Pay attention Roos

[swantastic]

Roosey

[Swanner]

Get another club saneidiot

Get another club sanecrow we don't need negative supporters like you.

[Sanecow]

Back to the STFU for you, numbnuts.

[Sanecow]

Back on topic (re: Geelong being the NAB Cup champions), I find this quote from Goodes interesting:

"This time of year is what our program is about.

"We are not about winning pre-season games because we want everyone to be saying the reigning premiers are on fire, we are building up to this time of year and that is what everyone's fitness and programs and training sessions are geared towards is this two month period now."

I wonder what brought that on?

Source

[DST]

Originally posted by Sanecow
Back on topic (re: Geelong being the NAB Cup champions), I find this quote from Goodes interesting:



I wonder what brought that on?

Source

That is really interesting quote from Goodes and goes to show that the club knows where the players should be every step of the year and that it also knows when it needs to pull someone into line to get them back into required shape for the last two months of the year!

One would suggest Davis crossed that line and needed the extra attention to get him back into line.

DST

[liz]

That is interesting. I had a conversation just after the Crows game with a work associate who lives in Sydney but is a Crows fan (and whose wife I think is an avid Swans fan, so he does follow the R&W too). He commented that he didn't think the Swans looked like a particularly fit team. After that particular game, where our boys looked slow and lethargic compared to the Crows, it was hard to argue against.

On reflection, though, I wondered if it wasn't that the whole team wasn't particularly fit but maybe just one or two key individuals, particularly compared to where they were the same time a year ago.

Since then we have seen a noticeable lift in workrate and performance from two particular individuals, namely Jolly and Kirk.

So while the likes of Buchanan, LRT, O'Keefe, Kennelly, Bs 1& 2, Goodes etc haven't looked noticeably less fit than they did last year, there certainly has been evidence over the past month that certain individuals are peaking at the right time of the year.

[DST]

Originally posted by liz
That is interesting. I had a conversation just after the Crows game with a work associate who lives in Sydney but is a Crows fan (and whose wife I think is an avid Swans fan, so he does follow the R&W too). He commented that he didn't think the Swans looked like a particularly fit team. After that particular game, where our boys looked slow and lethargic compared to the Crows, it was hard to argue against.

On reflection, though, I wondered if it wasn't that the whole team wasn't particularly fit but maybe just one or two key individuals, particularly compared to where they were the same time a year ago.

Since then we have seen a noticeable lift in workrate and performance from two particular individuals, namely Jolly and Kirk.

So while the likes of Buchanan, LRT, O'Keefe, Kennelly, Bs 1& 2, Goodes etc haven't looked noticeably less fit than they did last year, there certainly has been evidence over the past month that certain individuals are peaking at the right time of the year.

Funny thing is though Liz, is that you could apply that same theory to the Crows at present. They look as flat as a tack at present and really do not have that strong running that they had 6 to 8 weeks ago.

This hard training month mid season has worked in the past, but I can't help but think (and a couple of mates in Adelaide think the same) that Neil Craig may have pushed things a little too far with his older players this time. Lots of hammys tears and hamstring tightness for some of the older blokes at present.

Anyway enough on the Crows, we on the other hand look fresh and ready to fire our best shot for back to back. If we end up being beaten by a better side on the day, we can at least say that the side was prepared well and sent out ready to do the job.

DST

[anniswan]

Originally posted by DST
Anyway enough on the Crows, we on the other hand look fresh and ready to fire our best shot for back to back. If we end up being beaten by a better side on the day, we can at least say that the side was prepared well and sent out ready to do the job.

DST

As I have said before, we have the best medical team in the AFL, every game our player are being measured using those vests and the data goes a long way to make sure that we have as least amount of injuries as possible.

There is a program in place, and it seems to be working.

Teams like the Bulldogs and Essendon would be wise to look at the Swans model, however I hope they don't.

[NMWBloods]

Yes - because it will stop those knee injuries and broken legs...

[swantastic]

Originally posted by anniswan
As I have said before, we have the best medical team in the AFL, every game our player are being measured using those vests and the data goes a long way to make sure that we have as least amount of injuries as possible.

There is a program in place, and it seems to be working.

Teams like the Bulldogs and Essendon would be wise to look at the Swans model, however I hope they don't.

If you have been into the Swans Gym,Recovery Room and Phisio Room you would see that they work through every player after a game with a questionaire about how they feel,mind and body.They are very strict with Hammys,Quads,Knees and Shoulders when it comes to recovery and if there is a slight twinge they work on it extra hard to get it right for the next week.TK has one of the worst Hammy stretches at the club,i think.Pound for pound B2 is the strongest at the club.

[anniswan]

Originally posted by swantastic
TK has one of the worst Hammy stretches at the club,i think.Pound for pound B2 is the strongest at the club.

I bet my son is worse than TK, 5 visits to the physio to get him up for his Under 14 GF on Sunday. Medibank are my friends at the moment.

[anniswan]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
Yes - because it will stop those knee injuries and broken legs...

Well out of all the clubs in the AFL who has had the least knee injuries and broken legs. Oops that maybe the Swans, surely that tells you something. Our players are very fit and are conditioned not to take risks that may endanger them.

you are always negative, surely you can't discount the record that our medical team have, but I am sure you will find something to have a go at.

I think you should start following another team,so that you can really have a good whinge.

[Piobaireachd]

Originally posted by anniswan
I bet my son is worse than TK, 5 visits to the physio to get him up for his Under 14 GF on Sunday. Medibank are my friends at the moment.

They will win Anni. They will win.

[Piobaireachd]

Originally posted by anniswan
Well out of all the clubs in the AFL who has had the least knee injuries and broken legs. Oops that maybe the Swans, surely that tells you something. Our players are very fit and are conditioned not to take risks that may endanger them.

you are always negative, surely you can't discount the record that our medical team have, but I am sure you will find something to have a go at.

I think you should start following another team,so that you can really have a good whinge.

He's just bitter because he can't perform anymore on the basketball court like he used. "Back in my day we never needed no whipper snapper Doctors pokin' n proddin' our bodies."

[anniswan]

Originally posted by Piobaireachd
They will win Anni. They will win.

I wish I could be so confident, we have only beaten this team once in 6 years, they are good but cocky so fingers crossed.