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Matthew Pavlich’s Followers (2)
Matthew Pavlich
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Purple Heart
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published
2015
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2 editions
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Fremantle Dockers An Illustrated History
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published
2014
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“Ross said that our preparation was ‘normal and mediocre’, not extraordinary, when it needed to be the latter. He went on to name some individuals in particular who had been at the club for five or six years and who had been meandering along, not improving their time-trial times and general condition.”
― Purple Heart
― Purple Heart
“Zac Clarke and I carried the big fella off, which was no small task - about 60 kg each! After carrying Aaron I felt like I had done my weights for the week.”
― Purple Heart
― Purple Heart
“The West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) got a second team but was not prepared to invest in that team because any investment would drain funds from other parts of the WA football system. The AFL also firmly wanted a second club in Perth to continue its growth as a truly national competition, but after seeing the Eagles play in three and win two of the five Grand Finals between 1990 and 1994, rival clubs were loathe to allow recruiting concessions that might create a second western juggernaut.
Hence, the Dockers were not well resourced and light on for talent, left to fend for themselves and somehow expected to make money from day one. By the time the AFL established new clubs on the Gold Coast and in western Sydney nearly 20 years later, they had learned from previous mistakes and invested in those clubs to give them the best chance of success. The support and concessions those clubs received were phenomenal compared to Fremantle’s.”
― Purple Heart
Hence, the Dockers were not well resourced and light on for talent, left to fend for themselves and somehow expected to make money from day one. By the time the AFL established new clubs on the Gold Coast and in western Sydney nearly 20 years later, they had learned from previous mistakes and invested in those clubs to give them the best chance of success. The support and concessions those clubs received were phenomenal compared to Fremantle’s.”
― Purple Heart
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