Craig O'Donoghue

Fremantle spent an entire season making us all believe they are the real deal, but it took just two hours for them to give back every single piece of respect that they had fought so hard to earn.

Perth Wildcats have multiple injuries to key players and haven’t sign a third import but coach John Rillie won’t let anything get in the way of being ready for round one, and he isn’t interested in excuses.

Fremantle are searching for ways to recover from Thursday night’s qualifying final loss to Hawthorn but their former captain David Mundy has some clear advice for what he thinks they should do next.

Fremantle must beat Geelong and Sydney to advance to the grand final, and while that sounds tough, it looks even tougher when you assess those team’s ladder positions and what has happened through AFL history.

There has been a major development in the application for ‘Wharfie Time’ to be trademarked - and the biggest irony is that a key legal decision was made just hours before Fremantle’s qualifying final.

Josh Treacy had a shocker during the qualifying final against Hawthorn, but if his mood this week is anything to go by, then Geelong defenders are going to have sore bodies on Friday night.

All eyes were on the injured stars at Fremantle training and the next group of contenders to see who could come into the team to face Geelong. The Dockers’ season goes on the line this week.

Andrew Brayshaw is adamant Fremantle will bounce back from their qualifying final blip in their cut-throat clash with Geelong on Friday.

Fremantle had to figure out the best way forward after their loss to Hawthorn and one their defenders has taken us inside what the players have done each day to be ready to face Geelong on Friday.

Fremantle defender Heath Chapman fully expects to be given the task of stopping Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield on Friday night and is embracing the challenge of shutting down the future Hall of Famer.