Under AFL rules, which are under review, any club that wins five or fewer games in a season is eligible for special help and could take either Woewodin and Farmer. The Dockers are last on the ladder without a win, while the Eagles are just above them with two victories.
Farmer wants to finish the season before negotiating a new deal.
Melbourne football manager Danny Corcoran said it was club policy not to discuss players' contracts. But he said the club would continue to negotiate with its uncontracted players. Fremantle has a poor success rate in attracting highly regarded players from Victorian clubs. Although they snared Peter Bell back from the Kangaroos this year, the Dockers failed in their efforts in recent years to recruit St Kilda pair Stewart Loewe and Robert Harvey, as well as Roo David King. 2001 News Limited, Channel 7, Australian Football League.