BOUNCING BACK: Fremantle's Luke McPharlin says the side is confident it can put in an improved NAB Cup performance against the Western Bulldogs this weekend. Picture: Richard Polden Source: PerthNow
FREMANTLE veteran Luke McPharlin says the team's attitude was most to blame for the 70-point NAB Cup thrashing at the hands of Carlton last Saturday.
The Dockers were outpointed in almost every facet of the game by a slick Blues outfit in the most lopsided pre-season result of the weekend.
McPharlin said the mindset of the players was the biggest factor in the disappointing result.
"It seems to be mostly an attitudinal thing," he said.
"They were first to the ball (and) they wanted it more.
"We came up against a team that were willing to compete and prepared to have a red-hot go, and we clearly weren't, and that showed in a lot of the stats and figures that were coming out at half time.
"It's not ideal to be thumped by 70 points, but we've got a few weeks to have some good weeks on the track…and we think the attitude can be fixed pretty quickly."
In positive news for Fremantle, McPharlin said he still had "a couple of years" left in his legs as the veteran prepares for a 14th season at AFL level.
The defender held young Carlton tyro Levi Casboult to one goal last Saturday despite a flood of entries into the Blues' forward 50.
"I've been managed through the summer, being that I'm 31 and a bit more injury-prone than others," he said.
"The body feels good at this stage of the year, and I'm just looking to get a bit of touch and a bit of match practice as we have been the last few weeks, and I'll certainly be right to go Round 1."
Fremantle is expected to welcome back several key players for Saturday's NAB Cup clash with the Western Bulldogs in Mandurah, but it remains unclear whether Matthew Pavlich will be among them.
Pavlich did not travel to Melbourne last week as he awaits the birth of his first child.
McPharlin said he was confident the Dockers skipper would be ready to go for Round 1 regardless of whether he can get onto the field for another hit-out this pre-season.
"We all know Pav's a complete professional and a superstar player, and he knows exactly what he needs to do to get himself going," McPharlin said.
"He's been training really strongly the last couple of weeks.
"If he doesn't end up playing, I don't think it's going to affect him too much."
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