Fremantle has added four players to its squad for Sunday’s clash with North Melbourne at Subiaco Oval.

Byron Schammer, Clancee Pearce, Dylan Roberton and Matt de Boer come into the team that beat Sydney last Saturday, with Alex Silvagni the only player out because of an ankle injury.

The final team will be named on Friday afternoon.

Schammer has been in a purple-patch of form in the past month for Claremont in the WAFL, while Roberton could be included for his third game of AFL football after missing the past two matches.

Pearce has also been performing well for his WAFL side Swan Districts.

De Boer was an emergency for the Sydney game and could be called upon to play a shutdown role against the Kangaroos.

Luke McPharlin, Greg Broughton and Des Headland were not considered again because of injury.

Fremantle midfielder Paul Duffield said the breakthrough wins in Brisbane and Sydney over the past three weeks were significant and had helped the team grow in confidence.

But he said that the side had not gone outside of its normal preparations and it had felt no different to winning any other game.

“We haven’t gone outside of what we are trying to do and the footy we are trying to play,” Duffield said. “But our confidence is growing in that we can go out and handle a range of different situations and the group can still go out, play good footy and respond in a way that’s necessary.

“We are really excited about the way we are playing footy at the moment.”

Duffield said that Fremantle expected a fired up North Melbourne on Sunday.

“They have got a young side and they are playing some really good footy,” he said. “We‘ve got to make sure that we don’t drop our guard and that we are on song for what they bring over this weekend. They will be looking to do a little bit of what we’ve done, which is to go on the road and have a win and galvanise the group.”

Duffield said Fremantle wasn’t concerned about the niggling tactics North Melbourne employed on Western Bulldog Barry Hall last week being used on his side.

“I think the niggle, to a degree, is part and parcel of the game,” he said. “We all enjoying giving each other a bit of stick out there. It happens to you and it happens to your opposition as well.

“I think our group has developed a really good resilience and a resolve to not let any of that stuff bother us, and just go about winning the footy and playing our brand of footy.

Fremantle coach Mark Harvey said he didn’t expect off-field events surrounding Michael Johnson’s club-imposed suspension to hinder his players on Sunday.

“If we were going to see it we would have seen it on the weekend [against Sydney],” Harvey said. “If there was any evidence it would have come out then, so I’d say no.

“I think probably everyone’s looking at our younger players and thinking they will [fall over], but you can look at a word called desire and how far that can take you.”

Harvey said the club would not reassess its 2010 goals until the mid-season break.

“It’s a good time to focus and see where you’re at,” he said. “Naturally you’ve got seven games after that and you’ve got an angle of where you can head, what you need to do and what lies ahead.”

Fremantle faces North Melbourne (home), Adelaide (away), St Kilda (home) and Carlton (away) before its bye.