Fremantle senior coach Justin Longmuir says individual goal records don’t faze the team or himself.

When asked about key forward Josh Treacy’s drop-off in goal-kicking during the second half of the year in his Wednesday morning media conference, Longmuir was emphatic that both scoring and defending are the result of team football at Freo.

Treacy kicked 45.15 in his breakout 2024 season, marking the first time a Fremantle player had kicked 45 or more goals since Hayden Ballantyne’s 49 in 2014.

“It doesn’t really bother me, to be honest (Treacy’s goal tally drop-off). He does so much good work up the ground for us,” Longmuir said.

“As long as we are hitting the scoreboard as a team.

“We tend to go by the philosophy: ‘we defend together, we score together.’

“It’s not about who kicks the goals - it’s about us, as a team, sharing the load, finding players in better positions and all that sort of stuff.”

Despite the supposed drop-off, Treacy has still kicked 32 majors, with four home-and-away games remaining - averaging 1.7 per game, which is rated as above average by Champion Data for key forwards.

Treacy has also recorded 103 score involvements - Fremantle’s fifth highest - behind only Andrew Brayshaw, Shai Bolton, Caleb Serong and Murphy Reid.

When speaking on the versatility and mix of the Club’s forward line structure, Longmuir believes the ability to have several players contribute to multiple roles inside the forward 50 makes the team harder to defend against.

“JT has done a lot of his work up the ground of late, and we’ve targeted Vossy (Pat Voss), Jye (Amiss) and some of our smalls have hit the scoreboard,” Longmuir said.

“JT is still playing well and if he keeps doing that, the goals will come.

“We try and be really flexible with our roles down there (forward).

“We like the flexibility, which makes it a little less predictable for the opposition.”