Fremantle players don't have great memories of Launceston's Aurora Stadium but they are keen improve their record at the venue against Hawthorn on Sunday.
The Freo Dockers have never beaten the Hawks in Launceston in seven attempts, and have won just one game there in nine visits overall – against St Kilda in the famous 'sirengate' game of round five, 2006.
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Michael Walters said he had vivid memories of a 116-point hiding Fremantle copped from the Hawks in round 21, 2010.
"Me and 'Johnno' (Michael Johnson) always laugh about this," Walters said.
"In his 100th game we got spanked down there. It's a tough ground to play at, very cold. Me from Midland, I'm not used to being in cold weather.
"So hopefully we can get down there and get to business."
Coach Ross Lyon said on Monday his side should be fine if it rains, given that Freo have faced wet or slippery conditions in each of their past five games.
Walters said the players had learnt to go back to basics in the wet, rather than be too precise with their ball use.
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"The main one for me is for everyone just to get it forward," Walters said.
"It's back to junior days where you just can't handball around. You just boot the ball forward and as far as you can and just hope the boys up the ground bring it to ground and stuff like that.
"I've just been trying to work on boys like Zac Clarke and Matthew Pavlich to bring the ball to ground so me and 'Ballas' (Hayden Ballantyne) can do our work."
Walters has been getting to work in recent weeks. He is the club's leading goalkicker this year with 26 and has kicked two match-winning bags of four goals in each of the last fortnight.
But he was keen to play down his efforts, instead praising the defensive pressure that his colleagues apply in the forward half. Walters, Ballantyne and Chris Mayne combined for 28 tackles against the Lions last Sunday.
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"Ballas, 'Pav' and Mayney are fierce at tackling so without them there's no chance I'm going to kick the goals," he said.
