Paul Roos
Paul Roos
Former center half back who was a seven-time All-Australian team selection during his career with Fitzeroy and Sydney. In 2005, he became a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
ProfessionRugby Player
Date of Birth27 June 1963
anyone early might playing risks year
It is early in the year to be playing a game. We won't take any risks with anyone who we think might be doubtful.
barely pleased
I thought his first-half was poor, naturally, because he barely got a touch. But I was very pleased with his second-half - he showed real leadership.
enthusiasm genuine hope opening team week
I hope that we come out this week and play with that genuine enthusiasm and play for the team and if we do that we are going to be a lot more competitive that we have been in the opening two weeks.
bit expect focus slowly starting time
He is slowly getting there. We expect him to take some time but he is now starting to focus a bit more on his footy.
amongst boys clear group last prepared sacrifice system understanding within
I think there's also a clear understanding amongst the group now that you don't last too long within the boys' bloods system if you're not prepared to sacrifice for your team, if you're not prepared to do all the things that the boys require.
advanced bonus fit further looked plans sharp though throw
That does throw your plans a little bit. He (O'Loughlin) got through really well though which is a bonus and he looked sharp and fit so he looked further advanced than what we thought.
early focus guys main number past played three throughout tomorrow
I think in the past three years we've had a number of young guys who have got in early in the pre-season and played all throughout the season. Probably the main focus for tomorrow is to see how they go.
bearing happened last year
No, I don?t think what happened last year or the year before has any bearing on this week.
ability couple last steady
It was probably a couple of turnovers contributing to Carlton getting back into the game, but our ability to steady like we have done over the last couple of years got us over the line.
chance ground prepare saturday sure work
There's a lot of work still to go on the ground and you want to make sure that they've got a chance to prepare it for Saturday night.
areas celebrate three
If we get those three areas right, it won't be 72 years before we celebrate again.
ankle bit came
(Jared) Crouch came off with a bit of a rolled ankle (last week), but I think everyone is pretty good.
fitness next sake waiting week
For the sake of waiting another week, we can get in two sessions this week and next week. He has done a lot of running, his fitness is very good. He is 50/50.
case fans final game grand last particular rules stick three umpires
I look at the grand final last year: the three umpires that umpired that game were outstanding. I think on that particular day, it was a case of, 'we know what the rules are, we know what the fans want to see, we know how we want to umpire it, let's just stick to those three principles'.