Hall and Brawl Out
June 4th 2008 01:18
Sydney forward Barry Hall may be sitting out his final game of a seven-week suspension, but his team will be playing against the man he knocked out earlier this season.
And to make things worse, it will be in Perth, in front of 40,000 screaming West Coast fans.
Paul Roos revealed that he had personally apologised to Brent Staker, the man that Hall king-hit in Round Four, on behalf of the Sydney Swans, and even asked for permission to speak to his parents to say the same thing.
The Sydney coach believes that if Hall was to take to the field, something negative may occur.
"If Hally was playing I think it (backlash for the Staker incident) would probably be an issue," Roos said.
"And you could understand that being an issue from a West Coast point of view."
Staker's father Alan had described Hall as a "weak mongrel" while his mother Rosemary said she felt "sick in the stomach".
Roos continued: "I spoke to Brent. I spoke to Brent's parents. I left a message with (West Coast coach) John Worsfold and he left a message back with me.
"I know Hally spoke to Brent too, and apologised.
"We made it clear it was unacceptable and so I rang Brent and asked whether he was comfortable with me ringing his parents, and he was.
"I thought that was the appropriate thing to do because we have a lot of respect for them as a football club and we also have a lot of pride in the way that we go about our football as well."
Meanwhile, Hall is also attempting to recover from wrist surgery sustained during the clash in Round Four, and the club is saying he will be raring to go against St. Kilda in Round 12.
He is going really good," Roos said.
"He looked fantastic at training last week and getting him back is obviously going to be really important for us."
For the moment, West Coast will take on Sydney on Saturday Night at Subiaco.
And to make things worse, it will be in Perth, in front of 40,000 screaming West Coast fans.
Paul Roos revealed that he had personally apologised to Brent Staker, the man that Hall king-hit in Round Four, on behalf of the Sydney Swans, and even asked for permission to speak to his parents to say the same thing.
The Sydney coach believes that if Hall was to take to the field, something negative may occur.
"If Hally was playing I think it (backlash for the Staker incident) would probably be an issue," Roos said.
"And you could understand that being an issue from a West Coast point of view."
Staker's father Alan had described Hall as a "weak mongrel" while his mother Rosemary said she felt "sick in the stomach".
Roos continued: "I spoke to Brent. I spoke to Brent's parents. I left a message with (West Coast coach) John Worsfold and he left a message back with me.
"I know Hally spoke to Brent too, and apologised.
"We made it clear it was unacceptable and so I rang Brent and asked whether he was comfortable with me ringing his parents, and he was.
"I thought that was the appropriate thing to do because we have a lot of respect for them as a football club and we also have a lot of pride in the way that we go about our football as well."
Meanwhile, Hall is also attempting to recover from wrist surgery sustained during the clash in Round Four, and the club is saying he will be raring to go against St. Kilda in Round 12.
He is going really good," Roos said.
"He looked fantastic at training last week and getting him back is obviously going to be really important for us."
For the moment, West Coast will take on Sydney on Saturday Night at Subiaco.
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