Round 2 vs Port Adelaide

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Roos revisits tagger plan to spark Goodes

Sydney coach Paul Roos yesterday revealed he was considering using Adam Goodes as a tagger against Port Adelaide on Sunday after saying the 2003 and 2006 Brownlow medallist "looked like he wasn't working very hard" against St Kilda on Saturday.

Goodes was barely sighted in the Swans' two-point loss at Telstra Dome, notching just seven possessions. The 27-year-old star made a similarly quiet start to the 2007 campaign and turned it around only after round eight when Roos gave him a tagging job on Port's Chad Cornes. Roos wasn't sure why Goodes had so little impact at the weekend considering he had a full pre-season.

"There's no expectation on everyone every week to get 35, 30, 25 possessions, but it's very hard to win a game of footy if one of your best players is getting seven," Roos said.

"He just looked like he wasn't working very hard and that's something he just needs to address himself. Because when he runs and when he works, he's pretty much unstoppable.

"I'd like to get to the bottom of it a lot quicker than we did last year. I kept on asking him last year, he kept on telling me there was nothing wrong. We played Port and it was probably his turnaround game when he played on Chad Cornes.

"So that might be something we are able to do, put him in a tagging role straight away and get him involved in the game, rather than waiting until round six or seven like last year."

Asked if Goodes could get the job on Cornes again at the SCG on Sunday, Roos replied: "Absolutely. It was something we did last year and it sort of turned him around. I think if Chad goes in the midfield, we will probably put Adam to him."

Roos expected another of his prime movers, key forward Barry Hall, to reach peak form in a few weeks following his quiet game against the Saints. An underdone Hall tallied nine possessions, five marks and kicked 1.2 against the Saints.

"I think it will be round four or five before you see him absolutely at 100 per cent match fitness," Roos said. "It was good he got through 97 minutes and it was a bit of a frustrating game for the forwards. He did look sharp, his speed looked back, so he will gradually build over the next two or three weeks."

Swans assistant coach John Longmire was also confident Hall's touch would return quickly despite the star full-forward's habit of dropping easy marks, an unfortunate feature of his injury-marred 2007 season. Longmire said Hall had marked strongly in two practice matches and believes the easy mark he dropped near the middle of the ground during the third quarter on Saturday was an aberration.

"His marking and timing have been pretty good from what we've seen throughout the pre-season but I don't think the service he got on the weekend was that great," Longmire said.

Hall had laser eye surgery before last season and there has been a theory that he struggles in night games. "That might have helped but I don't think it was a problem to the extent people think," Longmire said. "He's not going to suddenly mark everything that comes his way [after the surgery] but I think in percentage terms, there could be a small improvement."

The Swans will again be without ruckman Peter Everitt for Sunday's first home game, against Port Adelaide. Everitt had minor knee surgery before the season and is expected to miss at least the next two games, leaving the Swans undermanned against the strong Port ruck division. Roos said there could be one or two changes to the team but suggested all of the youngsters who played last week would be retained.

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/ne...to-spark-goodes/2008/03/24/1206207013694.html

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So we cant take from this article

- Goodes will most likely play as a tagger on Chad Cornes
- Peter Everitt will not be playing
- All 4 youngsters will be playing (Jack, Bird, Moore, Grundy)
- Only 1 or 2 changes to the Round 1 side
 

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This should be an easy win, Port play terribly against the Swans and it's at the SCG so expect a comfortable 15-21 point victory.
 

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hey does anyone else besides me reckon ed barlow should be in

IN - Barlow
OUT - Moore
I do agree that Barlow should play but i dont agree with dropping Moore as he showed some good skill against St Kilda and he was one of our better players so it would be unfair to drop him.
 
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I honestly dont know. Maybe Paul Pevan as he did have a extremely poor game against St Kilda.
by pevan im guessing you mean bevan :D
alright incase you havent picked up on it yet i hav barlow on sc so i am hoping he gets a game this week, just needing confirmation that there is a chance
cheers:thumbsu:
 
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barlow will and should play againt port and i would say at the expense of ablett or j.bolton.

watch out for goodes, hall, magic, davis to play better games than last week

port have a good ruck combo in lade/brogan so either jolly has to play the best game in his life to compete with them or roosy might have to bring in a ruckman (j.white please) lets be serious LRT and teddy are competitive in the ruck but not good enough.

hopefully the young blokes (jack,moore,bird,grundy) who all did well last week, do well this week therefore developing consistency in their game something some of our senior players lacked last year!!!

and i no this will never happen but I HOPE LEO BARRY does one suicide run and then realise he cant do them anymore and he will just learn to pass it off like the normal players do!
 

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by pevan im guessing you mean bevan :D
alright incase you havent picked up on it yet i hav barlow on sc so i am hoping he gets a game this week, just needing confirmation that there is a chance
cheers:thumbsu:
Yes there is a chance. I would love to see the Big Cheese playing on Sunday.
 

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Barlow needs to be in the side this week. Don't know why he wasn't in the side last week, probably didn't play as well in the pre season.
 

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I personally hope that Port get up for a win, but I can't really see it happening at the SCG (where our running game will struggle) but I wouldn't mind it if C.Bird ran riot unmarked and got 30 possesions and the rising star. (for my dream team of course :))
 

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Bummer that Everitt can't be playing. He'll be back Round 5 ? Because having LRT ruck is going to kill the potential he has in the backline.

Nothing short of fun seeing him run up the middle, though :D:thumbsu:
 

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Nothing short of fun seeing him run up the middle, though :D:thumbsu:
Quote of the St Kilda game was when LRT was running with the ball and one of the commentators said something like "When running he always looks like a colt who has just broken out of his paddock" :D
 
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Quote of the St Kilda game was when LRT was running with the ball and one of the commentators said something like "When running he always looks like a colt who has just broken out of his paddock" :D
he looks more like a red setter let loose on a road
apart from the hair colouring
 

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barlow will and should play againt port and i would say at the expense of ablett or j.bolton.

watch out for goodes, hall, magic, davis to play better games than last week

port have a good ruck combo in lade/brogan so either jolly has to play the best game in his life to compete with them or roosy might have to bring in a ruckman (j.white please) lets be serious LRT and teddy are competitive in the ruck but not good enough.

hopefully the young blokes (jack,moore,bird,grundy) who all did well last week, do well this week therefore developing consistency in their game something some of our senior players lacked last year!!!

and i no this will never happen but I HOPE LEO BARRY does one suicide run and then realise he cant do them anymore and he will just learn to pass it off like the normal players do!
You're kidding aren't you? Jude Bolton was one of our better players on the night and from all reports is the fittest he has been for quite some time. Plus he has a great record against Port Adelaide. I would leave the team as it is for this week and then bring Barlow in for the Round 3 game against Brisbane at the Gabba.
 
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LOL at Roos. Goodes as a tagger... not even Port are going to buy this one.
It happened last year and as a result was goodes' turnaround game.... however, despite this happening last yr i don't beleive it should happen again this yr.

Personally i would love to see goodes in the ruck..... it would see him get more of the footy, it means that he wouldnt get tagged and it also would give the chance to put LRT back into the backline where he looks very solid.

BTW i was dissapointed in mattner last wk.... i know it was his first game and everything but he didnt seem to want to run with the ball like kennelly and malceski do....hoping he will do so this wk as both kennelly and mattner are two of the most important assets in the team....i also hope barlow comes into the side as he is a similar sort of player to these guys and could provide relief for them providing they run hard
 
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