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February 06, 2006
News Roundup - 6/2
Not much in the news over the weekend and the Monday papers save a few minor article's that border on puff pieces, still they do have some useful tidbits in them relating to the Swans.
First off we have "O'Loughlin training in summer most irregular"
Basically stating what we already know about the pre-seasons notable lack of injuries and players trying overcome injuries. Still I love the borderline joking coming from the club regarding Magic taking part in training, something we haven't seen in 4 years.
"The coaches are all panicking. Every time we see Mick running we say 'what are you doing? Go and put the blanket on, hit the rocking chair, put the telly on and drink some chicken soup'.
I say all he needs to complete the image is a phone to make crank calls to Channel 9 when he hears "noughty" words on one of their shows.
Still the next quote is to the point
"It's something of an unknown - it just doesn't seem right."
Lets hope its not going to be a case of Karma with our injury free run snapped during the season and we see injury upon injury. Then again I doubt that will happen after all we have the best backroom staff in the comp and I'm cross fingers, toes and touching wood.
Next quote from the same article
Apart from a minor quadriceps strain to Craig Bolton, the rest of the Swans squad is on the training track.
As said already not something we don't already know, but with C-Bolt I guess that rules him out of the first few matches of the pre-season at least.
On to AFL honors Paul Williams and Andrew Ireland have been honored with AFL Life Membership for their service to the game.
* The AFL announced it was admitting 10 new life members at its next annual general meeting.Seven qualified automatically during the 2005 AFL season by reaching 300 games of service: Melbourne coach and former Essendon captain Neale Daniher, Western Bulldogs pair Rohan Smith and Scott West, Adelaide's Mark Ricciuto, the Kangaroos' Glenn Archer, Geelong's Peter Riccardi and Sydney's Paul Williams.
Former players and administrators Ross Smith and Andrew Ireland were also admitted along with West Coast coaching staff member Robert Wiley.
Well earnt in both cases without a doubt.
Onto news out of the club and we have the news that both Jason Ball and Stuart Maxfield will both join the football department on a part-time basis. Stu will join the recuiting department, while Ball will help out the young ruckmen develop.
"Stuey is going to work in our recruiting area," Roos told sydneyswans.com.au."It is an area we are keen to improve, and it is obviously an area that becomes more and more important with the draft and the salary cap and all those sorts of things.
and
Ball - who works full-time in Sydney as a stockbroker - has been asked to work with some up-and-comers at training and in individual video sessions.
No doubt good news to have these two still involved around the club to impart their expirence to the younger kids.
Posted by robbieando at February 6, 2006 05:26 PM