Wingman Ed Langdon believes Fremantle is "spoilt for choice" in the midfield and insists Connor Blakely's three-month hamstring setback won't change Freo’s engine room plans.

Blakely has been setting himself to shift from half-back to help cover the loss of Lachie Neale to Brisbane but will now miss at least the opening four rounds of the season.

With prime mover Stephen Hill, another candidate to pick up Neale's slack, still recovering from quad surgery, Freo's next tier could shoulder more responsibility supporting superstar Nat Fyfe early in the campaign.

But Langdon was confident mature recruits Reece Conca and Travis Colyer, plus emerging youngsters Andy Brayshaw and Adam Cerra, would help fill any void.

"I don't think it changes anything, to be honest," Langdon said of Blakely's setback.

"As has been mentioned before, it's not just one guy that's going to roll through there, it's going to be a whole heap of guys.

"Especially the guys we've got in – Reece and Trav – they can certainly fill that void and a lot of the young guys it's been touched on, Andy and Adam, and their development again this pre-season.

"I think we're spoilt for choice a bit in there, to be honest.

"It's obviously disappointing that Connor won't be going through there early in the season, but I think there's a lot of other players that can go through that role."

Blakely spoke two weeks ago about overcoming the challenge of returning from a knee problem – also suffered at training – which cut short his 2018 season at round 13, and his desire to get through a year injury-free.

The 22-year-old dislocated his shoulder twice in 2017 – the year he managed a career-best 17 appearances.

"He's obviously incredibly disappointed about what happened and the injury but knowing Connor for as long as I have he's an extremely resilient guy and he understands what it is and how that's just part of the game," Langdon said.

"He's dealt with injuries before, in particular in the last two seasons and he's come back, and I have no doubt he'll come back fitter and stronger from this one.”