Foote is a "jobber" as some commentators used to refer to some members of our 2005 p'ship team. I can assure you that long before many on here knew about the Swans, there was a couple blokes called Ben Matthews & Jared Crouch who had raised many eyebrows as to how they could get senior AFL footy games, such was their questionable skill level early days. Fast forward a few years into our new system under Roos where as long as he had a player that was prepared to follow the coaches instruction to be a critical working piece in our team with our game plan, then it didn't matter how talented & skillful they weren't because their main asset was to sacrifice their role for the benefit of the team.
Now the last time I looked, our club still runs by that same ethos where we will have the odd player that won't be the most skillful on our list but will have the capacity to understand the role asked of him & carry his role out on game day, whether it be in the NEAFL or whether he is called up for duty in the seniors.
Why some of our supporters of a team that doesn't attract top 5 draft picks years on end, suddenly want to compare some of the cheap rookies recruited to the club with a highly regarded top 5 pick from another club, confuses me having watched the very thing that won us a flag in 2005.
In fact the Tigers won their flag last year with the same ethos. They have a few players in their team that are just "jobbers" but they have the capacity to understand their roles in that team, leaving the real flashy stuff to Dusty & Cotchin etc.
Now Foote may not be the man that will become our next Crouch or Matthews but rest assured, there will be someone else on our list in the future that many will refer to as "not a footballers a-hole", long after Foote is gone.
We should all know by now that it is those players that are on the fringe of the team, fighting desperately for a gig in the best 22, that ultimately get a team over the line for a p'ship. As I said, Foote could very well be unlikely to fit this description but perhaps then, the Sydney Swans may not win a p'ship for another 72 years..............and all that.
I watched a bloke called Lambert for the Tigers last night who hardly touched it last night but he ran all night meaning he had a certain role to play & I have no doubt that his coaches would have been content with that.
Just my opinion.
Now the last time I looked, our club still runs by that same ethos where we will have the odd player that won't be the most skillful on our list but will have the capacity to understand the role asked of him & carry his role out on game day, whether it be in the NEAFL or whether he is called up for duty in the seniors.
Why some of our supporters of a team that doesn't attract top 5 draft picks years on end, suddenly want to compare some of the cheap rookies recruited to the club with a highly regarded top 5 pick from another club, confuses me having watched the very thing that won us a flag in 2005.
In fact the Tigers won their flag last year with the same ethos. They have a few players in their team that are just "jobbers" but they have the capacity to understand their roles in that team, leaving the real flashy stuff to Dusty & Cotchin etc.
Now Foote may not be the man that will become our next Crouch or Matthews but rest assured, there will be someone else on our list in the future that many will refer to as "not a footballers a-hole", long after Foote is gone.
We should all know by now that it is those players that are on the fringe of the team, fighting desperately for a gig in the best 22, that ultimately get a team over the line for a p'ship. As I said, Foote could very well be unlikely to fit this description but perhaps then, the Sydney Swans may not win a p'ship for another 72 years..............and all that.
I watched a bloke called Lambert for the Tigers last night who hardly touched it last night but he ran all night meaning he had a certain role to play & I have no doubt that his coaches would have been content with that.
Just my opinion.