ROSS Lyon insists there are "no panic stations" for Fremantle after suffering the second-biggest loss and kicking the lowest ever score in Western Derby history on Saturday night.

The woefully inaccurate Dockers slumped to a 91-point hammering from West Coast in a horribly one-sided affair which leaves them teetering in the hunt for finals in 10th spot at 7-8.

After three-straight defeats, including to bottom-three outfits Carlton and Melbourne, Lyon's side faces a massive challenge next up in Launceston against Hawthorn, who they have lost to in 11 of the past 12 meetings.

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The Dockers' previous biggest loss this season was 25 points, and Lyon lamented a lack of firepower without key forwards Matt Taberner (foot) and Jesse Hogan (foot) in the derby.

Fremantle had 60 inside 50s against West Coast, but managed a paltry two goals and 19 behinds on a nightmare evening.

"I think for a young group and where we were (in recent seasons) we’ve shifted, and then we've had some availability challenges that have changed the structure of our team," Lyon said.

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"We are getting entries but we just haven't been as powerful in the front half as we need to be.

"There's certainly no panic stations. I don't think anyone expected us to go through undefeated.

"If anyone wants to criticise us up to this game, I think it's non-sensical.

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"From here, we're really disappointed. We're not thrilled with tonight.

"It's a winning business, we've been writing our own story and we want to get back to writing our own story and there's no reason we can't do that."

The Dockers fell away dramatically after an intense 10-minute opening to the contest, with not enough contributors across the board coming back to haunt them again.

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West Coast kicked more than half its score from stoppages – and five directly from centre bounces – on a night when star Nic Naitanui fed a dominant engine room, particularly in a second-quarter blitz.

"I've been really proud of the group's effort up until this point. But all of us, coaches and players, we wear this," Lyon said.

"I'm not here to defend the indefensible. I don't think we turned up. We had more entries, but still it was a bit deceptive, the numbers."

Lyon declared there could be a statement at the selection table after the defeat.

He said 36-year-old ruckman Aaron Sandilands wouldn't be risked on the long trip to Tasmania, with Sean Darcy set to return.

Sandilands got through three quarters in his first game for more than a year before being put on ice, while Lyon wasn't aware of an injury issue for superstar Nat Fyfe after he came off in the second term with an apparent right arm issue.

Hogan resumed running on Saturday at training after a mid-foot sprain but still doesn't have a timeframe to return.