Too much noise let Freo noose Lyon and get out of jail free
Opinion
AFL 2019

Too much noise let Freo noose Lyon and get out of jail free

The real reason Ross Lyon was sacked as Fremantle coach is not yet known. But it was definitely in part due to the culmination of several on-field,club-wide failures in the past four seasons.

  • byDavid Prestipino

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Why Ross Lyon was the best coach I played under
Opinion
AFL 2019

Why Ross Lyon was the best coach I played under

Ross Lyon says that football takes grown men to places they should never go. I wonder if he wants to jump into another job again?

  • byMatthew Pavlich
Lyon would have faced heave-ho even if Dockers made finals

Lyon would have faced heave-ho even if Dockers made finals

Sacked Fremantle coach Ross Lyon would still have been shown the exit door even if the Dockers had made this year's AFL finals.

  • byDavid Prestipino
Fremantle identities lead the race for Dockers top job

Fremantle identities lead the race for Dockers top job

The man who had a falling out with sacked Fremantle coach Ross Lyon that prompted his exit as assistant coach from the club in 2016 is now the favourite to replace him as senior coach.

  • byDavid Prestipino
Sumich expected to be squarely in the mix for Fremantle job

Sumich expected to be squarely in the mix for Fremantle job

Peter Sumich’s manager expects his client to be firmly in the mix to replace Ross Lyon as Fremantle coach.

  • byDaniel Cherny
Ross Lyon sacking:Writing on the wall once defences went up
Opinion
AFL 2019

Ross Lyon sacking:Writing on the wall once defences went up

Despite the rhetoric coming from the Dockers these past few months that Ross Lyon's future at Fremantle was secure,the rumblings on the senior coach proved to be true.

  • byDavid Prestipino
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Futures at Fremantle hang in limbo as the'F'word keeps on changing
Opinion
AFL 2019

Futures at Fremantle hang in limbo as the'F'word keeps on changing

The line between finals and failure is very thin in the AFL these days,and a verdict on Fremantle's season can't be handed down until the end of the round 23 clash with Port Adelaide.

  • byTony Buti
Disgruntled Docker exits Freo in wake of clash with Lyon over Neale departure

Disgruntled Docker exits Freo in wake of clash with Lyon over Neale departure

Ross Lyon has found an unlikely ally as a disgruntled Docker prepares to walk from the club after a reported falling out with the Fremantle coach.

  • byDavid Prestipino
Kersten to leave Dockers after rift with Lyon

Kersten to leave Dockers after rift with Lyon

Less than a day after Fremantle coach Ross Lyon claimed a strong relationship with his playing group,news has emerged of a falling out with Shane Kersten.

  • byJustin Chadwick
I haven't lost the Freo players:Lyon

I haven't lost the Freo players:Lyon

Embattled Dockers coach Ross Lyon insists there's'never been stronger the connection with the player group'.

  • byJustin Chadwick
Dockers need'Fremantle person'to save club from crisis

Dockers need'Fremantle person'to save club from crisis

Recent AFL Hall of Fame inductee and Brownlow medallist Brad Hardie made an impassioned plea for Fremantle to return to its roots when the Ross Lyon era ends after yet another listless loss alienated the club's fledgling fanbase even further.

  • byDavid Prestipino