Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir is confident his team has plenty of improvement in it after suffering the heartbreak of a one-point elimination final loss to Gold Coast at Optus Stadium on Saturday night.

The Dockers had high hopes for September after winning 12 of their last 14 matches to earn a home final, but suffered the devastation of their season coming to an end as Gold Coast stormed to victory in the dying seconds.

Having missed the finals in 2023 and 2024, Longmuir believes the team has shown it can take big leaps and constantly improve.

“There’s some things we need to improve in the way we play, but we’ve got a lot of natural development in our group still. All of our core players are still reasonably young and have improvement left in their careers,” Longmuir said.

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