Fremantle are beneath strain to make the highest 4 this season in the event that they need to meet the expectations specified by the daring strategic plan they revealed in 2021.
The Dockers unveiled the 2021-2025 strategic plan after the 2021 season, with the membership’s fundamental ambition to win at the least one premiership for his or her AFL and AFLW groups as all as three top-four finishes.
Fremantle might want to end within the prime 4 in every of the subsequent three years if they’re to fulfill the lofty aim, which chief government Simon Garlick stated got here on the again of constructing a powerful basis for “a period of sustained competitiveness and ultimately, success.”
“We’d much prefer to set ourselves ambitious goals and do everything we possibly can to achieve them and put ourselves on the hook to do so, rather than quietly keep your head down and not attract too much attention,” Garlick stated on the time.
The Dockers had been within the prime 4 from spherical 4 to 18 final season earlier than losses to Sydney and Melbourne in addition to a draw with Richmond noticed them drop out.
They would win the ultimate three video games of the home-and-away season to complete fifth and host an elimination ultimate towards the Western Bulldogs.
Fremantle are paying $5 to make the highest 4, with reigning premiers Geelong, Melbourne, Brisbane, Richmond, Carlton, Collingwood, Sydney, Port Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs all at shorter odds.
The Dockers have solely completed within the prime 4 on 4 events of their 28-year historical past.
Several gamers this pre-season have already spoken about their confidence that the Dockers can contend for his or her first premiership, with only one grand ultimate for the membership thus far.
“We were pretty happy with last year, being able to make finals after six years… (but) we haven’t achieved anything still,” ahead Lachie Schultz stated final month.
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“We just want to keep improving. We want to get better than that. It’s sort of the benchmark and we believe we can win the flag.”
The Dockers are additionally aiming for at the least 80,000 members, with the membership already at greater than 44,000 for the upcoming season.
Regular crowds of fifty,000 can also be on the wishlist, with the Dockers attracting a mean of 40,460 to their dwelling video games final yr, the third highest of their historical past.
A complete of 58,982 followers turned out to observe the elimination ultimate win over the Bulldogs at Optus Stadium.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
