Fremantle's Grand Final challenge | The Leadership Portfolio with Luke Hodge (22.09.26)
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How does Luke Hodge frame the leadership challenge for Fremantle ahead of the Grand Final?
We rely on you for our leadership at this time, particularly ahead of grand finals. Give me the Fremantle challenge, heading into the first grand final of this era and trying to make that breakthrough in club history.
I think they've got to revert back to they played Brisbane. So they should be going into the game with confidence. The fact that they've won many quarters over the over these over the final series. But when they've played when they've dominated they've they've been hard to stop. They had a c the quarter against the Cats in the first where they were outstanding. They had the last quarter against the Swans. When they played Brisbane, uh Probably probably about two months ago, two and a half months ago, they were dominant.
What tactical adjustments did the coaches discuss for stopping key opposition forwards?
Therefore they only beat Brisbane by twenty-five points, but they were about forty or fifty points up at three quarter time. They shut down. Johnson went to Lockie Neal. If Lockie Neal is not there, Johnson will go to uh Will Ashcroft and make someone else stand up to to beat to to beat him. Um they didn't use the Voss on Harris Andrews. It's a it's a hunt mentality. Voss will go to Harris Andrews and torment him like he did To Tommy Stewart, like he's done to James Sicily in the past, which he didn't do in the five first final and Stewart was nowhere. Um, that's how Voss plays his best game. So if if the Fremantle don't go in there and just think, oh, we need to go and play our best football.
Why is a ‘hunt mentality’ important for Fremantle’s game plan in the finals?
No, you've got to go in there and and hunt the opposition. It's almost the same for both teams. Um, but for Fremantle, that's that's what r draw on what you did in that game against Brisbane 10 or 12 weeks ago, draw on what you were able to do from the the Geelong first. quarter, the Sydney last quarter, and then don't second guess. And just know, have a bit of resilience in there. Know that the Lions will come. As we saw in the third quarter against the Hawks, the Lions will come at you. And as long as if they do come at you, don't drop your head. You've got to make you've got to have that steely resolve that if they get one or two or three through Don't let four, five, and six come just as quick because that's where they get on top and that's where they can squash teams, especially this time of year in games that normally aren't high scoring.
How can Fremantle build resilience to withstand the Brisbane Lions’ late‑quarter surges?
The Brisbane Lions have had a few of the high scoring this this final series, but that's the steely resolve from a free man on mindset, not to just give in when when um the the Brisbane Lions are coming at him in one of these.
quarters. Do you think they're ready for it? They've been a little bit fragile in this final series. Actually that's generous. They have been fragile in this final series and they've sorted some of their foibles out in a couple of games.
They've been extremely fragile. They've won three quarters in three finals games. Like that is that is a team that's obviously when they've played well they've dominated. Um but
What lessons did the team learn from their fragile performances in earlier finals?
Against the Brisbane Lions, I'm not sure winning one quarter is gonna get 'em over line. Are they fragile? Are the I I said when they lost to Melbourne, uh I think it was round twenty or twenty one at the MCG. Did all those the the hesitant mindset go out? Did they learn enough? Thought they were they were in the game against Melbourne, they had four offensive plays in that last quarter and they did the wrong thing. They were ego, they blazed away, they had a shot when they shouldn't have. They had four defensive efforts in that last quarter where it was more it was lazy, they dropped away, they didn't defend properly. Um they're worried about getting the ball rather than defending. You do that against the Brisbane Lions, you won't win the game.
How does staying calm at the MCG influence Fremantle’s chances in a high‑pressure Grand Final?
So if they've learnt from that, if they've learnt from these other finals what to do, what not to do. And they've got the calmness, which is the most important thing. You've got the calmness in front of a hundred thousand people at the MCG where you've only played there a couple of times this year. When push comes to shove, things haven't gone your way.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
How does Luke Hodge frame the leadership challenge for Fremantle ahead of the Grand Final?
0:00–0:36
2
What tactical adjustments did the coaches discuss for stopping key opposition forwards?
0:36–1:10
3
Why is a ‘hunt mentality’ important for Fremantle’s game plan in the finals?
1:10–1:48
4
How can Fremantle build resilience to withstand the Brisbane Lions’ late‑quarter surges?
1:48–2:18
5
What lessons did the team learn from their fragile performances in earlier finals?
2:18–2:54
6
How does staying calm at the MCG influence Fremantle’s chances in a high‑pressure Grand Final?
2:54–3:17
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