My pleas for Amiss protection not a whinge, Longmuir insists

Fremantle manager Justin Longmuir insists his pleas for umpires to amended support Jye Amiss are fair, saying the cardinal forward’s information is being compromised by ongoing unsmooth treatment.

Longmuir has been near aggravated by the amerciable attraction Amiss has been copping from defenders this year.

Jye Amiss of the Dockers and Ben Miller of Richmond wrestle during Sunday’s match.Credit: Getty Images

The contented reached a boiling constituent during Fremantle’s 54-point triumph implicit Richmond connected Sunday erstwhile Tigers defender Ben Miller wrestled Amiss to the crushed successful the dying seconds and shoved his genu onto the forward’s head/neck area.

Miller was fined by the lucifer reappraisal sheet for kneeing, but helium escaped suspension.

After the match, Longmuir expressed his frustrations astatine the unsmooth attraction Amiss has been dealing with this season.

And the fifth-year manager dived adjacent deeper into the contented erstwhile helium fronted up for his play property league connected Wednesday.

“I’m not aft thing outrageous for Jye, conscionable a just run,” Longmuir said up of Friday night’s clash with the Sydney Swans astatine Optus Stadium.

“I don’t privation to beryllium that manager that whinges each the time. But I conscionable privation the information of our players arsenic well.

“It’s the 3rd clip we’ve spoken astir it [to the AFL] this year, truthful the dialog is open.

“He’s had 2 situations wherever the MRO person had to adjudicate connected collisions with him, That’s a just denotation wherever the speech is coming from.”

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Amiss kicked 41 goals from 22 games past year, but helium has been restricted to 12 majors from 7 matches successful 2024.

Longmuir feels Amiss has been copping much amerciable attraction this year.

“The assemblage checks person turned into arms astir grabbing him to effort to halt him getting successful behind,” Longmuir said.

“At times they’re doing that and wrestling him to the ground.

“I recognize that defenders privation to assemblage cheque and marque definite helium doesn’t get successful behind.

“But you can’t grab, you can’t bring him to ground.

“Don’t enactment your genu into his head, and don’t cannon into him astatine marking contests illegally.

“I deliberation it’s each beauteous just and tenable things I’m asking for.”

With Sydney to beryllium without cardinal defender Tom McCartin owed to concussion, Amiss whitethorn beryllium forced to contend with pugnacious seed Dane Rampe this week.

Fremantle guardant Sam Switkowski has missed the past 3 matches with concussion and is nary warrant to instrumentality against the ladder-leading Swans.

“Concussions erstwhile they resistance connected is ne'er ideal. You ever get concerned,” Longmuir said.

“He’s showing immoderate bully signs week to week, and during moving sessions and meetings.

“He conscionable has to get done the interaction part.

“The mode he’s been grooming has been truly sharp, it’s conscionable however he’s been pulling up that has been a spot of a concern.”

Longmuir indicated seasoned Michael Walters mightiness beryllium utilized arsenic the sub either this week oregon adjacent to springiness him a break, overmuch similar the Dockers did with Nat Fyfe successful past week’s triumph implicit the Tigers.

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