Fremantle are counting the price of their heavy defeat to AFL flag favourites Collingwood after dropping first-choice ruckman Sean Darcy and Brandon Walker to accidents.
Both had been damage in the course of the third quarter on the MCG on Saturday with the sport already out of attain, because the Dockers copped a 46-point hammering that each one however ended their fading finals hopes.
Darcy (ankle) completed the match on crutches and Walker needed to be taken from the sphere on a stretcher after hurting his proper knee in an ungainly touchdown.
The 20-year-old defender seemed to be in excessive ache as teammates and medical employees rushed to his aspect.
“He’s done something pretty serious,” Dockers coach Justin Longmuir stated.
“He’s going to miss a fair bit of footy, I’d imagine.”
Darcy and Walker are each set to have scans on Sunday once they return to Perth.
Fremantle took to the sphere in entrance of 61,157 followers – the most important home-and-away crowd in membership historical past – and had been torn aside by a slick residence aspect that revelled within the bulk of the help.
Collingwood dominated the competition within the second quarter and piled on 10.1 to 2.1 for the time period, placing the end result past doubt by half-time.
Longmuir hopes his younger midfielders – together with Neil Erasmus, Matt Johnson, Nathan O’Driscoll and Liam Henry – will develop from the expertise.
“The energy and speed which they played with around the midfield in that second quarter was top shelf, and we want to get to that level,” Longmuir stated.
“(Our players) all got a look at an elite midfield today, so we need to take lessons from that.”
Fremantle (7-10) reached the second week of the finals final season however will want a dramatic turnaround to get again there this yr, having misplaced 5 of their final six video games.
“It’s disappointing but we’ve still got a lot we can get out of the season,” Longmuir stated.
“We need to make sure that we’re playing footy in the right way, that we’re learning from all these experiences and we build on what we’re doing at the moment.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
