{"id":808489,"date":"2026-07-18T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/808489\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:01:16","slug":"we-have-got-to-improve-dockers-lament-lapses-after-port-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/808489\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We have got to improve’: Dockers lament lapses after Port scare"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir is concerned about patchy performances from his side ahead of finals\n <\/p>\n

\n By AAP with staff writers\n <\/p>\n

Brennan Cox (left) and Mason Cox lead Fremantle off the field after a win during round 19, 2026. Picture: AFL Photos<\/p>\n

COACH Justin Longmuir is demanding flag favourite Fremantle “keep [its] foot down” after a scratchy 28-point triumph against Port Adelaide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Longmuir’s Dockers are three wins clear atop the ladder after their 15.13 (103) to 11.9 (75) victory at Adelaide Oval on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Freo trailed by two goals at halftime but then booted five majors to none in 13 minutes to start the third quarter in a game-breaking burst.<\/p>\n

“We have got to improve on our footy on what you saw today,” Longmuir said.<\/p>\n

“We’re still striving to be a team that can play anywhere against anyone, and clearly we’re not the finished product with what we put out there today.<\/p>\n

“You sit still in this game and you allow teams to catch up, so we’ve just got to keep our foot down, look at areas to improve.”<\/p>\n

But the Dockers have concern over veteran Jaeger O’Meara, who didn’t return after injuring an ankle in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Dockers coach Josh Carr said there were many lessons for his players to take from the game, then added: “I hate talking about it.<\/p>\n

“It’s easy for us as coaches to sit here and we talk about the process and lessons … but in the end, we want to win.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir is concerned about patchy performances from his side ahead of finals By AAP with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808490,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,83,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-808489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-text","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808489","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=808489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}