It won’t surprise anyone to know that Fremantle would give anything for a ride in Doc Brown's famous DeLorean to transport them back to the dying moments at the SCG, when Swans defender Sam Reid marked Michael Johnson's set shot on the goal line.
The final siren sounded less than a minute later, leaving the scores tied.
"Obviously hindsight is a great thing," midfielder Danyle Pearce said on Tuesday.
"If you can wind back time you'd get every player down there in the goal square and knock it through.
"It's obviously a thing we looked at straight away after the game. It's something that Ross (Lyon) spoke about.
"If you could do it again you would. Unfortunately we didn't."
The game is easy in hindsight but Fremantle was set up defensively to prevent the Swans rebounding in case of a Johnson behind, given they were unsure about the amount of time left in the match.
"We knew we had to score but as I said, you don't know how much time is left so if they could take a mark and we aren't set up, if we're all in, it could go straight over our head, bounce, bounce, goal," Pearce said.
"So we need to be prepared for all scenarios and unfortunately, one, we didn't get the ball across; and two, luckily there wasn't enough time for them to go down the other end and we sort of held it in our forward half."
Fremantle became only the fifth side in the past 15 years to have 10 more scores than its opposition in a match and not win.
Three days after the final siren sounded, Pearce still has mixed feelings about the result.
"We left there disappointed thinking we let one slip," he said.
"On the upside we went to the premiers' home ground and left with two points so it's not all negative, but we definitely felt like we let two points get away there in the end."
Pearce has played all eight games this season after becoming the first free agency signing in the AFL's new era, moving from Port Adelaide during the off-season.
He said he was particularly looking forward to the Indigenous Round clash against Melbourne on Sunday, with the chance to wear Fremantle's specially designed indigenous-themed jumper.
"I love when indigenous round comes up. To see these fantastic guernseys, they're amazing," Pearce said.
"Every time I go out and about, people that have seen it in the social media commented on how good they look, and they couldn't be more right.
"I've already put in a big order to get a couple and have the kids wearing it.
"I'm sure [for] every indigenous player, you don't get yourself up extra to play in Indigenous Round but there's that special feeling, and that acknowledgment and everyone embracing the indigenous culture."
