{"id":8562,"date":"2025-07-20T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8562\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T14:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T14:01:05","slug":"fremantle-dockers-win-thriller-over-collingwood-magpies-first-crack-david-king-praise-craig-mcrae-press-conference-brave-finals-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/8562\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Dockers win thriller over Collingwood Magpies, First Crack, David King praise, Craig McRae press conference, brave, finals run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fremantle\u2019s thrilling one-point win over Collingwood is proof the Dockers need to scrap their \u201csafe crap\u201d style and implement a more \u201cdaring\u201d brand if they want to contend in 2025, Fox Footy\u2019s David King believes.<\/p>\n<p>The Dockers stormed home to kick the final four goals at the MCG and then hung on despite the \u201cCollingwood cauldron\u201d pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Even rival coach Craig McRae liked what he saw from Fremantle in that final term.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of the 2025 Suncorp Super Netball finals, LIVE on Kayo. New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/sports\/sport!netball?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinknetball-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-net-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD BE BUYING INSTEAD. Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they needed to get the job done, they really came hard,\u201d he praised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey play a good brand of footy when they are up and going fast isn\u2019t it? Maybe they should play a bit more of that at times \u2013 it\u2019s a good version of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That statement King said, is Fremantle\u2019s issue \u201cin a nutshell\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>McRae frustrated after narrow loss | 10:49<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve got talent!\u201d he said on First Crack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll tell you what we won\u2019t hear this week \u2013 you won\u2019t hear \u2018oh we\u2019re young, and we can\u2019t do this and do that\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can play any mode you want to go into and it probably in a weird way suited them that they were 16 points down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laughing as he referenced Justin Longmuir\u2019s cheeky take that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/afl\/teams\/fremantle-dockers\/afl-2025-fremantle-dockers-coach-justin-longmuir-vs-david-king-feud-what-they-said-fox-footy-expert-responds-to-longmuir-comments-latest-news-video\/news-story\/0f64405d4b2df078266e5d3e71816f4e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">he\u2019d be \u201cin the Bahamas guts up\u201d instead of coaching<\/a>, King said he liked what he saw from Fremantle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuts up at the \u2018G! Guts up!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur man Justin Longmuir got the job done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they played daring footy through the corridor \u2013 not that safe crap we\u2019ve had to put up with for two years &#8211; they can score. They can play some high level footy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Grity&#8217; &amp; &#8216;brave&#8217; Freo win over Pies | 12:27<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love when they play with bravery like that \u2013 and it\u2019s not just me that loves it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hate that other brand of footy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>First Crack host Ben Dixon said the Dockers \u201ctook the moment\u201d from Collingwood with their thrilling win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was dare to be great\u2026 and Fremantle were daring enough to get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Statistics show that the Pies brought season high pressure ratings in the first half, and finished with an AFL high 35 tackles inside 50.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was impossible to handle for the first three quarters,\u201d King of the Pies\u2019 pressure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like a noose tightening around them \u2026 it was just relentless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Dockers found a way in the final term with a win that could spark their run to finals.<\/p>\n<p>Gaz flames 50m penalty as a &#8216;disgrace&#8217; | 00:41<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a sign of maturity. It\u2019s a sign of resilience and character within this group,\u201d First Crack panellist Leigh Montagna said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve had to roll the sleeves up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo withstand what they did today\u2026 when they were backs against the walls, a lot of D50 true character. I think it\u2019s something they can launch off now (after) finding a way to win that game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle\u2019s thrilling one-point win over Collingwood is proof the Dockers need to scrap their \u201csafe crap\u201d style and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,2095,64,63,55,639,10396,7491,10401,10404,9203,10405,10133,10143,10403,1818,7483,10398,10124,10145,5330,10400,3465,2041,668,10399,10402,10394,85,10397,10395],"class_list":["post-8562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-america","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-bahamas","tag-ben-dixon","tag-boss-backs","tag-caribbean","tag-catherine-healey","tag-clips-critics","tag-collingwood-magpies","tag-craig-mcrae","tag-craig-mcrae-press","tag-david-king","tag-final-term","tag-finals-run","tag-fremantle-dockers","tag-garry-lyon","tag-head-coach","tag-justin-longmuir","tag-leigh-montagna","tag-north-america","tag-press-conference","tag-pressure-ratings","tag-rival-coach","tag-safe-crap","tag-sports","tag-thrilling-one-point-win","tag-win-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562","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=8562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}