Fremantle recruit Jaeger O’Meara concedes he is been too passive this 12 months, however hopes there are blue skies forward for each himself and the Dockers.
O’Meara landed at Fremantle throughout final 12 months’s commerce interval and was quickly elevated into the membership’s management group.
The former Sun and Hawks midfielder will notch his 150-game milestone in Saturday’s conflict with Brisbane on the Gabba.
The match looms as an important fork-in-the-road second for Fremantle, who’re in thirteenth spot after opening the season with a 2-4 document.
O’Meara’s arrival on the Dockers was broadly applauded as a technique to exchange star midfielder David Mundy, who retired on the finish of final season.
But O’Meara is but to hit his straps, with the 29-year-old clearance machine averaging a career-low 18.5 possessions per recreation.
His common of 4.67 clearances a recreation is the bottom since his first season at Hawthorn in 2017.
“I certainly haven’t been playing as well as I would have liked,” O’Meara informed reporters on Thursday.
“That’s not just because I’m at a new club, that’s just because I haven’t been playing that well.
“I’m wanting ahead to turning my season round and having extra of an affect.”
O’Meara is determined to step it up in the contest, an area where Fremantle have struggled all season.
“I’ve been somewhat bit passive myself by way of the competition and possibly attempting to do the whole lot proper and never really simply going and searching the ball,” he stated.
“As the crew has, I’ve most likely had patches the place I’ve performed some good little bits of footy however have not been constant over 4 quarters but.”
Fremantle skipper Alex Pearce has been widely criticised after his error-riddled display in last week’s 49-point loss to the Bulldogs.
O’Meara leapt to the defence of the under-fire skipper, who a week earlier performed an excellent shutdown role on star Gold Coast forward Ben King.
“I do not suppose he is out of shape in any respect,” O’Meara said.
O’Meara has played in just one final during his 11-year career, missing out on another one through injury.
The Dockers were being tipped to challenge for premiership success this year, but they now face an uphill battle just to make the finals.
O’Meara isn’t giving up hope of experiencing team success before his career is out.
“I’ve nonetheless bought one other three-and-a-half years left on this contract, so hopefully there’s some blue skies forward and a few success there,” he stated.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
