Pathetic journalism that…the club should be letting that idiot who wrote that to retract that…can’t be writing off someone before the verdict is even announced.
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It says “Lauren Wood and Jon Ralph” are the authors of that article. Not surprised.
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Sounds like it’s been pre-determined and MRP is just a sham.
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I don’t think that’s an actual quote… and whoever wrote it has not watched any of our games.
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Just looked. HS also wrote an article about Shiel’s Brownlow hopes being over. They’ve already determined it.
Standard procedure. We always get done by trial by media
Doesn’t help that the coach has said he is gone as well.
Did he?? ■■■■.
What did Woosha say?
Somebody on here said that Woosha thinks he’s gone.
You mean Shiel?
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yeah
Its not good but if its now so black and white that repórters do write that hopefully its a sign the mrp is consistent.
Lol.
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Seems like we’ve now reached the “Swans may not want Daniher anyway” portion of the trade speculation.
Mick McGuane analyses Sydney’s injury woes and how the Demons and Pies can find winning form
As Bombers star Joe Daniher nears a return for the Bombers, potential suitor Sydney has a litany of injuries to key players. Once miracle workers with injured players, the Swans have a big question mark, Mick McGuane writes.
Joe Daniher is a very good footballer, but the Sydney Swans will have to be 100 per cent sure they’re going to get bang for their buck if they go after the Essendon star again this off-season.
Lance Franklin has provided that outstanding value for the Swans and it’s only really been the last year or two that Buddy has had some real issues with his hammies.
But when you look at guys like Sam Reid and Sam Naismith and then players they’ve brought in from other clubs like Kurt Tippett and Daniel Menzel, the Swans just haven’t been able to keep them on the park consistently enough to provide that top tier value.
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Oft-injured, would the Swans be able to keep Joe Daniher on the park if they were able to prise him out of Essendon? Picture: Getty Images
When you’re bringing in players from other clubs, you want to ensure their bodies are in a good state to play good, competitive, strong football and that they have the confidence levels to do that.
In 2005 when the Swans won their first premiership under Paul Roos, they used just 32 players that season – second least in the competition that season.
Then when they claimed their next title in 2012, John Longmire used only 31 players, the least of any team.
Everyone was asking, what do they do? What’s in the water in Sydney? What’s in the Harbour up there?
How can they not have the injuries considering the bash and crash one-on-one style they play?
The played with their hearts and heads. You could see Brett Kirk coming off with blood streaming from his face, and it was amazing the way they could recover and never had the soft tissue injuries that other clubs had and they were the envy of the competition.
But those good fortunes have taken an about turn, for sure.
Lance Franklin is among a number of Swans who has struggled with injury in Sydney. Picture: Getty Images
The dramas involving Franklin and Reid in particular to start this season means they will have to think long and hard about Daniher who still seems about a month away from playing his first match since round 9 last year.
It’s not an ideal injury toll and the club will probably have to look at why there are so many. But they would know the answers more than I would as an outsider.
With the amount of money they put into sports science to make their players’ welfare first and foremost the priority, but also get them to perform at a high level consistently – the bottom line is you can’t get a kick in the grandstand. It’s pretty important to get that right.
If they think there’s a need for a review because of their tumultuous run with injury then there’s no doubt they’d look at it for sure, that’s what professional organisations like the Swans do.
If Joey moves on it will be a massive trade shame, with the Swans losing senior players by the truck load and the potential no. 1 pick going begging. If Joey stays and doesn’t breakdown… great!
Woosha said on the after match interview that he didn’t even see the incident
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On yesterday, why would you want to play for Sydney? They’re going to need a rebuild, they could be years off success.
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They’re about 12 good players short of a flag. That’s not getting fixed on Joe’s time.
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Swans aren’t the only option if he still wants to leave the bubble.