Rule Lyon will 'take advantage of' in AFL return

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Ross Lyon.

Ross Lyon was renowned arsenic a masterful antiaircraft tactician during his coaching reigns astatine St Kilda and Fremantle.

But arsenic helium prepares to manager his archetypal AFL crippled since 2019 astatine Docklands Stadium connected Sunday afternoon, he's vowed connected Nine's Footy Classified to oversee an attack-orientated marque of footy this season.

"I threw it to the coaches, and that is true. I said, 'Look, you guys spell away, I've been retired for 3 years, you physique it out'. My spot is to adhd possibly the 10 per cent astatine the end," said Lyon, whose St Kilda outfit volition conscionable Fremantle successful circular one.

"I was aligned to them; I similar the surge game, I similar america going. It surely suits our database due to the fact that we're not a gangly list; we're precise even, we had 12 players tally nether 10 minutes for 3 kilometres, we tin truly tally and work. We'll play up tempo and we'll situation immoderate teams, we'll inquire immoderate questions."

The Saints are facing an wounded situation connected the cusp of the season, particularly successful their guardant line.

Max King (shoulder, hamstring) and Jack Hayes (foot) are months distant from playing, and Tim Membrey (knee) volition astatine slightest miss circular one.

Noted runners Sebastian Ross (calf) and Zak Jones (Achilles) are besides unavailable for the commencement of the season, but Mason Wood, Marcus Windhager, Bradley Hill and Brad Crouch bolster St Kilda's moving ability.

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"If you privation to get into the mechanics, surely the plan of the game, successful peculiar the basal regularisation has allowed offence to travel back," Lyon said.

"So I privation to instrumentality vantage of that. When I was successful the media I felt for 12 months teams weren't taking vantage of that. That's an accent and we're seeing that successful astir each teams."

The Saints are hoping to play finals footy for the archetypal clip since 2020.

They've entered a caller epoch pursuing last October's polarising sacking of Brett Ratten, who galore believed was not fixed a just go.

"Look, I've ne'er acceptable myself win-loss (goals)," Lyon said.

"St Kilda arsenic a nine — it's our 150th twelvemonth and we privation to bash our members and fans proud. There's nary uncertainty astir that.

"But arsenic a nine you can't beryllium defined by results. Clearly we privation to win, but we can't wobble. We privation to person a wide system, place who's going to instrumentality america guardant and who's not connected committee the bid to success. That's arsenic elemental arsenic it is."

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