Fremantle's stand-in captain Alex Pearce says his club will not have any fear of the Western Bulldogs in Saturday night's AFL elimination final, despite the Dockers' lack of recent finals experience.
Fremantle is set to start as a warm favourite against the Bulldogs, having beaten them by 17 points at Docklands in round 21, and Pearce said his team's lack of experience in September is no reason not to go in full of confidence.
Pearce said the Dockers had no shortage of experienced people to lean on, with the likes of veteran midfielder David Mundy, and assistant coach and former Geelong star Joel Corey among those to offer advice to the players."I think the more you hear from people who've had that experience, the more it becomes [clear] you can't get overawed by the emotion and the occasion," he said.
But Pearce insists the Dockers have come a long way since their wet weather defeats against the Gold Coast and Collingwood in May.
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