GWS coach Leon Cameron says his side doesn’t deserve to be in the top four

A 19-POINT loss to Richmond on a waterlogged MCG is just the start of Leon Cameron’s woes. The Giants may lose Toby Greene to suspension and look a mile off being a flag chance.

Toby Greene will be looked at by the MRP. Picture: AAP Images

A 19-POINT loss to Richmond on a waterlogged MCG is just the start of Leon Cameron’s woes.

At the top of his list is his problem child Toby Greene, who is again in trouble with the match review panel after being reported for his first-quarter strike on Alex Rance.

Greene has a record as long as his arm. The Rance hit is his eighth charge in his six years in the AFL.

The report is his fourth this year alone and likely to draw a two-week suspension due to his poor record.

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It comes on top of the two-week ban he copped for striking Western Bulldogs midfielder Caleb Daniel in round six in Canberra.

That suspension came a week after he narrowly escaped an enforced holiday for headbutting Swans gun Isaac Heeney in the Sydney derby.

“He’s been better but today it reared its head and it shouldn’t happen,” Cameron said.

GWS players leave the MCG after another loss. Picture: AAP Images

“It can cost you, it can cost you dearly. When he was suspended in round six I said he has to deal with heightened situations in the game.

“This kid is worth spending time with because I know his heart is in the right spot and he wants to play footy for 120 minutes. But there are some areas he needs to tidy up and this is one of them.”

Greene is a prodigious talent but if he can’t control himself he is a ­liability.

While Greene is a concern, he’s far from the only worry for the Giants, who have now won just one of their past six matches — against bottom-placed Brisbane — and are hanging on to their spot in the top four by a thread.

The loss was also their 10th in 11 matches at the MCG.

For a team with premiership ambitions, the Giants’ inability to win at the grand final venue is a ­serious concern. They won’t have a chance to improve their record there this year, either. The match against the Tigers is their only home-and-away match at the G.

They are also yet to win in Melbourne this year after losing to St Kilda and Carlton at Etihad Stadium in rounds seven and 12 respectively.

“We have to find our mojo,” Cameron said.

“The silly thing in all this is we sit third on the ladder. We don’t deserve to be third.

“Richmond’s tackling in the second and third quarters stifled our ball movement and we didn’t adapt.”

As bad as the match finished, the Giants’ start couldn’t have been much better when they dominated Richmond across the ground and led by 20 points at quarter time.

But the Tigers kicked the next six goals to stretch the lead out to three goals midway through the third term.

Toby Greene will be looked at by the MRP. Picture: AAP Images

Goals to Josh Kelly and Jonathon Patton closed the gap to 14 midway through the last quarter before Richmond steadied through Jason Castagna to seal the deal and a spot in the top four.

Co-captains Phil Davis and Callan Ward fought on bravely, as did Zac Williams, Nathan Wilson and Dylan Shiel, but they had little ­support.

Adding to their worries, Shiel suffered a late shoulder injury which could be serious judging by the discomfort he showed coming off the ground.

GWS face Fremantle at Spotless Stadium on Saturday.