Roos unhappy at being made GWS marketer

Sydney coach Paul Roos says he is unhappy with his club being used as a marketing
tool for the AFL's incoming Greater Western Sydney (GWS) franchise.
The AFL have expressed their delight at almost filling the 10,000-capacity Blacktown
Olympic Park in western Sydney on Saturday night, for the first competitive match at
the venue.
But Roos, whose team beat Carlton in the NAB Cup match, said it should not be up to
the Swans to lay the groundwork for future rivals GWS, due to enter the AFL in 2012.
"We shouldn't be promoting a second team at all," Roos told Melbourne sports radio
station SEN.
"Everyone talked about a sell-out game, and what a great result for Greater Western
Sydney.
"I didn't see one Greater Western Sydney jumper out there.
"I saw a lot of Sydney Swans jumpers and a lot of Carlton jumpers, I didn't see one
Greater Western Sydney jumper.
"Do we get any credit for a sell-out crowd? No, we don't. We don't get any credit at
all."
The match was used by the AFL to help promote the GWS cause, with plenty of signage
asking local fans to get behind the new club, while inaugural GWS coach Kevin Sheedy
launched a campaign to name the team.
But the Swans also slipped in their own message, their banner reading: "Be a part of
Sydney's team. Become a Swans member."
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league appreciated the Swans promoting
the game in Sydney's west, despite Roos' misgivings.
"It's going to be great that Paul (Roos) and Kevin (Sheedy) will be going
toe-to-toe," Demetriou said.
"Look, the Swans are a great club, everyone knows that, they've been there for 30
plus years.
"Hopefully we can get some rivalry going between the Swans and the new team."