Emerging St Kilda key forward Tim Membrey says the synergy between himself, Josh Bruce and Paddy McCartin will improve with greater exposure, but when they do click in games they must capitalise.

A week after the trio combined for 10.5 against Essendon, Membrey (three goals), Bruce (two goals) and McCartin (two goals) accounted for 7.4 against Fremantle, with four of those goals coming in an important burst in the final quarter when the game was on the line.

“The more we play together it’s going to start working. It’s not going to happen every quarter or every game, but the moments where they are we’ve just got to take it and really capitalise,” Membrey told saints.com.au after St Kilda’s 34-point win on Saturday night.

“Obviously we’re really good mates off the field so that does help. The more we train together it’s just that continuity and really just working together it’s just going to keep building.”

Trailing by 13-points at three-quarter time, and behind in almost every key indicator, Membrey said the Saints lifted their pressure and their thirst for the contest in the last quarter to survive a scare from the winless Dockers.

“We just had to get back to basics and crack in and win the ball at the source and if they were the first ones to get their hands on it we just had to apply immense pressure and put them away. In the last we really put them away with our pressure and we were just first to the ball,” Membrey said.

Saturday’s game marked five in succession for Membrey – the equal highest haul of his career – and the in-form mobile key forward believes he must continue working on his craft and not allow any form of complacency to creep into his game.

“I can’t get comfortable now I’ve just got to keep improving and doing the work at training as well,” Membrey said.

The former Swan is averaging 12.4 disposals and 5.8 marks per game this season, to go with 14.8 in front of goal, including a bag of five and three collections of three.