FREMANTLE is sitting on a franchise-best eight-and-zip to start the AFL season, but Danyle Pearce says "We haven't done anything yet".
When questioned if the Dockers could "maintain the rage" over 23 home and away rounds, the dynamic midfielder delivered a blunt assessment of his side's position on top of the AFL table, saying Hawthorn is still the team to chase.
"We haven't won a premiership. Hawthorn is the back-to-back premier," he said today.
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"We can't put our hand up and say we've done anything so that's where the hunger is.
"We're striving like 17 other teams to win a premiership but Hawthorn are the back to back premiers; they're the one's everyone is chasing."
The Dockers mixed up their pre-season training over the summer break by putting in extra running and even training on Saturdays.
Pearce said the regime was helping the team stand up when it needed to.
"Watching the Sydney-Hawthorn game on the weekend shows any game can go down to the last minute so just to know you've got (the fitness) under your belt gives you the belief that no matter how long the game goes, no matter how tired you are, in 120 minutes you're still going to be as good as you were at the start," he said.