Apparently Roos said after the Nab Cup game last weekend, that he rates Carlton one of the better/best sides.

can anyone confirm what exactly he said??

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Given his history of (at best) back-handed compliments about us in the past, I'd say he's been either misquoted or was being sarcastic.

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REPORTER: How do you rate the win, Paul?

ROOS: I rate it right up there. If you're going to break your NAB Cup drought against a side Carlton would be the best side to do it against. I really can't think of a better side to beat.

I guess one could take it sarcastically, but given we gave Sydney their biggest bath for many seasons last year, he could have been dead serious.

I think some people are starting to fall into the "tinfoil hat" brigade about anything anyone ever says about Carlton.

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Obviously sarcastic....

In a sense where he is eluding to us being more competative in NAB games more so than the season proper in recent years......

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Top bloke in my eyes having had the good fortune of meeting, greeting and eating with the man (wrong thread? ) so I think always take what he says to the media with a grain or salt (and a dash of pepper)...because it's really the media that he's baiting in attempt to give the Swans some NSW headlines (or Sports Tonight) which is a good thing for the game and should be applauded.

You'd have to see Roos' body language too to see if he was being sarcastic or not. I didn't hear/see it.

So we don't think Roos rates the Blues highly??

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I'm sure he does...he also knows that last weeks game was a hit and giggle to brush away the cobwebs. He's not stupid, unlike 75% of posters on this site.

75%?...We're getting smarter, people!!! Woohoo

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what can i say..it's hump day..i'm feeling generous.

I think that Roos dislikes Carlton and any win against us is a good one in his eyes. No biggie

He normally refers to us as "@#$%&! Carlton"

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Doc,

I couldn't find much to giggle about watching that performance.

I'm obviously one of the "stupid" 75% because I take unacceptable displays as just that - unacceptable. Whereas you obviously believe we can turn our form on and off like a tap. Sorry, but it doesn't work like that.

Unfortunately, my gut feeling is that we won't match last years result and the "stupid" ones will turn out to be the 25% who refuse to see what is staring them in the face.

Hope I'm wrong and you are right, good Doctor.

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Jeeze you guys are a bunch of misery guts.

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I played sport at a professional level for 8 years. At the end of the year I always took a long break. I didn't talk about, read about or play that sport for about 2 months, even though I kept up a very good level of base fitness...but when it came to the real thing, it took a few matches to 'blow out the cobwebs'...physically yes - but more mentally...reminding yourself of things that were second nature before the holiday. My sport required a fair bit of travel...arriving in a strange place, snoozing in a strange bed, waiting for the hours to tick by before you are called into action is not everyone's cup of tea.

I don't want to sound like I'm making excuses for a whole teams performance, but it was was it was...a practice match. You have to think of the variables as well...and there are a lot of them here...it's very early days - take a deep breath...because there's nothing staring me in the face at the moment but hope and the reality that Carlton can succeed. Say it with me now...YES.WE.CAN

QFT

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