Former Melbourne captain Garry Lyon has slammed AFL players for their poor ball-use by foot, suggesting players are turning over the ball at an all-time high.
Through the opening five rounds, Lyon has had enough of teams butchering the ball heading inside 50, and told SEN Breakfast he's fed up with what he's seen.
โKicking in footy right now is as bad as Iโve ever seen it,โ he told SEN Breakfast.
โFor goal, kicking inside 50 and some of the general field kicking, at some stage youโve just got to say enough is enough.
โThese are professional full-time footballers who have more access to resources and time than ever before and it is putrid.โ
Lyon particularly took exception to an incident on Saturday afternoon, when St Kilda's Jack Steven overcooked a kick to Jake Carlisle in the final seconds of the Saints' draw with GWS.
Co-host Tim Watson defended the players are asked Lyon if it was a product of players running more than ever before, but the former Demon wasn't having it.
โNo. Because back when we played we werenโt fit enough to be able to play in that manner because we didnโt train as much as they do in these days,โ Lyon said.
โWe were never required to run the way that the current player is.
โThey train them to be athletes and to run and be fit and then Jack Steven couldnโt make a 20m kick to Jake Carlisle.โ
Lyon went on to say some of the skill errors he's seen so far this season have been nothing short of "embarrassing."
