance to give this thing a chance.

And speaking unbiasedly for a moment, if there is any team that could shake up the finals from position 8, it would be Fremantle. I mean that. On our day we can beat anyone anywhere….

I got seven in the tipping this week, (stupid St Kilda…..)

Jeff Farmer

Brilliant player, not so good at off field behaviour.

But what he has done is nothing, is not even comparable to what Didak and Kerr have done….I don’t see the media calling for them to be sacked……

Unbelievable.

I feel there is something else going on around here.

This weeks message, Keeping it real

Change for Coca Cola has been a good and bad thing, when they changed the basic product, sales plummetted, but they continually change the way the product is marketed and packaged, and that has meant they have been succesful for over 100 hundred years, which is extraordinary actually.

Now today we are talking about Paul, and his story is found in the book of Acts, he is someone who had his whole life changed, and it was for his and the churches benefit, and because his life was changed, it is not overstating it to say that the whole world has been changed, and I can say that because the letters of Paul, as we find them in the bible have been used as one of the main planks of the churches theology and building blocks.

Keep Chris

Attention: The Board of the Fremantle Football Club

I write this as a long standing member of the FFC. Chris Connolly has had a tough year, we all have. This was meant to be our year, and it does not look like it will be.
But I want to make a plea for Chris to be given one more year on his contract.

Since his appointment as Senior Coach, Fremantle has gone from being a laughing stock to being taken seriously as an AFL force. As an outsider looking in, one of the key elements to that has been the stability at the club.

While we all realise the Perth Media is incredibly biased in some sections, and many of the commentators have an agenda, since the debacle of the handling of the Drum affair, the leadership emanating from the club has been unified and solid.

Now is not the time for hasty decisions.

We have had a bad year, but that does not mean we should sack the coach. If anything, I, along with many others, believe that this year could strengthen everyone’s resolve for the ultimate success.

If we bring another coach in, it will take a couple of years for the coach and playing group to gel, but our window of opportunity is now…..The players are of the right age and experience to have a tilt at the premiership.

The club has invested a lot of time and money into Chris Connolly, why throw that investment away?

Finally, do not allow media speculation to drive the decision. Who cares what a bunch of Ex eagles players think? Who cares what a grumpy old man thinks?

All that matters is what the club is trying to do.
Stick with Chris, he is our best chance.

Yours Sincerely

Pastor Mark Edwards