Nick Smith

[Cheese]

Hey fellas,

just wondering whats Nick's situation? he is a rangy wingman/halfback flank and can do things some people only dream of on the football field but is skinny and tends to go missing in games.

also with all the talk in the preseason of the great white hope. whats happened how has he played in the season, would love to see him given a go at full foward this week to rest Hall.

[Justice]

Not wanting to start another thread titled "Nick Smith"

Having a look at the Herald Sun website they have Nick Smith not listed in the Rookie section.

I read this as meaning he has been promoted due to someone, probably Thornton, being placed on the long term injury list.

Not suprisingly there is nothing on the official Swans website. Has anyone heard if Smith has been elevated to the main list or is it an error on behalf of the HUN?

Cheers

Justice

[liz]

O'Dwyer played in a couple of the practice games after Smith was "demoted" out of the team. That suggests that at this stage the club views O'Dwyer as closer to senior-ready than Smith. (Though personally I'm yet to be convinced by O'Dwyer and would like to see how his disposal accuracy stacks up in the first few weeks of the reserves.)

In the longer term, I rate Smith a decent chance of playing senior football, though there are a lot of others who play similar roles who he is competing with. He may still be on the skinny side at the moment, but I agree with the opening post that he is capable of some very impressive things on the footy field.