'As coaches, we take responsibility': Lyon wears the blame - AFL.com.au

'As coaches, we take responsibility': Lyon wears the blame

Alex Malcolm April 9, 2016 11:59 PM

FREMANTLE coach Ross Lyon has questioned his own coaching group and the Dockers' pre-season program after lamenting his players' inability to execute their skills under pressure during Saturday night's loss to West Coast.

The Dockers have slumped to 0-3 for the first time under Lyon and are in danger of seeing the season slip away dramatically.

Lyon said the common theme in the Dockers' first three losses were poor skills and decision making coming out of defence, which was causing a heavy amount of turnovers and scores against.

The Dockers conceded 63 inside 50s on Saturday night and Lyon said 33 of them had come from turnovers in the defensive half.

"It's a bit of a common theme," Lyon said post-match.

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"We spoke as a group afterwards. We put it on the table that at the end of the day, as coaches, we take responsibility. Because we thought we delivered a football program that under pressure they'd be able to execute.

"Typically in my tenure at the Dockers, we feel we've been able to do that.

"Under pressure our players know what they need to do and were able to perform. At the minute, the program hasn't delivered them to be instinctive and make decisions to the level they need to.

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