Swans take it easy with Bradshaw

THE SYDNEY Swans have put former Brisbane Lions forward Daniel Bradshaw in cotton wool in the lead-up to next month's NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft.

The Swans hope to land Bradshaw with their No.5 selection on December 15 but face a nervous wait as four other clubs have the chance to select the experienced goalkicker.

Swans assistant coach Peter Berbakov said Bradshaw had been impressive in the sessions he had completed since joining training two weeks ago.

"Hopefully once he gets over the line in the pre-season draft, we can really ramp him up but being an older player, we can afford to take our time with him," he told sydneyswans.com.au.

"He's had a lot of pre-seasons to get some good conditioning and he won't take long to get up to speed. He's just being cotton-woolled at this stage."

Bradshaw is one of five new faces among the Swans' pre-season group with ruckmen Mark Seaby and Shane Mumford and midfielders Ben McGlynn and Josh Kennedy the others.

Former Cat Mumford has been the early standout, Berbakov said.

"Shane has been showing himself to be a good athlete - very quick off the mark, he's got good conditioning for a big fella and watching him in the skills sessions, he looks like he'll be a real bonus for us," he said.

Kennedy (hip) and Seaby (ankle) have been restricted slightly as they continue to recover from off-season surgery but Berbakov said both were close to joining the full group.

"They've still be able to do a lot of long distance stuff without doing some of the shorter, sharper stuff," he said.

"They're not coming in off doing nothing so they’ll be able to hit the ground running."

Similarly, McGlynn's workload has been limited by a slight hamstring problem but Berbakov said he had impressed with his efforts.