On Grand Final day, Fremantle senior coach Ross Lyon was watching the game and a text arrived on his phone.



It was from Brownlow Medallist Nat Fyfe.



The star midfielder and a number of team mates were together watching the biggest game of the year, a week after the club’s season ended with a Preliminary Final loss to premiers Hawthorn.



Lyon shared the inspirational text with the club faithful at the 2015 Doig Medal Count at Crown Perth on Saturday night.



“As a coach you are looking for inspiration green shoots and I’ll share this with you,” he said.



“I was sitting there watching the Grand Final.



“I was a bit flat but a text came through from Nathan.



“The text came through and it was inspirational.”



Lyon said Fyfe and other players were watching the game and compiled five areas the club could improve, after watching premiers Hawthorn in action.



Fyfe had sent the photo to Lyon, letting him know the side is focussed on getting better in 2016.



“There was a whiteboard sitting on the bucket,” he said.



"They had sat there, they weren’t wallowing in their misery, they were anaylysing Hawthorn’s game style.



"They had identified five aspects they thought were pertinent to us.



“It blew me away."



Lyon said he replied and told the players it was inspiring that they were looking to improve.



He said while the season had ended short of its main goal, the side would return next year and begin its journey again.



“I spoke to the players this morning, we are all disappointed we didn’t achieve what we wanted to,” he said.



“Ultimately, we fell short in execution.



“Our aim is to write our story.



“We will start again in the pre-season.”



