Hamish Brayshaw says the first-quarter woes of his brother Andrew’s Fremantle Dockers are all within the gamers’ heads after their 70-point drubbing by the hands of Greater Western Sydney.
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The Dockers have misplaced all bar one in every of their previous 17 first quarters, with their newest effort in opposition to the Giants a goalless first time period that had them down by 23 factors on the first break.
Fremantle now sit thirteenth with a 6-7 document and are in critical hazard of lacking finals.
Speaking alongside Michael Barlow on 7mate’s Mad Monday present, sceening at 7pm and anytime on 7plus, Brayshaw stated the regarding sample of sluggish begins was a “mental thing” at Freo.
“There’s nothing worse than having a string of first-quarter losses and the coach is in your head,” Brayshaw stated.
“It certainly feels like it can be a mental thing because you’re an elite AFL player, you prepare for the game all week, you fly or you stay at home – it doesn’t matter what you’re doing – you’re rolling out (in) quarter one with all energy in the world and I think it’s all between the ears at this point.”
Former Docker Michael Barlow stated the gamers could be properly conscious of the mounting document of sluggish begins and urged the membership to shake up the routine main into matches to keep away from being ‘placid’.
“You probably need a circuit breaker pre-game,” Barlow stated.
“I’m thinking JL (Justin Longmuir) might roll out his assistants or he might play a little game of Uno or something different.
“Just try something with a bit of variety, see if we can get a spark, maybe bring in a comedian.”
Brayshaw stated the Dockers’ efficiency defensively was “dead-poor to watch”.
“The Dockers, they just looked uninspired and boring,” he stated.
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Source: www.perthnow.com.au
