Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir says their 39-point loss to Port Adelaide was “a wake-up call”, conceding the Power had been harder than his facet.
The Dockers could have 16 days to arrange for his or her spherical one conflict towards Brisbane and have been left with lots to consider after being uncovered by the Power after half-time, shedding 13.14 (92) to eight.5 (53).
Longmuir was significantly displeased with the Dockers’ loss contest work, shedding the contested possession rely 137-120 whereas additionally conceding 79 extra uncontested possessions and laying 15 much less tackles.
“They were clearly tougher than us … we’ve got some work to do in that area and it’s a good wake-up call,” Longmuir mentioned.
“Something we’ve been focused on over the pre-season is our contested ball work and our method and that let us down and clearly, they got on the outside of us way too much.
“As a result of that and a result of the inaccuracy we got stuck in our back half which is another area we’ve worked hard on as well. It was a wake-up call and we’ll take a lot from that.”
Longmuir mentioned there have been loads of classes for his facet to be taught out of the sport, however conceded a few of his gamers went into their shell.
“Some looked like they weren’t having the game they would have liked and got a bit insular,” Longmuir mentioned.
“We weren’t decisive when the pressure came on and those lessons can only be learnt when you’re playing opposition. we didn’t get tested on the scoreboard last week as we were always in front of the game.
“It was good to get challenged in that area today. A few guys didn’t work through it the way we would’ve liked, but they finished top-four last year and look to be going just as good if not better so to have that challenge now and get a gauge of where we’re at should drive us over the next two weeks.”
The Dockers performed almost a second-string ahead line with Jye Amiss (corked thigh), Luke Jackson (concussion), Michael Frederick (hamstring) and Tom Emmett (sickness) all lacking.
And they’d few gamers who stood as much as fill the void, with Josh Treacy and Matt Taberner going goalless as the principle large males in assault.
Longmuir was assured the injured quartet could be again for his or her season opener towards the Lions in over a fortnight.
“A large part of getting stuck in your back half is not being able to get the contest right when you do go long,” Longmuir mentioned.
“In the first quarter we were able to get that contest right a bit more but as the game went on their key backs in particular controlled those aerial contests and made it predictable for them to be able to re-enter.
“There was a fair bit of change in our front half which didn’t help but we’re not worried about any of those long term.”
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