Speaker 1: Welcome to the Data Telegraph NURL podcast. I'm Michael carry
Speaker 1: On and David Rique Brett read how are you boys ready?
Speaker 2: Almost finals time? A?
Speaker 3: Yeah?
Speaker 2: Spring is is that septem spring springs in the air.
Speaker 2: That's right. It's been nice and warm.
Speaker 4: It's been beautiful. Cut the swims manly God's country.
Speaker 1: I wasn't doing sideline at Penrith the other day and
Speaker 1: it was hot. There were moths shorts on the sideline.
Speaker 2: No, no, maybe have you been wearing shoes?
Speaker 1: Do you wear shorts in the side or maybe like
Speaker 1: round if it's like thirty five degrees in round one?
Speaker 4: Maybe I've never done it. I almost did it last Sunday.
Speaker 2: Yeah I didn't. I didn't. Seasons the game's not ready
Speaker 2: for that read. But we're in the business end of
Speaker 2: the season. You can't.
Speaker 4: You got a classic?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, yeah you can't classic.
Speaker 1: You can't do it now pre season you can. But
Speaker 1: it felt like had pre season vibe last week because
Speaker 1: I was flying around.
Speaker 2: It was hot.
Speaker 4: I was listening on the radio the more talking about moss.
Speaker 4: Everyone there was like, what do they call it a moss?
Speaker 4: And I found that hard to believe. I think you
Speaker 4: might have embellished for radio.
Speaker 2: You ain't there.
Speaker 4: I couldn't be that. It didn't make the news, didn't
Speaker 4: make the news, Thank you very much.
Speaker 2: Yes, you're very generous. You are very generous.
Speaker 1: What do well, Well, let's start on one of the
Speaker 1: issues of trop mitchell A. Ready have been all across this.
Speaker 3: Look, it might change by the time we're off air,
Speaker 3: so we just give us a state of play until
Speaker 3: we're at Now.
Speaker 4: It's been quite saga, hasn't it dragged on? It's been
Speaker 4: pretty bad for everyone. Really, I don't think anyone's come
Speaker 4: out of it looking smelling like road.
Speaker 2: Sorry, really when did this? When did the photo first appear?
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 2: How many weeks now?
Speaker 3: It was?
Speaker 2: It was are we coming up a month?
Speaker 4: Yeah? I think we are. Actually, I think it's coming
Speaker 4: up to a months. Well, I mean obviously that that
Speaker 4: to conduct the investigation. Then they're giving the breed. She's
Speaker 4: got five days to respond to the bridge and obviously
Speaker 4: now the issue is whether he serves the suspension this
Speaker 4: weekend or next or next year. And obviously the neral
Speaker 4: put some requirements to Sous to prove that he was
Speaker 4: fitting and available for selection. Sous believed they did that
Speaker 4: the NRL was saying, no, we want some more evidence,
Speaker 4: and that's where we are at the moment.
Speaker 1: I think, I don't want to speak on behalf of
Speaker 1: you guys, but I am of the belief that he
Speaker 1: should serve the band next year.
Speaker 2: Right, But no, but go on. But now the fact
Speaker 2: the NER put these.
Speaker 1: Parameters in place where all they have to do is
Speaker 1: prove that he's fit enough to play, well, that's what
Speaker 1: Souths are doing.
Speaker 2: So now the band should be served this year. Yeah, right.
Speaker 1: I think originally I would have been quite comfortable if
Speaker 1: the NRL came out originally said no, he's got to serve.
Speaker 1: He's going to miss a game one next year, right,
Speaker 1: and that was the band and that was it, right,
Speaker 1: And if Souths wanted to ARGI Bardi, I would have
Speaker 1: sided with the NRL. The fact that they've said no,
Speaker 1: it's the next game that he's fit and available for. Well,
Speaker 1: Souths has got three doctors to say that he can
Speaker 1: play external one obviously the club doctor, but they're all
Speaker 1: independent because they're doctors, and one was his operating surgeon.
Speaker 1: But what it has done there was already a simmerin
Speaker 1: war between South Sydney and the NRL this has just
Speaker 1: ignited it. It's going to go it's going to go
Speaker 1: nuclear beyond repair.
Speaker 2: Dave. What's your thoughts on it all?
Speaker 3: Oh? Yeah, Look, I'm with you, Mick, and I believe
Speaker 3: that I think we don't have to go back two
Speaker 3: weeks ago from Ben Hornby's comments how he spoke about
Speaker 3: the fact that he won't be fit, he seasons effectively
Speaker 3: over and that you can't deny that that's muddy the
Speaker 3: waters too. Those comments muddy the waters. Now, I'm not
Speaker 3: playing I'm not a portioning blame on Benny or anything
Speaker 3: like that. But the fact that the head coach declared
Speaker 3: he was gone for the season and then suddenly he
Speaker 3: falls foul, he falls foul and has to prove that
Speaker 3: he's fit, but he's already commented that he won't be fit.
Speaker 3: I just think it's completely convoluted, and I'm with you, Mick.
Speaker 4: I think he.
Speaker 2: Should just serve it next year. Case closed. However, the
Speaker 2: fact that the NRL they just kicked the door open
Speaker 2: a little bit.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't blame Souse for doing it, be cool
Speaker 3: and blame Souths either, but I think Souths could have
Speaker 3: been I think Souths could have taken the just you know,
Speaker 3: a more senior position on it, on the on the
Speaker 3: decision and said, look, take all the air out of
Speaker 3: the balloon, the trails missing the first round next year.
Speaker 2: Done, case closed. As I said, it's been dragging on
Speaker 2: a month.
Speaker 4: My issue is that both Souse and the players Union
Speaker 4: believe that the band should be served regardless of injury.
Speaker 4: It should be served straight away, right and you can
Speaker 4: dispute that and argue about that. But you know now
Speaker 4: the aneral want to look at his training loads. We
Speaker 4: hasn't been training because he thought he could serve the band,
Speaker 4: and Ben he was out for the year because they
Speaker 4: thought he could serve the band. If the ender all
Speaker 4: had said to them at the start, you need to
Speaker 4: prove his fitness for him to be able to play.
Speaker 4: Three weeks ago, he would have done three weeks with
Speaker 4: the training load and but but he hasn't because he
Speaker 4: didn't think he had to. He'd have to prove his
Speaker 4: fitness to be able to.
Speaker 3: Serve the and with that it always comments were prior
Speaker 3: to this misdemeanor. It was it was before the sanction,
Speaker 3: I think it had been handed down, but it was after.
Speaker 3: I think though if Souths were in a position whether
Speaker 3: playing finals footy or had to win to play finals
Speaker 3: foota La trol plays this weekend. Because of Ready's point,
Speaker 3: they would have managed him differently with an eye of
Speaker 3: coming back with one game left or two games where
Speaker 3: their season were out.
Speaker 4: They weren't going to another issue. Your definition of being
Speaker 4: fit and available for selection, Well, he could probably play
Speaker 4: ten minutes off the bench that is fit and available.
Speaker 2: For selection, is it not. It's a mess. It's a mess,
Speaker 2: but it's if you.
Speaker 4: Look at the breach nunders. The breach Nader says, when
Speaker 4: the doctor says he's fitting, the vle the doctor said
Speaker 4: he has fitting available for selection. So you're saying, we
Speaker 4: don't believe your doctor.
Speaker 3: The concern is is now the bar that's been set
Speaker 3: for every other club and the mess we're going to
Speaker 3: be in every every other time a similar misdemeanor arises
Speaker 3: and a similar situation will arise.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they should have just given him two games.
Speaker 4: But I mean again, that would have been inconsistent because.
Speaker 2: If you know, they could have taken into got one
Speaker 2: some of the other things.
Speaker 3: That you know those guys are those should just bring
Speaker 3: back match payments and then therefore you'd have to, you'd
Speaker 3: have to play to earn his money, and he'd be playing.
Speaker 4: You're right, I mean there is this, there's been this,
Speaker 4: this underlying tension hasn't even been underlying. There's been this
Speaker 4: tension between.
Speaker 2: Really gone hasn't definitely what's going to happen? But what
Speaker 2: what are you suggesting? Well, seriously, what's a what's a
Speaker 2: club and an ar going? What can happen?
Speaker 1: To just agitate and royal paint in each other's backsides
Speaker 1: for on every issue.
Speaker 4: Publicly scathing about it.
Speaker 1: And it hasn't like this is probably it's been behind
Speaker 1: closed doors. We've we've all been aware of it, and
Speaker 1: there's been little issues here or there.
Speaker 2: But now it's going to be public.
Speaker 3: I'd say, I think the governing body is going to
Speaker 3: come out swinging against one of the club.
Speaker 4: That's all right, yeah, and the other is sure. I
Speaker 4: have is people saying, look, La Troll has got off
Speaker 4: easy if he serves the band, uh, you know straight away.
Speaker 4: I mean you've got to remember he's also been fining
Speaker 4: forty thousand dollars. Now, I know he's on a million
Speaker 4: dollars a year, but forty grand is a lot of money.
Speaker 4: It's a big fine in the modern.
Speaker 2: I do think he's got off easy from playing perspective in.
Speaker 4: Terms of the band of well coursecouts right, no doubt.
Speaker 4: But apparently according to the players, you know, they are
Speaker 4: the rule, no, yeah, and that parameters the will put
Speaker 4: around them. So that's not Sound's fault.
Speaker 1: Yes, I think we're definitely in a grand set. I
Speaker 1: think well, I think well, I think we both feel
Speaker 1: that originally, if the anner will handed down the punishments
Speaker 1: that he needs to serve Game one next year, I
Speaker 1: think we would have been No, we.
Speaker 3: Would have been one hundred percent. And if you wouldn't
Speaker 3: have no, okay, all right, well I would have been okay. Anyway,
Speaker 3: moving on.
Speaker 2: Let's move on.
Speaker 1: So we've got the Battle of the Spoon Bowl this
Speaker 1: weekend and it's obviously generated lots of hype. Cameratown sold out,
Speaker 1: which is great. The players are buying into it a
Speaker 1: little bit, the fans are definitely buying into it. Let's
Speaker 1: get a tip, boys, who finishes with the wooden spin?
Speaker 2: So who's going to lose the West Tigers power?
Speaker 4: For me, I'm going Benji with trust.
Speaker 3: I think the Eels will win as well. Okay, So
Speaker 3: I think Tigers walk away with a mother Wooden spirits.
Speaker 4: At three in a row if they get.
Speaker 2: Three in our Newcastle had it did a couple of
Speaker 2: years ago.
Speaker 4: There's been some green shoots for the Tigers this year.
Speaker 4: I think some good young kids have come through.
Speaker 1: It's a better like it's it's they're better placed this
Speaker 1: year than they were last year, in the year before
Speaker 1: next year.
Speaker 2: The emergence of the young players.
Speaker 4: You know, they might know Hawes prew soon.
Speaker 2: This was a terrific win against Man.
Speaker 3: Yeah, both year olds in the spine taking down Brooks,
Speaker 3: Cherry Evans and Triboy which was a terrific win.
Speaker 2: They've got to find that again. Obviously I said it before. Guys.
Speaker 3: I reckon, I reckon this West Tigers supporter base are
Speaker 3: the most law supporter base in Australian sport.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: That's a Thursday night at art Oval always a tough
Speaker 3: sell Thursday night footy, no matter who you are and
Speaker 3: what you're doing.
Speaker 2: But that was packed, jam packed. Now we here have
Speaker 2: the Spoon Bowl sold out.
Speaker 3: If the West Tigers administration and club and football team
Speaker 3: can somehow get it right, which I still think is debatable,
Speaker 3: they are they will be huge, and it will be
Speaker 3: similar soon as to the Bulldogs of what we're seeing
Speaker 3: down the streets of Belmore.
Speaker 2: If the Tigers can.
Speaker 3: Somehow climb the ladder and get into that top eight
Speaker 3: next year, like it will go off.
Speaker 2: They're already going off.
Speaker 1: It's remarkable, isn't it. This weekend you've got spoon Bowl,
Speaker 1: You've got a top eight. I don't think we'll ever
Speaker 1: see that again on the one weekend where you've got
Speaker 1: the four sided plane and one we'll finish eighth, one,
Speaker 1: we'll finish, one, will finish sixteenth, one we'll finish seventeenth
Speaker 1: the same weekend.
Speaker 4: And it's funny. It's a really significant game, I reckon
Speaker 4: for the Tigers. This game. It doesn't I know, they're
Speaker 4: fighting for a spoon and they'll finish what second, they'll
Speaker 4: finished second last. They don't if they win, But it
Speaker 4: feels like it's a really significant significant game for this
Speaker 4: club and their development and their just to give their
Speaker 4: fans some hope that there is some improvement there. Look
Speaker 4: the I think there's as I said, I think there's
Speaker 4: been some green shirts, bit of blue sky, but you'd
Speaker 4: like to see that crystallized by them avoiding the Wooden Spoon.
Speaker 4: If you're a Tiger's fan, I reckon, I reckon. They're
Speaker 4: going to be up for it. The Tigers just really
Speaker 4: up for it.
Speaker 2: Tigers ready.
Speaker 1: Obviously they've signed Royce Heart where they own in terms
Speaker 1: of a few other players.
Speaker 4: They shouldn't know on Hawsbury by Friday. I'm told they'll
Speaker 4: get a response on Friday from Corey Hawesbrough either one
Speaker 4: way or the other. He'd be a good signing for them.
Speaker 4: And then obviously they're waiting on Jack Bird. They're haggling
Speaker 4: over the length of the deal at the moment with
Speaker 4: Jack Bird. We'll talk us through that because well they've
Speaker 4: offered him two years. Jack want's three. I believe Jack
Speaker 4: and his management want three, a three year deal. He's
Speaker 4: obviously the year left the Dragons. They've given him permission
Speaker 4: to go to market and have a look around. He
Speaker 4: had a meeting with the Tigers this week too at
Speaker 4: the facility. It's met Benji. He spoke to Rich Oh,
Speaker 4: so you know, I think that's reason. Well, I think
Speaker 4: that'll happen. Actually there's another guy they're interested in, but
Speaker 4: for three years or two years, that's what that's the bit.
Speaker 4: I don't know they're putting rigid on two years.
Speaker 1: The Tigers couldn't go three years there for chance, not
Speaker 1: without some parameters that it weighs heavily in the club's favor.
Speaker 4: And I reckon there might be some Look. I mean, obviously,
Speaker 4: Johnny Bateman's in England at the moment and I'm told
Speaker 4: Warrington want to keep him if he's willing to stay there,
Speaker 4: I don't imagine the Tigers will stand in his way.
Speaker 4: So I'm thinking there could be some more movement there
Speaker 4: over the off season, which is going to wait and see.
Speaker 4: But I think land Hawesbury this week and avoid the
Speaker 4: Wooden Spoon. That's a big week for them.
Speaker 2: Signing Dave. What does it mean A for the Sharks
Speaker 2: and B for the Tigers.
Speaker 3: I think it's a sold signing. Royce is an impact
Speaker 3: front rower. He is a minutes front rower. I'll be
Speaker 3: interested to see how they cover the loss of stefano
Speaker 3: U Ta Kamanu.
Speaker 2: I don't see it as a like forul Light replacement.
Speaker 2: They're completely different front row.
Speaker 4: They think he could play longer minutes. There's have been
Speaker 4: any evidence. I haven't watched enough.
Speaker 3: There's not enough evidence to suggest that and look, unless
Speaker 3: and this will be on Royce, and Royce will need
Speaker 3: a monster pre season if he really needs to increase
Speaker 3: those minutes, he needs to. And maybe maybe there's an
Speaker 3: element of him always knowing that it was he started
Speaker 3: in the front row a number of times for the Sharks,
Speaker 3: but he's probably never thought that I'm going to be
Speaker 3: the starting front row that holds this pack together, that
Speaker 3: that may be the opportunity for him to have a
Speaker 3: huge preseason and increase those minutes because he's averaging around
Speaker 3: twenty minutes a game for the Shark. Yeah, it's a
Speaker 3: different forward pack, I guess as well, because there's a
Speaker 3: lot of you know, those US forwards can play big
Speaker 3: minutes and he's probably less inclined to need to the Sharks.
Speaker 3: So as far as what it means for the Sharks, Mickey, look,
Speaker 3: I think he's been he's been beneficial to them. Like
Speaker 3: as I said, he brings impact from the bench. But
Speaker 3: at the same time, this is a deep pack, Like
Speaker 3: they've got a pretty deep roster. As Ford Pack is concerned,
Speaker 3: they still need to resign Jack Williams.
Speaker 2: Guys, he remains off contract to this season. So and Jack's.
Speaker 3: Basically such as his desire to stay at Cronulla, He's
Speaker 3: held out as long as possible for Kronella to get
Speaker 3: their cap in order, waiting for Royce's decision to see
Speaker 3: what the Sharks can come up with. At this point
Speaker 3: in time, again, Jack remains unsigned and obviously the bigger
Speaker 3: rival of Adam fanil Blake next year is the big one?
Speaker 2: Well, Jax Daye. Now do you think because that part
Speaker 2: of the still look, I don't It depends.
Speaker 3: Jack's been on pretty good money for a number of
Speaker 3: years down at Coronella for about five hundred and five fifty. Yeah,
Speaker 3: he's been on good money and I believe you'll have
Speaker 3: to take a pay cut to stay.
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, so it'll be a matter.
Speaker 4: I can't imagine you get much more than that on
Speaker 4: the open mar I can't imagine get that in the
Speaker 4: open market.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, that's right.
Speaker 3: And which clubs which and what appeals to Jack? What
Speaker 3: clubs are what clubs come knocking for Jack? And does
Speaker 3: it suit him? Or does he stay for Cronulla and
Speaker 3: stay for less so interesting? Just on the Sharks, we
Speaker 3: get to see Nico Hines. Their return last week wasn't
Speaker 3: at his best.
Speaker 4: A little bit of hasn't he There's a lot of attentional.
Speaker 3: I understand, honestly, Lok he wasn't at his best now
Speaker 3: if runs through this line. Kronulla kicked to a thirty
Speaker 3: to four lead and Nico scores that try, probably kicks
Speaker 3: the goal thirty two to four.
Speaker 2: I'm pretty confident they don't lose the game from thirty
Speaker 2: two to four.
Speaker 3: Now, in this second half, the entire momentum shift did
Speaker 3: the Warriors favor through six agains and penalties. Cornella had
Speaker 3: a thirty percent possession and a lopside of penalty count
Speaker 3: in this game. If you didn't watch it closely enough,
Speaker 3: Brandon Trindle was the halfback and the plan was always
Speaker 3: to Nick back in in a five to eight throw.
Speaker 3: Trindle set up a large majority of the first half
Speaker 3: tries and Nico eased himself back into this contest. I'm
Speaker 3: happy to assess him on this Sunday's performance against Manly.
Speaker 4: It feels like going in the finals, he's arguably the
Speaker 4: player under the most pressure.
Speaker 2: Not arguably for mine. I think is there some.
Speaker 4: Whispers going around that obviously they've signed into a long
Speaker 4: term deal and not everyone at the club's doing cartwheels
Speaker 4: over it.
Speaker 2: I haven't picked up on that ready, little.
Speaker 4: Whispers going around this week, mate, that's.
Speaker 2: All right, big gone ready, if that's correct some whispers.
Speaker 2: I'm not worried about his performance against the Warriors.
Speaker 1: I'm going to judge him on the next month little
Speaker 1: football for the player month of football. And it's not
Speaker 1: just Nico, it's the whole Sharks outfit, right. They've faltered
Speaker 1: at the business end of the season in the last
Speaker 1: few years and I think it's a it's a massive
Speaker 1: period for Craig Fits given Nico, Hines and all the
Speaker 1: players out of the Sharks, I think, you know, we
Speaker 1: know the stigma around them at the moment and if
Speaker 1: they don't win at least one finals, for me.
Speaker 3: Guys, I think and and I'm with you totally, Mick. Look,
Speaker 3: you know it's a huge month of footy coming for
Speaker 3: the Sharks.
Speaker 2: But for me, there's not enough attention on Will Kennedy. Yeah,
Speaker 2: at fullback he's not in the least no, no, But
Speaker 2: if Cronulla are.
Speaker 3: To go deep into a finals, everybody knows you need
Speaker 3: your fullback to have a final series. That's that's proven
Speaker 3: across you go through all the premiership winning sides.
Speaker 2: Dylan Edwards all right, Breis.
Speaker 3: Walsh almost got there last year, Ben Barber twenty sixteen.
Speaker 3: You go through the list of when you have success,
Speaker 3: your fullback is flying and for me, well Kennedy is
Speaker 3: just consistent enough.
Speaker 2: That's it.
Speaker 1: He kicked what eighteen months ago, Like I think he
Speaker 1: had significant improvement and that he's sort of been capped. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're a little bit, don't you think they? Like he
Speaker 1: had that, like he had that run when you won't
Speaker 1: sure if he was going to be a week in,
Speaker 1: week out first ground and then really found his level right, absolutely,
Speaker 1: and I still think he's at that level and hasn't gone,
Speaker 1: which is what your point is to that next tier.
Speaker 2: If he to Desco, he's not going to. I don't
Speaker 2: think he's ever going to be that player.
Speaker 3: Well, if it's all well and good to say to
Speaker 3: Sharks need a big month for footy, but have they
Speaker 3: got the roster to have a big monkey.
Speaker 4: Doesn't that show that they lack maybe the truly elite player.
Speaker 4: We thought Nicko might be that guy, but he hasn't
Speaker 4: really reached that level yet. But you look at all
Speaker 4: the clubs in contention, the clubs will Win Comps Pen
Speaker 4: got Cleary, Melbourn, got Monster Hughes. Take your pick, Harry.
Speaker 4: Perhaps the Rooster have got Teddy truly elite player. They
Speaker 4: seem to have the truly elite player in their squad
Speaker 4: at the moment. They need someone to step up in
Speaker 4: this finals series become that goal.
Speaker 3: So I think I think we've seen him. I think
Speaker 3: I certainly think Nico has got it in him, and
Speaker 3: I think that's there. The other one is who stood
Speaker 3: up with loaded black braid. Brayley's been the guy that's
Speaker 3: opened it up for them. But just back to Kennedy. Now,
Speaker 3: if you think about the Sharks period of no halves right,
Speaker 3: I was looking for Will Kennedy to go in and
Speaker 3: take them in a situation where the Sharks are running
Speaker 3: around with Kem mckinness and Blake Brailey in the halves,
Speaker 3: where's my fullback standing up and taking some pressure of
Speaker 3: the halves And Will was just there.
Speaker 2: He's again, super consistent, He's a quality fullback. But I
Speaker 2: want to see him go to another level and player.
Speaker 1: Well, that's where I'm just not sure that I think
Speaker 1: Brailey is the key to defining finals. And this was
Speaker 1: my issue with the Sharks. So they've accepted my expectations.
Speaker 1: Because more to your point, I think the game change
Speaker 1: will come next year, right that a bad We's going
Speaker 1: to open it up and create more space because they're
Speaker 1: four packed from one same same, They're just they're just here.
Speaker 2: Their strength is their back fire poins.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, Ronaldo Raimian cal Yeah, that's that's where
Speaker 3: they can get a job.
Speaker 2: Talaqai.
Speaker 3: This weekend I think will be a late inclusion, okay,
Speaker 3: male late mail. Interesting in one club that's been in
Speaker 3: the news as well, the Roosters. We all know their
Speaker 3: injury perils over on Sunday. Can they win the comp?
Speaker 3: Dave with all those injuries mounting.
Speaker 2: Yes, they know that.
Speaker 3: Look, they can't win the comp, but they should be
Speaker 3: doing a number on the Rabbit acts let me say that. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I'm not going to listen to this tripe about they've
Speaker 3: been decimated by injuries and suddenly they there's season's over
Speaker 3: like it's the deepest rock. It's such a deep roster,
Speaker 3: it's a quality roster. They lose Brandon Smith and you
Speaker 3: put the new South Wales origin hooker in. Yeah, but
Speaker 3: come on, yeah, it does it does change their.
Speaker 4: It's still a very very good foot as on paper,
Speaker 4: but I think you take out the quality of player
Speaker 4: they've lost again, I think it just it erodes depth
Speaker 4: and it it leaves you sure when you're up against
Speaker 4: the really elite teams which they will face in the finals,
Speaker 4: particularly Pendeuth and Melbourne. Yeah, the historically they cannot beat.
Speaker 2: That's right.
Speaker 4: They can't bet with those guys in with them out,
Speaker 4: their odds just drift immeasurably. So you know, I don't
Speaker 4: think they can win it.
Speaker 3: No.
Speaker 4: Brandon did a podcast stay talking about the injury and
Speaker 4: the belief in the team and how they this is
Speaker 4: really galvanized the fit players. But I just think, you know,
Speaker 4: there's just they're huge. They're just huge losses Walker and
Speaker 4: smith In particularly just massively as well. Yeah, he's bustard actually,
Speaker 4: you know what he's been. He's obviously moved to the
Speaker 4: edge this year and sort of protected Sam a lot,
Speaker 4: but man, he's such a good player Victor around.
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, I think I think they can still win
Speaker 3: the comp. I think yeah, yeah, yeah, I think they can.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think they're probably the third.
Speaker 1: I would have had him as maybe the second best team,
Speaker 1: but now I've got him as probably the third best team,
Speaker 1: the third best team they're still in the comp But
Speaker 1: what it does mean, it means that they're gonna all
Speaker 1: their players are going to redline right because they need to,
Speaker 1: because they lose that depth. As you say, they lose
Speaker 1: that couple. They lose a little bit of impact off.
Speaker 2: Off the bench.
Speaker 1: But there's never a good time obviously, like you're in
Speaker 1: the finals, you don't want to get these injuries like that.
Speaker 1: But if it happened six months ago, I would have
Speaker 1: written them off right because not having those players for
Speaker 1: a larger chunk of they you're going to cut more injuries.
Speaker 1: Your other player gonna have to play more minutes, and
Speaker 1: the likes. They've got a month left of footing now,
Speaker 1: which I think the senior players can get them through.
Speaker 2: This is the catch, Mick. This is the catch, and
Speaker 2: correct me if I'm wrong. If the Roosters win and
Speaker 2: beat Soouts on Sunday, they finished third, they played.
Speaker 3: Week one of the finals. Ready has just mentioned that
Speaker 3: they can't beat Penrith. Yeah yeah, so now so.
Speaker 2: Now let's just you know, let's play crystal ball.
Speaker 3: They've just been knocked up by Penroth and they're playing
Speaker 3: an elimination final. Their trek to the Grand Final has
Speaker 3: just been made all the more harder being on the
Speaker 3: penwith side of the draw.
Speaker 2: Well, they got to play pen and if they got
Speaker 2: to go play Melbourne, if they win, and.
Speaker 4: Then if they win that, they're going to play pen
Speaker 4: again in the Grand Final.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's hot. I understand. There's no do you want
Speaker 3: to get a pen out, there's no easy.
Speaker 2: I'm not I'm not.
Speaker 1: I'm not riding them off. But the other side that
Speaker 1: I think can win the comp is mainly I think
Speaker 1: I think merely can win the comp.
Speaker 2: I don't at all to win.
Speaker 4: Four straight games in the finals as good as they
Speaker 4: are the one team that could do it because of Tommy.
Speaker 4: Tommy not just Tommy, but well he's the key.
Speaker 2: They got dusted by the Tigers two weeks ago. Doesn't
Speaker 2: bother me.
Speaker 1: They are just that sort of side, like we've said along,
Speaker 1: they can beat Melbourne and Penrith lose the Tigers of paramatter,
Speaker 1: because that's that's the madness of that side. But we
Speaker 1: saw them bully the Dogs and if they get that
Speaker 1: dog flat, if they get that, they get that middle,
Speaker 1: if they get that middle bit right. I think they
Speaker 1: can win the comp.
Speaker 2: I think.
Speaker 3: So, let's talk about the machinations for their winning loss
Speaker 3: on Sunday.
Speaker 2: Where do they finish up? Where does their Week one
Speaker 2: finals to be?
Speaker 1: So, obviously the Dogs play the Cowboys. The winner of
Speaker 1: that is fifth, right. The loser will either host Manly
Speaker 1: or play away to Manly if Mainly beat the Sharks.
Speaker 1: If mainly beat the Sharks, they'll hope. If Mainly lose,
Speaker 1: they'll play North Queensland or the Dogs to.
Speaker 2: Catch right, so they could be looking at a road
Speaker 2: trip to Towns.
Speaker 1: I think they win. I think they win all those games.
Speaker 1: I don't mind who they play week one of the finals.
Speaker 1: If Tommy is back and they don't cop any injuries
Speaker 1: on Sunday, I think they win.
Speaker 4: I think that they're challenges week to of the final.
Speaker 2: If they play can I think they win.
Speaker 4: Yeah, potentially, and then they're in a prelim. What about
Speaker 4: they play the ruses us to use win the ground.
Speaker 2: That would be tough.
Speaker 4: Play each other week too.
Speaker 1: Out of context, thank you very much. I said they
Speaker 1: can win the Grand Final, speaking of size that I
Speaker 1: don't think can win the Grand Final. But though one
Speaker 1: of them will be in the top eight. Let's get
Speaker 1: a tip. Dolphins Nights Ready on Sunday regular KP.
Speaker 4: Calm plays, I'll give you last week, then the Knights
Speaker 4: will win. I just think he looks as though he's
Speaker 4: just Cherry Ripe at the moment. Carden Knights or Dolphins
Speaker 4: and again all the Knights, and actually I think they
Speaker 4: can do some damage in the finals. If Calyn's fit
Speaker 4: and firing.
Speaker 2: I think they're dreaming. I'm doing a dreaming. Can I
Speaker 2: have what you're having?
Speaker 4: I love Calin. He's such a good play.
Speaker 2: So if they play, they don't be the dogs on
Speaker 2: all Queensland.
Speaker 4: I reckon, I reckon they've been the dogs by sixty
Speaker 4: two years ago at call two years ago. Can I'm
Speaker 4: just saying they can be the dogs.
Speaker 2: It's just plucked some type of fixture two years ago.
Speaker 4: So you don't think. You don't think the Nis can
Speaker 4: beat the Cowboys or dogs?
Speaker 2: Don't think?
Speaker 4: So, please don't think so, book folks.
Speaker 2: They went, they went on Sunday.
Speaker 4: No, you've got the Dolphins winning. Yeah, gotta okay, super.
Speaker 2: Coach Wayne will have this Dolphins. So I just just
Speaker 2: so measured so ready, I.
Speaker 4: Reckon When Carolyn plays like he did, like be just
Speaker 4: about any team.
Speaker 2: Yeah, a freak. I'm with you on that, right, you're
Speaker 2: fly saying. The notes are one man being saying.
Speaker 1: To be fair to argue without Kayla goes all right, No,
Speaker 1: there's some good players, but without if Kayla is not
Speaker 1: an eight, they don't win.
Speaker 2: Karl's not in the team. Where are the Knights? Like that?
Speaker 2: You give the Knights no chance, zero chance, zero zero,
Speaker 2: no chance? All right, So you've got him going on
Speaker 2: week two of the finals.
Speaker 4: I think they I think they if they win this,
Speaker 4: I reckon they win.
Speaker 2: Week one of the finals gets the dogs, all the
Speaker 2: cowboy dogs.
Speaker 4: With cowboys, I'm tipping them to win. There you go, yep,
Speaker 4: A Week two might get tough.
Speaker 2: I think I think they can be the dogs because
Speaker 2: he's got them in a brillion.
Speaker 4: Yeah, potentially, I think they can knock out cron.
Speaker 2: Can we clear some people?
Speaker 3: You can?
Speaker 2: And what you said very happy.
Speaker 4: But I think he's that good a player, and I
Speaker 4: think he's in that good a form at the moment.
Speaker 2: Defensively not defensively not there for this week.
Speaker 4: He's got a bit of steel to him about the great.
Speaker 2: Sorry Castle fans, if he has a shocker.
Speaker 3: Sorry Newcastle fans, because man is just giving you the
Speaker 3: kiss of read. He's got to go to a fly.
Speaker 3: I haven't look at the tip said, I wouldn't rule
Speaker 3: it out.
Speaker 2: I have a look at the tipping ladder in the Telegraph.
Speaker 4: That's okay.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry Newcastle fans. I'm going there just lost.
Speaker 4: What am I coming over looked?
Speaker 2: Because I'm so far down to shocker worst ever? Yeah,
Speaker 2: as you go that, I'm sitting third or fourth worst.
Speaker 4: Very consistent performances, always up there.
Speaker 2: And speaking of people's Brendan.
Speaker 4: Cow messages me all the time that Minscrep updates pictures
Speaker 4: of his.
Speaker 2: He's got his documentary coming out.
Speaker 4: Plumb.
Speaker 2: Oh you know he wrote the book plumb. Have you
Speaker 2: said concussions? Have you said the twelve? And I see you?
Speaker 2: I know not on on Fox.
Speaker 4: This is the Monday show shows we're watching. It came
Speaker 4: not the the twelve. I've seen he's in it. Yeah,
Speaker 4: he loves his leg, loves his sharks.
Speaker 3: Look first and at a game the other day as well.
Speaker 3: When I saw his play a couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 3: he went to I forgot what it was called.
Speaker 2: It was good. Dragged me a good rugby league. Man,
Speaker 2: you're going to play? Yeah, we had a rare night out.
Speaker 4: Wow, I've been the one player my life. Can turn
Speaker 4: the story Broadway? It was the producers. I was there
Speaker 4: with my wife CAUs and I fell asleep.
Speaker 2: Did you give your did you give yourself a hamry?
Speaker 4: Or it was just it was at the end of
Speaker 4: and I was a bit tired.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 4: We went to New York and I was a big
Speaker 4: tied and can get how did you play?
Speaker 2: Just control of the shame consist of the dragons?
Speaker 3: What a.
Speaker 2: What a rubbish performance on Sunday? Like, does it get
Speaker 2: any worse than what they did? Say?
Speaker 4: I know that's sort of Costom Costom final spot, right,
Speaker 4: But they've had a great year, a great achieve They've
Speaker 4: made massive strides. But this was this was this was
Speaker 4: a remind remind of how much work they still need
Speaker 4: to do to be a solid top eight, top fourteen.
Speaker 4: There's still a long way off.
Speaker 2: It shows how much recruitment they need to do. That's
Speaker 2: what it shows.
Speaker 1: It's a great point you made, ready because I think
Speaker 1: that was diabolical of that performance right like it was
Speaker 1: it was just a zero out of ten and the
Speaker 1: flannel was quite rightly skating from as well. It was
Speaker 1: quite rightfully skating after the game. But I don't I
Speaker 1: think it would be a little bit sad to gloss
Speaker 1: over and use that as a reflection of their season
Speaker 1: because they have overachieved the fact they were even controlled
Speaker 1: their own destiny with two games to go. I think
Speaker 1: it was outstanding because I don't think anyone had any
Speaker 1: hopes for them this year, but today's point, They've got
Speaker 1: a long long way to go, and I don't think
Speaker 1: Damien Cook and Valentine Holmes is going to be enough
Speaker 1: to get this side into the top eight next year.
Speaker 2: I think they'll improve again.
Speaker 3: I think once you go with a belief system of
Speaker 3: the coach's style and yeah, yeah, you know, the first
Speaker 3: season is always about embedding that style and then second
Speaker 3: season you can build on it. And I think that's
Speaker 3: that's a great base for Saints to start from, but
Speaker 3: adding some class will help.
Speaker 4: Do we think where can Ken mcgilla will be the
Speaker 4: next year?
Speaker 2: It's still up in the air. It's definitely up in
Speaker 2: the air. It's if it's still it's all.
Speaker 3: Dependent on how much paramatter are willing to chip in
Speaker 3: and the length and the length of the contract. From
Speaker 3: Reggi's point of view, Now Saints are willing to only
Speaker 3: go to two years, so it'll be interesting, but they
Speaker 3: definitely need to continue that recruitment drive.
Speaker 2: I must say, I've got a stack of Saints.
Speaker 3: Fans as mates, and they all stood and applauded Flannet's
Speaker 3: press conference. Yeah, and I think I think it showed, Yeah,
Speaker 3: a lot of metal and belief and passion from Flint
Speaker 3: to stand there and go, sorry, this press conference is over.
Speaker 2: Like, I'm not dealing with this anymore. I'm not putting
Speaker 2: it up.
Speaker 1: But having answered, having spoken right, I said what he
Speaker 1: needed to say, it would have been It would have
Speaker 1: been a bit different if there was a five second
Speaker 1: press conference and he walked out right. He said what
Speaker 1: he needed to say, relate how upset and embarrassed he
Speaker 1: was in that performance, said apologize, and left.
Speaker 2: I thought it was fine.
Speaker 4: Did you say, Dave, I can't remember I heard this.
Speaker 4: I'm sure it was you said that you don't think
Speaker 4: the Dragons would be averse to letting ben Hunt go.
Speaker 2: No, I didn't say that made but okay. I think
Speaker 2: I think was intimated that. On three sixty on Mondays.
Speaker 4: Okay, you're right, Yeah, sorry, I was on with him.
Speaker 4: I think, look, I do do you think do you
Speaker 4: think that's do you think that you happen to see
Speaker 4: Ben Hunt gone?
Speaker 2: Not without an able replacement? Okay, that's the point. That's
Speaker 2: the point.
Speaker 3: That's always been the discussion corn about Ben Hunt. What's
Speaker 3: the point in letting him go when you can't you
Speaker 3: need to get someone in.
Speaker 4: So there was talking about extending him.
Speaker 2: I don't ever think, well, I don't think it was ever.
Speaker 4: Legit were going to be happy about that?
Speaker 2: No, No, well, I think how old is he?
Speaker 1: He's got twelve months left on his contract and they're
Speaker 1: not saying they're not going to resign him.
Speaker 3: But I don't think there was ever genuine, in depth
Speaker 3: discussion about his future beyond next season. And I think
Speaker 3: Ben Hunt did a really good interview with Jake Duke
Speaker 3: face to face the other the other week and he said,
Speaker 3: I don't I don't know if I want to play
Speaker 3: on beyond this contract as well. So there's a little
Speaker 3: bit to play out there, but I'm not resigning ben
Speaker 3: Hunt at the moment at the moment, right and I
Speaker 3: think sorry, getting off top of I was just watching
Speaker 3: some highlights there and I've got to say there's no
Speaker 3: doubt in the world he had a wow of.
Speaker 2: A season and through up until the State of Origin period.
Speaker 3: Zachly Lomax. Yeah, but I think he's dipped. Yeah that
Speaker 3: post Origin, post Origin, he's dipped.
Speaker 1: He hasn't been bad the same level like he was
Speaker 1: one of the most I think we said it on here,
Speaker 1: he was one of the most influential players in the game.
Speaker 2: Yes, and he hasn't been able to replicate that.
Speaker 1: And that's quite common with guys post their first origines.
Speaker 2: Those eras have crept back into his game. His forms dipped.
Speaker 3: It might be a byproduct of Saints to a degree,
Speaker 3: but yeah, I mean he was outstanding up into the Origin.
Speaker 4: What do they do with Sloan? What he thoughts there?
Speaker 4: You see him not being there next year?
Speaker 2: No, I think he's there next year. Just resign him
Speaker 2: for two years. He needs baby, he needs it, has
Speaker 2: to has to like lock in remembering he had the injury.
Speaker 4: How have you been sign that for Dave?
Speaker 2: What is he? Twenty three?
Speaker 1: Played a fair Yeah, I think I just don't know
Speaker 1: if he's an NRL fullback off he's a potential idea
Speaker 1: but he just doesn't have the tough carries coming out
Speaker 1: of his own. And if he could find those carry
Speaker 1: I think is he could be a superstar winger.
Speaker 3: I think they'll use next the next twelve months two
Speaker 3: to find another fullback for the future.
Speaker 4: Would you consider playing vel Land That won't happen.
Speaker 2: No, I don't think he's got the legs in him anymore.
Speaker 3: And all the discussions I heard was that it was
Speaker 3: wing or center for VWA. Yeah, it is a fallback
Speaker 3: option now obviously, but I think if the Dragons are
Speaker 3: going well, then Sloan is your one right locked in
Speaker 3: because it means that he's found We've all seen it.
Speaker 2: We know it's frustrating.
Speaker 4: PA's got to try and undisrupted.
Speaker 3: Preseason last year when he got injured in the Courier knockout,
Speaker 3: and the Flannel had massive plans on getting getting me fit.
Speaker 2: Yeah, harder and harder, but it couldn't get going until December.
Speaker 2: All right, We'll get some listener questions.
Speaker 1: These are from Twitter on the Dragons from Dylan, who
Speaker 1: are the hards for the Dragons round one next season?
Speaker 2: I think it's hunting Flannagan.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's h Flann again, Well, Jonah Pesant
Speaker 1: be Newcastle half back next year from Wade Spade, I'd
Speaker 1: be surprised.
Speaker 4: I think Jonah wants to stay in Melbourne and it'll
Speaker 4: depend what happens with Jerome Hughes whether he stays there
Speaker 4: long term, but he's got another year on his corner.
Speaker 2: It won't be next year.
Speaker 4: And you've got to remember the new Castle aspect of
Speaker 4: all this, his dad as a recruitment guy there. It
Speaker 4: didn't them well, so I don't think that'll happen off.
Speaker 2: The back of an acl as well.
Speaker 1: So opinions are the Broncos just suffering from Adam Reynolds
Speaker 1: not playing enough?
Speaker 2: Dave?
Speaker 3: I think there's an element of that, no doubt. They've
Speaker 3: had a lot of injuries. Adam's obviously hugely influential to
Speaker 3: that team. But but there's some big decisions that need
Speaker 3: to be made at the Broncos. Mick and I said
Speaker 3: it on three sixty that if you know, obviously in
Speaker 3: the wake of that Dave donahe that Bronco CEO has
Speaker 3: come out and said that Kevy's our man. But I
Speaker 3: still have nervous moments at the start of the season
Speaker 3: for the Broncos Yep.
Speaker 1: Agree, they'll be under the hump when the club under
Speaker 1: the most scrutiny headed into next season. Roxy Claire Patra
Speaker 1: Over the past three seasons, including twenty four, Roxy says Roxy.
Speaker 4: Which coach Claire Patri was a movie?
Speaker 2: Okay? Says Roxy.
Speaker 1: Over the past three seasons, including twenty twenty four, says Roxy,
Speaker 1: Clip has been the most successful.
Speaker 4: So what was the quest? Because Foxy clips power? It
Speaker 4: was Beyonce, wasn't it? Yes?
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, Over the past three seasons, including twenty twenty four,
Speaker 3: which coach has been the most successful? Out of Creage,
Speaker 3: Vic Skibbon, Trent Robinson and Kevy Walters past three seasons's.
Speaker 2: Made the finals in his first three years of coaching.
Speaker 4: keV is the only one to make a Grand Grand Final.
Speaker 3: He's missed the eight this year. Would it be Kevy
Speaker 3: for mine? Despite making the Grand Final?
Speaker 4: Wouldn't be care? What's what?
Speaker 3: What's Robbo's most last three years played finals, finals last year.
Speaker 4: I would have to be fit that won of finals
Speaker 4: they finished consistently for a rookie coach. That's a hard question.
Speaker 4: Good question, Foxy, cleiar Patrick, really good work Roxy.
Speaker 2: Foxy and Roxy. But I are going to say, the roosters,
Speaker 2: what do they finished last three twenty three? They won
Speaker 2: one final the loss. Yeah, but you're no, it's fitzy.
Speaker 2: Because of that your you have to compare the rosters
Speaker 2: they actually make. Look at the roos was the question.
Speaker 1: And most successful. We're not comparing the rosters, just the
Speaker 1: most successful.
Speaker 4: I'm sure that's what they don't want to take Roxy,
Speaker 4: Cleopatra or Foxy out out of context, but I'm sure
Speaker 4: that's what they meant. Who's been the most successful in
Speaker 4: understood with the roster and and taking in every dynamic
Speaker 4: a holistic approach.
Speaker 3: All right, great, all right, this one's for ready from
Speaker 3: Andrew Davis Davies the back row from merely as.
Speaker 2: Michael.
Speaker 3: My question for the podcast is why he's really such
Speaker 3: an angry little man? He literally wants to argue with
Speaker 3: everybody else's opinion every time. Tell him to go back
Speaker 3: to soccer if he can't play.
Speaker 2: Nice? Are you little? He's a bit small?
Speaker 4: I'm sure I.
Speaker 2: Didn't think you're that little?
Speaker 4: Is clearly idiots. Oh you got me fired up. Now
Speaker 4: I'm very angry, but you are a.
Speaker 2: Bit of an angry No, No, he's not cat. You
Speaker 2: are a lunatic. But you're not angry.
Speaker 4: I'm just get a bit. I'm passionate, got a passionate Andrew.
Speaker 2: And very sixty does weird and wonderful people, Simon.
Speaker 1: There's are emails with the NRL crackdown of high tackles
Speaker 1: and the overwhelming number of on reports tending to bin
Speaker 1: and missus of the above. Why doesn't the NERL consider
Speaker 1: eye for an eye Penalties's.
Speaker 2: A watcher, that's a nunner of the game.
Speaker 1: I'm getting sick of high tackles where a victim is
Speaker 1: taken off for a hi A and the perpetrator gets
Speaker 1: a penalty against them, sending them being Whereas that for
Speaker 1: ten minutes and the HIA is off for fifteen minutes,
Speaker 1: would this be the solution? High tackle purposely with force,
Speaker 1: victim hi A fifteen minutes, perpetrator sin bean for fifteen minutes.
Speaker 1: So basically, did you commit an act and you've.
Speaker 2: Got fifteen minutes hi you got fifteen minutes.
Speaker 4: I don't mind that idea.
Speaker 3: Actually that's not about you want to go back to
Speaker 3: the if for a siment because it would be unreal
Speaker 3: if if if Stephen Crichton got to bite Cole fl they.
Speaker 4: Didn't bite him, good body, I reckon, that's a good idea.
Speaker 2: Fifteen minutes is a long time.
Speaker 4: Well sorry, I would say you're allowed to replace the
Speaker 4: guy if he's off for fifteen minutes. It's not because
Speaker 4: the HIA person is allowed to be replaced. But then no,
Speaker 4: so the person though ten minutes and then maybe the
Speaker 4: opposition coach nominate two ars off. But no, that's a
Speaker 4: good idea.
Speaker 2: We let someone let someone from the crowd decide popular.
Speaker 3: Yeah, put it on the big screen, that discussion of
Speaker 3: putting the person in the sinbin in front of the crowd.
Speaker 2: At g Jack Devardo's.
Speaker 4: Hockey. Yeah, that's a great idea.
Speaker 2: You like this, but not a sinbin.
Speaker 4: It was because they're sent to the symbin then just
Speaker 4: for a minute. If it's fifteen minutes, truly had to
Speaker 4: replace them.
Speaker 2: Well that's not SimBin.
Speaker 4: Of course, is there any.
Speaker 2: Player the team's not reduced to twelve, but they're still
Speaker 2: in the sin bin?
Speaker 4: No, that's mad, and the opposition coach nominates the player
Speaker 4: that comes on?
Speaker 2: All right, Colin wants no.
Speaker 1: Colin's idea was basically, you're in the symin for fifteen minutes,
Speaker 1: not your concept of you just replace them.
Speaker 4: We've just massaged it. It makes makes more sense.
Speaker 1: Colin Okay, I was a Colin, So it was Simon
Speaker 1: Collins the next one with the upcoming final series meaning
Speaker 1: less games. Do you think the remaining on food referees
Speaker 1: can be utilized as touch judges?
Speaker 2: Ten? Sure the best qualified? What do you laugh at?
Speaker 1: Adam on field ref actually climbing. Chris Siden's touch judges
Speaker 1: and Chris Butler in the bunker. I wouldn't have Butler anywhere.
Speaker 1: Need a bunker to judging? Yeah, special especial special.
Speaker 4: Yeah, running and carrying a flag it's not that easy.
Speaker 2: Are you specialized?
Speaker 4: How you tried running with flags? Difficult?
Speaker 1: The touch judges specialists, majority of them and they're just
Speaker 1: exclusively touch judges.
Speaker 2: There's a few that double on the I've seen. I
Speaker 2: have seen a couple of double dippers. There's a couple.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Chris, you're forty twenty to be able to judge
Speaker 4: where the bull goes the line.
Speaker 2: That's hard, that's hard. Just raising your arm.
Speaker 4: Yourself day to get the flat raw.
Speaker 2: Caleb wants to know there's rape. Caleb, Caleb, come out, there's.
Speaker 4: Rape.
Speaker 2: Brice's name ever come up in the immortal discussions, you
Speaker 2: would have seen.
Speaker 4: I wouldn't thought the immortal player, great player, right, I
Speaker 4: don't think he's the mortal.
Speaker 2: Boys. What are we looking forward to? The most? We've
Speaker 2: got Dolphins beating the Knights, Dolphins better knight.
Speaker 4: I'm going to the spoon, but sideline pumped.
Speaker 2: You can't be more excited than that than a eight
Speaker 2: f nights Okay, Yeah, keeping forward, be rocking Sunday, Brookie.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm going to that.
Speaker 2: I'm going to that too.
Speaker 4: If you're a Newcastler, be huge.
Speaker 2: That'll be huge. I think it's sold out, should be,
Speaker 2: it'll be a sellout.
Speaker 3: Is going to cut What about the Green Machine? You're
Speaker 3: going to make it three on the truck to finish
Speaker 3: the year against That's a fair season from.
Speaker 4: That was a great win last week.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they defended outstanding.
Speaker 4: They just had that dip in the middle of the year,
Speaker 4: didn't they.
Speaker 1: It's been it's been glossed over a little bit, mister,
Speaker 1: given all the things that have occurred post game, but
Speaker 1: jorder up in his final game and pretty gory details
Speaker 1: around that. You've got the way they defended.
Speaker 4: When they were one man short, they didn't touch the
Speaker 4: ball at all, didn't they It was like fifty tackles
Speaker 4: straight or something.
Speaker 1: It was a phenomenal effort. But obviously the fact they're
Speaker 1: not in finals content, well, they're not going to play fine.
Speaker 1: So many kids this year, miracle, a few more dinner Dave. Oh, yes,
Speaker 1: there's no footy anymore.
Speaker 2: No the kids there. We got beaut we got bundled out.
Speaker 2: We lost the Grand Final.
Speaker 3: I'm still finals was a rough or yeah, it was
Speaker 3: a kick try eighteen twelve we lost. Kicked to the
Speaker 3: corner tries off kicks. You sound like Paul McGregor.
Speaker 2: Yeah, don't count. I don't like kick try.
Speaker 4: Come on, you were different points for because your winger
Speaker 4: a fold talk, which.
Speaker 2: You even fifteen old? Are they? I love my boy?
Speaker 2: So what I'm going to go with.
Speaker 3: I'm going to go with a stir for tonight. Yeah
Speaker 3: right with its ginger and oyster sauce chicken. I'm going
Speaker 3: to kick Yeah, ginger and oyster sauce. It is sensational, boys,
Speaker 3: just that mix, fantastic.
Speaker 2: You guys make it beautiful.
Speaker 4: Look, I really want to do something different tonight, but
Speaker 4: I haven't come up with anything different yet. But I'm
Speaker 4: gonna I'm thinking of lasagna, but I always make lasagna.
Speaker 4: I'm very good cooking lasan cook great lasagna. Have I
Speaker 4: told you my Lasagna's secret in the white sauce, bit
Speaker 4: of nutmeg. The nutmeg and the white sauce. It makes
Speaker 4: such a difference. And when you put the cheese on top,
Speaker 4: you've got to make sure there's parmesan.
Speaker 2: You should make a Greek dish has got nutmeg. You
Speaker 2: know that's similar color for tique color that one I'm
Speaker 2: talking about.
Speaker 4: Sorry, you like it?
Speaker 2: Actually, what's what's in that nutmeg? And it's like a
Speaker 2: lasagn ya but it's a.
Speaker 4: Bit different, but sounds exactly. It's always happened. Come up
Speaker 4: with something different, it's different. It's actually what I'm thinking about. Dave,
Speaker 4: I can't be on something for that. You've got a rock.
Speaker 4: Books are special. I think my Bihim on a pizza
Speaker 4: of him.
Speaker 2: Haven't you been saying this for two hundred dollars? Off
Speaker 2: how much they give? Six hundred?
Speaker 4: Okay, perfect summer.
Speaker 2: It's outstanding, unreal this week, I'll get you over there,
Speaker 2: you go.
Speaker 4: I like that. We should be rotating. We should go
Speaker 4: to each cool and see is the best, and then
Speaker 4: talk about next year on the.
Speaker 2: Show Sounds.
Speaker 1: We're having a lamb roast. Oh no, all right, this
Speaker 1: should be a cracking games or footy. I'm really looking
Speaker 1: forward to it. This time next week we'll be talking
Speaker 1: week one of the finals.
Speaker 2: Enjoy