Fremantle Dockers fan Barry Kowalczyk said he was ‘hoping and praying’ that his team is actually tanking this season.
“Every time a Dockers official comes out and refutes claims we’re tanking, my heart sinks a little. If we’re not tanking what are we doing?”
“If they’re not actively trying to lose, then this is a pretty spectacular train wreck. I mean, it’s pretty much June and we haven’t won a single game of footy. It means NRL teams have had as many wins in the AFL as the Dockers.”
Mr Kowalczyk said claims by Ross Lyon that the team ‘didn’t need to tank’ had him especially worried.
“I know we’ve got a lot of injuries but this is a bit beyond that. If Ross is right and we don’t even need to tank, that means we’re just a really awful footy side.”
“We need to know. The fans have a right to know if we’re truly awful or if the tank is on.”
Barry said he hoped Lyon could let him know by tapping ‘We are tanking’ in Morse code during the next post-match interview or by using the word ‘pineapple’ seven times.
“Just give us something, I can’t stand the idea we may actually lose to Essendon and it won’t be on purpose.”
COMMENTS
1joekirby
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily only a Melbourne fan could understand
Bonjour_Pippy
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily At least Ross wasn't borrowing Leon Cameron's notes, or else all hell would've broken out.
JB_1050
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily even by your standard that's a little lame Titus U0001f602U0001f602U0001f602
RayCapo79
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily you didnt have to change my name in you report Titus...
AnitaGodden
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily you'd think so
Cam_Dynamite
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily struggled to find a long term replacement for Col Sylvia
bully_75
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE PINEAPPLE for the love of God PINEAPPLE...
DaveHornsby3
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily if we lose to Wooshas Dads Army i really will believe it.
Isilduin
May 31, 2016
JB_1050 TitusOReily Found the Freo supporter.
Finkharder
May 31, 2016
TitusOReily upset of the round Bombers by 60pts
Corey Wickert
May 31, 2016
This weekends game will be tough to watch. One team is absolutely hopeless and a laughing stock of the competition. The other team is Essendon.
James Ingram
May 31, 2016
Thomas Horton, I see you got interviewed for this article
Brenton James
May 31, 2016
Allison Seaton this reminds me of someone ;)
Jamiel Recheta
May 31, 2016
They'll beat Essendon next week just to try and look like they aren't, then they'll go back to their regular flagless habits.
Dom Rose
May 31, 2016
As a Docker's fan I can say that this season is definite nostalgia for 2002 - it takes us to a place we ache to go again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suRDUFpsHus
Jamiel Recheta
May 31, 2016
May have just won the internet for the day U0001f44dU0001f3fd
Damian Wagland
May 31, 2016
Ser Nathan Porteus true?
Malcolm Makkinga
May 31, 2016
Jamiel Recheta I'll second that.
Ser Nathan Porteus
May 31, 2016
Sadly yes, I'm packing it.
Beaver Gray
May 31, 2016
Scott Greg add this to your list of funnies about this year
Jack Davies
May 31, 2016
Damian FinlayFinlay Zane Jones
Shohan Khan
May 31, 2016
Thomas, Aymen, lol
Jason Wilson
May 31, 2016
A meaningless win this weekend would be detrimental to our long-term Tanking plans
Anthony Lias
May 31, 2016
Trent Kirk Matthew Scott
Jason Dodd
May 31, 2016
Paul Hendry Brad Miles
Adam Scott
May 31, 2016
At least Essendon will chalk up another win this week
Colin Rowston
May 31, 2016
Brad Kitto I wanted to tag a Freo supporter in this and you were the only one I could think of haha
Snert Underpant
May 31, 2016
Maybe Ross is hoping to get sacked so he can pursue his lifelong dream of coaching the Fijian rugby sevens team?
Geoff Schaefer
May 31, 2016
Could be a nil all draw.
Edmund Fothringham-Smythe
May 31, 2016
Well done Rosko. In just ten games you have managed to restore Freo's "laughing stock of the competition" tag.
Hugo Von Winterhalter
May 31, 2016
How appropriate that the Docker's logo is an object designed to lower itself to the bottom.
Brad Kitto
May 31, 2016
Haha I'm hoping the same thing
Tim Petersen
May 31, 2016
Freo going to extraordinary lengths to get McCarthy for nothing in the pre season draft
Chris Butt
Jun 01, 2016
John Quinlan is this actually you?
Quinlan Jaffrey
Jun 01, 2016
Just a tad
John Burrows
Jun 01, 2016
I think we're all hoping that