Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has described the workforce’s shock spherical one loss to St Kilda as a wake-up name however stopped in need of eager to make main adjustments to the sport plan or new-look ahead line.
Fremantle entered the sport as clear favourites towards a St Kilda workforce that was lacking key group of gamers resulting from harm however misplaced 10.7 (67) to 7.10 (52). The Dockers had 65 inside 50s, however their final purpose got here seven minutes into the third quarter.
Nat Fyfe was quiet with solely 9 possessions and one behind, Matt Taberner was subbed out after kicking one purpose from his 9 touches and Josh Treacy completed wth solely three disposals and one purpose.
Fremantle moved Fyfe ahead as a part of a brand new ahead line and Longmuir admitted nothing went proper.
“Clearly the outcome says it didn’t function the way we would have liked,” Longmuir mentioned.
“Before we jump to any conclusions, I’ll review it and have a look at our entries. We were kicking to an outnumber a fair bit and asking our forwards to compete against an outnumber.
“We could be making better decisions but at times but there are times when the mids are under pressure and they just need to get it in there and we need to make more of it. Some of it comes down to a lack of dare up the field.”
The midfield additionally battled with out Fyfe as St Kilda gained the clearances 35-29 regardless of the Dockers successful 27 extra hit outs.
Former Dockers coach Ross Lyon relished successful his first recreation again on the Saints regardless of being a large underdog.
Fremantle paid a excessive value for gradual ball motion in a altering period the place groups are attempting to get the ball down the sphere as quick as potential. The Dockers made the finals final season as a conservative workforce and Longmuir mentioned lots wanted to be mentioned this week.
“It’s a wake-up call. We need to make sure we react the right way,” Longmuir mentioned.
“It’s round one. There’s a build up to round one and we’re disappointed but we’re not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater. We’ve got to make sure we’re really rational with the way we go about reviewing the game and give some things time to implement. We’re not going to rush and change a lot on the back of one performance.
“I don’t mind us chipping the ball around but there’s got to be some method to it. I thought we just went lateral to occupy the ball and that’s not really how we want to play. We need to get the balance right between making the opposition defend and not having enough dare.”
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