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He's done the typical bad coach move of creating a gameplan for the players he wishes he has, instead of actually has


Fremantle do not have powerful contested marking forwards. They have Amiss who is slightly built and Treacy who is barely average height for a 2025 key forward. Jackson, an athletic tall, sometimes plays there. And they've got Frederick with pace and just recruited Shai Bolton, but you wouldn't say tons of small crumbing forwards to sit at the bottom of big packs.


There is no way that forward line will succeed with a slow, high kicking gameplan. That's a forward line that needs space and speed for accurate kicks to leading players.


It seems like Longmuir wants a rolling stoppage situation with all the slow play, control and kicks to contests, where the focus is winning clearances and territory. That's great if you have a powerful midfield that can turn stoppages into precision passes up the ground and into a crowded 50, but Fremantle's midfield isn't that. They should be using their clearance winners to find space but the gameplan is built around hacking it forward and doesn't seem well suited to a player like Shai Bolton at all, who they just spent big on


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