Speaker 1: Better than the legal, better than well coops. Plenty of
Speaker 1: changes in the new New Southwest Side. Some expected well
Speaker 1: you look, most expected Latroal Mitchell left center, Delan Edwards
Speaker 1: and fullback Mitch Moses half back Cam Murray starting thirteen
Speaker 1: and Colin Watson to the bench in the fourteen. Got
Speaker 1: a story about Connor in a second, I thought McGinnis
Speaker 1: I thought he was. I thought he was, I thought
Speaker 1: he was unlucky. But I understand Murray and thirteen Connor
Speaker 1: in in fourteen.
Speaker 2: The thing when McGinnis was named, everyone understood that it
Speaker 2: was a statement, a shift in the way that New
Speaker 2: South Wales were going to be looked at played, and
Speaker 2: to change before the next game is a strange strategic
Speaker 2: thing for me.
Speaker 1: That's what That's what we do.
Speaker 2: Mate, Come on, I think it's because they got found
Speaker 2: out having Jake ta Voievich and Care McGinnis in the
Speaker 2: same starting time on the field at the same time.
Speaker 2: I think that, in hindsight is the reason why they
Speaker 2: could only carry one of those guys. I think Moses,
Speaker 2: like I think he would have been in if fit
Speaker 2: Game one, So I don't see if that's a huge
Speaker 2: change he's got swagger, He's got that half back presence
Speaker 2: that it doesn't really matter. He believes he can be
Speaker 2: the best part on the ground and I think that's it. Yeah,
Speaker 2: obviously Latrell. Great to see Connor Watson, like not only
Speaker 2: that he's playing, but some of the injuries he's been through.
Speaker 2: The thing I take away from this this the Blues
Speaker 2: is I think they're a better team. I think they
Speaker 2: are more of a chance of winning game two than
Speaker 2: they were a game one, just literally on paper. But
Speaker 2: the fallout from it is Nico Heinz, Like, how does
Speaker 2: he play now? How is he at the Sharks and
Speaker 2: what is his reaction to it all? Because he's going
Speaker 2: to have to have some resilience in his mind and
Speaker 2: his ability.
Speaker 1: It's really unfortunate for nickol. I think at that level,
Speaker 1: Niko is more of a six than he is a seven.
Speaker 1: I think if he had a really dominant seven alongside him,
Speaker 1: I think you've just seen the best of nick out
Speaker 1: at that level.
Speaker 2: I think, then why wouldn't you put him at six
Speaker 2: this time? LOUI just playing too good.
Speaker 1: I think match just made a decision that probably Leui's form.
Speaker 2: Because those then hines the right sided players Lui is
Speaker 2: locked in on the left.
Speaker 1: Which I thought Cody Walker was unlucky for that reason,
Speaker 1: I would have thought I thought the combination of Cody
Speaker 1: Walker and Latrell on the left could have been enticeing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it would have been juicy, no doubt about that.
Speaker 2: But I think on balance, I think they've got the
Speaker 2: right side.
Speaker 1: One our key combinations. Just said it there, Latrell on
Speaker 1: the left and Jerome.
Speaker 2: You playing well at moment, Jerome Leuie.
Speaker 1: Jerome's playing is playing really very well. Cooper questioning, you
Speaker 1: wont two grand finals with Latrell as a playmaker. How
Speaker 1: do you bring Latrell into play? Is it as simple
Speaker 1: as give him early ball?
Speaker 2: It really is up to Latrell. Like, if Latrell wants
Speaker 2: to be involved, he could be the best player in
Speaker 2: the field. Where he doesn't want to be involved, he's
Speaker 2: really hard to drag in. Like you will say put
Speaker 2: this play on, he'll say no. But then when he
Speaker 2: will say give me the ball, and you're like just
Speaker 2: giving it all. So it really depends on the move
Speaker 2: that Latrell's in. We've seen that the way that he
Speaker 2: plays when he goes after the contest, like he has
Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks, like he is very good.
Speaker 2: So I don't think motivation is going to be the
Speaker 2: issue for the trail here. I think the fact will
Speaker 2: be when it gets fatigued, when there's tire moments, will
Speaker 2: he be able to steal hold his gloves up for
Speaker 2: long periods of time. And the other part is his discipline,
Speaker 2: Like he has been ill disciplined at different stages in
Speaker 2: heightened moments. But I see why they picked him. I
Speaker 2: don't know why they pick him in game two when
Speaker 2: they wouldn't pick him in game one. I don't know
Speaker 2: what's changed there. Maybe that conversation happened between imagine Latrell.
Speaker 2: But he is an out and out star and he
Speaker 2: can literally win you the game with one touch. Twenty
Speaker 2: nineteen Grand Final is exactly that. He was quiet in
Speaker 2: terms of Grand Final and then with a moment in
Speaker 2: one game he goes down a short side flicks the
Speaker 2: pass ends up being the game that wins the Russes
Speaker 2: the Grand Final. So that is why he can He
Speaker 2: can be in the team and can win it.
Speaker 1: I think it'll really suit your own because I find
Speaker 1: the rome. Although he took him to the line a
Speaker 1: few times against Newcastle on Sunday and look very good.
Speaker 1: But I think Jerome's his best football. I see when
Speaker 1: he's very clear cut. He either takes the defense on,
Speaker 1: challenges him or bang foods early. And that's one thing
Speaker 1: I always like love playing alongside guys like Maddie Gidley,
Speaker 1: Tamana Tahu because you took the guest work out. If
Speaker 1: you had not flow it something, you just go bang
Speaker 1: let him have the ball.
Speaker 2: Well, sometimes when you play red football, you can't expect
Speaker 2: players from other clubs to play your style. You probably
Speaker 2: need to meet in the middle little bit, and Jerome
Speaker 2: does like having a center that will run a line
Speaker 2: for him and then plays out the edwards out the back.
Speaker 2: Latrell's not a line runner as such, he is give
Speaker 2: me the ball, I'm presence fan flick and get the pass.
Speaker 2: So there will be a little shift. But having the
Speaker 2: threat of Latrell on the outside, it'll be Valentine Homes,
Speaker 2: It'll be vowed val Homes and Hammer on the left,
Speaker 2: it will give the threat for Jerome to run because
Speaker 2: once Owl's eyes go to Latrell, which is a huge presence.
Speaker 2: We saw what Jerome can do on the weekend and
Speaker 2: cut straight through.
Speaker 1: On the other side, you got Mitch Moses have Stephen
Speaker 1: Crichton as his center, who is a dream bloat to
Speaker 1: play with Stephen because he.
Speaker 2: Has a defensive center in the world right.
Speaker 1: Now, and I reckon with the football. He has few demands.
Speaker 1: He'll He'll play either side. It doesn't worry him. You
Speaker 1: can take him to the line. Hit a whole, doesn't
Speaker 1: worry him. Food him early, doesn't worry.
Speaker 2: He's yeah, he's a great, great player. Tehim right. If
Speaker 2: I was picking a back line, he'd be one of
Speaker 2: the first to pick at the moment.
Speaker 1: The Colin Watson tall three. But we got picked because
Speaker 1: he was on the show Sunday night, right, and we're
Speaker 1: at the back.
Speaker 2: I didn't know he's in the side.
Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't know he'd heard. He's sitting
Speaker 1: there and he's here in all the reports. And I said,
Speaker 1: do you know anything kind of He said, I haven't
Speaker 1: had a call. I don't know. Literally, As he said that,
Speaker 1: his phone rings looks still. He bath looked down. This
Speaker 1: is before the show, before the show, it's Madge and
Speaker 1: I look at him and he is and hello. Now
Speaker 1: you know what receptions like in this building because he goes, hey, Madge, Madge, Madge.
Speaker 1: He just dropped out, so we had to run outside.
Speaker 1: I'm showing him how to get it certain he's running
Speaker 1: outside and make you see the sweat coming off him
Speaker 1: like his wait of course calls him. And on the
Speaker 1: show we had to be Corey because he said I'm
Speaker 1: about to go on Madie show, and of course mad
Speaker 1: shit himself. It was like, oh mate, whatever you do.
Speaker 1: But and after the show, as we were leaving, I said,
Speaker 1: con well done, because you know him better than he's
Speaker 1: lovely and he said, Maddie, how bizarre is rugby league?
Speaker 1: He said, not that long ago? He said, I'm playing
Speaker 1: reserve grade.
Speaker 2: I'm pet in origin, playing reserve grade. Multiple long term
Speaker 2: injuries was that the Roosters went to the Knights, came
Speaker 2: back and I think he potentially could have left the
Speaker 2: Roosters at one stage there maybe started this year, but
Speaker 2: chose to stay. But he has been outstanding and now
Speaker 2: there's a thought that he should be the nine for
Speaker 2: Roosters like Brandon Smith's going through what he's going through,
Speaker 2: but great reward, but there's still got the issue there
Speaker 2: obviously kind of can play in the nine. Multiple positions
Speaker 2: in the hearts and that, but that outside back position too,
Speaker 2: that Hudson Young had the feeling.
Speaker 1: We just jumped back there. You said on Brandon, the
Speaker 1: emergence of Connor as a legitimate number nine I think
Speaker 1: can really take the Roosters to the next level.
Speaker 2: I think Brandon off the bench and be all running
Speaker 2: for middle Ford.
Speaker 1: Would I would start with Brandon minutes in the game,
Speaker 1: take him the wrestle and bring him on just after
Speaker 1: halftime as a middle runner forward.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't mind it. I think the thing with
Speaker 2: Brandon is Brandon made a name for himself at Melbourne
Speaker 2: Storm for fighting over a loose ball on the ground.
Speaker 2: He was always the first together. He fought over everything.
Speaker 2: That competitive spirit made him become. I think he won
Speaker 2: Hooker of the Year at one stage when Harry Grant
Speaker 2: wasn't there through period time, and I think he's lost
Speaker 2: that desire to fight, scrap and claw for it. If
Speaker 2: he gets it's that back, he can play anywhere. It's
Speaker 2: up to Brandon Smith to get that determination back.
Speaker 1: On bias with Brandon, I'll say that I love his
Speaker 1: personality and he's just he's got a big heart and
Speaker 1: I love him as a footballer. He's a guy that
Speaker 1: he can keep the heart on the cache. I'm back
Speaker 1: like I'm backing myself to get him going.
Speaker 2: He can keep the heart and keep the character. He
Speaker 2: can have the personality. But the thing that made him
Speaker 2: great was when a ball was there between me and
Speaker 2: you to get it, Brandon Smith came through and I
Speaker 2: think that's all we need to understand.
Speaker 1: Cos No Shewyn Cobbo.
Speaker 2: Yeah again, I don't know about the injuries. Go back
Speaker 2: and watch Selwyn's game on the weekend, and he was
Speaker 2: good when he had the ball in his hands and
Speaker 2: he was motivated. But I thought there was a couple
Speaker 2: of moments where Selwyn was not concentrating, not focused, not
Speaker 2: really dialed in. I don't know if Billy saw that,
Speaker 2: but there has been changes. Maybe it is the rest,
Speaker 2: maybe he's carrying something. But you know, the two changes
Speaker 2: are obviously couple on hopgood and Felis cafusin. Kirk Capble
Speaker 2: comes in. So I imagine in terms of the insurance
Speaker 2: policy that Cobbo ended up being in Game one when
Speaker 2: Walsh went down, I imagine that's Kirk Kate well now.
Speaker 1: But Cable's been He's coming he's great, great competitor, and
Speaker 1: he's been great for Queens. Every time he's.
Speaker 2: Played that COVID year that he was terrific.
Speaker 1: Fantastic is amazing. It's like he knows players better than
Speaker 1: they know themselves sometimes what he spots in them.
Speaker 2: I also like that he doesn't listen to outside influence.
Speaker 2: He goes to his own decisions. Because having Cobbo in
Speaker 2: the first time, everyone went, where are you going on
Speaker 2: with Cobbo? And he said, look, I've got a plan insurance.
Speaker 2: We've lost four of last six outside backs whatever, and
Speaker 2: now he's gone all Cobo's out because of x YS
Speaker 2: that I imagine it's because of his performances after Origin
Speaker 2: one and he's gone with someone else. So he doesn't
Speaker 2: listen to outside He's very sure of the team and
Speaker 2: the players he wants to meet.
Speaker 1: I think that would be a bad I spoke just
Speaker 1: before I'll speaking to a coach, quite an iconic coach
Speaker 1: from a different sport, and we were having to talk
Speaker 1: about selections. He said, he said, sometimes you just need
Speaker 1: to correct yourself. You need to have the discipline to
Speaker 1: not listen to all the noise and to actually pick
Speaker 1: the side that you know you have to pick, not
Speaker 1: to the one that people are asking you to pick,
Speaker 1: knowing that if it doesn't work, they're going to criticize you.
Speaker 1: He said, that is a constant battle within yourself and
Speaker 1: you need to maintain the discipline and said, I'm not
Speaker 1: going to listen to that. I'm I'm just going to
Speaker 1: pick this guy because I want to pick him. And
Speaker 1: Slater has done that last year. I could not believe
Speaker 1: when he didn't pick Dang Gaguy. It blew me away
Speaker 1: what gag Guy has done for Queensland. But a tough
Speaker 1: decision was vindicated.
Speaker 2: I will say this, You and I and anyone else
Speaker 2: can dissect the Queensland team with players should be or
Speaker 2: shouldn't be, But there's not another person in this planet
Speaker 2: that has watched every Queensland player more than Billy Slater,
Speaker 2: so he knows who he wants, what he needs. And
Speaker 2: the game two, in terms of the style, it ends
Speaker 2: up being moments. Now we're talking about origin moments. Game
Speaker 2: two becomes one because New South Wales is going to
Speaker 2: need them, and then obviously a decider if it goes
Speaker 2: to it. But you've got to have players in your
Speaker 2: team one that can produce moments and two that have
Speaker 2: a dog of determination to stop them. That's the key
Speaker 2: and I think that's where it sits.
Speaker 1: The matchup I'm really looking forward to watching is Stephen
Speaker 1: Crichton against Hamasa. That's a world class match any sport.
Speaker 2: Arguably the best defensive center we have.
Speaker 1: It's the best attacking I think at the moment, without
Speaker 1: a shadow of a doubt, the best defensive center. I
Speaker 1: haven't seen it. I've never seen a better defensive center.
Speaker 1: And against the guy the hammer at the moment, who's
Speaker 1: just out.
Speaker 2: Of this world with the football, and after what Hammond
Speaker 2: did in Game one, I know, and move positions and everything,
Speaker 2: but if there's one guy to stop him strit.
Speaker 1: Yeah again we come out Slater. I'm just curious to
Speaker 1: see what Slater what he's got planned, because will be
Speaker 1: something he'll be thinking about. What gives you confidence that
Speaker 1: Corinsland is going to win COEPS.
Speaker 2: Sometimes you've got to play with the momentum and there's
Speaker 2: pressure building on New South Wales. There's obviously game two
Speaker 2: beaten up in Game one, and the coach might make decisions,
Speaker 2: the team might play a certain way. There's definitely some
Speaker 2: individuals when pressure comes that they might make a bad decision.
Speaker 2: And if I'm the Queensland team, the thing that gives
Speaker 2: me confidence is they should take this game to the
Speaker 2: very last minute, take it deep, defend, keep doing what
Speaker 2: you need to do and maybe New South Wales players
Speaker 2: make the wrong decision.
Speaker 1: What gives me confidence simple Latrell, Mitchell, Stephen Crichton and
Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of things, just the power,
Speaker 1: speed skill. The presence of those two reminds me of
Speaker 1: Miles from aninger back in the day, and I'd love
Speaker 1: to see him like a few years ago, with Turbo
Speaker 1: and Latrell linking playing together.
Speaker 2: What about Latrell's defense. Obviously he's a star and he's
Speaker 2: dominated the left center position defensively for the russ and
Speaker 2: at REP level before, but hasn't done it for a
Speaker 2: while because he hasn't played in Origin being a fullback
Speaker 2: at South any concern.
Speaker 1: I really don't. I think on the big stage, I
Speaker 1: think he'll elevate himself and get it done. And the
Speaker 1: other thing about too Coople. Though the MCG is a
Speaker 1: fast track, it's a place it's very hard to move
Speaker 1: the football around as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I get that. There's one thing I would be
Speaker 2: doing if I was involved in the Queenla I'll make
Speaker 2: Latrol work. That's put it simpler.
Speaker 1: My prediction New South Wales twenty two to sixteen Dylan
Speaker 1: Edwards maut of the Match.
Speaker 2: Twenty two to sixteen. I'll tell you what'd be a
Speaker 2: hell of a story if if Dylan Edwards does do that,
Speaker 2: And I wouldn't be surprised if he did, because the
Speaker 2: way that he plays, he's always involved, he has moments,
Speaker 2: and he's a damn good competitor. And the storyline of
Speaker 2: him missing game one into game two, yeah, he w'd
Speaker 2: be primed for this. We're thinking the same way. I'm
Speaker 2: going to go twenty one twenty Queensland field goal Cherry Evans,
Speaker 2: and I think my man of the match is I
Speaker 2: think Queensland winded on effort. I think Lindsay Collins is
Speaker 2: where starting to do things like particularly with the Roosters
Speaker 2: the other day against the Eels. He's done at origin
Speaker 2: level before where he just not too many front rolls
Speaker 2: have moments like he can, and I just think he
Speaker 2: might just have a game.
Speaker 1: Coop, Let's go to Club Lean and just go back
Speaker 1: to Hammasa simply this try against the Shark, I mean
Speaker 1: Gi against the Broncos in twenty twelve, but I haven't
Speaker 1: seen do.
Speaker 2: You reckon trendall? Right? Then when he just missed him
Speaker 2: at the start, knew what was about to happen, Like
Speaker 2: this game is about centimeters and Trindle had one hand
Speaker 2: on that jersey and he runs one hundred meters of
Speaker 2: score ends up being the difference. And the other thing
Speaker 2: that makes me like in awe of this but also
Speaker 2: really jealous of is he is at full throttle here
Speaker 2: and he looks like he's smiling and enjoying it. Kennedy
Speaker 2: comes near him, he went in his own internal monologue
Speaker 2: said no, not today.
Speaker 1: Coops, you know, and it's fair before your time. But
Speaker 1: there was a four hundred meter herdline. I've compared him
Speaker 1: oftentimes Edward Moses, an American and mate. He was like
Speaker 1: super smooth mover, and I just think of Edward Moses
Speaker 1: when I see hammer. Made me think, you know, in
Speaker 1: rugby league, some other really good movers over the years,
Speaker 1: and probably a guy that probably is most like the
Speaker 1: Hammer was Kenny Nagus. Kenny was just beautiful mover. The
Speaker 1: other one, of course, made is your man g I
Speaker 1: I mean here is Clive Churchill medalists in this game.
Speaker 2: Ye, just the swerving speed and to accelerate away and
Speaker 2: then this to finish it off too. The thing about
Speaker 2: those guys and just picking it up is when people
Speaker 2: change like stride or speed, they start a step and
Speaker 2: then accelerate. Those guys don't. They're just long legged and
Speaker 2: speed continues and they can swerve and move without slowing down.
Speaker 2: It's like when they beat somebody or they just swerve
Speaker 2: an angle. They accelerate rather than brash spoed. They You
Speaker 2: and I had to make one hundred steps and then
Speaker 2: start a step right footnetse. Guys just move smooth at.
Speaker 1: Mullins of course, spoke about in a lot here this
Speaker 1: is the night. Of course he's got school four in.
Speaker 2: Us short sided doing nothing. I have been there making
Speaker 2: a tackle.
Speaker 1: I put it in the corner mate and mate Mark
Speaker 1: Lamb will just chasing him all the way there. Marlin's incredible. Now,
Speaker 1: if I'm going to meet there somewhere, yeah, someone somewhere
Speaker 1: back there. If I'm going to mention this, what's this?
Speaker 1: This could be the greatest try to say ever around,
Speaker 1: Maddie says he's gone. Darren Albert I played with Alberie.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, mate, I would back him speed against anything. Now,
Speaker 1: what's interesting, I reckon Albie was just about the last
Speaker 1: of the low work rate, high impact wingers. Like towards
Speaker 1: the back end of the ninety seven season, the fowards
Speaker 1: were blowing up. We've got the stats, we had a game,
Speaker 1: we got beat help His stats were one run two
Speaker 1: meters and then they're quite right, his cables two.
Speaker 2: But you went twelve.
Speaker 1: That Ford's blown up. And remember salv and Andrew we
Speaker 1: were talking about and I love playing with Albi and
Speaker 1: would defend that. And we said, look, here's the thing
Speaker 1: was he's not that type winger. He's not going to
Speaker 1: bust his backside, he's not going to work his ass off.
Speaker 1: But what but what we'll have with him is that
Speaker 1: when we need a big play, he'll come up with it.
Speaker 1: That's the type of winger. This is the Grand Final qualifire. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Maddie Sears the man we just sat you have a
Speaker 1: look at this and just incredible.
Speaker 2: But even the body rolled too, like the timing because
Speaker 2: he could have actually got that ball down if he
Speaker 2: didn't roll over and forced Sears onto his back because
Speaker 2: he actually could have got the ball down, but the
Speaker 2: fact that he made it then rolled over the ball
Speaker 2: missed the anger we had.
Speaker 1: Our sprint coach said, the interesting thing about him, if
Speaker 1: you watch, he didn't actually chase. Now, what I mean
Speaker 1: is when you chase someone, you're really you're busting your back.
Speaker 1: He said, you watching him, he's just super smooth, just
Speaker 1: keeping that form.
Speaker 2: Imagine the current day is someone like Alex Johnston, right yep,
Speaker 2: because not high work, right, not powerful out of the
Speaker 2: backfield like some others. But I'll tell you what he scores.
Speaker 2: Tries are not too many other and his success rate
Speaker 2: I've tried to score and he went past Slater.
Speaker 1: Yeah, one twenty one off Kenne.
Speaker 2: Does he get there? Does he get yeah?
Speaker 1: I think yeah, I think he does. Just say no,
Speaker 1: you don't think so? No, I grew up here and
Speaker 1: all the stories about Kenovine. He could run on ten
Speaker 1: point zero two seconds one hundred meter with his boots on,
Speaker 1: incredible mover North Sydney and Manly would be some feet Yeah.
Speaker 2: So the Warriors, so they switched up. So the thing
Speaker 2: about the Warriors when they were in the run, Seawn
Speaker 2: Johnson wasn't playing that high level got injured against the Ruses.
Speaker 2: Then Tomato Martin moves into halfback and all of a
Speaker 2: sudden they put some wins together. And I picked up
Speaker 2: something Webster actually said in the pregame before the Storm game, said, Oh,
Speaker 2: we're actually changing things up. Tomorrow will be the main
Speaker 2: guy and Sean will play second role. So here a
Speaker 2: couple of weeks back, when Sean's in the middle, Charles
Speaker 2: Nipple Cook start on the right and Tomorrow Martin's here
Speaker 2: on the left. Against the Melbourne Storm, they switched it
Speaker 2: up Tomorrow Martin being the main indicator calling the shots,
Speaker 2: Charles is on the left and Sean's here on the right.
Speaker 2: So Webster's gone with Okay, Tomorrow Martin has been doing
Speaker 2: a great job for us. I'm going to give him
Speaker 2: the keys to the Warrior's attack. And the way that
Speaker 2: they started the game was pretty good. And I think
Speaker 2: this might be a big moment for Sean because it
Speaker 2: could be he's off contract, it could be the thing
Speaker 2: that he might get upset about in terms of being
Speaker 2: made second fiddle, or it actually could prolonger. You could
Speaker 2: get that extension because if you're playing on the right
Speaker 2: side with less touches You're just going to be more fresher,
Speaker 2: more on the ball, and we ran the football on
Speaker 2: the weekend Sean.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a really it's an interesting dynamic.
Speaker 1: Do you support it? Do you support Tomorrow being the
Speaker 1: same peace playmaker.
Speaker 2: The way that Sean was playing prior and conversely how
Speaker 2: Tomorrow was. Tomorrow is more of a threat to run
Speaker 2: the football, and as we've said here a thousand times,
Speaker 2: to be a good ballplayer need to be a threat
Speaker 2: to run the footing. I think for a couple of
Speaker 2: weeks to put Sean there, maybe they can need to
Speaker 2: change it back because it's the same system, but I
Speaker 2: like it for the moment, for the next couple of
Speaker 2: weeks to test out.
Speaker 1: Bronco has lost three straight Cups. If you're a Bronco supporter,
Speaker 1: should you be not worried, mildly concerned, extremely worried, mildly
Speaker 1: concerned you Yeah, mildly concerned. Why just the nature of
Speaker 1: the nature of the way they've lost those games, going
Speaker 1: through this tough origin period. What concerns me. I know
Speaker 1: they're going to become good Coup. I know they're going
Speaker 1: to turn it around. I can't see them getting into
Speaker 1: the top four. Now. The problem is if they continue
Speaker 1: to just drop a game here, in a game there,
Speaker 1: they're going to get to the point that with five
Speaker 1: rounds to go, they're going to need to win for it.
Speaker 1: The last five one of those scenarios and most of
Speaker 1: the time when side's are placed in that situation, awas,
Speaker 1: if they get there, they've spent their pennies. That's my
Speaker 1: concern around the Bronx.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm concerned because when you remove someone like Adam
Speaker 2: Renlds from your team, you can't create bad habits in
Speaker 2: your game and then expect Adam to come back and
Speaker 2: fix everything. What I'm saying is the example is Penrith, right,
Speaker 2: take Nathan out. Their completion rate doesn't change, their defense
Speaker 2: doesn't change. They still are working hard for one another.
Speaker 2: Then Nathan comes in and adds his spice and that's great.
Speaker 1: Well, I think there's been one of the secrets and
Speaker 1: then winning the competition during those years, losing Nathan for
Speaker 1: a period and then forcing them to tidy up and
Speaker 1: improve other areas of their game.
Speaker 2: They double down on the basics. And the issue I
Speaker 2: have with the Broncos right now is the completion rates poor.
Speaker 2: They are considered way too many points and they are
Speaker 2: just throwing the ball expecting talent to get them over long.
Speaker 2: And it doesn't matter if this continues on and then
Speaker 2: Adam comes back, their winning rate won't change. I reckon.
Speaker 2: What they need to do is double down, play some
Speaker 2: real conservative but defense oriented football, and then when their
Speaker 2: guns come back light. Walsh and renolds, they will add
Speaker 2: that style power to them.
Speaker 1: That's right. Rebuild again again. South Sydney, start to play,
Speaker 1: start to playing with football. And we've said this a
Speaker 1: lot Coop. They play their best football when it's a
Speaker 1: run first, past second mentality. And hence the reason why
Speaker 1: for a long time will calling for White and the
Speaker 1: six and Cody in the seven. And there's there's just
Speaker 1: been there's a lot of examples. This one's an example
Speaker 1: on the weekend. Just a bit of evidence here with
Speaker 1: Jack Whiton. You see Jack there is tippy toeing around.
Speaker 1: Accelerate through a half gap, quick up, play the ball,
Speaker 1: quick cookie scoop and go. And that's that's South Sydney.
Speaker 1: When South Sydney, when they start to penetrate the middle
Speaker 1: of the field, the center of the field, Cookie gets
Speaker 1: out and things start to happen This.
Speaker 2: Is a good vision for good for SOUS, but also
Speaker 2: bad for Broncos. Right, they're talking about the defensive stuff.
Speaker 2: I like your concepts in terms of Jack and Cody
Speaker 2: running getting hands on the football. The other part to
Speaker 2: it has improved is Latrell Mitchell made a break. Right,
Speaker 2: So I'm still not really there with south sitting. Latrell
Speaker 2: makes a break and just watch how this set unfolds
Speaker 2: from here, where's Jack? Where's Cody? You've got Tarne Milon
Speaker 2: running the football here? All right, they get in a situation,
Speaker 2: Cody's got his hands on his hips, Tarnay's here, Where's Jack?
Speaker 2: What are they calling? What's the communication? Like? Then all
Speaker 2: of a sudden, we've got this play here. Yeah, that
Speaker 2: to me is a little bit alarming. So I'm really
Speaker 2: hesitant on what souths is doing.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, just watching them there. You know
Speaker 1: they've had the they've had possession that they've made, they've
Speaker 1: made the brace, they're doing some blowing that for me,
Speaker 1: that looking at SOUS, just that picture that frame you've
Speaker 1: put up with, and look at this clunky that generally
Speaker 1: looks like a side that need some top up with fitness.
Speaker 2: We always say and we've said this before. When you're
Speaker 2: making line break, get the hands in your class, touches
Speaker 2: ie halves and get the ball to wear is the
Speaker 2: biggest threat. Yeah, I'm still holding on my cash for
Speaker 2: South sitting at moment now, Coop.
Speaker 1: So we've got five best players in the competition right now.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately we're out of time, soble tipudau for next week.
Speaker 1: What that is in television terms and radio terms, I'm
Speaker 1: using my media sensibilities. It's called the hook and two's
Speaker 1: spread your next week proven