Fremantle may now be out of the finals race, but coach Ross Lyon is confident he is in the best coaching form of his career.

Missing several key players, the Dockers were officially knocked out of the finals race by St Kilda on Sunday afternoon courtesy of a last-minute Josh Bruce goal.

However, Lyon remains confident than he and the club will be in a great place next year.

“I reaffirmed to the players after the game, our effort was strong. We need to execute better, but I’m really excited about pre-season. Where that exactly takes us, I don’t know,” he told SEN Breakfast.

“I feel like in a real sense I’ve never coached better. Like, the whole package with my systems, with my club, delegating, calmness, the whole bit.

“I personally think I’ve never been a better package and that’s why I’m enjoying it and I don’t tend to get wobbled so I’m fully committed.

“Even if we make finals, I don’t know if they want to continue or I want to continue, but both parties, particularly on the surface, are fully committed to turning it around.

“Some Melbourne clubs haven’t won a final in 15 years. We’ve been to a Grand Final, a Prelim, top of the ladder.”

Lyon quickly clarified that by “I don’t know if they want to continue or I want to continue”, he was referring to post 2020.

“They’re fully committed to me in 2020, I was really talking about the end of 2020,” he said.

Despite being entirely confident that he will be at the Dockers next year, Lyon doesn’t see the Perth media easing up on him any time soon.

“I’ll probably be back page today with a noose around my neck – you get used to that,” he said.

“That’s what you sign up for. I spoke to the players the other week and with everything you go through, the rise is worth the fall.

“With everything I’ve been through since 2007, if they put the contract in front of me, I’d sign up again because it takes you to places you never dreamed of going.”

Listen to the full discussion with Ross Lyon on SEN Breakfast below