Nat Fyfe might return for Fremantle subsequent week and coach Justin Longmuir has flagged extra modifications after their daring Gabba effort was emphatically shut down by Brisbane.
The Dockers at one stage had 23 handballs to the Lions’ 4 because the battling AFL facet seemed to blow up out of their rut.
But a scarcity of polish damage them in a 17.13 (115) to 10.7 (67) loss that sunk the facet, tipped to battle for a premiership this 12 months, to 2-5.
Brisbane slowly constricted the guests on the stoppages, Lachie Neale amassing 15 clearances on his personal in a 46-29 rely to the Lions that led to common scoring alternatives.
Two-time Brownlow Medallist Fyfe has been out with a foot harm for the reason that first spherical however Longmuir mentioned he might play in opposition to Hawthorn subsequent week in a well timed increase with their season within the steadiness.
“I think he’ll play some footy next week if the weekend goes well,” the coach mentioned.
“It’s been a week-to-week proposition so until he gets the all clear we haven’t really broached where he’s going to play or his transition back.
Longmuir said he was happy to see the “dare” in the Dockers play even if they hadn’t quite nailed it.
“It’s about making an attempt to battle the chance of gamers internalising and being caught up unsure,” he said of how they’re coping with another heavy loss.
“We have to maintain giving them the boldness to have the ability to execute what we’re making an attempt to execute.
“I’ll keep reinforcing that … I’ll keep changing things up. It was probably the most mids we played all year.
“Spin the numbers via there and provides some guys an opportunity.”
Brisbane coach Chris Fagan admitted Fremantle had tested them early.
“They had been ballistic within the first quarter, making an attempt to play so quick,” he mentioned.
“They got here to play quick and we anticipated that and I assumed our response was fairly good.”
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