Goodesy to play ressies?

[AnnieH]

Really?
I think I'd prefer him as sub.
What a waste of talent.

Goodes to play reserves, rather than be Swans' sub - AFL.com.au

[ScottH]

His choice.

[jono2707]

Talent gets old too...

[AnnieH]

Talent may get old, but Goodesy won't!!
I know it's his choice.
I'd still rather see him come on as a sub and be a headache to someone's coach.

[mcs]

You can't hang on forever.... hopefully some ressies football will help him pick his touch up and run into some form. In the end, it sounds like it was his decision.

With opposition as good as the Hawks are now (and Freo looking ominous as well), we can't afford to carry anyone in our best 22 if we are to win the flag. We know the classy footballer Goodesy is, and hopefully he can show he is still part of our best 22 players and worthy of his spot in the team.

[DA_Swan]

Good to see the club is thinking about the team standards - our game is based on pressure not one of Adams strengths - good clubs make the right decisions

[Big Al]

Talent may get old, but Goodesy won't!!
I know it's his choice.
I'd still rather see him come on as a sub and be a headache to someone's coach.

He'll lose match fitness very quickly if he continues as a sub and by that time you can't pick him at all just in case he does have to play a full game.

[Xie Shan]

I think it's the right decision. He'll probably be back when either Tippo or Buddy have a niggle that warrants them being rested. Goodesy is a champion, but even champions age.

[barry]

Does every body think it was totally HIS choice?

Sounds a bit contrived to me.

[chalbilto]

You may be right, however, Horse is pretty strait forward and says it as it is. I believe that this was Adam's choice and it makes total sense to get a game in, even though it is in the seconds. He will bounce back this year then he will retire.

[Untamed Snark]

Adam Goodes will be back for Sydney Swans, but not in a leading role: Paul Kelly

[tasmania60]

Will play but as Kelly said wont as a dominant influence , really think he should have retired . Its not right, that he embarrass himself ,its ROK all over again . Cant someone tap them on the shoulder . Both made mistakes !

[Jewels]

Just been told ressies game has been moved from SCG cause of wet ground ????

[AnnieH]

Too late for him to retire now...
I trust that we'll see him back in the firsts.

[Matt80]

I was listening to someone on Fox Footy who said that the older you get, the more in the middle of the ground you need to be. He used the example of Sam Mitchell playing in tight and not in space.

ROK realised in his late 20s that he would not survive in the open field as a half-forward. He then became an inside midfield extractor and had some terrific years in that role.

Goodes won a brownlow in 2006 as a pure midfielder (age 26), but in the years after that he had to play as a forward in open space to cover the misadventure of Barry Hall and then Halls departure. He played well and gave the Swans some great options up forward.

I wonder now if he should have stayed in the midfield and been a pure extractor like Josh Kennedy is now. He still has acceleration over 20m and is still classy. Like ROK it would have kept him in the tight part of the field and not the open side of the field?

Any thoughts?