Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has confirmed his plans to re-vamp the forward line following the club’s off-season acquisition of Jesse Hogan and Rory Lobb.

Appearing on an AFL Media ‘Ask the Coach’ segment, the Dockers boss said the club would look to play three tall forwards. He nominated Hogan, Lobb, Matt Taberner, Brennan Cox and Cam McCarthy as the pool to choose from.

“We’ve just got to make sure we’re not too tall,” he said.

“Assuming they’re all available, we’re definitely going to try and work with the three talls in.

“They’re all a little bit different... but there’s pressure on for spots.

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“But the critical (thing) is going to be make sure we’ve got ground level support, otherwise the ball will be just swept away. That’s just as important for us.”

Camera Icon Rory Lobb will be part of the forward rotation. Credit: Danella Bevis

While the club’s off-season moves look to have gone a long way towards settling a long-term issue with the forward line, it’s the midfield which has caused some fresh headaches.

After trading Lachie Neale to Brisbane, the Dockers have lost the man responsible for 11 per cent of the team’s entire contested possessions last season and opened up a significant hole in the on-ball division.

Potential replacements Connor Blakely (hamstring) and Stephen Hill (quad) are also no certainty of being available until late in the season due to injury.

Lyon bemoaned the Blakely injury in particular, but was still confident they could pull together a competitive midfield.

“It really is significant because it compounds the issue we’re having with Stephen Hill at the minute, rehabbing off a long-term quad injury. Those two are the most obvious to go through there,” he said.

Camera Icon Adam Cerra and Andrew Brayshaw will both run through the midfield. Credit: Daniel Wilkins

“(Adam) Cerra and (Reece) Conca will go through there, and we’ve got some young mids like (Stefan) Giro and (Mitch) Crowden.

“We think (David) Mundy will spend more time midfield, so if we can start with a starting line-up of Fyfe, Mundy, Brayshaw, Conca and Adam Cerra running through, we think we’re pretty healthy through there.”

Fremantle kick off their pre-season JLT Community Series against Collingwood at HBF Arena on March 4.