Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir hasn’t dominated out making former captain Nat Fyfe the substitute for a 3rd week in a row towards Geelong at Optus Stadium on Saturday.
Longmuir mentioned he had been pleased with Fyfe’s impression and he had been dealing with the function professionally.
The twin Brownlow medallist returned from plantar fasciitis as a sub within the round-eight victory over Hawthorn. He got here off the bench at three-quarter time towards Sydney on the SCG because the Dockers made it consecutive wins for the primary time this season.
The 31-year-old attended 5 final-term centre bounces on the SCG and had an impression on the scoreboard with 5 rating involvements to go along with six disposals, 5 contested possessions, two tackles and one clearance.
His solely blemish was a dropped mark inside defensive 50 which resulted in a Tom Papley objective.
“We will work that out,” Longmuir mentioned when requested if Fyfe was prepared for a full recreation towards the Cats. “He is handling it really professionally (the sub role).
“He is involved in the decision-making process, so he is heavily involved in that, but he has handled it really professionally and I thought he had an impact when he came on.
“After his dropped mark he moved on really quickly and had some important moments and he is someone who shows elite composure to win it and give it to those on the outside. So we will keep looking at the best way to use his game.”
There’s anticipated to be a range squeeze forward of subsequent match with Fyfe pushing for a full recreation and younger midfielder Matthew Johnson able to return after serving his two-match suspension for tough conduct.
Wingman Liam Henry, defender Nathan Wilson, ahead Sam Sturt and uncapped half-back Karl Worner are among the many gamers placing their arms up with sturdy performances within the WAFL for Peel.
Longmuir mentioned there have been no recent accidents out of the win over the Swans, their first on the SCG in additional than a decade.
He felt issues have been beginning to construct after an up-and-down begin to the season. “It was really important that we build off last week and we kept on building on our contest work and our tackle pressure and I thought given who we played today, and that being a strength of theirs, I thought that went to another level,” Longmuir mentioned.
“It is important, we want to be a consistent team, we understand that sometimes with young teams you can go up and down a little bit but we need to make sure that what we are giving them is consistent, our preparation is consistent and we think if we get those things right it will lead to consistent performances.
“Now we need to maintain that.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
