After putting a tricky part of their draw behind them, Fremantle midfielder David Mundy says the club is well placed to achieve their goals in the second half of the AFL season.

The Dockers will enter their bye week in sixth place following Saturday night’s 32-point win over Geelong.

On paper, Fremantle’s 5-4 record doesn’t look all too flash.

But with the Dockers set to start as favourites in their next nine games, last year’s grand finalists are well placed to charge into the top-four by year’s end.

“Earlier in the year we dug ourselves into a little bit of a hole losing a couple of gettable games,” Mundy said.

“But going to the break at 5-4 gives us a great chance in the second half of the year to get what we want out of the season.”

The Dockers have the bye this week before taking on the Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium.

The Crows, Tigers, Lions, Eagles, Demons, Giants, Saints and Blues also await Fremantle over the next nine weeks.

Not one of those teams currently sits in the top-eight.

However, coach Ross Lyon said last weekend’s results proved that the form guide could go out the window on any given day.

“Melbourne beat Richmond; Adelaide beat Collingwood,” Lyon said.

“I’m on the record at the start of the year saying this is going to be the most even competition in a long, long period of time.

“I think there’ll be 14 or 15 teams that think they could make the top eight at the start of the year and it’s panning out that way.

“If you’re off, not playing your best, you are going to lose. So, there are no easy games of AFL football.”

Defender Luke McPharlin is set to return against the Bulldogs next week, while Colin Sylvia is starting to make a case for a call-up after booting three goals in the WAFL over the weekend.

Dockers ruckman Zac Clarke can escape with a reprimand if he takes an early guilty plea for his elbow to the face of Geelong midfielder Steve Johnson.