Ross Lyon Interview

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/10306497/no-place-for-normal-under-lyon-regime/

This is a great read.

SB: What have you seen in Fremantle's list to make you take this role?

RL: I think they've been in a transition, I still think they're in a transition. They've got three or four really top-end (players). Obviously (Aaron) Sandilands, (Matthew) Pavlich, I put (Luke) McPharlin in that and (David) Mundy. I rate (Hayden) Ballantyne really highly. There's a lot of maturity, but there's some holes as well. They came 11th. I know we talk about injuries, but at the end of the day every club has injuries. You can package it anyway you like, 11th is 11th. I don't think I've inherited Nirvana, but certainly the transition is going to continue. There is some emerging class in the midfield with (Nat) Fyfe, (Stephen) Hill, Mundy and (Anthony) Morabito coming off a reco. There's still a few who have made some inroads. But from here it's are you going to continue on? (Alex) Silvagni, (Dylan) Roberton and (Nick) Suban have shown glimpses, but they really need to be stepping up from where they're at. It's a list with a good run at it, a good game plan and everyone working really hard, we can really challenge consistently against the best teams. You've got to create a top-four opportunity and until you do that, it's incredibly difficult to win a premiership. There's some work to do, but I know the club knows that.

[Cicjose]

very well said Ross

The human side of it is really tough, but at the press conference, I certainly wasn't going to sit there and patronise Mark because I didn't think it was appropriate or the right time.

That was really a no-win situation. Certainly, you come in eyes wide open, but it's really important to reiterate I didn't create a position.

very good response to Mark Harvey IMO

[Ziplock]

'They came 11th. I know we talk about injuries, but at the end of the day every club has injuries. You can package it anyway you like, 11th is 11th'

There's injuries, and then there's injuries like freo had this year. That wasn't a run of the mill injury year, that was just a freak accident landslide of injuries.