1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: Okay, coops, how are you doing? 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 2: Never been better yourself? 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: Yeah? Pretty good. It's careful. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,080 Speaker 2: Then that's right in your hand. 5 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: Good by spidy. Yesterday right, the worst thing I've managed 6 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: made I am worst thing about it went yesterday and 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: she just got on a roll. 8 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 2: Tell me the same. I'm interested. 9 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: And I said, look, I'm going to be late for work. 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: I was making that up. And she goes, just just 11 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: can you just put all these leaves in the green bins? 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: Yeah? 13 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: Okay. And as I bend down, she goes, you've got 14 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: to put some gloves on. I went, Jesus Christ, just 15 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: bang as I'm a bad printed in bush girt get bit. 16 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: And the worst thing was, she goes, I told you 17 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: you never listen. You know everything. 18 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 3: Now I know you're lying because you pay the invoices 19 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 3: for the gardeners to pick up your mate. 20 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: If I pass away, I'll leave you something. I will 21 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: my wife. 22 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 2: Leave your Titans membership. 23 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: Ah yeah, mate, I'll tell you what mate. You laugh 24 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 1: now I tell you what. Hey good on the dragons, mate. 25 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: It was funny yesterday. Some people have very good intuition. 26 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: I never saw it, but a lot I spoke to 27 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:11,559 Speaker 1: a lot of people who said, I've got a feeling 28 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: about the Dragons and the Broncos. I just thought I 29 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: cannot see it two pm Sunday afternoon sun Court. People 30 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: like Walsh and that everything to play for. But mate, 31 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: weld under them. 32 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, you do have to tip cap like it has 33 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 3: been a tough year for the Dragons. 34 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 2: Was it the Dragons rising to the occasion? 35 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 3: Was it the fact the Broncos that were just really bad. 36 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 3: I think it was more Broncos than the Dragons being good. 37 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 3: But I'll tell you what, they've been through a lean patch. 38 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: And they needed to get one. 39 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 3: They needed one because it was only going to get 40 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:41,959 Speaker 3: worse if they didn't drag a victory. 41 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: The good thing about it, they've got a lot of 42 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: very good, very good young players. They're going through a 43 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: difficult point. This this point in their career which is 44 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,520 Speaker 1: early on, which is not necessarily bad things sometimes coops, 45 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: you know, to get in there as a young player, 46 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: and you know, it's not like you jump into a 47 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: great side and you just yeah, you're swimming upstream with it. 48 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: You're in there and you're working doubly hard. Like next year, 49 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: like the Cashman brothers and some of those young fellas 50 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: you you've got the cavalry coming. 51 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:08,239 Speaker 2: Because talent coming. 52 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 1: It's coming. 53 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 3: So when you're trying to blood these young guys. The 54 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 3: thing that I still want to see the next sort 55 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 3: of four to six week where the Dragons are at. 56 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 3: You don't have to be a rep player to be 57 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 3: a good defensive player. What I mean by that is 58 00:02:22,040 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 3: the schoolboard has ticked over way too much for me 59 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 3: at the Dragons. And if you're bringing in experience bringing 60 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 3: young guys, I don't particularly care if they can't score points, 61 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: but stop the opposition from scoring, scratch claw and fight 62 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 3: for everything. The scoreboard against the Roosters tickto the school 63 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 3: board after that, just too many big scool lines. But 64 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 3: the fact they went the sun Corp on a hot day, 65 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 3: which should have said the Broncos octane attack should have 66 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 3: been up and about. They started better and defended well 67 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: for periods of time. 68 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: Something spooky. Last three meetings sun Corp Stadium Dragons have 69 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: won thirty to twenty six, all three three games in 70 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: a row twenty six and. 71 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 2: You've been bitten by a spider. 72 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: Something's happening, mate, really enjoyed Penrith against the Wars. What 73 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 1: do you think? 74 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 2: I oven? 75 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:11,920 Speaker 1: And Andrew Webster. Going into the game, I was thinking, 76 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: what what would each coach be satisfied with? What do 77 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: you think? I mean, it's a it's a psychological blow 78 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: for Penrith. They've struck a blow. They're no clearing, no 79 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: yo no, and they still got it done. 80 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 3: I don't think we're ever going to see anything out 81 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 3: of Penrith. That game didn't really matter to them. I 82 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 3: thought it was a statement game for the Warriors. And 83 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 3: yes they lost, yep. But I'll tell you what, they 84 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 3: were very good, don't they anyone? 85 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 2: But Penrith. They win by twenty points? 86 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: I agree totally. 87 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 2: So I agree with you. 88 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: The only thing to come out of it is that 89 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: that is a psychological blow when they play. I think 90 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 3: they playing Round twenty three later in the year. But 91 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 3: these teams will meet in a big game, yep. And 92 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 3: the fact is that no yo no or no clearing, 93 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 3: they're going to roll into that team that penalthein better. 94 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: Can the Warriors go another level? I thought it was great, 95 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 3: like a couple of moments in that first half. If 96 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,240 Speaker 3: the Warriors had have got the try, that's completely different 97 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 3: context of the game. But Penrith were tremendous. The Warriors 98 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 3: were great. It was one of the better advertisements for 99 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 3: our game this year. 100 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: I've seen Andrew Webster put his head in the pillow 101 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: last night, going, Okay, you know, they didn't have those 102 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: guys in, but we're getting closer. We're getting up on these, 103 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: you know. And they were a team that is continuing. 104 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 3: They defend for long periods of time, great completion rate 105 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: from both teams, and in that second half they threw 106 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 3: a lot at each other. That ball was in play 107 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 3: for long periods of time. To Picky come up with 108 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,720 Speaker 3: a moment Edwards delivered like a good captain's knocked in 109 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 3: without all of his other star players around. Casey MacLean 110 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 3: just goes to another level. I think Penrith are just 111 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 3: so good, like you just can't every time you tip 112 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 3: against them, you get caught out. Like I thought the 113 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 3: Warriors would win. I truly thought that was a more 114 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 3: important game for the Warriors than it was for Penrith, 115 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,520 Speaker 3: and they played to that level. But Penrith are just 116 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 3: so damn good. 117 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 1: Strength of the system, like Jack Coga goes in there, 118 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:06,919 Speaker 1: he's a great role player. 119 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 3: And Webster's got the strength of the system too, Tomato Martin, 120 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 3: and they played like calling the game. It was almost 121 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 3: like mirror image. Yeah, they were physical in contact, they 122 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 3: didn't drop the ball, the passes were spot on and 123 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,680 Speaker 3: for the majority of the game, the only time the 124 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 3: teams looked like they were going to score was through 125 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 3: the last playoption. It was because they were just defending 126 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 3: everything for each other. 127 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 1: She says, some big games coming up this weekend. I 128 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: just want to talk about the Fursday night game South 129 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: Sidney Rabbit O's Manly. South's looking for consistency now at 130 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:40,719 Speaker 1: this time of the year. Manly have had a little dip. 131 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: They've got to get you know, they've got to get 132 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,480 Speaker 1: back to the form we saw about a month ago. 133 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: But South Sydney they get back Brandon Brandon Smith, Campbell 134 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: Graham day for Feeder. I think it'd be a terrific 135 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: game of football. 136 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 2: CAMC. Graham is an important person for them. Out on 137 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 2: those edges. 138 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 3: We're going to see what Manly are with and forum 139 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 3: because last time they lost under for it was against Penrith. 140 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 2: And it was a good performance. 141 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,600 Speaker 3: It wasn't something that you had to sort of go oh, 142 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 3: I don't really know. They missed the Mark Man they 143 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,119 Speaker 3: missed the mark physically to start that game, and Kieren 144 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 3: Forn is going to have to have a sterner review 145 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 3: than ever before, and it's going to see the reaction. 146 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 3: Does Loop Brooks rack well to that, It does Jamal Fog, 147 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 3: and he does all the other players, Jake Travoiovich as such. 148 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: I think the last couple weeks of starting to sort 149 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: of understand players a lot more. 150 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 2: And he'd be interested too. 151 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 3: I think he just can't keep going, Oh, this is great, guys, 152 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 3: let's keep course do that again. We're going well, so 153 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 3: he almost needs a tested as well. 154 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: Look, state of origin selections still a week away, but. 155 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 2: Away we're going to pick our sides. 156 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: Yes, why not talk about changes? It's an interesting one 157 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,800 Speaker 1: going from first game into the second. We'll touch on 158 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: this at the moment. Queensland Patti Krrighan used to, I think. 159 00:06:59,080 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 2: That's about it. 160 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 3: Own changed really Like if you look at the game, 161 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 3: it's really hard to analyze it because it's such a 162 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: weird game. The first twenty minutes New South Wales made 163 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 3: four or five errors, Queensland dominated possession in attacking end 164 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:16,080 Speaker 3: of the field, and while it was thirty on thirteen 165 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: Queensland looked really good, really good. So you cannot change 166 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 3: that team at much at all. With Carrigan going down, 167 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 3: I think there's an opportunity to get Codder in his 168 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: preferred position as in that middle thirteen player ball playing 169 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 3: tackles like his life depends on it. Maybe Nicker or 170 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 3: maybe he Lin Luki comes in onto that edge. But 171 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 3: if I'm Billy, I'm not changing too much. 172 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 1: Reece. He picked Ezra ahead of him. Like yesterday you 173 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: were preparing for commentary Broncos. Ree had moments like flashes 174 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: of Brilliants very bad Reese's you know, we've spoken of it. Yeah, 175 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: you played all the football with Billy. Billy would take 176 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: calculated risks, and Reese does the same very soon. Last 177 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: year there's calculated risk. Nine out of ten came off 178 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: at the moment. He's not quite in the groove. Look 179 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 1: at a lot of his touches as we're talking about 180 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: him here. But you think about coming into the nineteen, 181 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: I would. 182 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 3: Have had whilsh in there before Ezra. I just threw 183 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 3: the form right. But then you look at some of 184 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 3: the reasons why, and if one of the Harves went down, 185 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 3: you didn't really have a ready made half on the bench. 186 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 3: I think that's why Ezra was there. But I still 187 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 3: think that person on the bench it is to cover, 188 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,719 Speaker 3: which is a conservative decision. If it's Reese Walsh, that's 189 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 3: a scary proposition. It's scary to have him on the field, 190 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 3: particularly what New South Wales did to run down that. 191 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 2: Scoreboard in the last twenty minutes. 192 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 3: They bought on McLean. They had lots of ball players 193 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 3: out in the field. So yeah, look, I think I 194 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,719 Speaker 3: can understand it from an insurance point of view, just 195 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 3: having Ezra there in case like player for player, Walsh's 196 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 3: there in front of Ezra. 197 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, watching the Broncos yesterday, we're seeing something at the moment. Look, 198 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 1: first and foremost their heads went on, right, they gave 199 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 1: they gave the Dragons very little respect in God what 200 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,679 Speaker 1: they deserved. Right. But the other thing, if you talk about, 201 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: you know, technique and sequence based football. We've said a 202 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:20,960 Speaker 1: lot last year. You see the very best of the 203 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: Broncos when they open up the full field, playing a 204 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: bit of sideline, the song, this sort of stuff gives 205 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,560 Speaker 1: them opportunity. At the moment they're back to just playing 206 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: half field sequences. 207 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:30,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not. 208 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,720 Speaker 3: Going to question billiony selections, but he knows that fullbacks 209 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 3: play better than anyone. 210 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 2: But at the. 211 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 3: Moment, Reese's gap between his best and his worst, there's 212 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,840 Speaker 3: a bigger gap. But there's some other players in the 213 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 3: queens and inside that have a big gap between their 214 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 3: consistency as well. 215 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: But when he's good. 216 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 3: Far out and when he's bad, Yeah, like some other 217 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 3: players are a bit bad as well. But yeah, I think 218 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 3: in terms of Queensland selections, I don't think there's too 219 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 3: much a change. Carrigan might have to and then maybe 220 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 3: some spots on the bench. But I'll tell you what 221 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 3: South Wales, I've got some thinking to do because yeah, 222 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 3: for the time it was thirteen on thirteen they were 223 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 3: off the mark and then Kalin goes off and all 224 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 3: of a sudden things start clicking. So as a selector, 225 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 3: as a new South Wales person, how do you decide 226 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 3: what is the right decision to stay loyal or change 227 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 3: because the majority of the game they were beaten. 228 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: The bottom line is, if you I ask you the question, 229 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 1: do Queensland win the game if Ponger stays undoubted? So 230 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 1: how can we afford not to make change? Like you know, 231 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 1: and there's just certain areas that we've got to be better. 232 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: I think we need more creativity out of nine for 233 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: help with the we didn't We couldn't get yardage traction 234 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: until Kem Murray come on hum and Victor made a 235 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: big difference. Victor with a lift in emotion. Kem Murray 236 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: is just his fast feet through the middle. For that reason, 237 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 1: I mean Brayley from my mail was probably going to 238 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: come into the starting lineup. I go chorus our, Yeah, 239 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: Robson isn't a great competitor, you know, fantastic defense. 240 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 2: Robson is not in at all. 241 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: You're starting, I start happy, Okay, yeah, I just think, mate, 242 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: you've got to blow. He has got experience, he's played 243 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: with a lot of the key players before, and he's creative. 244 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: He's tough and he's creative. The other one, look Catoni. 245 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: I thought Cartoni had Kaylen caused Katoni a lot of problems, 246 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: as Kaylan does like any center. But I moved Kricheton 247 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:23,319 Speaker 1: over to that side. On the right side, I put 248 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: Casey McLean left center. I would have had Latrell. Latrell's 249 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: out with a back injury. Casey McClain, you can't deny 250 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: when you watch what McLean did in that last it's 251 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: only twenty three minutes, but the way he went after 252 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: the game, the way he played yesterday, his form's just undeniable. 253 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 3: Anyone wants to go have look at why Casey McLean 254 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 3: should be in the side. Have look his defensive decisions yesterday. 255 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 3: As a center, when stags under pressure from Kaylen, you've 256 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 3: got to stay square on like a lead runner, which 257 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 3: is run inside shoulder, and then you've got the speed 258 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 3: of someone out the back. Casey McLean did it bringiant. Yes, 259 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 3: he had too a picky on the outside and he 260 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 3: just slid off on the right decision, got stuck into 261 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 3: the Warriors at different stages. He's one hell of a player. 262 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 3: He's got moments in him. So Nactually, I can't really 263 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 3: argue with that. I think one of the other things 264 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 3: about the middle forwards, like in terms of Adam Fanil 265 00:12:13,720 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 3: Blake and Rhys Robson, I don't think New South Wales 266 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 3: is going to miss the start in game two. I 267 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 3: don't think Brian Tott was going to have three errors 268 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 3: again in his life coming out own end. So those 269 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 3: guys that tried to stump up and repel for a 270 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 3: period of time. I don't think they're going to be 271 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 3: under as much pressure. 272 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean has goes for he's in. Can 273 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:36,559 Speaker 1: you can you. 274 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: Have Painhouse and Adam fanil Blake in the same site. 275 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: I think I think you can. When you have a 276 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:46,080 Speaker 1: look at Hasses starting together his movement, look what I 277 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,559 Speaker 1: would do, I'd start him together Adam Fanila Blake. His 278 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,839 Speaker 1: second stint was a lot better than his first, he said. 279 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: Second stint was pretty strong. His first stint he was 280 00:12:55,480 --> 00:12:57,599 Speaker 1: just he couldn't quite get into the game. And a 281 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 1: lot of that was the fact that we weren't getting 282 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: forward early tackles. You said, Brian. If you look at 283 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: when Bryan retires, you'll say, mate, he was one of 284 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: the greats of origin football. You just look at his 285 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: statistics and what he's done continually. But that's you know, 286 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: he came up with all those errors. Critic Cri come 287 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: up with errors which made it hard on the middle man. 288 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 1: But I start, I start with he has and I 289 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: have Kem Murray at thirteen. 290 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: So you're putting the captain back to the bench. 291 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: Well, it gives the captain an opportunity. Just what's what's 292 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: going on. 293 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 2: To put your captain to the bench. 294 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: Well, you've got to do what I think is best 295 00:13:32,760 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: best for the side. I love Isaiah, you know that. 296 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: I think he's the smartest bloke in the game. Even 297 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:39,679 Speaker 1: you put him to the bench. Yes, I am, because 298 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,200 Speaker 1: it's what I want at the start of the game, 299 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: Cam Murray, we need to start strong, We need to 300 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: start well. I think we need to do less passing 301 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: and more just direct running. Kem Murray is mate. You 302 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: have Kem Murray, Payine Haas and Adam Feranila Blake. If 303 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: those three blokes play to their potential, forget about it. 304 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 3: I think you're off your head with Isaiaho but I'm not. 305 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 3: But I actually don't mind the paint House and Adam 306 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 3: Faniel Blake. You are you start those two you're banking on, 307 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 3: and you're basically telling every team, every player, you do 308 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,880 Speaker 3: not miss the start because if they have forty percent 309 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,560 Speaker 3: possession that they did in game one, paint House and 310 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 3: Adam Faniel Blake going to be ineffective defensive. 311 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 2: But I'll tell you what, if they have. 312 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 3: Sixty percent possession, look at it, Oh look out like 313 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 3: they will take off and dominate that first two minutes. 314 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: Every player wants to play state of Origin right, like, 315 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, even if you're out of form, Karen injury, 316 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: you want to play well. I thought either it was 317 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: tough on Mitch Barnett. If you look at Mitch coming 318 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: off an ACL injury and only played three games this year, 319 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 1: really stopped starting like it was a tough ass for him, 320 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 1: and I thought he. I thought his second stint was good. 321 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: I thought I thought that first stint when Queensland had 322 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: line share possession, we're playing really fast with me. I 323 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: thought he struggled there. Just I think he needs more 324 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: football under his belt. 325 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 2: I actually don't mind that. 326 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 3: Adam fanil Blake Painhuse, I'd have you there and then 327 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 3: your bench rotations, Cam and Victor Radley that that that's 328 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 3: punchy like that they turned a little bit of that 329 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 3: contest in that first game. 330 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 2: So I don't mind that mix up. 331 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,960 Speaker 1: I think there's you know, like you look at the 332 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: Jackson Ford or Terrell May. But I do think Dylan Lucas, 333 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,840 Speaker 1: I mean, look at Dylan Lucas did on the weekend, 334 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: and they're going to come back to the fact you 335 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: can play edge back, row Auka play center, and so 336 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: I think I oulder had him in in the first game. 337 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: Ob'll see what we do. Hit the big one. Mitch, 338 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: Moses and Ethan Strange. We spoke about this on three sixty. 339 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 1: You would think Ethan goes back to fourteen. Tough, very 340 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: tough to do. You know, it's Mitch's sort of at 341 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: that point that the Moses Cleary combination very very strong. 342 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 2: Well, I think it's got Yeah, I think it's Moses. 343 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 2: I think you got the luxury of over Ethan on 344 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 2: the bench. 345 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,680 Speaker 3: He could cover a nine if needed to. But Mitch 346 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 3: Moses was your six before game one? 347 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:58,120 Speaker 2: Is your six games. 348 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: Now? Mid Susan, Phil, We've hit that middle part of 349 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,280 Speaker 1: the year, only the middle part, and in the middle 350 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: part mate, around fourteen fourteen. It's yes, just thinking that, 351 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: let's have it like rating out of ten with some 352 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: of these things and some predictions out of ten performances 353 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: this year. Dylan Brown come into this season, people are going, Mate, 354 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 1: how's he going to handle this? I think Justin Holbrook 355 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: has been brilliant the way he's designed the game plan 356 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: and the shapes around him. I'll give him an eight 357 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: and maybe eight and a half head of ten. 358 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 3: And hand up you and I both had big question 359 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 3: marks over Dylan Brown being able to not not that 360 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 3: he's a great runner of the ball or that it 361 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 3: couldn't be that impact. But when you move from six 362 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 3: to seven sometimes you have the this inability to juggle 363 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,080 Speaker 3: both the decision making and the ball play and when 364 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 3: to kick and when to run. But the system that 365 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 3: Holbrooks put around, particularly Brown and Ponger. 366 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 2: Tick t would you say eight, yep, yeah, yeah, bang 367 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 2: on the next two. 368 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 1: These two so hard to get a read on. Firstly, 369 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 1: Toddy Payton, he's catching like at the moment. I think 370 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 1: yesterday probably proves why he hasn't been given the contract 371 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: extension yet because their form, the Cowboys' form, is never 372 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 1: quite reliable. 373 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 3: So hard to trust, Like if you're a decision maker 374 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 3: at the Cowboys or even a fan trying to pick 375 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 3: where the Cowboys are at. They're bad is bad, They're 376 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 3: good is great, and they just keep going in between that. 377 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 3: They started the year off and it was almost Tim 378 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 3: or Seabolt who was going to go first. Then they 379 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 3: caught fire for a period of time, high score lines, 380 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 3: great entertainment, but their defense was still conceding points. And 381 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 3: I think that is the barometer of any good team, 382 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 3: Like you look at yesterday's game Oras versus the Panthers. Defensively, 383 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 3: they were both great. When you want to win games 384 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,880 Speaker 3: of football, I think you've got to whether your coach 385 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 3: is getting the best out of your team defensively. And 386 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 3: the Cowboys are great attacking, but they're not getting the 387 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 3: numbers out of defense. And when Drink waters down their. 388 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 1: Attacks off give them six and a half, I give. 389 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,280 Speaker 2: Them five and a half. 390 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,439 Speaker 3: I think their borderline the next the next month is 391 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 3: going to determine whether Todd's there. 392 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 1: Another one. Yeah, that's really difficult to get a handle. 393 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 1: I'll tell you, well, similar to the Cowboys, Well, I'll 394 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,120 Speaker 1: tell you whatever. The moment, it looks as though cleaners through, yeah, 395 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: Lett and ram In, there's a few other like a. 396 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 3: Few other players that have sort of off contract. Are 397 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,399 Speaker 3: they going to be there? It's almost like fits is 398 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:48,040 Speaker 3: trying to find out whether they can prove to themselves 399 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: in the next sort of month or two that they 400 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 3: are to stay. So I think it's really up to players. 401 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 3: I think if they get the hardest parts of the 402 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 3: game done well, they're they're a borderline top four team. 403 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 2: Couple of prelium finals in a row. Yeah, I think 404 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 2: six are good mark. 405 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: For what about d C was one of the big 406 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: storylines going to this season. We said at the start 407 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: of the year he was good enough to sort of 408 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: take a step back and allow semi walker prominence. But 409 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:17,960 Speaker 1: it's been it's been a difficult season. 410 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 3: Probably five. Probably sits just below five. I think he 411 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 3: gets covered up a little bit with the way the 412 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 3: Roosters won those I think it was six games in 413 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 3: a row or something. Tedesco on fire dominated the middle 414 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 3: third of the field. Rhys Robson was good and even 415 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 3: on the weekend, I thought when you looked at the 416 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 3: Storm versus Roosters, origin players galor on both teams, and 417 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:44,479 Speaker 3: when you're coming back in after two or three days off, 418 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 3: your next crop of players are the ones that should 419 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 3: be driving the performance so far Longer did it for 420 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 3: the Melbourne film, Dylan Edwards did it for Penrith, and 421 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 3: I expected DC to be the best player for the 422 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 3: Roosters and he Yeah, it was an ineffective game, So 423 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 3: sits just below that. 424 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,040 Speaker 1: They've got They've got to work out certain things with 425 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: their attacking sequences. Coop. I've seen in the last few 426 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,360 Speaker 1: years where they they're a better team than the way 427 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: they're attacking. And I think, like you look at Sammy Walker, 428 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,439 Speaker 1: know the system that he found himself in at Origin, 429 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: I know, and he's backing up. I expected him to 430 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 1: come back after backing, after backing up from having a blinder, 431 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: to really just take take control of this game. 432 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 3: But it was his first time doing it, and there 433 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 3: is some energy physicality. The thing that worried me about, 434 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 3: you know, SAMs performance against the Storm was he started 435 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 3: going sideways again, started sort of getting away from that 436 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 3: direct play that that helped. And I think the Roosters 437 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 3: when they centralized their attack around midfield, they're the best 438 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 3: attacking team around midfield. So when they generate that quick 439 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 3: play the ball through their power forwards, they've taken advantage 440 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 3: of it both playing forward through the gaps I think 441 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 3: on the week and they start passing away from it. 442 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: And in the wet too. The wet has been their 443 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: kryptonite beaten sides, the top sides of Penrith and Storm 444 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: being the crypto playing in the wet, it's almost like 445 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: they're determined. 446 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: To prove that they can handle the execution under the jurass. 447 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 2: But they just haven't. 448 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: The other big storyline this year has been in the 449 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 1: Bulldogs and Lachland Galvin. Galvin. It's funny because it's almost 450 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: been bad timing given the fact he's just started, like 451 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: to really be playing some good football until in my opinion, 452 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: is the best player for the Dogs this year. Daylight 453 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 1: second and then Lachlan. But at the moment he starts 454 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: to find himself in the side, the side's confidence just 455 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: deteriorates pretty rapidly. I actually I'll give him a seventh 456 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:41,119 Speaker 1: for this season. 457 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the attention around Lachlan is call it unfair, 458 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:50,480 Speaker 3: like the kid is working through developing into. 459 00:21:50,320 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 2: A good halfback. 460 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't speak on behalf of you, but like 461 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,600 Speaker 3: coming through the first two years as a half back, 462 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 3: you have some good days, you have some really bad days, 463 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 3: some shot days. 464 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 2: And you are up and down like a yo. 465 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 3: It's and Cooper, But there is enough to him, like 466 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 3: you can see it the way he plays when he 467 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 3: combines with Preston, some of his decision making against Penrith, 468 00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 3: up against Nathan a few weeks back. 469 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 2: There's enough there that says you've got to stick with 470 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 2: this guy and invest. 471 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: Some time Dogs for it. 472 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 2: I had the Dogs top four. 473 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 3: I had the Dogs being one of the premiership threats 474 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,399 Speaker 3: this year, and when the rule came into play, I 475 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 3: thought that favored them defensively. I thought it did like 476 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,719 Speaker 3: a smaller bodies, good movement. I thought they were one 477 00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 3: of the teams that should have gone on but defensively 478 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,800 Speaker 3: just leaking way too many. 479 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: Points like Coop and we'll talk about the Rooster, determined 480 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: to prove something with their attack. It's the same with 481 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: the Dogs. The Dogs to me this year have gone 482 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: out with a boo and their bonnets, so now we'll 483 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: show you how we can attack. And they've taken taken 484 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 1: the focus off their defense, which was their strength and 485 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,200 Speaker 1: the necessity to winning winning a title. 486 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 3: To that point, it's almost like there's so I worked 487 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 3: up about proving people wrong, that they're individually just going 488 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 3: about it themselves as opposed to that. 489 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, unanimous sort of approach. 490 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. Ethan Sanders, of course, all the focus on Ethan strange. 491 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 1: But Ethan Sanders come in. He took over from Jamal 492 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,160 Speaker 1: Foggery and assumed the seven job. I think he's done 493 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,800 Speaker 1: exactly as you said. There some great days, some tough days, 494 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: average days, I'll give him a six and a half. 495 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:29,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, if you put him in Lachlan Galvin together, but 496 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 3: they're doing this, but Lachlan is the half back of 497 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 3: the Dogs and Sander's a half back of the Raiders. 498 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 3: So yeah, I think he's solid, yep, something growing definitely 499 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 3: And in terms of him verse Jamal Fogey, there is 500 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 3: more upside to Sanders than what there was with Jamal 501 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 3: at the Raiders. 502 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,920 Speaker 2: So he's going to be a good player in a 503 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 2: couple year of times. 504 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: Justin Holbrook, an old old night Knight's old boy has 505 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: gone up there and I give him an eight and 506 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: a half head of time. Tempted to give him a 507 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:03,640 Speaker 1: night Yeah, because I tear what the city and Newcastle 508 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 1: peep people in it. It's such a regular heart line. 509 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 1: The people out there know their football. I remember back 510 00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 1: in the day people used to say there was a 511 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: bit of a thing where they said, oh, even when 512 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: you go to Newcastle there might be thirty thousand people, 513 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,880 Speaker 1: but most of the time it's really quiet. And I said, 514 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: the reason is because they know their football and they're watching, 515 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: they're watching and observing, and full house there three pm 516 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: on the Saturday afternoon, which oftentimes hard to get a 517 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: full house. They got it there. They see something building. 518 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 3: Definitely a nine. What Holbrook has done. He had some 519 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 3: challenges rolling in Newcastle, a team that struggled to score 520 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 3: points and defend, a new six that's meant to play halfback, 521 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 3: and a sort of a town that maybe have been 522 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 3: sort of let down in terms of performances. Every time 523 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 3: I see the Newcastle Nights play, I think at the 524 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 3: time that he took them down to Colone. It keeps 525 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:57,440 Speaker 3: coming back to connecting to what is Newcastle and they're 526 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 3: doing that defensively. But then they've got some strike for 527 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,639 Speaker 3: Quel and best Dom, young Dylan Brown, your Man Lucas. 528 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:07,880 Speaker 1: Playing great. 529 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 3: I think they'll get caught out when they start playing 530 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 3: like the Warriors and Panthers and towards the back end 531 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 3: of the year. But right now they they're sitting in 532 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 3: the finals and they'll play finals. 533 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: And lastly, the Dolphins again side who are just capable 534 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: of so much starting to build coop. They're starting, They're 535 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: starting to get there. At the moment, I'm giving them 536 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: seven and a half, probably seven, because I know that 537 00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,400 Speaker 1: slow start to the year and they're capable more still. 538 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: But these young fellows that are coming through, mixing with 539 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: the older, more experienced plays out. There's some really good 540 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,360 Speaker 1: signs there. 541 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree. 542 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 3: I think they play finals. I think as long as 543 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 3: defensively they're strong, I think they're attacking score points against anyone. 544 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 1: Well, Coop, we've run out of time. We had a 545 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: lot of salacious predictions I was going to put to them, 546 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: but we'll hold that for next week. Just a little 547 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:03,080 Speaker 1: hook and teas for the people out there in the meantime. Yeah, 548 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 1: it's no good mate, An that's thinking about it, mate, 549 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 1: you know making that. You know they might see a 550 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: little bit under Luke Carey, don't. They're not here being 551 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 1: about thirty years and abiz 552 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 2: What are you talking about