Fremantle’s depth is about to be examined even additional following accidents to ruckman Sean Darcy and defender Brandon Walker, however midfielder Jaeger O’Meara stays assured there are gamers within the WAFL who can are available and have an effect.
Darcy injured his ankle throughout Saturday’s loss to Collingwood, whereas Brandon Walker suffered an unpleasant knee harm moments later.
The Dockers misplaced Hayden Young, Brennan Cox, Michael Frederick and Karl Worner to harm the earlier week, whereas Caleb Serong was pressured to sit down out the sport in opposition to Collingwood because of suspension.
Serong will return to face Sydney, however they nonetheless want to seek out gamers to fill different essential roles.
“There was carnage in terms of the injury front as there was last week,” O’Meara mentioned.
“There will be guys who get an opportunity. We’ve had some guys playing really good footy at Peel. I’m looking forward to those guys taking their opportunity and hopefully stepping up.”
Experienced pair Travis Colyer and Nathan Wilson each performed within the WAFL on Sunday, whereas the membership had a number of kids taking part in in opposition to East Fremantle.
The Dockers have fallen into the underside 4 following their fifth loss in six video games. Collingwood kicked 10 targets through the second quarter, only one week after the Dockers gave up six unanswered targets to Carlton within the third time period.
Fremantle additionally allowed the Western Bulldogs to kick seven targets within the last quarter throughout spherical 16.
O’Meara mentioned it was clear the Dockers want to seek out methods to halt momentum when the opposition began firing.
“That’s the growth in our game. To be able to wrestle that back, understand there is going to be momentum changes in games and not let it affect us as much as it is as the moment,” he mentioned.
“That will be big growth for us as a collective. We’ve spoken about it. It’s across the board. It’s all of us. We need to get better.
“That’s the game. There’s momentum swings and you need to be able to wrestle that back and be really strong in the mind. It is a mental battle not to let yourself get down.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
