In the week I caught a bit of some Fox programme where the panellists were having ago at Lyons presser. No surprise there, but what did surprise me was David King coming to Lyons defence and saying he only carried on like he did to protect his players. Further to this, he said the trouble with Freo was their mid- range defensive players that the game had found out in its present format, he then went on to name Spurr and Ibbotson as not up to the mark anymore. That surprised me as I thought they were two of our better defenders. I don't regard myself as in any way being an authority, but what do others think of his view?