Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has said he has spoken to disgruntled player manager Colin Young about his concerns over Shane Kersten’s fitness program.

Young called for an immediate review of the Dockers rehabilitation programs this week after Kersten and the club parted company in a year in which Kersten had not been fit to play football because of a foot problem.

Young claimed the Dockers were “going nowhere” unless they addressed that area of that operation.

Lyon said he had spoken to Young by phone yesterday.

“It was a really good conversation,” Lyon said.

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“You are entitled to ask and contact the club. He has got a very close working relationship in particular with Steve Rosich.

“You would like the vehicles to remain private but no-one is working harder to explore and find solutions than our medical and conditioning team.”

The Dockers could have more bad news on the injury front, with Lyon declaring there was no guarantee that either Rory Lobb or Luke Ryan would play again this year with shoulder and hamstring concerns respectively.

“Luke will struggle to get back I would think, maybe for the last game of the year,” Lyon said.

Camera Icon Ross Lyon has spoken with Colin Young. Credit: AFL Photos

Lobb’s availability will depend on what comes out of the club looking into the shoulder injury he suffered late in the win over Sydney, which he carried into last weekend’s game.

“They are trying to find a solution. Potentially it could at some point require some surgery,” Lyon said.

The news was better on Nathan Wilson, who has struggled with a sore toe in recent weeks.

“Nathan Wilson has been playing with a jab in his toe for about four or five weeks and it just got too sore so hopefully we will get him back in a week or two,” he said.

Lyon said the Cats represented a big challenge but the Dockers were heavily focused on improving their own game.

“You don’t fluke being on top of the ladder and they found their scoring power again last week,” Lyon said.

“We would really like to improve our game again. We were a strong contested ball, ground ball team and we would like to get back to that. They are a great roll-off defence and we are going to have to make them defend.

“But last week it started at the source and if that is the foundation of the game you can build outside of that. We would like to fix our game, the source, the pressure and the competitiveness. It has been there all year. In the context of what was on the line last weekend it was disappointing but we have addressed that and moved on.

“We don’t hang that over the players’ heads. They are disappointed and they are pros and they are pretty keen to get on the deck at Optus and have a big dip at it.”