Swans V Lions: Pre Game Discussion

[liz]

rohan won't be the future of the swans ...

hannebery , jetta, kieran jack, mcveigh, trent dennis lane & malceski - swans future

Bizarre comment - we are allowed to have more than six players who are "the future". Have you already decided Rohan is a dud?

[maigu_]

he looks like another ED BARLOW on the field ....... slow by foot and hands.

[maigu_]

leigh matthews made a comment about Ed Barlow being the next ADAM GOODES in 2008. that was the most ridiculous statement i've heard from anyone. ROHAN = ANOTHER FAILURE

[Plugger46]

That is just ridiculous. Rohan slow? Totally incorrect, he's very quick. Inarguable that.

[Brettb]

rohan won't be the future of the swans ...

hannebery , jetta, kieran jack, mcveigh, trent dennis lane & malceski - swans future

Absolute ridiculous comment, Rohan will be the best of that bunch in 3 years, mark my words....

[maigu_]

don't get me wrong, he's a quick player - but slow by hand and foot ..... he still has a while to go .... at this stage .. hannebery and jetta & i will also put TDL ahead of rohan ...

[ugg]

and I suppose in this alternate universe Brett Kirk is lazy, Ben McGlynn is soft, Nick Malceski cannot kick and Trent Dennis-Lane is clumsy.

[Kirkari]

he looks like another ED BARLOW on the field ....... slow by foot and hands.

You realise he's the bloke with the bright red hair right? Wears number 16? Not sure who you're watching, Maigu_.

[Kirkari]

Don't mind seeing Rohan as the sacrificial lamb. I have a lot of time for the young bloke, and I think he represents a big part of our future. But he can just bide his time and keep getting hungry. You know, he went to Perth as an emergency, came back on the midnight "red eye" flight, went down to Canberra, I think on the team bus, and played with the two's on the Sunday. He's doing a hard apprenticeship and it may be the making of him.

Roos said a few weeks ago the plan was to move Rohan between the seniors and the ressies while he's still developing, so I guess he's just working the plan. Didn't know about the flights/bus - that is doing the hard yards all right. I thought I read the ressies were going down the day before though - can't remember where I read that though.

I'm intrigued by Vez as emergency. It means either we're at rock bottom in reserves - and Roos wants Meredith to get some pre-finals game time - or Paddy has jumped through a few hoops since Roos' spray a few weeks back and is on the verge.

Paddy was an emergency last week as well, so probably doesn't mean anything. I live in hope though - would like to see him come up, assuming he earns it.

[Kirkari]

and I suppose in this alternate universe Brett Kirk is lazy, Ben McGlynn is soft, Nick Malceski cannot kick and Trent Dennis-Lane is clumsy.

Blasphemy. Next you'll be saying Daniel Bradshaw has skinny arms.

[royboy42]

he looks like another ED BARLOW on the field ....... slow by foot and hands.

Welcome to the site, maigu..just be aware that there are people here with VERY long memories. And they take delight in reminding people of earlier, maybe rash predictions. Not saying that your prediction is...ah, never mind!

[Nich]

he looks like another ED BARLOW on the field ....... slow by foot and hands.

You are quite entitled to your opinion of course but I think Gaz has been instructed to play a certain role in the Team, especially when he is half-back and learning. I'm sure the kid wants to make sure he makes the right decisions and from what I can see he hasn't had too many clangers, especially for a kid of 19. He did seem to pull up at times and slow play down when pushing down field but his decisions were mostly good - eg. hitting McVeigh as a target for a subsequent goal. When he is up front in the attacking forward line the speed of his feet and hands are up with the rest of them (as they clearly have been in the Ressies). You didn't see his goal against Fremantle on that rainy afternoon at the SCG back in Round 9?....Swans v Fremantle Round 9...or his 2nd goal in his 2nd game against the Dogs?......Swans V Dogs Round 8

Doesn't look too Cheesish to me.

[CJK]

he still has a while to go

Indeed. Let's hope he is around at the Swans for a loooooong while.

[RogueSwan]

he looks like another ED BARLOW on the field ....... slow by foot and hands.

you have got to be joking! At least he has a go, Ed is as soft as ripe Brie
Rohan has good skills atm, hopefully great by the end of next year.

[dimelb]

... Paddy was an emergency last week as well, so probably doesn't mean anything. I live in hope though - would like to see him come up, assuming he earns it.

My impression is that the club tends to use the emergency list as a way of letting the players named know that they are not far off, as well as its normal use of course. A bit of carrot to balance the stick.