Hopefully Jaren was assessed elite in the antagonism and niggle category at the various draft camps! Time to belatedly Restump Podcast the new list additions and catch up on all the latest purple proceedings. 

So, with the conclusion of the trade period and drafts and our participation in the preseason supplementary selection period netting Quinton Narkle, the Freo folk list looks all but finalised for 2025.  

To be honest, maybe it’s just us, but, with all due respect to what appears a very handy crew of draftees we recruited, the draft wasn’t as interesting or as intriguing this year for us. Don’t get me wrong, we’re very happy to keep adding to the future, but at Fremantle in this precise point in time, its all about the now.

It was always going to be difficult for any draftee to pinch the spotlight after picking up Shai Bolton in the trade period. And even Quinton Narkle coming in to, at the very least, fatten the depth couldn't remove any genuine Bolton focus. 

That said, we are a lot more excited about Murphy Reid being here than he and his family appeared to be. I don’t know if the Murphy family had a dog, but there is a fair chance they had just gotten word that it had died moments before Murph had his name read out! 

No, of course we’re only being ridiculous, he’ll be fine and it would have been the paralysing shock of the moment that caused his, let's say subdued, reaction.

You have to be happy with the addition of Quinton Narkle, Charlie Nicholls has no doubt been selected with a degree of project prospect in mind and Aiden Riddle appears some sort of replacement pick for us unfortunately losing Maxy Knobel. 

However, we’re more excited about the prospect of the new Carr model pulling into the Cockburn parking lot! We hold a hopeful flame Jaren Carr is more than a chip off the old engine block and that he shares his uncle’s values. Are we going to see shades of yesteryear? Is there a new agitator in town?

Plenty of other Docker data to get through so, if you’re showing summer deficiencies in your purple levels and you need to boost your consumption, we’re a short-term synthetic hit right here. We’re neither a safe or effective option but hey, we don’t enforce listening mandates! 

You’d think we’d be all out of nonsense just writing this podcast episode blurb, but you’d be mistaken! Unfortunately, there is plenty more absurdity so, if you can’t find a better option, feel free to tune in.

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