Paul Roos Postmatch Comments

[BonBon]

We didn't kick a goal in the last qtr! Totally proves we do only play 3 qtrs, not a full damn game!

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by wyatt
Our forwards were few and far between because most of them were too busy running into the midfield or backline playing negative football.

Was musing over the result with a Collingwood supporter on the bus back home from the Aussie Rules club. He said the Swans are wrecking footy with their dour game based on smothering the ball at stoppages all the time.

The facts remains our game was 82-59, whilst at the Dome the attractive Demons match was 137-111.

I think we miss Michael O'Laughlin up forward more than many people realise.(and even cameo forward Jason Saddington) He is 6'3" and CAN not only take a good high mark, and duly kick truly. But is lythe enough to do the crumbing in the forward line, and of course snap that game-turning over the shoulder sausage roll. He must be an opposition coach's nightmare; I mean do you put a smaller runner on him at Back pocket. Or a taller high marking player. Either way Magic will burn you.

I'm used to Barry going down as far as the wing to get the footy when we are playing crap. But when you see Davis down on the half back line for what seemed like an age, you really cannot be surprised when we are not kicking many goals in a game.

JF

[Nico]

Problem with causing stoppages is we are bloody awful at getting possesion at stoppages. Our centre bounce work is worse than last Year. Even Hawthorn seemed to be better in this area last week.

The game plan is severly flawed.

the best excuse I heard from Roos twice this week is. "The time given to players to move the ball on from a mark or free has gone from 15 seconds to 10 seconds. This causes more flooding because midfielders instead of taking the mark, peel off and get back quicker".

[dimelb]

Originally posted by liz


Also needed to take more risks earlier in the match. The Roos were playing even less direct, constructive football than we were but the Swans didn't take advantage.

I didn't see the first half - listened to the coverage on radio, then went to Fox Footy at the pub for the second half. So I don't know if the first half was different, but the Kangas played much more directly than we did in the last quarter. And they seemed to have an intensity we lacked.

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by JF_Bay22_SCG
Was musing over the result with a Collingwood supporter on the bus back home from the Aussie Rules club. He said the Swans are wrecking footy with their dour game based on smothering the ball at stoppages all the time.

The facts remains our game was 82-59, whilst at the Dome the attractive Demons match was 137-111.

I said it last year - we play the worst brand of football in the competition relative to our skill/position.

Our games are so boring I rarely re-watch them, whereas I used to love watch replays when we'd won.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
...and our forwards didn't present very well.

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That's an understatement. I have just spent 8 hours driving 750km round trip to watch that crap game today! I am so pissed off. There is no excuse. Conditions were perfect. Our forward line was utterly inept. They should be so ashamed that they should offer to pay their match payments back to the club. Our defence wasnt much better in the 2nd half. All forwards should be required to attend goal kicking and contested marking practice every day this week! FFS 7.17 is atrocious. I hate this feeling. I hate having my hopes for the season dashed like his, as well as ruining what should have been a great day in Canberra. GRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Guzzitza]

Definitely the worst effort ive seen by the Swans. I agree with cruiser, the players need to realise they get paid a lot of money to kick a ball between some posts - that is their job, profession, livelihood. WHen i go to work, if i screw up, it can cost me my job, i lose a sale, i get less commission. They need a wake up call, perhaps if they feel they wont get paid for a poor effort on the field they might start wanting it more, cos thats what happenned today - i sat in the sun at manuka and watched the Kangas beat us because they wanted it MORE than us. It was a scrappy game, and what wins the scrappy games is persistence and determination, which is what we lacked.

Also, ive heard Roos defend the 'kick to a free man and not a contest' strategy in a Roosy Talks on the Swans website before. I feel that the Swans will continue to use this strategy for as long as he is at the helm. He has got it in his head it is the best method for us to win games. There are clubs who dont resort to this and win more than we do, and by greater margins. Direct footy is what is required. If he feels that our players arent strong enough for that, then send them to the gym, thats why they pay trainers and have fancy weight equipment. Roos wants us to rely on our "speed" rather than physicality, but the speed is lacking and when use the no kicking to constest strategy it jsut results in all the players being marked anyway - and we end up going backwards!
[End rant - sorry.. the 3 hour car trip home just gives me time to stew over things!]

[NMWBloods]

Originally posted by Guzzitza
Also, ive heard Roos defend the 'kick to a free man and not a contest' strategy in a Roosy Talks on the Swans website before. I feel that the Swans will continue to use this strategy for as long as he is at the helm. He has got it in his head it is the best method for us to win games. There are clubs who dont resort to this and win more than we do, and by greater margins.

I don't particularly like this method as the main one, although it can work. Look at Port - it's how they've played for over three years and they've done well. The difference between us and them though is that their short kicks to unmarked players have a purpose and they actively change direction and attack, moving the ball forward and finding someone open inside 50.

Our's often seems to go nowhere. We kick it backwards and sideways, and then we spend so much time going nowhere, we bogged down and frustrated and we turn it over. When we actually do get it close to the F50 we just kick it in all over the place rather than finding someone open.

[Sanecow]

Agreed. The forwards were generally p!ssweak today. Unfortunate, but sometimes after a big win it happens.

[cruiser]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
The difference between us and them though is that their short kicks to unmarked players have a purpose and they actively change direction and attack, moving the ball forward and finding someone open inside 50.

Our's often seems to go nowhere. We kick it backwards and sideways, and then we spend so much time going nowhere, we bogged down and frustrated and we turn it over. When we actually do get it close to the F50 we just kick it in all over the place rather than finding someone open.

I totally agree with you NMW. Sydney's lack of direction today was dreadful. At times it seemed the players had no idea what they should be doing (moving fwds and kicking goals!)

[Old Royboy]

At the PM at Eastlakes Footy Club, Roos struggled to find anything positive from todays performance. He considered only 3 or 4 players out of 22 played anywhere near their ability, did single out LRT. Extremely critical about the number of turnovers, and cited Stevie Nicks' shocker early in the last quarter (when we were flying downfield and the handpass was intercepted) as one of the worst. Intimated that a couple of heads will roll and nominated Spriggs and Dempster as the first in line for promotion. Fossie is still on the outer - Roos didn't consider he went as well today as last week.

Peter Jonas was more forthright - his summation was we played like @@@@ and were smashed in the midfield. (exact words)

[BonBon]

Originally posted by Old Royboy
Peter Jonas was more forthright - his summation was we played like @@@@ and were smashed in the midfield. (exact words)

Half the time we were smashed, and the other half we just made bad decisions. Kicking/handballing to the other team was dreadful.

[Old Royboy]

Originally posted by ROK Lobster
Heath James got bandaged up at one stage and limped off at the end

Heath took a good mark right on the siren and rolled his ankle when he landed. Didn't look too good.

[timthefish]

Originally posted by Old Royboy
Didn't look too good.

he hasn't for years. was he still running like a crab to protect his hamstrings? he's absolutely useless to us unless he can stride out.

[Whitefox]

Originally posted by Old Royboy
Fossie is still on the outer - Roos didn't consider he went as well today as last week.

He also said Luke Ablett reminds him of Chris Judd. If he ever gives up coaching - i hope he becomes a bookmaker.