They call this time of the year finals, as in finally the losers and chump brigade have buggered off and the decent teams can get down to playing serious football. Fremantle is one of those final teams and they'll be joining another, Sydney, in what is confusingly called a qualifying final. Fremantle's defence hit a bit of a snag this week with news that Zac Dawson is in the running for goal of the year and has subsequently gone and dyed his hair blonde and bought himself some boots that light up when he puts them into his opponents back. So troubling was that news that it made the announcement that Michael Johnson was out for the rest of the finals somewhat less shocking. As you’d expect then, Fremantle have fallen back on Plan B, who prefers to be called by the name Alex Silvagni. Another handy inclusion is a young man by the name of Nathan Fyfe who has recently spent some time on the sidelines because he’s a bloodthirsty maniac who likes to punch first and ask questions later. Ross Lyon has also decided to take a leaf out of Leigh Matthews’ book and bring in a finals specialist ruckman, with Job Griffin popping onto the bench. The substitute specialist team of Hayden Crozier and Nik Suban have been given a week off to prepare for the more important games later in September.