As mentioned in the video, Freo are sorely missing Kiara Bowers as she would be personally responsible for 15 - 20 clearances per game on her own with the clearances she does get, and the opposition clearances she stifles through her tackling.
It's no so much the total clearances (they're -2 over the season by my count) but the pressure she is able to apply when the play is in motion and without that at the moment, the opposition are easily able move the ball through the middle of the ground and deep into inside 50.
Their back line though have been admirable, but being -39 inside 50's over the last 2 games means you're trying to start your offense from deep in your own defensive 50, and then have to move the ball, often slowly against organised defense, the length of the ground just to give you an opportunity to try and score.
The first of 4 videos look at how this constant barrage of inside 50's can cause psychological fatigue from an overloading of cognitive load, and this is what results in poor decision making, such as this particular ill-times defender changeover, even though it is still in the first quarter.
The 2nd video shows Fremantle on another one of their attempted 150m possession chains to get from 1 end to the other but find themselves with a 2v1 number advantage in a terrible spot, resulting in kicking long to a 1v4 contest that quickly gets taken away post-contest by the Cats.
Video 3 actually looks at a Geelong switch of play and how getting width doesn't allow you to receive ball on the boundary in space (where only you can get it) but how it also opens the corridor behind you, allowing your team to stay connected and have many other players available to be used rather just the one player out wide.
The 4th and last video goes back to Freo and how being dominated at the contest over time does a number on you mentally again, and everyone goes into a type of salvation mode, getting too many players too close to the ball and once it pops out of the initial contest, you're at the mercy of the waiting opposition.
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