{"id":16586,"date":"2025-07-23T18:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/16586\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:23:12","slug":"dockers-ready-to-scrap-it-out-against-the-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/16586\/","title":{"rendered":"Dockers ready to “scrap it out” against the Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fremantle utility Corey Wagner says the Dockers won\u2019t be slowing down ahead of this weekend\u2019s Western Derby, as West Coast hopes to upset Fremantle\u2019s finals hunt.<\/p>\n

The Dockers come into this weekend as clear-cut favourites to claim their eighth Western Derby win in nine editions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fremantle anticipates their arch rivals, West Coast, who have won one game in 2025, will be looking to rock the boat during Saturday\u2019s clash.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But momentum stands with Fremantle, having just claimed two major wins against Collingwood and Hawthorn, as they look to solidify their place in the finals this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking to SportFM ahead of the Derby, Wagner says they are prepared to fight out the game and continue putting the foot down.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll be coming out to try and stop our season, and we want to keep the ball rolling,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no point in us taking our foot off the pedal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to be on from the start, and they\u2019re going to come out and try and wind us up and get us going.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s another game, and we\u2019re going to treat it exactly how we treated Collingwood last week, and scrap it out and get it done.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the season\u2019s context, the in-form Dockers\u2019 win over Collingwood showed they could win anytime, anywhere.<\/p>\n

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It was a win that was ground out across the four quarters, and a result earned through maintaining composure and doing the little things right around the ground, especially in the dying minutes when the game was at stake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reflecting on it, Wagner revealed coach Justin Longmuir was proud of the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the best wins probably for the footy club, so he was really happy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo do what we did and the way we won and scrapped it out. It wasn\u2019t pretty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said it after the game, \u2018we scouted this, we knew that this was going to happen.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that we didn\u2019t get spooked by it all, the crowd and everything like that he was really proud to get this one done.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The competition for finals places has ramped up, with the Dockers putting themselves in good stead to make the eight, but with five rounds to go, anything could happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wagner has also said chatter surrounding the \u2018bizarre\u2019 ladder condition is out of mind for Fremantle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just want to keep winning because we know how tight it is, such a bizarre ladder,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year, we were in the top three or four and by the end, we were out of it because we lost the last couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t even worry about looking at that because that\u2019s another thing that can play in your head and take you away from footy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep winning it and it\u2019ll just look after itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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