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Schneids takes over the famous no 13 vacated by Frosty. Should the guernsey have been retired in honour of the "great" man for a few seasons?. What does Frosty _13 think of this situation?.
Playing the numbers
By NIKKI TUGWELL
January 22, 2004
SWANS teen revelation Adam Schneider doesn't own a red rag. He walks under ladders, likes black cats, doesn't own sacred match day underwear and always runs through the team's crepe paper banner.
He scoffs at the mention of second-year blues, and while No. 13 is unlucky for some, he'll discard the Swans' No. 36 guernsey he made his name in last year to wear the bogey number this season.
"Thirteen seems to be my lucky number," said Schneider, 19, whose finishing skills and goal sense in his first full season of AFL defied his experience. His ability to goal within minutes off the bench so often ignited the Swans and the red and white No. 36 underarm wind-up salute to the crowd was an enduring image of the Swans' success last year.
"When I was younger I always played in No. 13," Schneider continued. "I'm not superstitious. I don't run around the banner or anything like say Andrew Schauble, who won't touch the banner . . . and Daryn Cresswell who used to throw up before every single game."
Schneider's senior career began in 2001-02 with a bad luck run of three; on his first day at the Swans, he had a standard physical examination only to discover he had a broken foot.
"I was out for four months with that," Schneider said.
"I was in plaster for eight weeks and I came back from that and hurt my leg.
"Then I played two more games and I found out that I had glandular fever. I missed another two to three months. But last year I was lucky enough to play every game."
The small forward is leaving nothing to chance this pre-season, aiming to increase his endurance capacity to play more minutes and possibly spend some time in the midfield.
The retirement of Team of The Century midfielder Cresswell one year after the departure of Wayne Schwass and Paul Kelly leaves Sydney somewhat vulnerable in that area.
While the development and consistency of Adam Goodes, Jude Bolton, Brett Kirk, Paul Williams and Jason Ball has been phenomenal, last year's preliminary finalists will continue to introduce new faces into their midfield rotation.
Ryan O'Keefe and Jarrad McVeigh are part of that while Nick Davis and Schneider are being groomed for greater running roles.
"I'm starting to lose a bit of weight and get some fitness behind me which is what I need to do," Schneider said.
"Obviously they want to work on my endurance fitness, not playing a whole game you miss out on a fair bit. I'm working on the speed endurance now to try and run for longer without getting buggered. So hopefully I can play more game time.
"It's not easy to come off the bench and jump in, but last year I was happy just to play.
"I'm looking to play more game time which hopefully means more touches and hopefully I'll move into the midfield, that's what I'm aiming for."
Playing the numbers
By NIKKI TUGWELL
January 22, 2004
SWANS teen revelation Adam Schneider doesn't own a red rag. He walks under ladders, likes black cats, doesn't own sacred match day underwear and always runs through the team's crepe paper banner.
He scoffs at the mention of second-year blues, and while No. 13 is unlucky for some, he'll discard the Swans' No. 36 guernsey he made his name in last year to wear the bogey number this season.
"Thirteen seems to be my lucky number," said Schneider, 19, whose finishing skills and goal sense in his first full season of AFL defied his experience. His ability to goal within minutes off the bench so often ignited the Swans and the red and white No. 36 underarm wind-up salute to the crowd was an enduring image of the Swans' success last year.
"When I was younger I always played in No. 13," Schneider continued. "I'm not superstitious. I don't run around the banner or anything like say Andrew Schauble, who won't touch the banner . . . and Daryn Cresswell who used to throw up before every single game."
Schneider's senior career began in 2001-02 with a bad luck run of three; on his first day at the Swans, he had a standard physical examination only to discover he had a broken foot.
"I was out for four months with that," Schneider said.
"I was in plaster for eight weeks and I came back from that and hurt my leg.
"Then I played two more games and I found out that I had glandular fever. I missed another two to three months. But last year I was lucky enough to play every game."
The small forward is leaving nothing to chance this pre-season, aiming to increase his endurance capacity to play more minutes and possibly spend some time in the midfield.
The retirement of Team of The Century midfielder Cresswell one year after the departure of Wayne Schwass and Paul Kelly leaves Sydney somewhat vulnerable in that area.
While the development and consistency of Adam Goodes, Jude Bolton, Brett Kirk, Paul Williams and Jason Ball has been phenomenal, last year's preliminary finalists will continue to introduce new faces into their midfield rotation.
Ryan O'Keefe and Jarrad McVeigh are part of that while Nick Davis and Schneider are being groomed for greater running roles.
"I'm starting to lose a bit of weight and get some fitness behind me which is what I need to do," Schneider said.
"Obviously they want to work on my endurance fitness, not playing a whole game you miss out on a fair bit. I'm working on the speed endurance now to try and run for longer without getting buggered. So hopefully I can play more game time.
"It's not easy to come off the bench and jump in, but last year I was happy just to play.
"I'm looking to play more game time which hopefully means more touches and hopefully I'll move into the midfield, that's what I'm aiming for."
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