Roos offers olive branch to men in white

[Rizzo]

...and has a dig at the rules committee

http://tinyurl.com/7tzg4

[Snowy]

A smart political move given that they've proven to be sensitive to criticism.

[BayesysLeftBoot]

"From my point of view, I have probably said for a while now, this game is just becoming so hard to umpire."

He's "probably" said it for a while now? umm...so he's not sure if he's been saying it or not?

[NMWBloods]

I would guess "probably" related to "a while now".

[BayesysLeftBoot]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
I would guess "probably" related to "a while now".

So then he's not sure not sure wether or not he has been saying it for a while?

He should stop saying "probably" and "look" and being so damn pc. He's a nice guy and great coach but he can be boringly predictable and repetative at times. It would be great to see him come out and just once make a controversial comment.

[anniswan]

Originally posted by BayseysLeftBoot

He should stop saying "probably" and "look" and being so damn pc. He's a nice guy and great coach but he can be boringly predictable and repetative at times. It would be great to see him come out and just once make a controversial comment.

Make that in 4 weeks time, now is not the time to be controversial, going by they antics of the Umps last week. Good move, great spin.

[bandwagon]

Why would a coach want to make a controversial comment that will get the umpires offside just prior to their teams finals campaign?

Clever comments from Roos. He can keep his ego in check!

[connolly]

Unfortunately pearls before swine

[Thunder Shaker]

I think the goat sacrifices didn't work and he's out of incense.

[BayesysLeftBoot]

Originally posted by bandwagon
Why would a coach want to make a controversial comment that will get the umpires offside just prior to their teams finals campaign?

Clever comments from Roos. He can keep his ego in check!

I never said he had to make a comment about the umpires, in fact i think it was a good move on his behalf to do the opposite given the situation last friday night. It would just be good to hear him say something interesting once in a while.

[Sanecow]

"To be honest, it's a simple game with simple rules but the umpires still manage to get dazzled by partisan crowds and poor acting."

[giant]

Originally posted by Sanecow
"To be honest, it's a simple game with simple rules but the umpires still manage to get dazzled by partisan crowds and poor acting."

There goes your career in PR too, Cow. Tho mind it's probably still less offensive than what Thomas managed to come out with.

[Sanecow]

Here's another line of bull from Roos:

It is hard to comment from Sydney because, as we know, there is not as much publicity up here about the umpires in the AFL.

Do the Swans staff not read the Melbourne papers or have access to Foxtel? Yeah, ooookay.

[giant]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Here's another line of bull from Roos:



Do the Swans staff not read the Melbourne papers or have access to Foxtel? Yeah, ooookay.

I take it back - maybe you can spin with the best of them.

Roos is clearly saying here that he's not sure if the umpiring is detracting from the spectacle of the football for Sydney supporters, coz there aren't articles or Letters to the Editor deriding the umpiring in the SMH or frenzied callers to John Laws with muted death threats, like there presumably are in Melbourne.

Which just means he needs to spend more time on RWO...

[Sanecow]

No, I believe what he is saying is that "It is hard to comment from Sydney because, as we know, there is not as much publicity up here about the umpires in the AFL." which is nonsense because they have Melbourne papers, Foxtel and the Internet in Sydney, believe it or not. He spins the "we don't know much about that because we are in Sydney" nonsense quite a bit but it's just another method of avoiding the issue at hand.