Extra day no big plus for Saints: Lyon
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Extra day no big plus for Saints: Lyon
[quote]ST KILDA coach Ross Lyon has dismissed suggestions from Fremantle counterpart Mark Harvey that the Saints are at an advantage because of a longer break leading in to this week’s clash.
Harvey raised concerns after Sunday’s loss to Adelaide that Fremantle would have a shorter break between games than their opponents for the third week in a row.
The Saints played West Coast at Docklands on Saturday afternoon, while Fremantle took on Adelaide at Subiaco the following day. This Saturday’s match will be at Docklands.
Lyon said the difference in preparation was minimal.
“It’s 24 hours. When you drill into it, they’ve had seven-day preparations. I think their opposition (so far) has had the advantage of a day so let’s be really clear on that,â€
Harvey raised concerns after Sunday’s loss to Adelaide that Fremantle would have a shorter break between games than their opponents for the third week in a row.
The Saints played West Coast at Docklands on Saturday afternoon, while Fremantle took on Adelaide at Subiaco the following day. This Saturday’s match will be at Docklands.
Lyon said the difference in preparation was minimal.
“It’s 24 hours. When you drill into it, they’ve had seven-day preparations. I think their opposition (so far) has had the advantage of a day so let’s be really clear on that,â€
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Yes, hardly an encouraging message to his players when he starts making an excuse up before the game!! I'd want my coach to be on the front foot with a positive attitude heading into a game against a red-hot opponent.Marcus1232 wrote:this is true sounds like hes pre-empting the carnage of this Saturday night
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Wallace. All the people running Freo are inept too.Thinline wrote:In a way I feel sorry for Harvey. He inherited a pretty shoddy mob and all. But geez he does himself no favours publicly. Very defensive, first to say 'it's not an excuse, BUT' etc etc...
Question is: Harvey or Wallace? Who will go first?
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Excuse my ignorance, but I'm not sure how a 6 day break is really that different from a 7 day one. I know that its definitely not an excuse but is there even that much of a difference? The players should be mentally and physically rested and ready for the next game after 144 hours (6 days) of a break.
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Ah poor old Freo, I LOVE IT. What do you want the AFL to do? Fixture so there are no Sunday games and squeeze everyone in on the Saturday? There are going to be 6 day breaks here and there, every team has them. Suck it up i say it's not like we're playing on Thursday night.
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Mark Harvey has no clue... worst coach for a very long time... no direction, no game plan, terrible in the media (which only exasperates the above), his team have been going around with what only looks like even worse skills than last year and run around like a headless chook.
We will smash them by ALOT 100 is on the cards, watched the entire fremantle game which was so ordinary it was painful to come to this conclusion no bias but it will be a bath
We will smash them by ALOT 100 is on the cards, watched the entire fremantle game which was so ordinary it was painful to come to this conclusion no bias but it will be a bath
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Freo are playing kids at the moment.
To be honest, If I was a Freo Supporter, you would have to be somewhat content with the long term stance of their current coaches...
But one day's rest will make sweet FA difference on Saturday night...
If we nail 65+ tackles again, Freo are in for one hell of a hiding...
We saw some almighty thumpings at the dome during the Thomas era, I think that we might see something bigger on Saturday.
To be honest, If I was a Freo Supporter, you would have to be somewhat content with the long term stance of their current coaches...
But one day's rest will make sweet FA difference on Saturday night...
If we nail 65+ tackles again, Freo are in for one hell of a hiding...
We saw some almighty thumpings at the dome during the Thomas era, I think that we might see something bigger on Saturday.
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