as a Freo fan I understand where the 'boring' tag is coming from.....Freo definitely regressed last year with a style that was too defensive and "chippy chippy". But towards the end of the year they rectified it by moving Young in the middle and started scoring more heavily, albeit against some weaker teams such as West Coast, Hawthorn....they were way more watchable even though their season was done and dusted, and it's this 'paradigm shift' that need to continue and elevate in 2024 if they're to prove their detractors wrong. But it wouldn't matter anyway, the Vic media has always HATED Freo and doesn't really care for them to be in the competition. it's just facts, the bias has always been there, which is why the Ross move in 2011 was so funny, because they really didn't like that.....one iota. Justin is a bit cardboard and I have reservations he's a strong enough, impassioned enough and tactically astute enough coach to get the team really rolling, but I need more evidence of which was the anomaly. 2022, where Freo were having their tyres pumped up a bit more by Gary Lyons et al on the Couch and no one was really complaining not even "Mr. Excitement Machine" Kane 'Foot' Cornes above - or turgid 2023 Freo that got these goons and the likes of Barrett labelling them boring (and probably justifiably). 2024 will bring us some answers, so we'll have to wait and see. But f*** yuse Kornes and the other guy who's so relevant I don't even know who he is, haha! ;)
I guess colingwoods games over the two years don't exist? Carlton had a handful of good games last year and made a prelim well done but have been bat shit boring for the last 10 years
