{"id":28115,"date":"2025-07-28T18:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28115\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T18:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:39:08","slug":"melbourne-demons-fallout-after-record-loss-to-st-kilda-saints-nasiah-wanganeen-milera-goal-after-the-siren-6-6-6-infringement-will-simon-goodwin-be-sacked-afl-360-on-the-couch-reactions-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/28115\/","title":{"rendered":"Melbourne Demons fallout after record loss to St Kilda Saints, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera goal after the siren, 6-6-6 infringement, will Simon Goodwin be sacked, AFL 360, On The Couch, reactions, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne\u2019s devastating \u201cone-in-10,000\u201d loss to St Kilda<\/a> has come under fresh scrutiny, as the AFL world continues to wrap its head around the inexplicable finish<\/a> on Sunday evening<\/p>\n

After leading the Saints by 46 points at three-quarter time, the Demons went on to concede the greatest final-quarter comeback in V\/AFL history, with St Kilda booting nine unanswered majors to win by one goal.<\/p>\n

At the centre of the extraordinary finish, was a 6-6-6 infringement which saw Melbourne accidentally place an extra player in defence with eight seconds remaining. Having previously breached the rule earlier in the quarter, the repeat offence gifted St Kilda a free kick \u2014 one that landed in the hands of superstar Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, who slotted his fourth goal of the game to seal a stunning victory.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Fox Footy\u2019s On the Couch, Collingwood legend Nathan Buckley suggested Simon Goodwin\u2019s side were left shell-shocked in response to the Saints\u2019 late charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou talk about \u2018fight or flight\u2019; well there\u2019s another one, and that\u2019s freeze. That\u2019s pretty much what Melbourne did,\u201d Buckley said on Monday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s about a dozen things that Melbourne needed to get wrong. If they got one of them right, they probably stop that bit of play. There\u2019s about a dozen things that St Kilda needed to get right, and if they get one of them wrong, they wouldn\u2019t have been able to finish that play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a one-in-10,000, and they were able to execute it \u2014 and Melbourne weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Demons lick their wounds after collapse | 02:08<\/p>\n

Earlier on in the night to AFL 360, Melbourne great Garry Lyon zeroed in on the club\u2019s on-field leaders during the debacle as an almost-hapless Simon Goodwin stood sidelines on the bench while disaster unfolded.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fundamental breakdown in leadership, of which he sits at the head of it. The questions will be asked of him, and he didn\u2019t back away from them \u2014 and nor should he,\u201d Lyon began.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking at the playing group (though). They\u2019re senior footballers, I don\u2019t need to kick them. They\u2019ve been kicked enough, but they just fundamentally panicked. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no question in the world that at three-quarter time, they checked out. \u2018We have done enough \u2014 45 points is more than enough\u2019. The sin is there; the complacency puts them in a position at the end that they panic themselves into an embarrassment. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey thought they won. They absolutely boxed St Kilda\u2019s ears off; forward of the ball, behind the footy and at clearance. And they just said \u2018that is enough\u2019, there\u2019s the problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘Cardinal sin!’ Where did Dees go wrong? | 02:58<\/p>\n

Ironically, the Demons on Monday held an already-scheduled board meeting between, which according to Nine\u2019s Tom Morris<\/a>, would have nothing off the table in regards to solutions around the club\u2019s sub-par 2025 performance. <\/p>\n

Goodwin\u2019s tenure is believed to be safe until season\u2019s end, however pressure on his role as head coach has risen throughout the year. He is contracted to the club until the end of 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sacking the coach, and all that sort of stuff. There is emotion out there, I get it. Everyone gets emotional when you see that unfold like that,\u201d Lyon added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIronically, it was as good a three quarters as they\u2019ve played for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodwin owns ‘unacceptable’ Dees loss | 04:45<\/p>\n

Three-time premiership player Jack Riewoldt added to On The Couch: \u201cThis would have to go close to nearly the worst quarter in football from a Melbourne point of view.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019d be any club in this competition that would\u2019ve said: \u2018Let\u2019s practice giving a 6-6-6 infraction away, when the scores are level with eight seconds left \u2014 so let\u2019s put that on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, they should\u2019ve either gone in to save the game, or win the game … but even before that, they\u2019ve got a midfielder on the wing, a defender who goes into the forward line. It was a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melbourne\u2019s season finishes with matches against West Coast, the Western Bulldogs, Hawthorn and Collingwood. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne\u2019s devastating \u201cone-in-10,000\u201d loss to St Kilda has come under fresh scrutiny, as the AFL world continues to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,689,55,639,25309,1818,27039,27041,27040,10145,5330,27037,27038,1823,7804,26511,677,27036,8016,27035,19545,27033,8014,1124,85,1122,26889,14379,1144,27034,660,698],"class_list":["post-28115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-cardinal-sin","tag-david-king","tag-devastating-one-goal-loss","tag-extraordinary-finish","tag-fundamental-breakdown","tag-garry-lyon","tag-head-coach","tag-horror-collapse","tag-inexplicable-finish","tag-jack-riewoldt","tag-melbourne-demons","tag-nathan-buckley","tag-oceania","tag-on-field-leaders","tag-premiership-player","tag-record-loss","tag-saints","tag-senior-footballers","tag-simon-goodwin","tag-south-australia","tag-sports","tag-st-kilda","tag-st-kilda-saints","tag-three-quarter-time","tag-tom-morris","tag-unanswered-goals","tag-victoria","tag-western-bulldogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}