WEBVTT - Round 13 Takeaways 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:02.360 Okay, coops, how are you doing? 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:04.600 Never been better yourself? 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:07.960 Yeah? Pretty good. It's careful. 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:09.080 Then that's right in your hand. 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:16.800 Good by spidy. Yesterday right, the worst thing I've managed 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.280 made I am worst thing about it went yesterday and 0:00:21.000 --> 0:00:21.800 she just got on a roll. 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:23.400 Tell me the same. I'm interested. 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:26.160 And I said, look, I'm going to be late for work. 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:28.880 I was making that up. And she goes, just just 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:31.160 can you just put all these leaves in the green bins? 0:00:31.200 --> 0:00:31.400 Yeah? 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:33.239 Okay. And as I bend down, she goes, you've got 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.120 to put some gloves on. I went, Jesus Christ, just 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.000 bang as I'm a bad printed in bush girt get bit. 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.600 And the worst thing was, she goes, I told you 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:43.159 you never listen. You know everything. 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:45.960 Now I know you're lying because you pay the invoices 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:48.040 for the gardeners to pick up your mate. 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.320 If I pass away, I'll leave you something. I will 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:52.320 my wife. 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:55.240 Leave your Titans membership. 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.240 Ah yeah, mate, I'll tell you what mate. You laugh 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:02.400 now I tell you what. Hey good on the dragons, mate. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:07.320 It was funny yesterday. Some people have very good intuition. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:09.720 I never saw it, but a lot I spoke to 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:11.559 a lot of people who said, I've got a feeling 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:14.080 about the Dragons and the Broncos. I just thought I 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:18.039 cannot see it two pm Sunday afternoon sun Court. People 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.360 like Walsh and that everything to play for. But mate, 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:21.000 weld under them. 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.240 Yeah, you do have to tip cap like it has 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:25.039 been a tough year for the Dragons. 0:01:26.360 --> 0:01:28.680 Was it the Dragons rising to the occasion? 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:31.160 Was it the fact the Broncos that were just really bad. 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.559 I think it was more Broncos than the Dragons being good. 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.120 But I'll tell you what, they've been through a lean patch. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:38.000 And they needed to get one. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.560 They needed one because it was only going to get 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:41.959 worse if they didn't drag a victory. 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:43.399 The good thing about it, they've got a lot of 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.360 very good, very good young players. They're going through a 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.320 difficult point. This this point in their career which is 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.520 early on, which is not necessarily bad things sometimes coops, 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:54.240 you know, to get in there as a young player, 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:56.680 and you know, it's not like you jump into a 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.920 great side and you just yeah, you're swimming upstream with it. 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:02.640 You're in there and you're working doubly hard. Like next year, 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.120 like the Cashman brothers and some of those young fellas 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:06.760 you you've got the cavalry coming. 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:08.239 Because talent coming. 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:09.040 It's coming. 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.320 So when you're trying to blood these young guys. The 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.480 thing that I still want to see the next sort 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:16.520 of four to six week where the Dragons are at. 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.640 You don't have to be a rep player to be 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:22.040 a good defensive player. What I mean by that is 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:24.280 the schoolboard has ticked over way too much for me 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.120 at the Dragons. And if you're bringing in experience bringing 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.720 young guys, I don't particularly care if they can't score points, 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.240 but stop the opposition from scoring, scratch claw and fight 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.240 for everything. The scoreboard against the Roosters tickto the school 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:39.560 board after that, just too many big scool lines. But 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:42.399 the fact they went the sun Corp on a hot day, 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.040 which should have said the Broncos octane attack should have 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:48.160 been up and about. They started better and defended well 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:48.840 for periods of time. 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:54.280 Something spooky. Last three meetings sun Corp Stadium Dragons have 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:58.160 won thirty to twenty six, all three three games in 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.080 a row twenty six and. 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:01.240 You've been bitten by a spider. 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:08.920 Something's happening, mate, really enjoyed Penrith against the Wars. What 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:09.399 do you think? 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:10.040 I oven? 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:11.920 And Andrew Webster. Going into the game, I was thinking, 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:16.000 what what would each coach be satisfied with? What do 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.800 you think? I mean, it's a it's a psychological blow 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:21.840 for Penrith. They've struck a blow. They're no clearing, no 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.280 yo no, and they still got it done. 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:27.560 I don't think we're ever going to see anything out 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:32.240 of Penrith. That game didn't really matter to them. I 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.639 thought it was a statement game for the Warriors. And 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:38.400 yes they lost, yep. But I'll tell you what, they 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:40.760 were very good, don't they anyone? 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:42.560 But Penrith. They win by twenty points? 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:43.520 I agree totally. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:45.680 So I agree with you. 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:47.560 The only thing to come out of it is that 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.360 that is a psychological blow when they play. I think 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.200 they playing Round twenty three later in the year. But 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.000 these teams will meet in a big game, yep. And 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.640 the fact is that no yo no or no clearing, 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.160 they're going to roll into that team that penalthein better. 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.880 Can the Warriors go another level? I thought it was great, 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:07.080 like a couple of moments in that first half. If 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:10.240 the Warriors had have got the try, that's completely different 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.960 context of the game. But Penrith were tremendous. The Warriors 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.120 were great. It was one of the better advertisements for 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:17.840 our game this year. 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.080 I've seen Andrew Webster put his head in the pillow 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:22.479 last night, going, Okay, you know, they didn't have those 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:25.040 guys in, but we're getting closer. We're getting up on these, 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.279 you know. And they were a team that is continuing. 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.480 They defend for long periods of time, great completion rate 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.880 from both teams, and in that second half they threw 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.640 a lot at each other. That ball was in play 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.640 for long periods of time. To Picky come up with 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:42.720 a moment Edwards delivered like a good captain's knocked in 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:46.359 without all of his other star players around. Casey MacLean 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.320 just goes to another level. I think Penrith are just 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.160 so good, like you just can't every time you tip 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:54.200 against them, you get caught out. Like I thought the 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:57.039 Warriors would win. I truly thought that was a more 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.839 important game for the Warriors than it was for Penrith, 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:02.520 and they played to that level. But Penrith are just 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:03.240 so damn good. 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.479 Strength of the system, like Jack Coga goes in there, 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:06.919 he's a great role player. 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.960 And Webster's got the strength of the system too, Tomato Martin, 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.360 and they played like calling the game. It was almost 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:17.400 like mirror image. Yeah, they were physical in contact, they 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.719 didn't drop the ball, the passes were spot on and 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:22.680 for the majority of the game, the only time the 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:24.480 teams looked like they were going to score was through 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:27.560 the last playoption. It was because they were just defending 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:29.040 everything for each other. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.479 She says, some big games coming up this weekend. I 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.960 just want to talk about the Fursday night game South 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:38.520 Sidney Rabbit O's Manly. South's looking for consistency now at 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.719 this time of the year. Manly have had a little dip. 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.039 They've got to get you know, they've got to get 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.480 back to the form we saw about a month ago. 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.240 But South Sydney they get back Brandon Brandon Smith, Campbell 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:53.200 Graham day for Feeder. I think it'd be a terrific 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:53.880 game of football. 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:55.920 CAMC. Graham is an important person for them. Out on 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:56.520 those edges. 0:05:56.839 --> 0:06:00.440 We're going to see what Manly are with and forum 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.360 because last time they lost under for it was against Penrith. 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:04.480 And it was a good performance. 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.600 It wasn't something that you had to sort of go oh, 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.480 I don't really know. They missed the Mark Man they 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:13.119 missed the mark physically to start that game, and Kieren 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.400 Forn is going to have to have a sterner review 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.200 than ever before, and it's going to see the reaction. 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:22.960 Does Loop Brooks rack well to that, It does Jamal Fog, 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:26.000 and he does all the other players, Jake Travoiovich as such. 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.680 I think the last couple weeks of starting to sort 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:31.960 of understand players a lot more. 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:32.920 And he'd be interested too. 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.200 I think he just can't keep going, Oh, this is great, guys, 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.600 let's keep course do that again. We're going well, so 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:40.839 he almost needs a tested as well. 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.800 Look, state of origin selections still a week away, but. 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:47.479 Away we're going to pick our sides. 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:51.479 Yes, why not talk about changes? It's an interesting one 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.800 going from first game into the second. We'll touch on 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:59.279 this at the moment. Queensland Patti Krrighan used to, I think. 0:06:59.080 --> 0:06:59.640 That's about it. 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.760 Own changed really Like if you look at the game, 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:05.400 it's really hard to analyze it because it's such a 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:09.960 weird game. The first twenty minutes New South Wales made 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:13.640 four or five errors, Queensland dominated possession in attacking end 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.080 of the field, and while it was thirty on thirteen 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:20.040 Queensland looked really good, really good. So you cannot change 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.360 that team at much at all. With Carrigan going down, 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.480 I think there's an opportunity to get Codder in his 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:31.720 preferred position as in that middle thirteen player ball playing 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:36.760 tackles like his life depends on it. Maybe Nicker or 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:39.280 maybe he Lin Luki comes in onto that edge. But 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:41.800 if I'm Billy, I'm not changing too much. 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:46.840 Reece. He picked Ezra ahead of him. Like yesterday you 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:53.280 were preparing for commentary Broncos. Ree had moments like flashes 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.120 of Brilliants very bad Reese's you know, we've spoken of it. Yeah, 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.160 you played all the football with Billy. Billy would take 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:02.520 calculated risks, and Reese does the same very soon. Last 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.240 year there's calculated risk. Nine out of ten came off 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:08.440 at the moment. He's not quite in the groove. Look 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.880 at a lot of his touches as we're talking about 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:14.120 him here. But you think about coming into the nineteen, 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:14.880 I would. 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.840 Have had whilsh in there before Ezra. I just threw 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:20.960 the form right. But then you look at some of 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.320 the reasons why, and if one of the Harves went down, 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:27.320 you didn't really have a ready made half on the bench. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:31.400 I think that's why Ezra was there. But I still 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.840 think that person on the bench it is to cover, 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:38.719 which is a conservative decision. If it's Reese Walsh, that's 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.040 a scary proposition. It's scary to have him on the field, 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:45.439 particularly what New South Wales did to run down that. 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:47.520 Scoreboard in the last twenty minutes. 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.480 They bought on McLean. They had lots of ball players 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:54.240 out in the field. So yeah, look, I think I 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.719 can understand it from an insurance point of view, just 0:08:56.760 --> 0:09:00.760 having Ezra there in case like player for player, Walsh's 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:01.720 there in front of Ezra. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:06.800 Yeah, watching the Broncos yesterday, we're seeing something at the moment. Look, 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.079 first and foremost their heads went on, right, they gave 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.360 they gave the Dragons very little respect in God what 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:15.679 they deserved. Right. But the other thing, if you talk about, 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:18.719 you know, technique and sequence based football. We've said a 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:20.960 lot last year. You see the very best of the 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.760 Broncos when they open up the full field, playing a 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:25.839 bit of sideline, the song, this sort of stuff gives 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.560 them opportunity. At the moment they're back to just playing 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:29.800 half field sequences. 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:30.559 Yeah, I'm not. 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.720 Going to question billiony selections, but he knows that fullbacks 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:34.720 play better than anyone. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:35.480 But at the. 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.839 Moment, Reese's gap between his best and his worst, there's 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.840 a bigger gap. But there's some other players in the 0:09:39.880 --> 0:09:41.760 queens and inside that have a big gap between their 0:09:41.800 --> 0:09:42.839 consistency as well. 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:45.240 But when he's good. 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:49.240 Far out and when he's bad, Yeah, like some other 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.400 players are a bit bad as well. But yeah, I think 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.440 in terms of Queensland selections, I don't think there's too 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.520 much a change. Carrigan might have to and then maybe 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.679 some spots on the bench. But I'll tell you what 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.000 South Wales, I've got some thinking to do because yeah, 0:10:03.040 --> 0:10:05.760 for the time it was thirteen on thirteen they were 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:09.160 off the mark and then Kalin goes off and all 0:10:09.200 --> 0:10:12.200 of a sudden things start clicking. So as a selector, 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.240 as a new South Wales person, how do you decide 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:18.480 what is the right decision to stay loyal or change 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.520 because the majority of the game they were beaten. 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.800 The bottom line is, if you I ask you the question, 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:29.520 do Queensland win the game if Ponger stays undoubted? So 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:31.920 how can we afford not to make change? Like you know, 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.040 and there's just certain areas that we've got to be better. 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.800 I think we need more creativity out of nine for 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:40.000 help with the we didn't We couldn't get yardage traction 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.319 until Kem Murray come on hum and Victor made a 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.480 big difference. Victor with a lift in emotion. Kem Murray 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.920 is just his fast feet through the middle. For that reason, 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.839 I mean Brayley from my mail was probably going to 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.400 come into the starting lineup. I go chorus our, Yeah, 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:58.000 Robson isn't a great competitor, you know, fantastic defense. 0:10:58.080 --> 0:10:59.000 Robson is not in at all. 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:02.559 You're starting, I start happy, Okay, yeah, I just think, mate, 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.839 you've got to blow. He has got experience, he's played 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.440 with a lot of the key players before, and he's creative. 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:12.560 He's tough and he's creative. The other one, look Catoni. 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:17.560 I thought Cartoni had Kaylen caused Katoni a lot of problems, 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:21.240 as Kaylan does like any center. But I moved Kricheton 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.319 over to that side. On the right side, I put 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:26.240 Casey McLean left center. I would have had Latrell. Latrell's 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.840 out with a back injury. Casey McClain, you can't deny 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:31.840 when you watch what McLean did in that last it's 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:33.720 only twenty three minutes, but the way he went after 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.280 the game, the way he played yesterday, his form's just undeniable. 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.840 Anyone wants to go have look at why Casey McLean 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:43.360 should be in the side. Have look his defensive decisions yesterday. 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.280 As a center, when stags under pressure from Kaylen, you've 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:50.200 got to stay square on like a lead runner, which 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.080 is run inside shoulder, and then you've got the speed 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.520 of someone out the back. Casey McLean did it bringiant. Yes, 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.640 he had too a picky on the outside and he 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:00.800 just slid off on the right decision, got stuck into 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:04.040 the Warriors at different stages. He's one hell of a player. 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:08.280 He's got moments in him. So Nactually, I can't really 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:10.240 argue with that. I think one of the other things 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:13.680 about the middle forwards, like in terms of Adam Fanil 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.920 Blake and Rhys Robson, I don't think New South Wales 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.000 is going to miss the start in game two. I 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.160 don't think Brian Tott was going to have three errors 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.480 again in his life coming out own end. So those 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:28.280 guys that tried to stump up and repel for a 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:30.800 period of time. I don't think they're going to be 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:31.800 under as much pressure. 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:36.000 So yeah, I mean has goes for he's in. Can 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:36.559 you can you. 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.160 Have Painhouse and Adam fanil Blake in the same site. 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.120 I think I think you can. When you have a 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:46.080 look at Hasses starting together his movement, look what I 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.559 would do, I'd start him together Adam Fanila Blake. His 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.839 second stint was a lot better than his first, he said. 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:55.360 Second stint was pretty strong. His first stint he was 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.599 just he couldn't quite get into the game. And a 0:12:57.600 --> 0:12:59.120 lot of that was the fact that we weren't getting 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:02.080 forward early tackles. You said, Brian. If you look at 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.760 when Bryan retires, you'll say, mate, he was one of 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.280 the greats of origin football. You just look at his 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:11.720 statistics and what he's done continually. But that's you know, 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.320 he came up with all those errors. Critic Cri come 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:16.480 up with errors which made it hard on the middle man. 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:19.600 But I start, I start with he has and I 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:20.720 have Kem Murray at thirteen. 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:23.800 So you're putting the captain back to the bench. 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.240 Well, it gives the captain an opportunity. Just what's what's 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:26.760 going on. 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:30.600 To put your captain to the bench. 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:32.640 Well, you've got to do what I think is best 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:34.880 best for the side. I love Isaiah, you know that. 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:36.880 I think he's the smartest bloke in the game. Even 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.679 you put him to the bench. Yes, I am, because 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:41.200 it's what I want at the start of the game, 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:43.880 Cam Murray, we need to start strong, We need to 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.040 start well. I think we need to do less passing 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.080 and more just direct running. Kem Murray is mate. You 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.920 have Kem Murray, Payine Haas and Adam Feranila Blake. If 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.360 those three blokes play to their potential, forget about it. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.880 I think you're off your head with Isaiaho but I'm not. 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.320 But I actually don't mind the paint House and Adam 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:08.920 Faniel Blake. You are you start those two you're banking on, 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.720 and you're basically telling every team, every player, you do 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.880 not miss the start because if they have forty percent 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.560 possession that they did in game one, paint House and 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:20.680 Adam Faniel Blake going to be ineffective defensive. 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:22.160 But I'll tell you what, if they have. 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:25.400 Sixty percent possession, look at it, Oh look out like 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.760 they will take off and dominate that first two minutes. 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:31.080 Every player wants to play state of Origin right, like, 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:34.120 I'm sorry, even if you're out of form, Karen injury, 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:35.840 you want to play well. I thought either it was 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:39.880 tough on Mitch Barnett. If you look at Mitch coming 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.320 off an ACL injury and only played three games this year, 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:45.280 really stopped starting like it was a tough ass for him, 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.440 and I thought he. I thought his second stint was good. 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.000 I thought I thought that first stint when Queensland had 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.520 line share possession, we're playing really fast with me. I 0:14:52.520 --> 0:14:54.720 thought he struggled there. Just I think he needs more 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:55.720 football under his belt. 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:56.880 I actually don't mind that. 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.680 Adam fanil Blake Painhuse, I'd have you there and then 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:04.160 your bench rotations, Cam and Victor Radley that that that's 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.520 punchy like that they turned a little bit of that 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:08.080 contest in that first game. 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:09.360 So I don't mind that mix up. 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.960 I think there's you know, like you look at the 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.960 Jackson Ford or Terrell May. But I do think Dylan Lucas, 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.840 I mean, look at Dylan Lucas did on the weekend, 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.560 and they're going to come back to the fact you 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.960 can play edge back, row Auka play center, and so 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.320 I think I oulder had him in in the first game. 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.120 Ob'll see what we do. Hit the big one. Mitch, 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.560 Moses and Ethan Strange. We spoke about this on three sixty. 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:38.080 You would think Ethan goes back to fourteen. Tough, very 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:42.080 tough to do. You know, it's Mitch's sort of at 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.800 that point that the Moses Cleary combination very very strong. 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:48.120 Well, I think it's got Yeah, I think it's Moses. 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:49.920 I think you got the luxury of over Ethan on 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:50.360 the bench. 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.680 He could cover a nine if needed to. But Mitch 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.000 Moses was your six before game one? 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:58.120 Is your six games. 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.440 Now? Mid Susan, Phil, We've hit that middle part of 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.280 the year, only the middle part, and in the middle 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:14.040 part mate, around fourteen fourteen. It's yes, just thinking that, 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:16.800 let's have it like rating out of ten with some 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:22.000 of these things and some predictions out of ten performances 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:25.560 this year. Dylan Brown come into this season, people are going, Mate, 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.400 how's he going to handle this? I think Justin Holbrook 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.480 has been brilliant the way he's designed the game plan 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.720 and the shapes around him. I'll give him an eight 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:35.360 and maybe eight and a half head of ten. 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.280 And hand up you and I both had big question 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:40.680 marks over Dylan Brown being able to not not that 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:43.520 he's a great runner of the ball or that it 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.720 couldn't be that impact. But when you move from six 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.840 to seven sometimes you have the this inability to juggle 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:54.080 both the decision making and the ball play and when 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.640 to kick and when to run. But the system that 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.480 Holbrooks put around, particularly Brown and Ponger. 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.280 Tick t would you say eight, yep, yeah, yeah, bang 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:03.600 on the next two. 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:08.119 These two so hard to get a read on. Firstly, 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:11.680 Toddy Payton, he's catching like at the moment. I think 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:15.960 yesterday probably proves why he hasn't been given the contract 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:21.000 extension yet because their form, the Cowboys' form, is never 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:22.399 quite reliable. 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:26.680 So hard to trust, Like if you're a decision maker 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.680 at the Cowboys or even a fan trying to pick 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:34.040 where the Cowboys are at. They're bad is bad, They're 0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:37.280 good is great, and they just keep going in between that. 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:39.320 They started the year off and it was almost Tim 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.520 or Seabolt who was going to go first. Then they 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:44.399 caught fire for a period of time, high score lines, 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:47.879 great entertainment, but their defense was still conceding points. And 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.440 I think that is the barometer of any good team, 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:55.960 Like you look at yesterday's game Oras versus the Panthers. Defensively, 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.800 they were both great. When you want to win games 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:00.880 of football, I think you've got to whether your coach 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.400 is getting the best out of your team defensively. And 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:07.720 the Cowboys are great attacking, but they're not getting the 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:10.720 numbers out of defense. And when Drink waters down their. 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:13.120 Attacks off give them six and a half, I give. 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:14.280 Them five and a half. 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:18.439 I think their borderline the next the next month is 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.320 going to determine whether Todd's there. 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:26.640 Another one. Yeah, that's really difficult to get a handle. 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:28.640 I'll tell you, well, similar to the Cowboys, Well, I'll 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:32.120 tell you whatever. The moment, it looks as though cleaners through, yeah, 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:37.399 Lett and ram In, there's a few other like a. 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.639 Few other players that have sort of off contract. Are 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:44.399 they going to be there? It's almost like fits is 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:48.040 trying to find out whether they can prove to themselves 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.040 in the next sort of month or two that they 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.200 are to stay. So I think it's really up to players. 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:55.840