New Travel Plans for Fremantle
It is well documented that the Fremantle Dockers have has a horrendus winning record away from home. In my 2008 AFL Season Preview of the Dockers I eluded to it as an “Illness”. The facts are that the Dockers only won 2 out of 10 interstate games in 2007 and if they are to feature in the finals in 2008 then this is an area that MUST improve. They are a frustrating side the Dockers, brilliant one week terrible the next.
New Docker Coach Mark Harvey has made it a priority to change the traveling habits of his team. The Dockers used to travel 2 days before the game but they are planning to use the NAB Cup and or the Practise Match Challenge Series to trial traveling 1 day before to see how th players respond to that.
It sounds like Harvey starting to try and change the traveling culture that has dogged the Dockers since they started in the AFL. They have always paid a lot of attention to the fact that they are terrible travelers and I get the feeling it consumes their mind to much when they are on the road. Once they start winning then maybe they can get this out of their minds and concentrate on playing.
Freo meets Carlton in Pretoria this Saturday in an exhibition match before taking on West Coast in its NAB Cup opener – something the coach said all his players were itching to get at.
Will be interesting to see if the new travel plans make any difference.
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