Fremantle's list management will soon come to a decision regarding whether they occupy their sole vacant list spot during the Supplemental Selection Period, or at the mid-season draft, with the SSP deadline just over a week away.

The Dockers have been training two SSP prospects, Sam Stubbs and Liam Serong, over the course of the pre-season, as they continue to ponder which path to take with their final playing spot.

While Stubbs and Serong have put their best foot forward in hopes of earning the prized spot, the Dockers may still opt to bide their time until the mid-year draft festivities to assess the playing talent available.

Fremantle football boss Peter Bell spoke on ABC Sports Talk on Monday about the choice between closing the final spot now, or at midseason.

"We have got a vacancy on our list at the moment, and we are trialling both Sam Stubbs and Liam Serong – who are both forwards, but they are a little bit different," Bell started.

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"Obviously, we have to decide whether it will be one of those two, someone else, or if we leave the spot vacant ahead of potential opportunities in the mid-season draft.

"We will make a call on that, the deadline is February 15 … that is what we have to weigh up over the next couple of weeks."

The 25-year-old Stubbs, hailing from the Perth Football Club, is a medium-sized forward who kicked 23 goals last season, while Serong, 18, is the younger brother of Dockers midfielder Caleb and is a key-position goalkicker.

"[Stubbs] is an older player from Perth who has had an interesting journey to this opportunity, coming from Queensland and via Kalgoorlie and then Perth," Bell continued.

"He is a powerful, mid-sized forward who has acquitted himself pretty well in the match sims so far.

"[Serong] hasn't played a lot of football but like his two brothers who are currently on AFL lists, he has got some AFL attributes and we thought we would give him an opportunity as well.

"He is the tallest of the three brothers with Caleb the shortest, but Liam is probably 193cm or 194cm as well and he has definitely had some moments in the match sims too."

The SSP deadline for signing players is February 15, while the 2023 mid-season draft, yet to be officially scheduled, is likely to take place in the month of June.