Byrnes Get Elevated

[rizzo]

Geelong has elevated young rookie Shannon Byrnes to the senior list after a promising debut in the wizard cup. Byrnes 19 recived the call after training on friday, he was also told he would be onthe senior list for 8 weeks!!!!!. will slade was moved to the long term injury list. Slade a former rookie who was elevated in 2003 has oestitis pubis which he has suffered towards the end of last year and that has flared up over the preseason.

Source: Geelong Addy

excelent news for the cats, hopefully he will get a few senior games under his belt


Opinions???

 

[JUBJUB]

Good news,but he really should've been promoted at the end of last year.
Hopefully he lines up in the seniors in Rd1.

 

[Sammy D]

It says either in the same article or another one in the addy that Byrnes wasnt promoted last year because of a shoulder injury.

 

[Silver Cat]

So i can remove the pins from the leg of my David Spriggs voodoo doll.

 

[storrma29]

good news
i mistook the title of this post""byrnes get elevated""
I thought he must of grown taller

 

[Fall Out Boy]

About bloody time. Should have been on the senior list this time last year.

 

[GeeCat]

Here's a bigger article on Byrnes' elevation for those who havn't seen:


BYRNES ON THE MOVE

Monday, March 1
FIONA WELSH

GEELONG has promoted exciting young rookie Shannon Byrnes to the senior list after a promising debut in the Wizard Cup series.
Byrnes, 19, received the good news after training on Friday that he will be a senior player for at least the next eight weeks while former rookie Will Slade is on the long-term injury list.

Slade, a former rookie who was elevated in 2003, has oestitis pubis which he suffered towards the end of last year and that has flared up over the pre-season.

Club football operations manager Garry Davidson said the usual treatment of rest and pilates had not worked, and a specialist from Queensland had been called in to help speed up Slade's recovery.

Coach Mark Thompson said Byrnes deserved some media attention after his debut for the Cats against Port Adelaide in Cairns and followed up on Saturday with another good performance in their 20-point win over Carlton.

``He's very exciting,'' Thompson said of the former Murray Bushranger.

``A lot of people were talking about players who played their first game last week, obviously not too many people watched him in Cairns otherwise you would have been writing about him too,'' he said after the Cats' quarter-final victory at Optus Oval.

Geelong is now one match away from a Wizard Cup Grand Final berth and will meet Melbourne at the Telstra Dome on Friday night in their semi-final clash.

Thompson said reaching the finals of the pre-season competition gave everyone extra confidence.

``It's great for everyone involved,'' he said.

``We've played two pretty hard games on quality grounds and against real competition. You gain experience and that's why we want to do well next week.''

Byrnes, in his second year as a rookie, was still coming to terms with his elevation after taking the long road to making the senior list.

He said he came close to being promoted last season, but a shoulder injury put paid to his aspirations.

``I've done it the hard way (getting on the senior list), but it's definitely worth it,'' he said after Saturday's game.

``I wouldn't want to be anywhere else, being at an AFL club I'm happy to be here.''

The Cats may rush back Gary Ablett this week after playing half a game in the VFL on Saturday, displaying some flashes of his usual style.

Thompson said Ablett, who had recovered from a groin injury, was too good to ``waste playing in the reserves''.

 

[rizzo]

Originally posted by GeeCat
Here's a bigger article on Byrnes' elevation for those who havn't seen:


BYRNES ON THE MOVE

Monday, March 1
FIONA WELSH

GEELONG has promoted exciting young rookie Shannon Byrnes to the senior list after a promising debut in the Wizard Cup series.
Byrnes, 19, received the good news after training on Friday that he will be a senior player for at least the next eight weeks while former rookie Will Slade is on the long-term injury list.

Slade, a former rookie who was elevated in 2003, has oestitis pubis which he suffered towards the end of last year and that has flared up over the pre-season.

Club football operations manager Garry Davidson said the usual treatment of rest and pilates had not worked, and a specialist from Queensland had been called in to help speed up Slade's recovery.

Coach Mark Thompson said Byrnes deserved some media attention after his debut for the Cats against Port Adelaide in Cairns and followed up on Saturday with another good performance in their 20-point win over Carlton.

``He's very exciting,'' Thompson said of the former Murray Bushranger.

``A lot of people were talking about players who played their first game last week, obviously not too many people watched him in Cairns otherwise you would have been writing about him too,'' he said after the Cats' quarter-final victory at Optus Oval.

Geelong is now one match away from a Wizard Cup Grand Final berth and will meet Melbourne at the Telstra Dome on Friday night in their semi-final clash.

Thompson said reaching the finals of the pre-season competition gave everyone extra confidence.

``It's great for everyone involved,'' he said.

``We've played two pretty hard games on quality grounds and against real competition. You gain experience and that's why we want to do well next week.''

Byrnes, in his second year as a rookie, was still coming to terms with his elevation after taking the long road to making the senior list.

He said he came close to being promoted last season, but a shoulder injury put paid to his aspirations.

``I've done it the hard way (getting on the senior list), but it's definitely worth it,'' he said after Saturday's game.

``I wouldn't want to be anywhere else, being at an AFL club I'm happy to be here.''

The Cats may rush back Gary Ablett this week after playing half a game in the VFL on Saturday, displaying some flashes of his usual style.

Thompson said Ablett, who had recovered from a groin injury, was too good to ``waste playing in the reserves''.

that was to big for me to type

 

[GeeCat]

Originally posted by rizzo
that was to big for me to type

I just got it from geelonginfo.com

 

[skywalk750]

Great news, the second he touched the ball he had the dynamite power of ablett but with more speed.

He will still have to work on maybe getting a bigger body and working on his kicking but that will come with age and experience as good players do

 

[rizzo]

Originally posted by GeeCat
I just got it from geelonginfo.com

Smart ass

he also need shin implants