conceded after the loss to Carlton his side \u201chasn\u2019t been good enough\u201d and \u201cthat sits with me\u201d<\/a> after he previously claimed it was \u201cindisputable\u201d they\u2019d improved in 2026.<\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been very, very competitive and our percentage tells it. Sometimes we don\u2019t care about complexities. But that\u2019s OK. I\u2019ve got to wear it, I\u2019m fine, I\u2019m a big boy, I\u2019m happy to take what comes,\u201d Lyon told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeaders shepherd, protect, nurture and challenge their people under pressure. That\u2019s my job and I\u2019ll continue to do it until I\u2019m either tapped, or I tap myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
How Essendon responded to Lethal’s view | 02:05<\/p>\n
Injuries have played a part in St Kilda falling short of expectations, with key stars including Max King, Jack Sinclair and Sam Flanders having all missed big chunks of the season. <\/p>\n
But 2027 looms as a crucial year at Moorabbin. <\/p>\n
Lyon goes into the final year of a five-season deal since he returned to the club in 2023, while Wanganeen-Milera\u2019s two-year contract worth a record $2 million annually also expires.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, yeah, I think that\u2019s real (the heat is rising on Lyon). Ross knows that better than anyone, you can tell that,\u201d Lyon added on AFL 360.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants a clear run at it, he\u2019s got players missing from the weekend and lost players during the game. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s not going to placate the St Kilda fans \u2014 and nor should it. They have high expectations, as do the Bulldogs and Kangaroos, and they\u2019ve got highly credentialed men in charge of their clubs. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey will know the heat is coming for them and it\u2019s going to be a big summer. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s real, and that\u2019s great. We\u2019ll see the best of Lyon, Clarkson and Beveridge when the heat comes on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garry Lyon says \u201cthe heat is coming\u201d for Saints coach Ross Lyon as well as premiership winners Alastair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-851380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851380","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=851380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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