AA Luke tells it like it is!!!!
McPharlin said any criticism of Mundy's appointment as captain was wide of the mark.
"David has been finishing second to Pav in that voting for the last three or four years," he said.
"His ability now to give instruction and feedback in such direct fashion, I'd have to say it's some of the best I've seen.
"For him to get the captaincy this year, I know possibly externally it was a bit of a surprise but I wasn't surprised at all knowing that he's been second to Pav in that voting."
McPharlin said Fremantle's results this season weren't a reflection on Mundy's ability to lead.
"That's always going to be the presumption, that his leadership has been poor this year given the way the team's going, but I think it reflects on the whole place really," McPharlin said.
If the Dockers fail to win another game, their 16-game drop from 18 wins last year to three in 2016 will equal the biggest drop in wins by any team in league history, matching Collingwood's fall from 19 wins in 1981 to just four in 1982.
