Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI said to the players, it\u2019s probably the first time I\u2019ve seen us be behind and lack composure in those plays,\u201d he said post-match.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou take a mark in the goal square and you go to play on (as Josh Treacy was denied a certain goal)\u2026 before that it just looked like we were out everywhere, Jaegar (O\u2019Meara) missed a shot from 15 metres. We probably felt the pressure of the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI deal in facts \u2013 the facts were we didn\u2019t chase the game the way we should have\/the way we have shown.<\/p>\n
\u201cBad kicking becomes contagious \u2013 the shots we missed weren\u2019t all difficult. Eleven scoring shots to eight at half time and you\u2019re down.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the missed opportunities we watch on review it\u2019s like, how do you at least not create a score there?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dockers would have jumped into second with a win at home in what could two-time Brownlow Medallist Nat Fyfe\u2019s final game in front of home fans. Instead, the side was embarrassed by a determined Brisbane outfit who have now cemented their spot in September.<\/p>\n
Longmuir\u2019s disappointment extended to his side\u2019s ill-discipline as they coughed up three direct goals – including one to Lion Logan Morris more than 100 metres off the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d love to see what the umpires say about that (Brennan) Cox one,\u201d Longmuir said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe pushed Morris in the side. Morris goes down 100m off the ball \u2013 it\u2019s a big penalty to pay for something that\u2019s not that much in it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m disappointed in our players because it\u2019s unnecessary when you\u2019re struggling to convert down one end and then you gift a couple goals to the opposition \u2013 it is a big difference in a low-scoring first half.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patrick Voss\u2019 reaction on the final siren.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Fox Footy\u2019s Garry Lyon was critical of Fremantle\u2019s performance, claiming the club had \u201cgone back to bad habits\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know you might sound harsh, but the fact (Neil) Erasmus was on the left foot earlier in the game and had Patrick Voss on the lead and you can\u2019t make that kick? That just says you\u2019re not good enough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not good enough because this is cutthroat footy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe winner goes through to finals. You miss that kick, you are now staring down the barrel.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the margin blew out in a \ufefffive-goal to one final term, Longmuir remained adamant Freo could bounce back.<\/p>\n
When asked how his team can respond against the Bulldogs in the final round, he replied: \u201cWell win. Go over there and give our best shot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve won 11 of 13 \u2013 I know everyone will be doom and gloom and write us off after tonight \u2026 didn\u2019t go our way tonight but like I said to them after the game we\u2019ll review it the same way, get better, dust ourself off and we\u2019ll go again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaven\u2019t said farewell to Fyfey yet. We\u2019ve got plenty of footy in us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll review this game, get better and take our best over to Melbourne and play the Dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n
In positive news, Longmuir was confident the Dockers would regain dynamic mid Hayden Young for that trip east, but he\u2019ll still need to prove his fitness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disappointed Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir admits his side blew \u201copportunity after opportunity\u201d in the 57-point loss to Brisbane…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11292,2347,63,689,3237,56106,9203,56108,26517,4603,8002,7483,774,10124,10145,2105,56107,43,17341,10991,10400,39225,44,677,12156,46,14412,668,41,39,42,40,3439,698,56105],"class_list":["post-71557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-alex-pearce","tag-august","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-brutal-truth","tag-catherine-healey","tag-cutthroat-footy","tag-daniel-carson","tag-final-game","tag-final-siren","tag-final-term","tag-finals-hopes","tag-fremantle-dockers","tag-garry-lyon","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-have-the-way","tag-headlines","tag-home-fans","tag-josh-treacy","tag-justin-longmuir","tag-nat-fyfe","tag-news","tag-oceania","tag-patrick-voss","tag-perth","tag-positive-news","tag-press-conference","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-western-australia","tag-western-bulldogs","tag-woeful-goal-kicking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}