JLT1 Swans v GWS @ Blacktown Saturday 2nd March

[Rod_]

Rb4x. Would suggest that not meant of the leaders worked very hard.
And agree the only stat is no injuries...

[jono2707]

There are 3 certainties at this time of year:
1. Swans will look unremarkable in preseason.
2. JPK will start the year slowly and will generally look half asleep in trials.
3. Certain posters on here will proclaim that the sky has fallen in and completely write off any chances of anything good happening in the year ahead.

[Odysseus]

If I remember rightly, he jagged a NAB Cup game, in his final season with us. Which makes his Swans coaching record; one premiership win, nine winns in finals, 107 regular season wins and one NAB Cup game.

That's my memory, too - just the one win. I spent a while trying to check, and was reminded that perhaps the most excitement generated by Roos' NAB cup campaigns was back in 2008 when he sent McVeigh into the forward line with the instruction, "Just don't kick a goal", in reference to his player's inaccuracy of the previous season. The AFL, with its comprehensive understanding of nuance and irony, engaged former Victorian Court of Appeal president John Winneke to investigate whether Roos was guilty of match-fixing. (He was cleared, btw!)

Roos' same sense of humour is probably evident in his 2010 comment before the first of the NAB cup games: ''This is my last chance for a win,'' he said. ''I'll go out zero and eight if I lose. That won't look good on my resume.''

One article from the time https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/...0210-nsfl.html pretty much summed up in its title how seriously these pre-season games are taken: "Who cares wins."