Fremantle’s finals performances under coach Justin Longmuir feature slow starts, with multiple outlets citing a major deficit in opening quarters. Across four finals played in that period, Fremantle are reported to have lost the opening quarters by a combined margin of 99 points to 19.
The accounts focus on how quickly Fremantle fall behind early in matches, framing the “slow-start” pattern as a key factor in their finals outcomes. While each publication highlights the same specific statistic, their coverage centers on the same theme: early-game difficulty rather than a different tactical or personnel explanation. The reported figures cover only first-quarter outcomes in those four finals and do not detail any later quarter comebacks or end-to-end match statistics.
Taken together, the sources converge on one point of agreement—the size and consistency of Fremantle’s opening-quarter losses across the four finals under Longmuir—without suggesting a different narrative for why it happens beyond the timing of when the deficits occur.
