AFL: Nathan Buckley has taken aim at the Melbourne Demons, saying that they did not look fit enough to be a top four side.
That’s the question Melbourne champion Garry Lyon was asking on Fox Footy’s On The Couch on Monday night, after his club suffered a horrifying 92-point defeat to Fremantle in Alice Springs .
“The skill level, the attitude, the body language wasn’t great. What I took from this … can you have a performance like this and win the flag in the same year? History would suggest you can’t. That’s the big challenge for the Dees because the premiers, if you look at the last 20 years, they don’t have a 90-point plus shellacking.”
Buckley highlighted vision of the Dees post-match, where multiple players had their shirts off, questioning whether or not the players were in the right shape for the rigours of AFL football.“Watching this vision I just thought to myself… one, the energy is not great… but I had a thought come into my head this doesn’t look like a hard, fit top-four side. A little bit of body shape. I just don’t think that is a hard, fit unit.
Lyon used extensive footage of examples of poor skill execution and teamwork to highlight the lack of cohesion and care amongst the group. “This stuff, Jack just keeps running until he runs into trouble… and then goes, ‘Now this is your problem’, and misses the handball. Their defensive half turnovers were 58 points on the weekend… and this kick, Caleb is a good kid… drop it at the foot of Max . Care for your captain.
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