"As a player he simply should not have been able to do the things he did. Leo was a 185cm, 88kg full-back and played on some of the biggest, fastest and best full-forwards of all time, and constantly beat them." Roos.
Leo Barry? you star! We'll miss ya, ''Leapin''.
Nice theory but how do you propose getting Kosi on the list?
I think we should investigate it but not at the expense of our first round pick.
"As everyone knows our style of football is defensive and unattractive, and as such I have completely forgotten how to mark or kick over the years" - Brett Kirk
There comes a point when those on slide meet those on the up. Nothing sadder than seeing players go one season too many and ending looking genuine hacks. When the sliders go below the newies and we haven't given the newies enough time that is when the damage is done. At the meeting point if the newies are getting flogged then so too will the sliders, so it is a no brainer as to which way you should go. Leo might look good while fresh at the start of next season but like the last 2 years he will fall away, and the 1 year too much syndrome will be a double whammy.
I believe it is 3 years running that Leo has had serious hamstring injuries in the second half of the season. Time to put games into new defenders.
Thommo you are a supreme optimist. Ablett has got slower and his forms gets worse by the game. For him to regain form and find some pace would indeed be a MIRACLE!!!!! There is though a remote chance that he could find some form (that might be in the 2's though), but pace, NEVER!!!!
Don't know, but agree that our first pick must remain.
As it is a strong draft maybe a very late first rounder or first up second rounder might be worth something to St Kilda for him as maybe it's time for the Saints and Kosi to part ways in order to be beneficial for both parties.
Let's put a list together of tallish KP potential players who maybe of interest:
Mundy of Fremantle and Boyle of Hawthorn come to mind. Surely Geelong must have KP defenders not likely to get a game anytime soon with the senior side they have.
Any other out there?
DST
"Looking forward to a rebuilt, new, fast and exciting Swans model in 2010"
the problem is to find players who are off contract.
gamble and prismall at geelong are fringe players who could be useful
forgotten 1996
2005 a much sweeter memory,2012 even better
You misunderstand, I mean keep Ablett but put some pace around him, Ablett,Kirk Bolton doing the in and under and some pacey runners for them to feed the ball to after we win the contested. At this point who do we give it to? None of them are especially quick, in the legs that is. Fossie if he were match fit maybe and Goodes if he were not injured, but these guys are getting older too so were a bit hard up right now, hard decisions and I'm glad I'm not making them. Anyway, We'll see a different team this week, and I'll be in the Orielly stand cheering as usual, don't really care who they put out there, if they got red and white on they're my blokes and I luv em all.
Paul Roos for PM
[QUOTE=DST;407603]Mundy of Fremantle and Boyle of Hawthorn come to mind./QUOTE]
Boyle's a mediocre CHF, and we already have Playfair being that.
Mundy's a flanker.
I saw today that Andrew Lee has been de-listed by the Bombers. I remember hearing from the Swans camp that we we're interested in drafting him but Essendon got in with the pick before us and we got Schmidt instead. Lee's 22 now, and been unlucky with injury, but I think we should look at him.
Jaymie Graham from the Toast is a bit older, but I think could be good too.
There's no one else really. Clubs just don't trade their first choice CHB/FB. You either have to take a punt on a young one and hope, or try and morph a flanker into a KPP, like we did with Craig Bolton or go for an OK player while developing the yonger ones.
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