List:
Last season, I posted that the Freo list was overbalanced with talls. This season, they have adjusted their list to include a developing runner in Judd McVee from Melbourne, and have recruited junior runners in Murray, Sweid, Kickett, Whan and Luke. The recruitment of Mason Cox will be of little benefit to them, as they have a number of developing and junior talls who can fill in, if Darcy goes down. And, they have plenty of tall forwards – Jackson, Treacy, Voss, Amiss.
Freo are on the rise. They have gone from 14th (2023), to 10th (2024), to 6th (2025). Progress is not always linear, but the bulk of the Freo core group is in the developing (22-24yo) / mature (25-27yo) range, so it all looks good. Hopefully, they can channel those extra runners into the team at the pointy end of the season.
Select 23:
Most of the 2025 core group retain their positions this season. O’Meara, O’Driscoll and Young return from injury. McVee adds extra run into the defence.
There is one area where I think Freo can be daring. They lack for a 3rd key tall. They could play Banfield, Chapman or Johnson, but I’ve gone for Amiss, as they don’t need 4 key tall forwards. Send one of them back! To me, it might be Amiss, who sits third in their tall forwards. Jackson is slightly lower in goals per game, but is their 2nd ruckman.
Freo have depth, youth, and experience. I envisage them doing well this season.
Fremantle 2026 Select 23:
B: Ryan, Pearce, Amiss
HB: McVee, B.Cox, J.Clark
C: O’Meara, Brayshaw, Wagner
HF: Frederick, Voss, Reid
F: Jackson, Treacy, Bolton
R: Darcy, Johnson, Serong
I: Worner, O’Driscoll, Erasmus, Young, Chapman
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It was 25 years ago that I began developing a model for analysing footy squad lists for the purpose of improving those lists into a premiership window. Since then, the model has been used to successfully predict premiership clubs and to improve either lop-sided or underdeveloped lists into premiership lists. Indeed, the model was used for an article that I had published as a double page spread in The Age 2005 Pre-Season magazine. Over the 25 years, I have analysed the annual lists of one particular club but have used it for other clubs upon request. It has always been on my bucket list to display the lists of all the clubs, using the model, which I've done since 2021 on my website - OzFootyListManager.com
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