Saints young gun called out over ugly habit

Port Adelaide large Kane Cornes has urged St Kilda prima Max King to "get the dive retired of his game", saying it's go a atrocious wont for the young forward.

King kicked 2 goals successful the Saints' 20-point nonaccomplishment to Richmond connected Saturday, and was progressive successful a fig of scuffles, but Cornes was disappointed by however often helium went to ground.

"We emotion Max King and helium was imposing and started the crippled truly strongly," helium said connected Nine's Footy Classified.

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"This is the beingness helium tin make, clunks (a large mark) and past helium goes implicit and pushes and shoves, but I privation him to get the dive retired of his game.

St Kilda prima Max King has been called retired for diving aft being progressive successful a fig of scuffles against Richmond (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"If you're going to beryllium the big, commanding centre-half guardant for the adjacent 10 years and a carnal presence, I don't request this. The propulsion and shove is fine, but I don't request the staging.

"Max, if you're going to beryllium that big, assertive forward, beryllium that, don't springiness maine the diving.

"We're not going to spot this benignant of worldly from the large cardinal forwards successful the game, and he's got to get that retired of his game, and I deliberation helium volition bash that due to the fact that we've already seen it a mates of times this twelvemonth already."

St Kilda has been 1 of the biggest astonishment packets this play nether returning caput manager Ross Lyon, but Cornes questioned whether the seasoned manager was pugnacious capable connected his players, peculiarly aft helium gave his broadside a "mulligan" aft a mediocre show this season.

Kane Cornes isn't definite Ross Lyon is pushing St Kilda's playing radical arsenic hard arsenic helium perchance tin (AFL Photos via Getty Images)

"I conscionable wonderment whether helium is drilling them arsenic hard arsenic helium needs to," helium said.

"He's spoken precocious astir 15 interaction hours astatine the nine only. Is helium driving the group?

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"This is conscionable an reflection from the outside, listening and sitting done his media conferences. When person you ever heard Ross Lyon astatine Fremantle say, 'I've fixed them a mulligan'?

"Is the caller mentation of Ross driving the radical arsenic hard arsenic helium has successful the past? I don't cognize that. Get a spot of mongrel back."

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