WHEN Fremantle's first win comes this season is not as important as how it comes, according to Dockers coach Ross Lyon.

The Dockers suffered their seventh-straight defeat to start the season on Saturday night in an 18-point loss to Greater Western Sydney.

The winless streak does not appear to have an immediate end in sight as the Dockers travel to Launceston to face Hawthorn next Saturday afternoon. 

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Lyon said winning was not the immediate focus for Fremantle. 

"I don't think so," Lyon said. 

"We would like to win. We come to win and I think we picked a team that could win tonight. In a lot of ways we did things that we wanted to do.

"I thought we were more physical around the footy and played with more intensity more consistently, but overplaying some defensive positioning just really hurt us."

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Lyon said the rest of the season presented an opportunity for the Dockers to improve as a club.

"We are on record as saying out of adversity comes opportunity for young players," Lyon said.

"We are doing that. We want to improve our coaching systems during the week, our meetings, our processes and deliver.

"I am learning you can delegate but you need to prescribe more, more prescription in what you give people to do.

"It's an opportunity for all of us to get better. But 6-0 or 0-6, you feel differently about yourself, but the process of working hard and delivering in meetings and training to improve stays the same."

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Lyon said he would like to expose more young players this week and give them a taste of what it's like to face the three-time reigning premiers in hostile territory.

"What better place to grow," Lyon said.

"Stress under load equals growth. So there'll be plenty of stress and plenty of load, so let's hope there's plenty of growth." 

Lyon said second-gamer Ethan Hughes found out about the pace of AFL football compared to the WAFL but he said he would like to stick with him. 

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"He wasn't at his best tonight, but it's chalk and cheese - AFL and WAFL," Lyon said.

"It's a massive gap. But he'll feel it. That's his second game. It was a tough night against pretty good opposition. He's a surer player than that. He's a more confident player. He's quite competitive. He's clean. He's a better decision maker than what he showed tonight. We'd like to stick with him."

Lyon was pleased with Connor Blakely's improvement this week in just his third game.