In his latest column, James Hird discusses his frustration at missing the Geelong game. Hird believed the team had its chances to win the game and will need to improve to beat Fremantle this Friday night. The skipper was impressed with the performance of midfield trio Dean Solomon, Mark Johnson and Jason Johnson against Geelong. ""They had 67 possessions between them and were hard at the contest,"" Hird said. Click here for the full ‘Word from Hird’ column.