A few thoughts on jerking knees
"Ross Lyon has no system"
"Ross Lyon controls perception and nothing else"
Fremantle ladder position
2012 - 7th
2013 - 3rd
2014 - 4th
2015 - 1st
2016 - 16th
2017, in progress - 8th
(6 years prior to Lyon: 11th, 6th, 14th, 14th, 11th, 3rd)
"Ross Lyon can't develop a list."
"Chris Bond can't put a list together"
Fremantle drafting/trading
2016 - McCarthy, Hamling, B. Hill, Logue, Darcy, Cox, Ryan.
2015 - Bennell, Tucker, Ballic, Collins
2014 - Weller, Blakely, Langdon, Hughes
2013 - Alex Pearce, Gray
2012 - D. pearce, Taberner, Spurr
If I'm thinking about why we suck at the minute then a few things seem obvious to me:
Pav and Elvis left. Mundy, Sandi, D Pearce, and Johnson got old. Thanks a big chunk of our spine and engine that just fell out.
So, Lyon gutted the middle tier players over 25 and chucked a bunch of 18-22 year olds that have never played together into their spots. Suprise surprise, the ones looking best on ground are the ones that had played together for a bit - Neale, Fyfe, S. Hill in the seniors, and Langdon, Weller, Blakely in the 2s. B. Hill and Hamling jumping in and playing well so fast is a testament to their class.
Cool head and patience. Last year was the pits and we're building back up. Quite quickly and effectively, I would have thought.