Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes has lashed the Fremantle Dockers following their dismal 70-point loss to the GWS Giants on Saturday.
Cornes exposed several faults in Fremantle’s game play, labelling the side’s 16. 10. (106) to 5. 6. (36) defeat as “one of the worst losses from any team this year”.
“There’s something seriously wrong at Fremantle,” he told Nine’s AFL Sunday Footy Show.
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“I don’t know why this season has been derailed but these numbers are extraordinary across the board against a side that probably isn’t in contention to make the top eight.
“But, minus 24 inside 50s, marks inside 50 – they allowed 21, they were out tackled and minus 52 points from turnovers.
“So where is the effort at Fremantle? I thought it was a pitiful performance.
“That was one of the worst losses from any team this year.”
Cornes showed a number of highlights from the loss which was deemed “damning vision for the Fremantle Dockers” by Essendon great Matthew Lloyd.
“We were ordinary in all phases,” Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir told reporters after the game.
“They were very good. We couldn’t match them. We didn’t get the contest right, all over the ground, all aspects, we got beaten up, that’s not good enough.
“Of course, it is (frustrating) because we are playing nothing like we were before the bye. Clearance wasn’t where it needed to be today. (Centre) Clearance was 15-3 at one stage which costs you field position.
“We didn’t have the same urgency at the contest or in defence. We need to make sure we get an uplift in those areas.”
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