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The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Swans coach Paul Roos has ruled out wholesale changes to the side that capitulated to Hawthorn at the weekend.
"My main job is to make sure that at the end of the year we're better placed than at the start of the year, regardless of whether we finish seventh or 16th," Roos said. "In terms of where we want to get to, it's very hard to get to top four, but to get to the top four position eventually, you have to have top-end talent."
"We think we've got a couple of quality young kids in the door. We may need to play them a bit sooner than what we thought, based on that performance. It's just a matter of when you throw them into the cauldron of AFL football."
"You can't completely change five or six guys and throw young guys in, because I don't think it gives them a chance to play well. You can't put the focus completely on the young group, otherwise it is going to be very difficult for them to compete and even get hold of the football. They need players around them playing well. You might put one in one week and then one the week after."
"You don't want to crucify them, because if you think they're going to be good players, the last thing you want to do is have them playing senior footy and losing confidence. That can actually destroy a player, so that's where it's a balancing act."
"We always looked at this year as a rebuilding year. We've got to make sure we make decisions in the long-term best interests of the club," Roos said. "You try and play younger players. Even today we had Luke Ablett and Adam Schneider. We're trying to feed them in. You can't throw them in all at once because sometimes their confidence can get dented and you can actually get them off to a worse start in their football career."
"We have some big decisions to make in the short term and the long term," Roos said. "The last thing you want to do is have them playing senior footy losing confidence and thinking, 'Geez, this is a bit hard for me'. It can actually destroy a player."
"You like to filter them in with some senior players and make sure the games are competitive. That's where you've got to be careful. We've got to make some important decisions as to where and how we filter those young guys in. At the end of last season we made a decision not to trade our number one pick and we got a couple of quality young kids in the door. We may need to play them a bit sooner than what we thought based on tonight's performance."
"We have got four quality young guys -- it's a matter of when you throw them in," Roos said. "But certainly, if guys don't start to improve you've got to look to that to get to the next level you want to go to. If you think guys aren't up to it you have to make a decision. Sometimes you have to be a bit ruthless."
"We matched them early on and were three goals up. Certainly the start was a lot better. But I think the main problem was we kept turning the footy over . . . it just went down the other end of the ground and they scored. I've said it before, the footy is like gold, you can't drop handballs and handball to the opposition or kick short."
"It's hard to remember what goes through players' minds," said Roos. "If someone handballs it to you and you just drop the ball, I don't know why that happens. If you kick it straight to the opposition, I'm not sure why that happens. I think certain individuals have gone backwards."
"The end result was pretty ordinary again. We've got some soul-searching to do, as a club and certainly as a team. We've got another 18 weeks to go and I think we've got some pretty big decisions to make in the interim in terms of where we want to take the club and the type of player we want playing for the club. Are they just learning, is it bad luck or is it a lack of ability?"
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"My main job is to make sure that at the end of the year we're better placed than at the start of the year, regardless of whether we finish seventh or 16th," Roos said. "In terms of where we want to get to, it's very hard to get to top four, but to get to the top four position eventually, you have to have top-end talent."
"We think we've got a couple of quality young kids in the door. We may need to play them a bit sooner than what we thought, based on that performance. It's just a matter of when you throw them into the cauldron of AFL football."
"You can't completely change five or six guys and throw young guys in, because I don't think it gives them a chance to play well. You can't put the focus completely on the young group, otherwise it is going to be very difficult for them to compete and even get hold of the football. They need players around them playing well. You might put one in one week and then one the week after."
"You don't want to crucify them, because if you think they're going to be good players, the last thing you want to do is have them playing senior footy and losing confidence. That can actually destroy a player, so that's where it's a balancing act."
"We always looked at this year as a rebuilding year. We've got to make sure we make decisions in the long-term best interests of the club," Roos said. "You try and play younger players. Even today we had Luke Ablett and Adam Schneider. We're trying to feed them in. You can't throw them in all at once because sometimes their confidence can get dented and you can actually get them off to a worse start in their football career."
"We have some big decisions to make in the short term and the long term," Roos said. "The last thing you want to do is have them playing senior footy losing confidence and thinking, 'Geez, this is a bit hard for me'. It can actually destroy a player."
"You like to filter them in with some senior players and make sure the games are competitive. That's where you've got to be careful. We've got to make some important decisions as to where and how we filter those young guys in. At the end of last season we made a decision not to trade our number one pick and we got a couple of quality young kids in the door. We may need to play them a bit sooner than what we thought based on tonight's performance."
"We have got four quality young guys -- it's a matter of when you throw them in," Roos said. "But certainly, if guys don't start to improve you've got to look to that to get to the next level you want to go to. If you think guys aren't up to it you have to make a decision. Sometimes you have to be a bit ruthless."
"We matched them early on and were three goals up. Certainly the start was a lot better. But I think the main problem was we kept turning the footy over . . . it just went down the other end of the ground and they scored. I've said it before, the footy is like gold, you can't drop handballs and handball to the opposition or kick short."
"It's hard to remember what goes through players' minds," said Roos. "If someone handballs it to you and you just drop the ball, I don't know why that happens. If you kick it straight to the opposition, I'm not sure why that happens. I think certain individuals have gone backwards."
"The end result was pretty ordinary again. We've got some soul-searching to do, as a club and certainly as a team. We've got another 18 weeks to go and I think we've got some pretty big decisions to make in the interim in terms of where we want to take the club and the type of player we want playing for the club. Are they just learning, is it bad luck or is it a lack of ability?"
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