They’ve carried the team for decades so it’s time to return the favour. It’s the Restump Podcast preview of our monstrous do or die elimination final against the dogs!

It is true absence often makes the purple heart grow fonder. It’s been 7 years since we’ve seen September action and I don’t know about anyone else, but for yours truly, the anxiety is already building and the nerves are kicking in.  

Being an elimination final, it increases the pressure knowing it’s ‘do or die’ in terms of our season. However, if you’re trying to remain calm and composed its probably best not to think about the additional stakes on the line…. that this is potentially the great David Mundy’s final ever game. 

What the hell are we doing…. trying to cause mass mental breakdown! We’re not pessimists… we’re going in as glass half full folk and not because it will probably be filled by the rain tomorrow night! (Yeah, way to go Chief, way to be ironically optimistic! I’m sorry…. I’m a nervous wreck… and I’m also obviously going mad because I am talking to myself!)

We bowled over the dogs 3 weeks back so that should provide us some confidence and comfort, but we all know finals are a different bag. They surely won’t give us the time and space like they did under the roof at Marvel so it will be a case of same kennel but different dogs.

As has been so often this year, over our ability to score is where the dark cloud hovers. The magnificent surprise inclusion is our round 8 debutant, Jye “Nev” Amiss and what a moment in time and opportunity for him. Could Nev provide us with an adaptation of our own Marlon Pickett moment? 

So, the whole season has come down to this Saturday night. It has been a highly successful year and we achieved the preseason goals set out. But to have it end Saturday night would still feel like a dagger through our purple hearts. 

Considering he was a career dog and now a recent Freo acquisition, we did our best to get Bob Murphy on for a brief chat. But the apparently nationally loved, the supposed man of the people, the claimed common folk’s champion…. snubbed us. He said, through his people, “no can do, I’m too busy.” He gave us the generic... too busy! Bob is more creative than that!

So, we can’t bring you Bob’s insight, his repartee and we can’t put him to the blowtorch to really see where his deep-seated allegiance truly lies. We’re not suggesting anything untoward… but matters of the heart can do strange things. You either bleed purple or you don’t!

However, if you want a chance at winning two tickets to Saturday night's game, listen to the pod for instructions and come up with a better excuse that Bob could have given us. 

Quite simply we just can’t wait for Saturday night. But between then and now, if you’re looking to keep the momentum going and increase the purple noise, click play and join us as we talk everything Freo finals…. Let’s just say that again… Freo finals! 

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