Ross Lyon was renowned for his prickly press conferences during his time in charge of Fremantle and St Kilda, but one moment stands out from the crowd.

That moment came shortly after the Dockers stunned Geelong at Kardinia Park in the 2013 qualifying final.

Fremantle were forced to face Chris Scott’s side in Geelong in the first week of September, much to the frustration of Dockers powerbrokers.

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Less than half an hour after Fremantle defeated a team stacked with three-time premiership players in a heated final, Lyon was sitting in a dingy press conference room when 3AW journalist, Shane McInnes, asked him if the Dockers made a deliberate plan to target Geelong players off the ball.

“What’s your name? That’s the best question you can come up with after two hours of footy? You’re quite brilliant, Shane, terrific,” Lyon infamously vented.

“Just go to behind the goals vision and we will see what comes out. I think you’ve got to look at what you stand for as a journalist, to be frank.”

Reflecting on the infamous post-game whack on the You cannot be serious podcast this week, Lyon said he put McInnes on the map by bristling inside the Cattery.

Ross Lyon leaves the MCG after Fremantle lost the 2013 Grand Final. Source: News Limited

“He loved it, Shane. No-one knew who Shane was. Shane texted me,” Lyon said.

“I can give you the background to that. Get to the context of the final. Where did we play the final? How many finals have been played down at Geelong in 100 years? None. Well, one – ours.

“We win and Geelong – and they are a physical and aggressive team – you walk in, you have this great victory and the first question you get asked is, ‘Did your players target Geelong players off the ball?’

Dockers coach Ross Lyon fronts the media at Fremantle Oval. Source: News Corp Australia

“And I just felt, my paranoia is, I’m always looking to next week, so I’m thinking, ‘What are you flagging, what have you seen?’ And I’m thinking … ‘Wow, we’re probably playing Collingwood next week’. So you just feel, almost a conspiracy of – we are getting set up here and I was like, ‘Is that the best you’ve got out of two hours of footy?’

“The one team, the soft, easy to push around Fremantle Dockers, attacked poor old Geelong off the ball.

“So I took umbrage and said, ‘Is that the best you’ve got after two hours? You’re quite brilliant Shane’.

“I didn’t say, ‘It’s garbage’ did I? I may have, and the press conference was in the toilets at Geelong with a cistern …”