Frankie Valli and his four seasons is no match for Chris Scerri Scerri Baby and his first season, and you can’t change our minds! Time to Restump Podcast the imminent making of amends for round one as we take on the new look Melbourne Dees in round two.

What a great result for Chris Scerri and his family to nail down a debut only moments after landing a contract at Freo. The odds of making it through the supplemental selection period and getting onto a list aren’t high, so you really need to show plenty to achieve it. He’s obviously done exactly that and more to land not only the contract but a debut before his higher profile draftee colleagues who occupy the same position.

While we’re celebrating Scerri’s inclusion, we go in unfortunately with the forced change having lost Hayden Young to hamstring concerns. Youngy pulled up with some soreness and a minor tear, but who knows, according to Caroline Wilson, he may just be whinging.

Is there a chance of a late change? After just 44% game time last week and training away from the group in the later part of the week, could we see another purple debut in the form of Mason Cox? Despite the help from Jackson he’ll receive, do we really want to go in with an underdone Darcy against Max Gawn?

The Dees look a new and freer outfit. Aided by former Saints stalwart Jack Steele, they moved the ball through the likes of Harvey Langford and Caleb Windsor with speed and purpose against the Saints and capped off their work well in front of goal. Jacob Van Rooyan and the dual panels on the Picket fence up forward looked scary and the addition of Brody Mihocek has been a good one. 

The club is certainly not the 2026 struggler we all thought it may be after losing Petracca, Oliver, May and McVee. 

We got a taste of what we’re capable of last week in the first quarter against Geelong. However, we also got more than a taste of what we’re capable of in the following three quarters! So, if we serve up a repeat performance of that first quarter effort and extend it for a further quarter or two, we will see our first four points. 

With the conditioning run under our belts and the home ground advantage, we’re Looking forward to what should be an entertaining contest. So, as a quick game is apparently a good game, suit up, make a list of your whinges and join us for a short 30-minute preview of the must win encounter.

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