Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has heaped reward on his gamers for a way they responded to final week’s 70-point thumping towards Greater Western Sydney however warned they can’t once more afford to fall away from the issues the crew values, following a 32-point win over Essendon.
The Dockers received 14.9 (93) to 9.7 (61) and dominated the sport on the clearances. Fremantle kicked eight targets to 2 from stoppages as Caleb Serong had an enormous night time and Sean Darcy returned from harm.
Longmuir stated it was clear the crew had overlooked what was vital towards the Giants and he wouldn’t let that occur once more.
“We’re a young team that maybe took our eye off the ball for a little bit,” Longmuir stated.
“But we’ve won five of our last seven games and we’ve got a good base of evidence there to suggest when our best is on, it’s good enough to beat anyone. We’ll stay on them and they’ll stay on each other.
“You don’t have to drift that far away from what you value in modern day footy. You only have to be a small percentage off against anyone and you get a lesson.
“We’ll keep re-enforcing the things we value as a team and make sure we keep practising those things and getting better because there’s still a lot of growth in our game.”
Longmuir stated he subbed captain Alex Pearce out of the sport as a result of he’d been enjoying with a decrease leg harm for a number of weeks and it was a possibility to handle him. Matthew Johnson additionally escaped harm regardless of hobbling off with a corked leg late within the match.
Longmuir stated the angle of his gamers couldn’t be faulted after the loss to the Giants, with everybody exhibiting they had been ready to just accept accountability as an alternative of blaming others.
“I thought from the moment the game finished everyone took their part in owning that performance – staff and coaches included,” Longmuir stated.
“They came to work on Monday with a real determination to learn from it and get back on track and we had a great week. The performance tonight was a reflection of our week.
“We got back to valuing the right things. We respected the game, we respected the oppo (opposition) and we got back to what we value as a team. Contest, pressure, won the contested ball, won the tackles.
“After the first five or 10 minutes of the game, we defended our front half the way we like to defend and took away their ball movement. The rest flowed from that.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
