Freo are a hell of a lot more focused and professional than us it seems.

They weren't even needing a coach and they got the best one around.

Wonderful. Just wonderful.

look bigger...look wider.. just look !!

Amazing coup by Freo.

I thought they were mad sacking their coach 2 weeks after season's end .... and all the time they have been negotiating with a hot property behind the media's back. Really dirty treatment of Mark Harvey ... but an amazing coup nonetheless

2 Questions

- Why did Lyon pick them and not us?

- Have we any interest in Harvey?

To me the answers

- Freo more decisive - more professional(??)

- Not really

Freo are not more professional, they have basically stunk ever since they got into the AFL, we are going to end up with a young coach.

Freo - more money and shorter window to challenge if they had all key players fit.

look bigger...look wider.. just look !!

Keep dreaming.

Keep dreaming.

better than being a sad sack seing everything as cr@p

There is talk on twitter that M Harvey has gone to the Saints. Until its all offical i just might wait who knows maybe Lyon is going to the Dees. Boy what a big week in footy

Edited September 15, 201114 yr by Face Your Demons

holy crap what a dog act by a coach

Is this true.

Ross Lyon & Mark Harvey have the same manager. Ross to now be labelled a mercenary #$$$$$$$

I don't share the optimism about acquiring MM for next year.

So who is left to choose from...

Neeld

Burns

Sanderson

Hinkley?

Eade?

Harvey?

Edited September 15, 201114 yr by Nascent

holy crap what a dog act by a coach

Mind boggling isn't it. I'll bet Harvey will be setting up a dart board with a piccie of Ross Lyon on it as soon as he settles in his new abode, where ever that may be.

Is this true.

Ross Lyon & Mark Harvey have the same manager. Ross to now be labelled a mercenary #$$$$$$$

Mercenary, way worse than even he who cant be named.

He had a "get out clause"

And the St Kilda FC wernt meeting or satisfying is requirements in this

He had a "get out clause"

And the St Kilda FC wernt meeting or satisfying is requirements in this

apparently this has been going on for weeks and we could not match any of the money Lyon is getting, he is getting deals with mining companies etc and will make twice as much as we could get him.

as with $cummy, its all about money

There is talk on twitter that M Harvey has gone to the Saints. Until its all offical i just might wait who knows maybe Lyon is going to the Dees. Boy what a big week in footy

Lyon is at Melbourne airport as we speak about to board a flight to Perth. He's a Docker. Amazing stuff. Seems like his manager didn't know and Lyon did the deal himself...

Amazing coup by Freo.

I thought they were mad sacking their coach 2 weeks after season's end .... and all the time they have been negotiating with a hot property behind the media's back. Really dirty treatment of Mark Harvey ... but an amazing coup nonetheless

2 Questions

- Why did Lyon pick them and not us?

- Have we any interest in Harvey?

To me the answers

- Freo more decisive - more professional(??)

- Not really

Freo's list is better / more advanced than ours.

It was done 5 weeks ago and Melbourne never had the chance to speak with him. This means he didn't choose them over us. We are not a basket case because of this and I do feel we dodged a bullet with him anyway!

What's Freo got in culture?

*Cough*

What exactly does MFC have as "culture"?

I think MFC were runmoured to be offering similar.

There is a saying about glass houses that would be apt.

This just gets better and better.

Ross Lyon did deal without manager Craig Kelly's (ESP) knowledge and they have now parted ways.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/ross-lyon-to-coach-fremantle-20110915-1kbmh.html

I don't share the optimism about acquiring MM for next year.

So who is left to choose from...

• Neeld

• Burns

• Sanderson

• Hinkley?

• Eade?

• Harvey?

I think it would definitely be one who is still coaching in the finals or it would have been announced already.

Freo are a hell of a lot more focused and professional than us it seems.

They weren't even needing a coach and they got the best one around.

Wonderful. Just wonderful.

Jaded, you're just seeing what you want to see.

Freo have many advantages over us at the moment.

a) Sandi,

B) Pavlich,

c) Ability to rebound quickly next year,

d) money, both for him and also footy department funding.

For someone whose strength certainly seems more in the 'finishing' side of coaching, these make Freo more appealing than us at the moment. He also knocked back 4 more years with St Kilda, so it looks like the move of a career coach.

Edited September 15, 201114 yr by Axis of Bob

This just gets better and better.

Ross Lyon did deal without manager Craig Kelly's (ESP) knowledge and they have now parted ways.

"Man of Integrity"

WOW!

As expected ESP, run by Craig Kelly, has terminated contract with Ross Lyon, What a day

Wonder if those sacked saint players are also going to freo

I am glad the situation has been taken out of our hands, because on one hand i would have appreciated the winning at all costs culture Lyon would have bought to the Demons, on the other, I can not stand the way the Saints play, and am glad he is not bringing that game style to Demonland.