Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir shocked by lack of intensity in big loss to Western Bulldogs

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Local News Chevron Down Icon North Central South Mandurah Competitions Find My Paper Digital Editions Shop Now Read your local paperNews to your inbox AFL Cricket Soccer Basketball Tennis NRL Rugby Motor Racing MMA Golf Netball Cycling Camera IconFremantle were thrashed by the Bulldogs Credit: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos/AFL Photos via Getty Images Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir shocked by lack of intensity in big loss to Western Bulldogs Craig O’DonoghueThe West Australian June 15, 2024 4:11PM Comments TopicsFremantle DockersAFL Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has promised a thorough investigation into his team’s 67-point loss to the Western Bulldogs at Marvel Stadium, saying they looked nothing like the Dockers he had become accustomed to watching this season. The Dockers lost 23.11 (149) to 12.10 (82), just one game after thrashing Melbourne by 92 points in Alice Springs. It was their largest loss of the season and the team hadn’t conceded a score that high since 2018. Longmuir was stunned by the lack of pressure applied by his team and said he saw no indication this was possible during the week. “We need to have another look at it. We need to have a deeper dive. Clearly something wasn’t right. We just got dominated from go to woah,” he said. TheNightly Get in front of tomorrow’s news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW “We had 11 guys at halftime without a tackle. Through that period where they kicked out 12 or 13 goals, our pressure was 1.6 or something along those lines, and that hasn’t been us. We need to dig a bit deeper as to why. “I can’t really explain it at the moment. Going into the bye with a big win and everyone pumping our tyres up – I said to the players after the game that it looked like a team who was desperate to keep their season alive and a team who was comfortable.”Camera IconFremantle have soul searching to do Credit: Daniel Pockett/Getty Images Adding to the pain, Fremantle lost Michael Walters to a hamstring injury while Heath Chapman was a late withdrawal after reporting hamstring awareness on Friday afternoon. The Bulldogs’ midfield controlled the game as Marcus Bontempelli finished with 30 possessions, seven clearances and three goals after a week where he battled illness. Tom Liberatore was also influential with 28 touches and 10 clearances while Adam Treloar collected 27 possessions and kicked one goal. Longmuir said they tried their best to stop Bontempelli to no avail. Camera IconMarcus Bontempelli dominated Credit: Dylan Burns/AFL Photos/AFL Photos via Getty Images “We tried to tag him but there’s so much depth through that middle ground,” Longmuir said. “There’s no point having one person locked onto one person if there’s two or three out. “It felt like they owned the outside of the contest far too easily all day, which makes it hard to tag one and lock one person way. “We need to look at how we go with the accountable roles. Is there a more effective way of doing it? But it felt like by trying to stop one we would have been at putting a finger in a hole and had water still pouring in.” Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Email Us Copy the Link Register and have your say. Register to comment Already have an account? 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