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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
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

