Swans may look to youth

[ScottH]

Swans may look to youth

Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos says if the side loses its next two games, younger players will get their chance



Let the tanking Begin!!


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[RogueSwan]

Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos says if the side loses its next two games, younger players will get their chance

They must be all over their injuries by then, hasn't Roos being saying he'd love to play more kids but there have been too many injuries?

The
Argument for
New
Kids

Pretty poor attempt, I am sure there are better rolling around in your heads out there.

[stellation]

This is a call of arms to young Swans to band together
We can't flood no more, it's not in-vogue... pffttt... whatever
Phase the cortinas out, win the ball at a bounce, they'll cry and shout
Wave your hands
Scream in vain
For withered stars won't rise again

The youth is starting our change
Are you starting our change?
Are you?
Together

In a couple of years
Bird will have turned boredom to cheers
Jesse going hell for leather
Smith, Veszpa, Johnston you'll get it together

The youth is starting our change
Are you starting our change?
Are you?
Together

The youth

[satchmopugdog]

To the Young Bloods


Do not go gentle into the fight,
Old age should burn and rave at close of play;
Rage against the dying of the red and the white.


Apologies to the Welsh Bard

[connolly]

This is a call of arms to young Swans to band together
We can't flood no more, it's not in-vogue... pffttt... whatever
Phase the cortinas out, win the ball at a bounce, they'll cry and shout
Wave your hands
Scream in vain
For withered stars won't rise again

The youth is starting our change
Are you starting our change?
Are you?
Together

In a couple of years
Bird will have turned boredom to cheers
Jesse going hell for leather
Smith, Veszpa, Johnston you'll get it together

And in the Bevanator
We have a real creator
Of brave deeds and derring do
A skipper ahead for glories a new

The youth is starting our change
Are you starting our change?
Are you?
Together

The youth

Banjo you dropped a stanza. Happy to help out

[Primmy]

Wonderful work one and all.

[ROK Lobster]

This is a call of arms to young Swans to band together
We can't flood no more, it's not in-vogue... pffttt... whatever
Phase the cortinas out, win the ball at a bounce, they'll cry and shout
Wave your hands
Scream in vain
For withered stars won't rise again

The youth is starting our change
Are you starting our change?
Are you?
Together

In a couple of years
Bird will have turned boredom to cheers
Jesse going hell for leather
Smith, Veszpa, Johnston you'll get it together

The youth is starting our change
Are you starting our change?
Are you?
Together

The youth

You're feeling rough, you're feeling raw, you're in the prime of your lives.
Don't kick goals, lay some tackels, into packs you will dive.
Move to Homebush, greet the fans, and tag a star.
Then back to training and the meetings and washing Kirk's car.

This is Paul's decision, to live dour and play the young.
Paul's got the vision, but don't think this is fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can you do.
Show some talent or some flair and wake up in the poo.

Forget about starring and winning games
You're fated to the flood
To the flood
You're fated to the flood
To the flood

You'll miss Ainslie and Belconnen and Queanbeyan
You'll miss the comfort of Manuka oval and the tiny crowds
You'll miss those sisters, miss the bus trips, and miss the goals
Yeah, you'll miss the winning and the freedom to create and the goals.

[Primmy]

Swans may look to youth

Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos says if the side loses its next two games, younger players will get their chance



Let the tanking Begin!!


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Hmm. Barry Hall - tank. Brett Kirk - tank. Jude Bolton - Tank.

Anyone got odds on this? Million to one? Anyone?

[connolly]

You're feeling rough, you're feeling raw, you're in the prime of your lives.
Don't kick goals, lay some tackels, into packs you will dive.
Move to Homebush, greet the fans, and tag a star.
Then back to training and the meetings and washing Kirk's car.

This is Paul's decision, to live dour and play the young.
Paul's got the vision, but don't think this is fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can you do.
Show some talent or some flair and wake up in the poo.

Forget about starring and winning games
You're fated to the flood
To the flood
You're fated to the flood
To the flood

You'll miss Ainslie and Belconnen and Queanbeyan
You'll miss the comfort of Manuka oval and the tiny crowds
You'll miss those sisters, miss the bus trips, and miss the goals
Yeah, you'll miss the winning and the freedom to create and the moles.

Apologies to the fine women of the nations capital but ROK you can't have two lines ending in goals!

[ROK Lobster]

You're feeling rough, you're feeling raw, you're in the prime of your lives.
Don't kick goals, lay some tackels, into packs you will dive.
Move to Homebush, greet the fans, and tag a star.
Then back to training and the meetings and washing Kirk's car.

This is Paul's decision, to live dour and play the young.
Paul's got the vision, but don't think this is fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can you do.
Show some talent or some flair and wake up in the poo.

Forget about starring and winning games
You're fated to the flood
To the flood
You're fated to the flood
To the flood

You'll miss Ainslie and Belconnen and Queanbeyan
You'll miss the comfort of Manuka oval and the tiny crowds
You'll miss those sisters, miss the bus trips, and miss the goals
Yeah, you'll miss the winning and the freedom to create and the moles.

Apologies to the fine women of the nations capital but ROK you can't have two lines ending in goals!

Of course you can you silly old duffer. It's not Henry Lawson. It emphasises that the senior dont kick many goals, especially not the kids.

[ernie koala]

Swans may look to youth

Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos says if the side loses its next two games, younger players will get their chance



Let the tanking Begin!!


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I wouldn't be holding my breath for any meaningful changes....
It seems for Roos, rebuilding has about the same appeal as a colonoscopy..
Two days ago he said the Collingwood game would determine whether or not "to start playing the kids". Now he says.."the next 2 games"..ie If the swans can scratch out a win in either game, he'll keep plodding along with the current bunch.

[swans song]

Richmond have taken the plunge we will wait till every chance of playing in the finals before the broom swings

[Nico]

I wouldn't be holding my breath for any meaningful changes....
It seems for Roos, rebuilding has about the same appeal as a colonoscopy..
Two days ago he said the Collingwood game would determine whether or not "to start playing the kids". Now he says.."the next 2 games"..ie If the swans can scratch out a win in either game, he'll keep plodding along with the current bunch.

With you Ernie, sounded exactly like that to me. Looks like Lukey is back, Mal gets 2 more chances to "find" form, Buchy gets another 2 games to slaughter the ball in front of a crowd and Jesse White continues to gouge out a career on 40 minutes a game.

It sounds like Paul has been saying a few prayers hoping the olds and bolds will somehow find the things that miracles are made of, and find their form of 3 years ago.

Do we really think that Buchy will improve his kicking, that Mal will find 10 yards in pace and start diving into packs and that Luke will lose 20kgs in the break to again make it to a contest or be too quick for a tackler, or even better learn to have his hands free when tackled.

Could the miracle be that the centre bounce set up will change and our players will be first to the footy for a change. Who is our midfield coach this week any way?

[Bas]

I would bet my dentures that we lose the next two games. In fact I'll throw in the bedside glass of water as well.

But do we have any uninjured youth to play?

[ShockOfHair]

Well done ROK Byron and Keats Stellation.

I don?t have a poem but I do have the lyrics to this song from that old classic, ?Bloods Brothers?, about Jake and Elwood trying to raise money for their aging club, and with such great hits as ?Mickey the Moocher?, ?Hit the Target, Jack?, ?Peter Gunn Forward? and ?Sweet Home SCG?.

?Old side?
Chippin? chippin? chippin?
Along the boundary tripping
Down the ladder slipping
Old side
Rain or windy weather
Just short pass that leather
Wishin? that Judd was in our side
The targets we?re all missin?
Teammates out of position
Playing for nothing more than pride

Hold it in!
Tap it back!
Slow it down!
Ball it up!
Pass it short!
Knock it out!
Old side

The crowd is disapprovin?
Other teams are improvin?
Just stop the football movin?
Old side
Don?t try to go directly
Or kick it too correctly
Make sure we take it slow and wide
While we?re hesitatin?
Big Barry?s down there waitin?
With five defenders by his side