New Fremantle chief executive officer Steve Rosich has predicted a "significant number" of changes to the club's list this year after taking over from Cameron Schwab.
Rosich, who revealed he had already held talks with coach Mark Harvey and general manager of list development Chris Bond, vowed to reinvigorate the club's list via the national draft rather than trade away picks for players.
The Dockers have been heavily criticised throughout their AFL existence for compromising their long-term future by trading for short-term success.
Barring a remarkable form turnaround this season, Fremantle (3-13 win-loss record) will have a top-three pick at their disposal for November's national draft.
"From a recruiting point of view we are going to reinvigorate that list via the draft, and that's our first priority," Rosich said.
"Given that this is an uncompromised draft in 2008 (before the new Gold Coast franchise gets special concessions), we'll be taking advantage of that.
"Our strategy at this point in time is to retain all our picks in the first three rounds."
When asked how many changes he envisaged would be made to the list at season's end, Rosich replied: "We'll be assessing the players that have been on our list for a period of time ... the exact number we are not sure of but it will be a significant number."
Rosich said the future of Jeff Farmer and Dean Solomon would be discussed at the end of the season but said the club were keen to re-sign Josh Carr and Robert Warnock, who has attracted strong interest from a number of Melbourne clubs.
"With respect to Josh Carr, he's vice-captain, a leader of our football club and a required player," Rosich said.
"Rob's a young and talented player and we are working through a process at the moment that will hopefully see him stay at the Fremantle football club.
"At this point in time we are working through a process of retaining all of our required players that are likely to attract reasonably high draft picks.
"We will go into the draft with the picks we get from where we finish."
