JAMES Frawley concedes he’s getting annoyed with the constant speculation surrounding his future beyond 2014.

The key defender/forward is arguably the most sought after free agent in the game, but following Melbourne’s heart-breaking three-point loss to Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, Frawley said he was getting sick of the talk.  

“It gets pretty frustrating, being in the media all of the time,” he told Dee TV.

“Being a country boy, you don’t really like that stuff. The free agency stuff, it’s going to be in the public eye for how many years it’s actually in the system.

“I’m new to it, so I’m going to cop it for a couple of years and I’m trying to focus on footy and trying to play the best footy I can.

“I’m trying to help the Melbourne footy club win as many games as we can and get better as a group, and for the long haul.

“I’m trying to get better each week.”

Frawley said Melbourne’s three-point loss to Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Sunday was “pretty deflating”.

“We really worked our way back into it, to the boys’ credit. We came [back from] five goals down, and with five minutes to go [in the match], we were in the lead,” he said.

“It’s probably the story of our year, really. We’ve had five or six close games during the year and we’ve probably lost six games by [close margins] and it gets pretty frustrating in the end.

“We’ve just got to find a way to get the four points after a really good effort and a really strong performance with the two quarters after half-time.”

Despite the narrow defeat, Frawley said there were definitely plenty of positives out of the match.

“You can definitely find positives out of it. They’re one of the best attacking teams in the competition over the first 18 rounds. They kicked seven goals in the first half and then we kept them to three goals for the rest of the game,” he said.

“You work your backside off all game and you get in front and then we end up stuffing up somehow. It’s pretty frustrating.”

Frawley, who had 19 disposals, nine marks and booted a goal against the Power, said he simply tried to compete and lead up the ground all game.

“I was trying to help Pedo (Cameron Pedersen) and Dawesy (Chris Dawes) out. We identified during the week that they were going to be a bit small, with [Alipate] Carlile and [Jackson] Trengove out [through injury] … so Roosy put me forward and I felt I was all right,” he said.

“But I’ve got to finish off the work, I had a bit of a shank in the pocket and kicked it out on the full.”