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July 13, 2006
Paul Williams Pain is Simon Phillips Gain
Well with the forced retirement of Paul Williams though injury, the Swans have been able to put Willo on the long term injury list and elevate a rookie listed player to the senior list to take his place for the rest of the season. The lucky rookie is Simon Phillips.
But in a surprise twist not only has Phillips been lucky enough to get the call up to the senior list for the remaining 8 Rounds of the season (plus hopefully as many finals as we play) but he has been sent over to Perth this week with the rest of the team in view to making his senior debut against the Eagles
"We told him last night. We brought him into the room and told him he was elevated and that he was playing the Eagles. "He was reasonably shocked I would suggest."
He will most likely play in place of the lackluster Nick Davis who most likely will get the chop this week at the selection table and play a few weeks in the ACTAFL as a bit of a wake up call to not only him, but a few of the underperforming topliners like him (read, O'Keefe, Kirk, Jude Bolton, Barry, Jolly and Hall).
Back to Phillips he isn't really a midfielder and isn't really a Nick Davis type forward pocket (nor for that matter a Adam Schneider one either), but according to Roos the kid add's some much needed zip to the side and he plays alot like Aaron Davey of the Demons.
Simon has mainly been used as a small crumbing forward," Roos added."Though not in the same class, but in terms of how he plays, he is a little bit like Aaron Davey, (Andrew) Lovett and Stephen Milne, that type of really quick, hard-working, running sort of small forward.
"So that is generally the mould of player he is in and the role he has been playing in the seconds."
So if he turns anything like half the player Davey is, then we might be onto a keeper. Brave move, lets hope it works for this kids sake.
Posted by robbieando at July 13, 2006 01:55 AM
Comments
Congratulations to the young fella on his debut.
Thought he played quite well for his first run of senior football.
I think he has alot more to show us, and hopefully we get to see him in the line up next weekend.
Posted by: Liam at July 16, 2006 11:05 PM