Must say, I like a few others around these parts am also guilty of the same negative talk about the Swans earlier in the season. I tend to agree most with Mike Sheahan's latest comments above.SMH wrote:http://smh.com.au/news/afl/swans-now-th ... 06394.html
Robert Walls, The Age and Channel 10 commentator
April 27: "The Swans are playing ugly, unattractive football. When you lose playing this way in a northern state, pressure mounts. To make our game flourish in Brisbane and Sydney, you need to give Queenslanders and New South Welshmen aspects of our game that they like."
Yesterday: "They are playing a lot better, their football is much more attractive to watch. They are much more attacking and Barry Hall himself said they have changed their game plan."
Andrew Demetriou, AFL chief executive
April 30: "I think it would be fair to say in the early part of the season we saw some games that weren't attractive, and I think they've been described as ugly. And probably there would be a brand of football being played on the other side of the border which is not particularly attractive. And unless the Swans change that style of play, they won't win many football matches. I don't think there's anything we can do, because we wouldn't intervene. But I think unless there's a change in the manner and the style in which they play, they will lose more games than they win. And they will probably start to identify that."
Yesterday: Could not be contacted for comment.
Rohan Connolly, The Age
May 3: "It seems an unnecessarily conservative mindset, particularly given that opponents are now more prepared to play Roos's team at its own game, refusing to be frustrated by the rugby-like nature of a match against Sydney, eventually out-Swanning the Swans."
July 25, 2005: "If West Coast doesn't end up winning this year's flag, there's a fair chance it will be the Crows or Swans who've beaten them to it."
Mike Sheahan, Herald Sun
June 2005: "Roosy says we don't understand, that he is intrigued and bemused by criticism from outsiders. We say he needs to show more faith in his men. Let them fail playing on instinct rather than fail playing to a plan that is both unrewarding and boring."
July 25: "[Sydney's win over West Coast was] more proof that we often get over-excited, overly negative early in a season. The Swans, remember, were 2-4 after six rounds … Ugly? Not any more. It's now deemed to be tough, unrelenting and admirable. And effective."
Have you, like most commentators had a change of heart Croc or others for that matter?
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