FREMANTLE skipper Nat Fyfe must “set the standards for 100 per cent game time”, according dual premiership Kangaroo David King.

That’s why it makes this costly lack of respect to Dustin Martin on Sunday afternoon so damning.

Footage of Fyfe was shown on Fox Footy’s On The Couch on Monday night, which showed the Fremantle captain failing to man Tigers superstar Dustin Martin closely — a decision that cost the Dockers a goal in the final term.

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While the ball was in dispute on the broadcast wing, Martin rolled back to the goalsquare. But instead of following Martin, Fyfe turned his back and moved into the middle of the ground.

The Tigers then moved the ball inside forward 50, where an unmanned Martin was waiting for the ball before running into an open goal.

Meanwhile, Fyfe was standing by himself in the middle of the centre square, preparing for the next centre bounce.

While the Tigers already had the game won at that stage, King said Fyfe’s actions set a poor example for his teammates.

“This is probably hard on Nathan, but he’s the captain of the club. He’s the one that has to set the standards for 100 per cent game time,” King told On The Couch.

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“He shows (Martin) no respect, really.

“If this was another player, if it wasn’t Nathan Fyfe — I’m sure Nathan would be sitting that player down and saying ‘you cannot do this, this is not how we play, this is not how we defend’.”

Legendary Hawthorn goalkicker Jason Dunstall said Fyfe had “rolled the dice” on Sunday — a decision King said he can never afford to do.

“That’s not their brand of football, that’s not who they are or how they play. Ross Lyon would be really disappointed in that level of competitiveness from his captain,” King said.

Triple premiership Lion Jonathan Brown agreed with his fellow panellist.

“Nat Fyfe needs to be the man leading by example and then dishing out the sprays if blokes aren’t performing on the field. He’d be disappointed in that,” Brown said.

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