FREMANTLE coach Mark Harvey is sure Jeff Farmer has plenty more football in him, despite seeing Peter Bell, Heath Black, Matthew Carr and Shaun McManus retire this season.

Harvey explained that he believed there was a place in the game for players over 30 and said he would discuss with Farmer whether or not he believes he can improve in a similar way that James Hird, Shane Crawford and Matthew Richardson have proven possible.

"I want to talk to him and find out if he can get better at his age. We are watching things unfold at the moment and are seeing Olympians over 30 years of age winning gold medals, so I'm not sure why our game is any different," Harvey said on Wednesday.

"James Hird won a best and fairest at 34, Crawford and Richardson are still playing great footy and they are two or three years older than the ‘Wizard’. The thing with Jeff that is extraordinary is that he knows how to play the game like very few others do."

Clearly Harvey has got plenty out of watching the Olympics and will make sure his players pay close attention to it and take notice of how much pressure is on those athletes.

"I hope our players don’t get much sleep over the next couple of weeks. I hope they are watching how athletes prepare with some of them starting at 10 to peak at around 25 or beyond," he said.

"They dedicate their whole lives to a once every four-year event and I will instruct the players to watch and learn as much as they can. Our players can get a lot out of seeing the athletes competing in one event, in most cases, knowing they can't make any mistakes and have to deal with all the pressure and expectation."

As well as using the Olympics as inspiration, Harvey will look to have Bell address the team on Sunday before the game with St Kilda.

Bell will be at the game to say farewell to fans one final time.

"I'll catch up with him the next couple of days to chat about football and life, and life beyond football. He has been a guy that everyone has looked up to and he has given players a lot of different pathways to become a successful footballer, not just by what he says but by how he played," he said.

"That won't be forgotten. We will show the players a three or four minute clip of his journey and how he got to succeed. I'd like Peter to address the group as well because he makes a lot of sense and speaks from the heart."