Two more injuries were sustained by the Dockers during their defeat by the Magpies.
Brandon Walker will miss “a fair bit of footy” because of a knee injury, while FREMANTLE is optimistic about gun ruckman Sean Darcy’s ankle issue.
In the third quarter of the Dockers’ 46-point loss against Collingwood on Saturday at the MCG, Darcy and Walker sustained injuries.
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The losses compounded Freo’s current injury problems, and Justin Longmuir’s club finished with a 7-10 record, quickly losing hope of making the playoffs.
With his knee injury, Walker is expected to miss a significant amount of time, but Longmuir was more optimistic about Darcy.
“Walker has committed a fairly grave offense. He hurts. He’s going to miss a lot of football, I believe, but we’ll bring him back and scan him,” Longmuir remarked.
Regarding Darcy, he stated: “It was a bit of an innocuous injury, the way it happened, but he’s gone over on his ankle so we’ll get him back, scan him, hopefully it comes up all right.”
The Dockers had a respectable first half, but the Magpies’ 10-goal second quarter completely destroyed them.
For some of his young Dockers, like Neil Erasmus, Matt Johnson, Liam Henry, and Nathan O’Driscoll, Longmuir claimed that the term and the match will serve as a lesson.
“The energy and the speed with which they played with around the midfield in that second quarter was top shelf, top shelf,” he stated.
“We want to get to that level obviously.”
With three wins over third-place Brisbane, the Pies increased to 15-2 and secured another convincing victory in the second quarter.
Craig McRae, the coach of Collingwood, stated that his squad performed almost at its peak during the quarter.
“We want to be exciting to watch and hard to play against,” he stated.
“That (the second quarter) is as near to our DNA as it gets in terms of every aspect of our game, and I don’t like the word perfect.
“We earned a lot of territory, exerted strong pressure, and played well when challenged the ball. Many of the things that give us hope that we’re headed in the right direction were present.
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