“I certainly feel like we’re better positioned than we were 12 months ago to continue to progress.

“But having said that, there’s so much precedence for clubs who have ended up being sustainably successful and have won premierships - but the path to that status wasn’t a linear one.

“There can be bumps in the road. Sometimes you can regress or stagnate, and this competition has seen that many times.

“So we’re really mindful of the fact that can occur. But there’s no limit on what we can achieve this year.”

Garlick said that Fremantle’s next captain would be unveiled before Friday’s practice match against Adelaide.

Alex Pearce and Andrew Brawshaw are the two main contenders to replace Fyfe, while 22-year-old Caleb Serong is also in the mix if the Dockers opt for a younger leader.

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Meanwhile, the Dockers have announced that they will be known as the Walyalup Football Club for future games played during Sir Doug Nicholls and AFLW Indigenous Rounds.

The renaming has been in the works for the past two years and follows in the footsteps of Melbourne, who played as the Narrm Football Club in 2022.

Walyalup –the Indigenous name for the area of Fremantle – means place of the Walyo or Woylie, a small brush-tailed bettong or kangaroo rat.