Non-Injury Omissions

[midaro]

SQUAD:
Luke Ablett, Paul Bevan, Craig Bolton, Amon Buchanan, Matthew Davis, Sean Dempster, Ben Fixter, Nic Fosdike, Adam Goodes, Barry Hall, Daniel Hunt, Heath James, Brett Kirk, Nick Malceski, Stuart Maxfield, Scott McGlone, Jarrad McVeigh, James Meiklejohn, Nick Potter, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Aaron Rogers, Jason Saddington, Andrew Schauble, Tim Schmidt, Adam Schneider, Jarrad Sundqvist, Josh Willoughby.

INJURED:
Leo Barry (shoulder), Jason Ball (shoulder), Michael O?Loughlin (knee), Nick Davis (hamstring), Rowan Warfe (hip) and Ben Mathews (ankle).

So, does anyone have any information on:

Paul Williams
Ryan O'Keefe
Jude Bolton
Mark Powell
Stephen Doyle
Tadhg Kennelly
Matthew Nicks

[Charlie]

Vaguely recall Powell, Kennelly and Nicks being injured. Doyle is probably being cotton-wooled, but with Goodes and Meiklejohn and Roberts-Thomson, we don't need him anyway. Williams, Bolton and O'Keefe, being midfielders, have probably been left out in preference to younger guys. McVeigh, Malceski, Willoughby, Schmidt, Davis, McGlone, Bevan, Potter, Buchanan, Ablett, Sundqvist - all midfielders, most going to play. There's only so much room.

[chammond]

Powell, Kennelly and Nicks were always going to struggle to recover for this match, and I remember Roos flagging Williams as doubtful for the pre-season. Doyle is always either injured or between injuries.

Bolton and O'Keefe are the interesting ones, particularly O'Keefe. He's very definitely got a point to prove, and I would have thought that he would have been in Roos' face demanding a chance to cement his spot.

I reckon O'Keefe could well be one of the players on thin ice if, for example, Ablett, Sundqvist, Malceski and McVeigh all perform well in the lead-up to round one.

[TheMase]

Josh Thewlis ?

[DST]

Originally posted by TheMase
Josh Thewlis ?

Still recovering from surgery.

DST

[sharpie]

I doubt this helps much since it is almost 2 weeks old, but:

Injury List Update
sydneyswans.com.au
5:16:58 PM Mon 9 February, 2004



PLAYER INJURY STATUS
Jason Ball Shoulder rotator cuff repair Training but not full competitive work
Nick Davis Hamstring strain Sprint training this week, full training next week
Stephen Doyle Knee Conditioning training at present
Tadhg Kennelly Off-season groin surgery Full training this week
Ben Mathews Ankle stabilisation Conditioning training at present
Matthew Nicks Back soreness Conditioning training at present
Mark Powell Off-season groin surgery Full training this week
Adam Schneider Hand webbing tear Full training this week
Luke Taylor Quad strain Conditioning training at present
Josh Thewlis Off-season groin surgery Full training this week
Rowan Warfe Hip arthroscope Conditioning training at present

[Bron]

Saw Nicks and Crouchy as we left at half time .... both looked fine. I reckon Crouchy was being rested and Nicksy is a backup.

[midaro]

Originally posted by Bron
Saw Nicks and Crouchy as we left at half time .... both looked fine. I reckon Crouchy was being rested and Nicksy is a backup.

It's hard to believe that they wouldn't of played if fit. I mean, blooding youngsters is all well and good, but having them decapitated is another thing altogether.

[Rod_]

This is the standard that you have to achieve to play in the firsts - Rise to this level or be traded away!

All of the players that played yesterday now have an idea what is required - Hope that some get the full message!

Rod_

[DST]

Originally posted by Rod_
This is the standard that you have to achieve to play in the firsts - Rise to this level or be traded away!

All of the players that played yesterday now have an idea what is required - Hope that some get the full message!

Rod_

Exactly right Rod_

All those blokes have now had a taste of it, can now go away and work out what they need to do to take the next step.

Some people on this board need to take stock of how tough this compertition is. To think Carlton were going to be easy beats was ludicrous. With the exception of maybe Angwin, that was their full side out on the park yesterday who are all 4 to 5 weeks further progressed than us and with a fair slice of them playing to impress the new coach and win a spot in the team.

You didn't have to be Einstein to work out that the team they put on the park was at least 10 goals better than ours. The difference between 16th and 4th in this compertition is not that far and people need to get it into their heads that if we do not have our full team on the park all injury free and playing well we are not that far from 16th.

What was disappointing though was the eventual margin and how far we fell away at the end.

DST