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Yes, lot of talk when Lyon went back to St Kilda that they got off on the wrong foot and have never been big fans of each other...

Will be a good player for us if he stays fit, my main concern is he has a pretty bad degenerative knee issue doesnt he? At least playing most weeks on the glorious MCG will be a lot better for his legs than that glorified carpark at Docklands

Not sure we need him, might end up at Casey a fair bit

You don’t have to read between the lines too hard to see why we are desperate to see the back of Clayton and why no one except GWS showed any real interest in taking him off our hands

Don’t mind him at all if he can stay fit and as others have pointed out we can’t go all kids for next season. Should be exciting watching him, Koz and Caleb burn up the MCG grass at least!

1 million times better than that poxy Suns strip

Of course they will....they had been clamouring for us to sack Goody for 2 years and when we do it "how can they treat their only living Premiership coach with such disrespect?"

Its the hope that kills you...

All this is a bit reminiscent of Ryan Griffin being traded to GWS who refused to deal Tom Boyd "under any circumstances"

Painful as it is I think the footy department is doing the right thing pulling the trigger now to ensure we have a competitive team going forward and don’t end up like West Coast, hanging onto the premiership heroes way too long, look where that got them. King seems to be coming in with a similar plan as Sam Mitchell who sacked the guys who couldn’t play the style he demanded, working well for them so far (albeit with a couple of difficult seasons which we are already in the middle of)

Seems to be an epidemic of star players wanting out of their long term contracts this season…unusual. As for Trac would love if it he stays and is 100% committed but this constant speculation is getting tiresome year on year, perhaps if he isn’t all in a break up is best for both sides

King is certainly an impressive speaker and presenter and saying all the things we want to hear about attacking gameplan, ball movement etc. Excited to see it come to life in 2026 even though I’m sure it won’t be smooth sailing, but confident we should at least be better than this season gone!

Good decision I think, just couldn't imagine Buckley being a success as our coach....welcome Steven!

all the best SparGOAT

I did.

I'm not convinced Buckley is the best person for the job, not sure why he's so favoured....the way he waffles on bores me, I hope he's a more inspiring an orator when he gets in front of the playing group if we do end up going with him

How would this get done I presume he is not a FA? Do we have anything to trade

Funny how things work, Springvale Scorpions which eventually became Casey were our arch enemies in the old VFA along with Dandenong, I hated them! Beat us in a close Grand Final in the 90s….I like watching Casey Demons of course for the Melbourne connection but consider them my 2nd team behind the Mighty Dolphins!

Torn here...as a Frankston boy I have supported the Dolphins for as long as Ive gone for the Demons....I think Casey will be too strong but should be a great game might head down to good old Frankston Park with split allegiances!

Horrible last 15 minutes, yet another game chucked away….but peppered with some very promising football at this stage I don’t know if we are a bad good side or a good bad side

Can see why Choco got the sack, our skills, geeeeez

Demons to get the W, me to narrowly avoid a punch on with Collingwood bogans

Drove all the way in, stayed to the end and only just got home and had dinner…..that’s about all you can say about that game

Roosy back for a 2nd stint Ross Lyon style?

Thanks for everything Goody, bit of a sad day I personally quite liked him as a bloke but hard to argue with the decision….usually when results start going south as badly as they have this last two seasons it only gets worse. Smart to do it now before we end up run into the ground in a West Coast Eagles situation.