WEBVTT - 'SHOULD NOT HAVE COME BACK'. Readie's call on Doueihi's NRL return | Round 22 Preview 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:08.360 Welcome to the Code and I Roll Show Michael carry 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:09.480 On showing by Brenton. 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:11.280 Ree Ready, just two of us, make very intimate. 0:00:11.320 --> 0:00:12.160 Where's your man, Dave. 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:14.960 He's somewhere assignment. He's probably the sharks. 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:17.160 Sharks, that's all he does. 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:19.680 I'm not saying that you've just said that. 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:26.000 Concord. The other day, I heard him asking Hard let's start. 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:28.040 We're not going to bang on about the Tigers because 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:30.560 it has been the story of the last two weeks. 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:35.120 Though just quickly. You're quite critical around Adam Dewey and 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:38.080 been recorded back to the side of earlier this week. 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:42.279 I was with you like I thought, yes, you were, 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:42.760 you know. 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.519 But after you sound like you had a backtrack there 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:46.360 I am. 0:00:46.440 --> 0:00:50.640 I am reversing. After the press conference, I'm quite comfortable 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:51.279 that he's going to play. 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.760 Yeah. Look, I didn't think he should have come back 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:55.920 in the side straight away. I thought he should have 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:58.120 come back through news to the last Cup. I made 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.840 that pretty clear clear. I still stand by that. But 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.560 I can understand why Benji's done it when you consider 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:08.920 they were both pretty well. I wouldn't say they're both 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:12.480 remorse at the press conference this week, but they took Yeah, 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.759 you could see there was a bit of yeah, you're right, 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:17.680 ownership on both sides. And the other issue they've got 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:19.800 is if you look at their hearts at the moment, 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:25.759 farn who's suspended, Jock Madden's injured, Jav and Andrews played 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:27.600 last week and look, I mean, with due respect, the 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.039 Javin's first game in the NNA. He's going to be 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.440 a role player for a long time. But he found 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.920 the going really tough. So you've really only got Lua 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:38.000 and Dewey to play. So I can understand why do 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.039 you back on the side, because you know what, above 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:42.360 all else, Mick, they need to win footy games like 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:44.800 it's so die there at the moment, and the only 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:47.400 way you stop a lot of the negative headlines and 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.680 a lot of the negativity around the football club is 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:51.880 to actually win. And Adam gives you the best then 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.040 their best chance of winning. 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.200 Yeah, because the narrative would have been if they lost 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.240 on signy, Adam wasn't out or wide and you play 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.240 Adam when he had to play Adam right, And look, 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:02.800 they still we'll probably lose like that. It'll be a 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:04.960 tough game. It will be an interesting game against Paris. 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.320 There are a chance there are any money chance. 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.120 The reason I'm comfortable with him playing with him playing 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.520 is I really like what I heard from Benji and 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.520 Adam in terms of ownership, in terms of accountability, in 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.720 terms of remorse around the way the whole week played 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:22.400 out as well, and some contrition, particularly from Adam's party, 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:24.520 was quite honest, saying he can be pigeted and hard 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:26.720 to deal with and these sort of things, and working 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:31.800 with you, please, I've never walked out. I think I 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.600 think it was. Yeah, I thought I thought it trade 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:39.200 some maturity, some levelheadedness, and because of that, I'm comfortable. 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.200 Do you think did you believe Hi when he said 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.239 I'm going to be here, I've never broken a contract. 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:44.880 I'll be here for the next three years. 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.000 When he said I'm going to be here for the 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:52.040 next I've never broken a contract. Pretty strong words. Oh yeah, 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:55.200 So yeah, I think he's going to be there. You're 0:02:55.200 --> 0:02:55.760 not convinced. 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.400 I'm not one hundred percent convinced. I think my gut 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.239 feelings said yeah, he will be I'm about ninety five 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:03.120 ninety five. 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:04.720 Would where were you in the lead up to that 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:05.440 press conference? 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:10.200 Fifty to fifty? I reckon. But when you front the 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:12.919 media like that and you speak like that, and you're 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:19.680 so definitive and so convicted, and what you say like that, 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:21.800 I'm not going anywhere. I've got a contract. I've never 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.720 broken a contract. I love this club. It's hard to 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.600 turn around from that. It's hard to then turn around 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:29.600 the off season and go I'm going to walk out 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:31.919 of this joy. So look, I think you'll stay he 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.440 was obviously Yeah, I think he's going to stay there, 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.640 which I think is good news that Footag club because 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:38.240 there's not a lot of halves in the mud. Well 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:39.600 there's some good helves coming off at the end of 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.240 next season, right, But they need him, they need him. 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:44.680 Yeah, with Lua next year, you can't start the season 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:48.040 with no Jerome and no Adam. My issue is around 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.840 what's doing with his shoulder, Like if he does need 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:52.360 a reconstruction. 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:52.880 Do it now? 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:54.800 Well, what are they waiting for now? Like they got 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:55.760 to buy next week. 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:58.560 I'm not waiting put him out the pasture, get the 0:03:58.560 --> 0:03:59.320 surgery done. 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.800 Blade Lebanon like obviously in the World Cup. But like 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:05.120 they need him, they without your Rome, they need him 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:06.480 and they need him for a large chunk of pre 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:08.680 season next year. So if he doesn't need a reconstruction. 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:10.080 I'm not waiting. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.080 Yeah, you're fair cool. No, I'm with your mick. I mean, 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:18.839 it looks mathematically they're still stop it, but mathematically they are, 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.880 and you've got to give your fans some hope. You can't. 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:26.440 I think once we're out of mathematical contention, then maybe 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:27.360 you put him out to pass. 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:27.920 I don't know. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:28.760 I don't think you do. 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:30.560 What numbers you're using, they're not playing for one? 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:32.000 How many games they won? Seven? 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:32.599 Don't care? 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:37.159 It's six left this week weekend? It's official. They lose 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.760 this weekend, they're gone, ski right, officially gone, officially. 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:41.080 Give you the tip. 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:45.520 I'm not arguing with you. What I'm saying is they're 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.680 mathematically still hope. So what message does it sending. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:49.360 The second last? 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:50.880 How many wins are they got? 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:51.880 They've got seven? 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.239 How many games left? Six? 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:55.520 Okay, it's six. 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:56.200 I think that's right. 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:57.920 We're not even arguing about this. They're not playing. 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.880 We are. You've started, you have started argument about it. 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:03.560 So you think they're going to play. Do you think 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.280 they can play? You think they can play? 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:05.480 For no? 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:08.120 No, no, no, I'm not saying you they will, But 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:09.279 you think they can play finals. 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.760 Well, know what I said was they're mathematically actually you 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.000 know what, I've actually got it wrong. They've only got 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.440 five games left, so theoretically they if even if they 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.240 win five more games, only win twelve games, and twelve 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.720 probably doesn't get you there. So they probably are out 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:30.800 of math mathematical contention already. So yeah, she's telling me 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:36.520 going already. So yeah, I'm with you now. They probably 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:38.200 if he needs surgery, get the seon. 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:40.240 If he needs a reco if it's just a clean 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.160 out or whatever, fine, no where he can put off. 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:44.880 But if he needs a shoulder reconstruction, I'm not wasting 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:46.840 time now, I'm getting it done. And during bulls the 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.320 other one, because he needs shoulder reconstruction. 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.839 Yeah, because he hasn't. He's looked a shadow of himself. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.160 They've all looked a shadow. With a big game up 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.880 against Paramatto, been up and down, a. 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:57.760 Very winnable game. 0:05:58.480 --> 0:05:59.920 It definitely is a winner. 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.400 It's interested in the Jerome Blue Eye up against his 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:04.800 future one year club. 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.960 He's probably thankful in a way that Adam's taking all 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:12.560 the pressure off Jerome around Jerome, right, But because of 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.440 the Adam situation, who you're tipping in in that one. 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.680 I'm actually gonna tip the Tigers. Mick, I think the 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.000 Tigers might get them. What do you reckon? 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.320 I've got no confidence, no confidence at all, the second 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:28.280 last up against third last word, no confidence in either 0:06:28.279 --> 0:06:29.080 of them. But you're going. 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:30.280 Tigers the Tigers. 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.400 I think I'm going to Speaking of size at the 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:38.760 bottom of the ladder, Saint George Laurie, Dragons, Rising Dragons. 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:40.800 Depends on if you're going to have a silly take. 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:43.600 On night, it's probably guaranteed a silly take. 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.680 So they signed cod nick Arema this week. That adds 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:50.360 to Scott drink Water obviously. Nick Arema Watson metcalf Army 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:55.360 coll coma tonguey six six players players that five of 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.719 them will walk into their starting thirteen and Connor Watson 0:06:58.720 --> 0:07:00.560 just depends on how you use it, but is a 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:04.760 weekly starter for or weekly fixture in their seventeen right, 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:09.159 So five out of thirteen locked in probably six with 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.120 Connor if you're going to start him at thirteen is 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.840 probably where I like to play him, But just depends 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:14.600 on that situation. 0:07:15.080 --> 0:07:17.560 Look at Hamish Stewart, they haven't had thirteen, yeah, but 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:20.119 thirteen at that footy club. 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.560 But depending on where you think Hamish's best position is 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.120 on edge, oh whatever, but like so five locked in 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:28.920 and then Connor's in there seventeen every week of course, 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:33.520 So where realistically, where can the Dragons finish next year? 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.760 I reckon ten's a good finish for the next year, 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:40.239 tense great finish when you consider their stone muddlust last 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.760 this year they've won two games. You need to win 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:46.000 thirteen games, twelve to thirteen games to make the finals 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.960 next year, right, that's the standard amount of games. I 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:54.800 don't think to win another ten or eleven games, eight 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.120 or nine games sorry next year in additional eight and 0:07:57.200 --> 0:07:59.880 nine games, that's a big leap. Not many teams make 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.640 that leap. And I'm not sure. I still think if 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.880 you look at the sides outside the eight currently Melbourne 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.920 camera the Bulldogs are all outside the eight. Yeah, I 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:11.920 think they're all better squads than the Dragon's going to 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:15.720 have next year. So I'm not sure that. I think 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:17.480 there's a lot of talking about that and then pushing 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:21.400 for the top eight, and I'm sure inside the camp 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.040 that's what they're aiming for. I think it might be 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:24.520 beyond them. 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.440 But if you've got them at tenth, they're pushing for 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:26.960 the top eight. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.080 Yeah, but I think it's one of those tenths where 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.880 you know they're always on the proof free and never really. 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:34.800 I think I think it's a tenth, but a tenth 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:36.520 that's pushing for the eight. Okay, Like, do you know 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.320 I think if we're here this time next year, if 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.600 we're still going, you know, they'll be they'll. 0:08:42.400 --> 0:08:45.880 Be you and I on the podcast either. 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:51.480 Top eight contention. And if you're saying they're going to 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.000 come tenth, you have to be agreeing with me. 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:57.200 Well, no, I don't think they're a realistic. 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.120 Five minutes ago that the Tigers are a chance of 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:00.479 playing finals footy. 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.839 Have four hundreds and third on mathematical. 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.680 And at the moment, okay, tenth right now is mainly okay, 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.680 do meinly have a hope playing finals footy this year? 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:10.640 Yeah, of course they do. 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.640 So the Dragons, you assume, by that same metric, have 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.240 a hope playing finals footing. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.079 No, because I differ in my view of them. Right. 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.200 My view of them is they'll never never never. Really 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:21.840 mainly it's been in the eighth this year, right, they've 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.080 just fallen out of it. My view is they'll never 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:28.480 realistically be in contention, laws be floating around that tenth 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:29.120 to fourteenth. 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:33.000 Fourteenth would be a bad season. Yeah, I think tenth. 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.120 I think tenth is part. 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:37.480 Everyone's raving about their signings and I agree they've made 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.320 good signings, right, But there's still some holes in that 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:46.640 so le even their spine, even their spine, right, their 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:51.160 spine to me, even with the signings they've made, there's 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:52.760 a lot of question marks over that spine. 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:55.000 Agree there is a risk factor to it that. 0:09:55.000 --> 0:10:00.280 Cuff hasn't played a lot of footing. Cody's thirty odd what, Yeah, 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:03.440 hooker will be little. 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.199 Probably hopefully it's little because Connor not. 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.240 A and drink his drink. What is a really good player? Right? 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.520 And people are bagging me because I said he wasn't 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:13.680 the top you know, the top eight fullbacks in the 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:18.120 comp And look, he's probably played at that level this year. 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:20.920 He has been very good for the Cowboys, but if 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.360 you stack them all up, he's not. He's not the 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:27.839 top tier of fullback. So I still think there's a 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:29.640 and for me, I always look at when I look 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:34.160 at Premiership threats to top eight sides, final sides, I 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:35.880 always like to look at this spine. I think that's 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.720 for me, the most important part of any footy team, right, 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:42.079 And I still say that spine is not among the 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.800 elite spines in the comp. It's probably not in the 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.480 top eight spines in the comp. That's the worry for me. 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:49.360 And the outside backs are a bit lean. 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.199 As we say, outside backs the number one issue. But 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:54.839 you look at that that forward park and Keon it 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.120 is very good, right, it is very good. 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.640 You bang on about this for he is very young. 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:06.000 And on into the mix, who's an world class player 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.800 like that? And they've like they've marched up the field 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:14.760 this year most games, most games they've at least matched 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:18.560 the opposition forward pack. The next year, you know, if 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:20.640 that's half the battle that they'll get, they will get 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.080 to good positions on the field. They just can't score. 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:25.200 Points they need. It's taken on a step forward. I think, 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:28.199 of course, I can I ask you this. I meant 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.120 to ask you this on three sixty last night about 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.480 the halves Metcalfe, Nick Arema, like, how do you think 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:34.800 that'll do? You think that will work? 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:40.560 You speak to Luke. Luki is so sure of himself, 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.240 and I want just to come across the wrong way 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.080 because he's not arrogant. He's confident, right, he's so sure 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:47.599 that he can run off footy side and direct a 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:51.080 footy side and be I did Vegas with him last year, 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:55.520 so speaking to him last year, he was he's a 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:57.520 risk because what is he twenty seven to twenty eight 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.800 hasn't played fifty first grade games? Crazy, So it's a 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:05.160 weird stat line and it's weird to generally give someone 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:08.040 that sort of money given their lack of footy that 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:12.280 they've played. But I think it's very good player and 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.600 what they will have in them. They're going to chance 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.720 their arm. They're going to be a little bit loose 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.680 at times. And you know Scott drink Water's got a 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.559 clanger in him, right, we've seen it. That's going to 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.960 be under the micros because he's at the Cowboys. Whilst 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.880 he's been the main man this year because of Didon's injury, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.880 he hasn't had the expectation or the pressure to be 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:35.720 like the main man that's going to arrive once against Sydney, 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.520 like in Sydney next year at a big club. So 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:40.439 that's that's going to be a different approach for him. 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:44.400 And but I just think their creativity between the three 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:48.240 of them will give the Dragons something they desperately crave. 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:53.080 And I can't be critical of the club for getting 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.840 themselves in a position now that for so long they've 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.280 bought poorly and I've been so I've been so critical 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.200 of the over the last few years. Right, I can't 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.200 sit here and be critical of them because I can 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:07.400 see the direction and the gaps that they need to 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.520 fill in terms of the style of plower they've done that. 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:12.439 I'm not being critical of the club for signing those 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:16.560 guys like I think they could all potentially be great signings. Right, Drink, 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.199 he might be a great signing for them if he 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:19.800 maintains his form and this. 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.480 Year Drink and I said at the time was the 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.960 length of three years and the amount of money. That 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:26.400 was what I was critical with at the time. 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.880 And Metcalf Luke Metcalf may be a sensational signing. 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:31.520 He'll either be great or element we've seen. 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.000 We've seen the form he showed it last year. I 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.880 started last year before he did his need unbelievable. Right, 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.760 So they might be great signings, but there is a 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.840 sense of there is a question mark over him. 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.280 And Jacob Little is the other one who nine Who's 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:50.960 I really like Jack a little as a player, but 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:54.360 durability hasn't been any strength. Yeah, but he's another guy 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.240 like he's fast, he's dynamic once he gets out of 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.880 dumby half. So they've just got this well what it's 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.280 given them now and this will help the outside backs. Right, 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.720 They've got players that are threats now inside at the moment. 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.640 Daniel Atkinson, Clink Guthas and Kyle Flanagan. They're not threats 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.640 with the footy, right, So. 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.200 I'll have some points in them, there's no doubt about and. 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:15.800 I think you'll like get it right. I've been quite 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.520 critical Valentine jins this like vow showing glimpses when he 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:21.520 gets some space. He's still got speed and footwork, right, 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.680 So if these guys can create those opportunities and he 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.400 gets more one on one option like one on one opportunities, 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.359 I think there's still life in val at that point. 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:33.120 But the questions, as you said, is around their center spot. 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:36.120 Does Guttherson play there, There's Atkinson play there, there's most 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:39.920 of Souley resurrect his career and play there. You know 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.320 that's that's an issue for him. And you know what 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:45.680 they do with Atkinson and Kyle Flannagan, Now where do 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.880 they sit in terms of peck in order. They got 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.200 high hopes for caid Reid, so you know, I think 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:53.080 cad Read is probably the back up half. That's the 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.840 intention is that next year that cad Reid is the 0:14:55.880 --> 0:14:58.920 backup half. So there's a lot of dissect there and 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:03.760 I feel like guthuson Atkinson planning again, or we know 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:05.920 Sulei's on the market, but if any club came knocking 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:07.640 for any of those players that they'd be open to 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:08.160 let them go. 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:10.960 You win me over, Mick. You're slowly winning me over 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:11.320 with this. 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.440 Well, but I'm not because I'm not saying anything that's unrealistic. 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:15.920 I'm not saying they're a top four side. They're far 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.200 from the top five side, right, But I think this 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:21.400 time next year that will be they should be in 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:25.360 finals contention because they've recruited really, really well and they 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:29.480 could jagging outside back if some other things move. You know, 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.880 they've shown that they're not going to be conservative in 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.240 the player market. They're going to be active and then 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.200 they can get deals done. The cod Nick Arema deal 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.040 came out of nowhere. Really, we hadn't heard I don't 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:40.680 heard a whisper about it. We thought he was going 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:42.440 to I don't heard a whisper about it till about 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:44.440 twenty four hours before it all sort of came out right, 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:49.080 So it all happened discreetly. And I think he's a 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:52.960 good signing from interesting Dragons Dolphins. Cody nick Arema plays 0:15:53.000 --> 0:15:55.800 on Friday up against the club that he's very rare 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:57.720 that you get announcement of a player joining the club 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.360 in the week that they're playing. But the Drags were 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:04.480 absolutely disgraceful last weekend. They were wakeful. It was like 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.440 the Dragons of old. Like it was like the Dragons 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:07.800 of the Week five. 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.880 It still feels like they've got that game in them 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:12.240 every now and then, right, I mean. 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:15.080 I thought they'd gone beyond that a bit. But I 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.000 think the Dolphins could win and win well. 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:20.160 Really yeah, I think I think I tip the Dolphins. Yeah, 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:21.400 I can never remember. 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:24.000 Tip I can, but there's no way you tipped the Dragon. 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:27.240 Tipped the Dragons once this year last week. Unluckly, I 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:31.080 tipped the Titans last week and get up son, Yeah, Dolphins, 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.680 I tip a couple of times next year, given some 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:34.680 players coming. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.600 They played the Tigers later this year. Who that's going 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:37.320 to be an interesting one that. 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.400 Will be an interesting game depends if the Tigers have 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.400 sent after squad for surgery. 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:46.480 Yes, Thursday night kicks off Cowboys v. Rooster's big game. 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.200 But one player that won't be playing is Tom did 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.320 And Read Money won't be playing for North QUEENSLANDA because 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:57.160 of the concussion protocols as well. Daniel Tupa missing for 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.000 the Roosters. Lindsay Collins still side and probably a week away. 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:04.000 Lindsay Collins from being back. But lots of talk and 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:07.080 chatter over the last six months around Tom did And 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:10.639 injured at the moment. But what's your take on the 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:14.040 Tom did in situation. The story is the rumblings that 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:14.680 we've all heard. 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.399 Well, this started in the pre season. I remember, I 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:19.600 can't know where he was, but Triple M did a whisper, 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.840 and the whisper was that Tommy did and was going 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.640 to wanted to move to Sydney right because his partner 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:28.680 is lives in Sydney and she's now pregnant. She wasn't 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.639 pregnant at the time. She's now pregnant, and obviously the 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:34.920 Cowboys at the time shut it down, but it's subsequently 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:38.320 emerged and been some talks between his management and the 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:43.560 Cowboys about his situation. Right his situation situation the Cowboy 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.199 was given his partner lives in Sydney, has a business 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:52.240 in Sydney, and whatever. Out of those talks, I believe 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:54.720 tom agreed to stay and sort of try and work 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:57.440 through things and see if he could work through things 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.320 with his partner moving up to towns Were. Now Obviously 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:02.239 the whistlers haven't gone away, Mick. You've heard him. I've 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:05.400 heard him. They've rumbled again this week because he's part 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.920 of us, I said, is now pregnant and she's due 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:10.439 later this year. And as I understand that she's going 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:14.800 to move up there, live in Townsville. See how it goes. 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.120 I don't I don't think this is over though, Mick. 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.280 You know, I think my sense is that at some 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:23.560 point it might reretate again. At the moment, it's pretty 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:26.320